Twitter Quadruples Audience in 2 Months

Twitter has more than quadrupled its total audience over the last two months according to new data from comScore. Everybody knows that Twitter has been growing ridiculously, but this growth is astounding. Compete data even showed that Twitter had surpassed the New York Times and Wall Street Journal sites in unique visitors. Here is the graph on that:

1 min read Archive

Malicious Content Found More on Well Established Sites

MessageLabs Intelligence released some new  information today indicating that the assumption that most web-based malware resides on fly-by-night websites touting adult content, is an "old-fashioned notion." Instead, a MessageLabs (part of Symantec) spokesperson tells Webproworld that cybercriminals are more likely to be hiding on legitimate web sites tha have been compromised. Data from the week of May 5th shows that:

1 min read Archive

Facebook Adds Pop-Ups for Notifications

Facebook has now implemented instant notifications that let users know when something is being shared with them as soon as it is shared. "Notifications let you know when people take actions on Facebook related to you, so you can quickly check out a photo you've been tagged in or read a new posting on your Wall," says Arjun Banker on the Facebook Blog.

1 min read Archive

Google Quietly Patches Huge Vulnerability

A security researcher known by the online handle of “Inferno” discovered a cross-site scripting ( XSS) vulnerability in mid-April affecting a range of Google services like Gmail, Google Documents, iGoogle, and Analytics.

2 min read Archive