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Some of my friends appear to be throttling back on those instant updates augmented with luxury badges, fiefdoms and exploding pigs. I ponder the much awaited opening of Chateau Zuckerberg 2012…POP! The Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO. All the speculation, blogs, movies, news, searchlights, all leading up to the May 17th opening bell. The date Wall …Read More
by Liam Eagle
For this week’s Monday WHIR video demo, Mada Seghete of website building tool developer (and consequently mass-market hosting provider) Yola takes us through the ultra-simple website building technology that has led to the company having more than 6 million users around the world. Along with a simple website building tool that can also be used …Read More
by Vikki Fraser - Monday, May 14, 2012
Have you ever listened to your voice on a recording and thought to yourself, “That doesn’t sound like me?” It’s odd to perceive how others hear us and how different it is from the voice we hear in our head. When we, as individuals and entities, attempt to find a voice in social media, we often play it safe to make sure we don’t end up sounding foolish. However, by playing it safe, and simply deploying facts and findings, we may be missing the personality that really makes social media such a success.
by WHIR Happenings - Friday, May 11, 2012
Next Thursday marks theWHIR’s fourth annual Toronto networking event. This is always a special event for us, of course, being in our backyard surrounded by local clients, peers and friends. It also kicks off our annual Victoria Day long weekend. Â (Also known as the “May 2-4″ weekend. Because Canadians like to drink beer. And there …Read More
by Phillip Koblence - Thursday, May 10, 2012
Like a circus with server racks and lots of cages, it takes a broad range of personalities to power a data center. You’ve got your hardware vendors, your software vendors. You’ve got the power company, the upstream provider, the CDN. You’ve got lawyers, electricians, real estate brokers, real estate attorneys, construction firms, carting companies, maintenance …Read More
by Liam Eagle - Tuesday, May 8, 2012
In the last few months, shopping cart software has focused its attention on the hosting space – a shift probably due at least in part to the investment in the company by Runa Capital, an investment firm with a lot of hosting industry expertise that seems focused on software that could be effectively distributed via …Read More
by Liam Eagle - Thursday, May 3, 2012
May 3, 2012 — In Texas, back in February, WHIR TV had the opportunity to Speak to Joseph B. George, director of cloud and big data solutions at Dell, abut the company’s work with OpenStack. George offered some insight into Dell’s day-one involvement with the OpenStack project, as well as its vision surrounding the open-source …Read More
by WHIR Happenings - Monday, April 30, 2012
We have decided to extend the WHIR readership survey to give you more time to respond and win. Yes there is a $100 Amazon gift certificate at stake but we really want you to help us by answering a few question so we can better serve you our valued readers. We want to improve the …Read More
by Hartland Ross - Friday, April 27, 2012
For a business, there isn’t anything more important than the website when it comes to online marketing. It’s the focal point of your business’ online presence and your success rides on its ability to deliver to visitors a great experience. Follow these 10 website usability tips to ensure that your business’ site is doing exactly that.
by Elya McCleave - Friday, April 20, 2012
“Emotional intelligence (EI) describes the ability, capacity, skill or, in the case of the trait EI model, a self-perceived grand ability to identify, assess, manage and control the emotions of one’s self, of others, and of groups. The earliest roots of emotional intelligence can be traced to Darwin’s work on the importance of emotional expression …Read More
by WHIR Happenings - Friday, April 20, 2012
Last night marked our second networking event in Denver, Colorado, which drew a high quality crowd of local tech companies including data centers, domainers, web hosts and developers. There is definitely a sense of community in Denver – a town small enough where a lot of people ran into familiar faces, but also a diverse …Read More
by Nicole Henderson - Wednesday, April 18, 2012
April 19, 2012 — On Thursday, March 15, the WHIR was in Chicago for its fourth annual networking event in the city. Held at the Rockit Bar & Grill, the event was made possible by sponsors Parallels, e-onlinedata, Black Lotus, CA Technologies, Arbor Networks and WiredTree.
