by Netsville Staff | Feb 24, 2016 | News, Social Media
For those avid Facebook users that have ever faced the dilemma of reacting to a dear friend’s miserable post of bad news such as a break-up or a death in a family with the standard “Like” button, your prayers have been answered. Officially active as...
by Netsville Staff | Feb 15, 2016 | News, Technical
Google announced on Friday that they will be shutting down Picasa (which they acquired back in 2004) within the coming months in favor of their Google Photos service. As per the announcement: Since the launch of Google Photos…we’ve decided to retire Picasa over...
by Netsville Staff | Jan 29, 2016 | News, Technical
Oracle, the developer of Java, announced this week that it is progressing towards a plugin-free web hence the removal of the pesky Java plug-in from browsers. In a press release, they stated: By late 2015, many browser vendors have either removed or announced...
by Netsville Staff | Jan 15, 2016 | Business, News, Technical
With its tenth anniversary, Skype is marking the occasion by introducing a new feature – Group Video Calling for mobile platforms. According to the Skype blog, “To celebrate 10 years of video calling, get ready to welcome group video calling on Android,...
by Netsville Staff | Jan 13, 2016 | News, Social Media
Twitter announced yesterday that the popular Periscope social media app will now be able to play directly on their platform. Named the iPhone App of the Year last month by Apple, Periscope has exploded in popularity with its live streaming interface and has been...
by Netsville Staff | Jan 4, 2016 | News, Technical
Barely reported in the mainstream media in the last couple of weeks was the controversial passing of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, or CISA. Paving a “smoother” reporting highway between the government and corporations, CISA, as Wired...