Because of improvements in technology and human behaviors web standards change. While, even few years ago the standard width of a website was 800px, nowadays it seems to be not enough pixels in a horizontal direction to show nicely content on the web. The standard width is driven by a size of screens used by
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According to a report from the International Telecommunication Union, we can expect 2 billion Web users by the end of this year. One of the hard data shows that 65 percent of Europeans are on the internet, while less than 10 percent of Africans use Web. That is going to be improved. The biggest grow
Since in April 2010 Apple launched iPad, the company has shipped 7.5 million of this device. During the recent quarter Apple sold 4.19 million iPads, and 3.27 million iPads in the quarter before. It makes Apple the largest player in the tablet computer market.
Few updates about the most popular micro-blogging website have been posted on the official Twitter Blog. According to the Blog, the service has already 160 million users and it is available in six languages. Few days ago the Twitter’s co-founder Evan Williams stated that Twitter is planning to reach a billion users by 2013.
The first test drives took place in California, the self-driving cars have logged over 140,000 miles in total. Google’s automated cars uses video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder which allows to detect traffic. The car has also constant access to detailed maps, so it can navigate the road. Google claims the new
A new study from Pew Research Center shows that 8 percent of Americans who are active on the Internet regularly use Twitter. The research also shows that 74 percent of American adults actively use the Internet.
HTML5 is the future of web development. Figures like Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Google CEO Eric Schmidt promote the standard and make it trendy. Many web developers already started creating websites with features provided by HTML5. However, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the official standards organization of the Web, declares that it is
According to the StatCounter, Internet Explorer drops below 50% market share. It is very surprising, a new version of the browser IE9 had an impressive debut last month. StatCounter Global Stats shows that the family of Internet Explorer browsers has below 50% of the market, down from about 60% a year ago. This is a
Although online gambling is incredibly popular around the world, it is illegal in many courtiers, including the United States. However, major casinos such as Harrah’s Entertainment, MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts are working on a proposal that will ask Congress to legalize at least some form of online gambling.
According to the Association of American Publishers(AAP), ebook sales for January to August increased up from $89.8 million for 2009 to $263 million in 2010. It is 193% increase in sales, and roughly 10% of book sales in the U.S.A. (up from 3.31% in 2009). The reason of this spectacular ebooks boost up is the
