In the past Flickr has had their Pro account memberships fixed at 1-year and priced at $24.95. There was also an option to pay a bit more and make a 2-year commitment. But that said, Flickr has changed things up and officially announced a 3-month Pro account along with some deeper discounts for those choosing more »

Google’s Data Liberation Front has been hard at work making it possible to get all your data out of Google’s services. Google Docs has finally been added tot he list of services that the Data Liberation Front has touched. Right now you can export all the data in your Google Docs en masse very simply. more »

It’s always a good idea to be aware of severe weather conditions before they hit your area. If the local news station doesn’t interrupt programming to bring you up-to-the-minute updates, you have a few other options. Searching the internet for weather info is the first alternative that comes to mind. Google wants to make that more »

Many Facebook users have already received the somewhat new Timeline feature. Facebook is making this change mandatory for all of its users whether they like it or not. If you’re one of the few that is still holding out, you only have a few weeks remaining to say goodbye to your cherished Facebook wall.

A few days ago, the founder of Megaupload Kim Dotcom and several executives within the company were arrested and accused of being a part of a worldwide conspiracy designed to pirate copyrighted materials. The expensive assets accumulated by Dotcom and others suggest the individuals made quite a bit of money from running one of the more »

During its infancy, Google+ came under scrutiny due to Google’s requirement that all Google+ users use their natural name in their profiles. The problem with this is that some people are better known by their nicknames and stage names. After many months of waiting, Google is now ready to allow everyone to add an alternative more »

On January 5, 2012, Moo.com started making and giving away business cards that are designed after an individual’s Facebook Timeline. It was a very unique idea and was bound to attract a lot of customers because everything was free. I got my second order (I’ll explain later) of Facebook cards in the mail recently and more »

The Department of Justice has closed down MegaUpload and arrested its founder Kim Dotcom. The DOJ is charging seven executives of MegaUpload with conspiracy, saying that the website is an “international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy.” The claims also state that the up loaders reward system on the service was more »

Hacking group Anonymous is planning a 12-hour communication shut down in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act. The group is following Reddit’s example on January 18th with a blackout lasting from 8am to 8pm. This seems counterintuitive as Anonymous is notorious for creating stirs on the web such that taking a day off might more »

As the dust settles after Wikipedia’s fundraising endeavor over the past year, the Wikimedia Foundation — the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia — was able to accumulate $20 million. Not too shabby… “We’ve taken down our fundraising banners, because we’ve hit our target. Thanks to you. Over the past few months, more than one million people more »