http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing V9 Design & Build: Expert SEO Outsourcing, RSS and Article Writing Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:31:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this week's Economist, it expounded on the future of the internet. They argue that there is a virtual counter-revolution in the making, one that has powerful forces of fragmentation that are "threatening to balkanise it". I don't agree. The  Economist's article this week argues that the internet's "very success" has ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=156 Imagine, if you will, Arthur C. Clarke's third law that states: "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" and that Harry Potter's "magic" will soon be realised through advanced technologies that are nearing a "Singularity", the dawn of a new civilisation. For over three decades, futurist Ray Kurzweil has been ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=155 The advance of social media discourse could be harshly described as a continual distraction, containing noisy encumbrances of rapidly-sampled psychotic diatribes from multiple silos. This, it is said, is one of the profound questions about the narcissism of the modern psyche. In Nick Carr's recent book, "The Shallows", he explains how ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=154 An article in The Guardian newspaper claims that Rupert Murdoch's online version of the Times is losing "almost 90% of [its] online readership". Transposing business models of print media into online deserves an unrighteous kick in the pants In general, websites are support mechanisms for bricks-and-mortar companies and the attempt to ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=153 Google said it was "very pleased" that the Chinese government has renewed its ICP licence, thereby resolving a six-month stand-off. Had it not done so, it would not have had the platform to develop and market Android on the mainland. Google's ICP licence now runs to 2012, subject to annual renewals. ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=152 A recent report issued by the OECD paints a gloomy picture for the future of newspapers. However, according to The Economist, the publisher of Bild and Die Welt "recently recorded the most profitable first quarter in its history", with a profit margin showing a startling 27%. Maybe that's good news for ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=151 The bitter friction between Apple and Google following the release of its Android operating system was one thing, but sour relations between the two companies has reached a new stage of intensity following Google's announcement of its own Tablet. Steve Jobs recently accused Google of "stealing features from the iPhone" and ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=150 There seems to be a proliferation of Q&A sites, which assume to offer "answers" to anyone who poses a question. Aardvark, WikiAnswers and Mahalo are three new services that purport to deliver education on demand. But it's not quite feasible, is it? If you are of a mind to ask randomly ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=149 With the growth of developing economies and the vast amounts of energy needed for cloud computing, publicity-conscious Greenpeace has criticised the ICT industry's data centers, where utility power comes primarily from coal. But by some quirk of fate and timing and imagination, cloud computing, based on an infrastructure whereby data is ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=148 In TechCrunch's “The Madness of King Rupert” by Paul Carr he reports, incredulously,  that News International is to install a turnstile on its websites this June and wonders whether Murdoch is simply a barking latter-day George III or visionary. Newspaper sales have been in decline for quite some time now and ... http://www.v9designbuild.com/seo_outsourcing/?p=147