Feature Story: SitePoint Technical Editor Might Just Be Your Dream Job

SitePoint is still looking for a technical editor to join our publishing team. This position is always hard to fill, because it sounds like we’re looking for an apostrophe nazi. Banish that thought! We already have a word nerd. What we need is a real web nerd. Read more…

News & Trends

Early Stats: Google Chrome Hurts Firefox, not IE

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Google's new Chrome browser is supposed to be a shot at Microsoft and Internet Explorer, but early stats suggest that it is Firefox -- the open source browser that Google supports -- that is taking a hit so far in terms of web browser market share. Read more…

Report: 79% of Video Streams Not Monetized In-Video

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A new report out from video ad serving technology provider LiveRail indicates that video ads are playing very well with consumers, but advertisers still aren't biting. Only about 21% of videos have any in-video advertising at all, and video ads represent less than 3% of all online ad spending. Read more…

Joost Giving Up on the Desktop

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Word on the street is that Joost will soon ditch its downloadable P2P TV client favor of a browser plugin and will allow P2P streaming over a web-based site. Is that a smart move or is it too little, too late for the online video startup? Read more…

Trying to Decipher that EULA? Better Have a PhD

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Why is it that the one set of people who should have the most at stake in reading and understanding technology privacy policies and EULAs -- the users -- are the one set of people who they're clearly not written for? Read more…

MySpace Dev Platform Catching Up to Facebook

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Tech writers love to write about Facebook's platform, but what about the similar app platform that MySpace launched earlier this year based on Google's Open Social? There hasn't been a lot of talk about how healthy that app ecosystem is. New data suggests that it is doing quite well. Read more…

Just How Powerful Is Wikipedia?

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Wikipedia is one of the most popular sites in the world, but just how important are its entries in shaping public perception? If the number of times Google thinks it is an authority on a subject is any indication, then the answer is very, very important. Read more…

5 Ways to Fund Your Web Startup

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10 years ago, starting an Internet business was a pricey proposition. Times have changed, and it no longer takes millions or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to launch most web applications. It still takes some time, and money though, so check out our list of startup funding methods. Read more…

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Design

Feature Story: Why Do Businesspeople Undervalue Design?

Prospects often ask me to deliver a "design concept" so they can preview it before making any commitment to work with me. I often ask if I'll be paid if the design isn't going to be used, and I always get the answer "No!" This never happens with programming projects. Why is that? Read more…

Tech

Feature Story: Build a Yahoo Music Mashup with Adobe AIR

Ever wanted to do more with your iTunes library? In this tutorial, Jack shows you how you can leverage the Yahoo Music API to create video timelines of your favorite artists—and get your hands dirty with Flex and AIR along the way! Oh, and there are more books to be won... Read more…

Business

Feature Story: SEO Tips That Cost the Client Nothing

With the current economical climate, I've been networking amongst my client base providing tips on SEO that they can action themselves and which cost nothing! Here's a few of them—perhaps you can help improve on this list? Read more…