Entries by Kirill Bensonoff

Throttling: For You and America At Large

March 28, 2012 in /by

The word unlimited is uttered and various images come to mind. Some people think of the sky, the stars, or the vast oceans that line the Earth. However, rarely do they think of a river being choked by a dam, allowing only a trickle of water through. AT&T and Verizon, the two largest wireless carriers […]

Of Websurfers and Writers: The New Googlebot

March 26, 2012 in /by

Search Engine Optimization – it’s a buzz world. SEO is a set of techniques used by writers and website editors to make their content have better page rankings on search engines like Google and Yahoo. The end result is the attempt to generate more site traffic. Since Google is the world’s largest search engine most […]

What Muppets Mean For Business Communication

March 25, 2012 in /by

In the latest twist in the saga of Greg Smith’s very public departure from Goldman Sachs Group, Reuters reports that the firm is now scouring the company’s internal email in search of the word “muppet.” In his New York Times op-ed attacking his former employer, Smith alleged that his coworkers there fobbed off bad investments […]

The Drawbacks of BYOD

March 18, 2012 in /by

BYOD – Bring Your Own Device practices have been on the rise. This is the policy where employees are required to bring their own devices to work. It ranges from buying your own mobile phone to replacing a traditional workstation with a personal laptop. At first, the policy may be attractive to employers. There is […]

Windows Azure, Leap Day and Cloud Computing

March 13, 2012 /2 Comments/in /by

On Feb. 29, many users of Microsoft cloud computing service Windows Azure found their systems unavailable, and, for some, the outage continued into the next day. Microsoft has apologized, issued refunds to affected customers and promised to learn from the incident. The company says the problems were the result of a “Leap Day bug,” an […]

$35 Computer sells out in hours

March 13, 2012 in , , /by

Raspberry Pi helps to foster creativity and innovation in computer hardware You may think that generation next knows way more about computers than you do, but they don’t. If you belonged to generation X, you may well remember a time before the Internet, mobile phones and XBox. Having progressed from the days of the floppy […]

Privacy in the Google Age

March 11, 2012 in , /by

Google has launched its new privacy policy which streamlines all of its data collection from its various services. In theory, this will allow Google to have better grasp as to what you want. For example, Google will be able to see what your friends on G+ like and target you with ads appropriately. To put […]

Facebook’s Impending IPO

March 11, 2012 in /by

One of the most talked about companies right now is Facebook. Their impending IPO is set to raise five billion dollars in capital. The initial brokering lead has been hired out to Morgan Stanley which will market the stock to high end clients that aren’t in the finance field. These clients, doctors and lawyers, like […]