The Web's growth continues: 210 million domain names on the Internet
The pace of new domain name registrations shows no signs of slowing down: Consumers and companies signed up for 7.9 percent more in 2010.
It’s a sign that the Web continues to grow, and that the exhaustion of standard IPv4 addresses in February has had no affect on that growth.
In its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief, Verisign said it recorded 209.8 million top-level domain names on the Internet. 15.3 million new domain names were … Continue Reading
Superfish reels in $4M to go window shopping in your browser
Visual product search company Superfish has received $4 million in third round funding, the startup told VentureBeat Thursday, an infusion it says it will use to muscle up its market position and focus on developing its “visual DNA” search technology.
The San Mateo, Calif., company was in stealth research mode for several years before rolling out its first prototype, Window Shopper, in April. The Firefox and Internet Explorer browser add-on allows users to search for … Continue Reading
Google to charge devs $5 to list Chrome extensions, themes, apps — adds domain verification for security
In an effort to increase the security of its extensions and themes galleries, Google announced today that it will be implementing some changes. It will charge developers a one-time $5 fee to list their extension and themes, and it’s also introducing a new domain verification system.
The fee “is intended to create better safeguards against fraudulent extensions in the gallery and limit the activity of malicious developer accounts” Chrome product manager Gregor Hochmuth wrote. The … Continue Reading
Apple catches up to Mozilla and Google, brings extensions to its Safari web browser
Apple released Safari version 5.0.1 today, and while the version number may seem minor, it’s actually a fairly important update since it finally brings extensions to the web browser.
Apple previously showed off its extensions last month, and Safari 5 users were able to get some early extensions from other sites, but this marks the first full release for extensions on the web browser. Today also marks the unveiling of Apple’s Extensions Gallery, which is … Continue Reading
Google offers its own spin on mobile payments for Android users
While not exactly a competitor to the hot mobile payment startup Square, Google released last week a mobile payment option of its own for merchants and Android phone users. The company has developed the new Android Payment extension, which merchants can use to allow Android users to pay for items with Google Checkout, reports ReadWriteWeb.
Merchants first need to create a Google Checkout merchant account and then use the Gadget Wizard to embed the web … Continue Reading
Conduit announces Google Chrome support for its massive app platform
While not exactly a competitor to the hot mobile payment startup Square, Google released last week a mobile payment option of its own for merchants and Android phone users. The company has developed the new Android Payment extension, which merchants can use to allow Android users to pay for items with Google Checkout, reports ReadWriteWeb.
Merchants first need to create a Google Checkout merchant account and then use the Gadget Wizard to embed the web … Continue Reading
