There’s lot of hype about Alexa Rank, especially among bloggers. A simple Google search will give you 100+ tips on how one can increase Alexa rank. Even I wrote a guide to 20 Quick ways to increase Alexa Rank, long back.

But does it really matter? Yes, for people who have a mindset of rating a site based upon Alexa rank. No, for the rest of the web.

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Microsoft is still living in the happiness driven by Windows 7 launch. Call it Marketing Pioneer or the Product Miracle, they are no longer worried of Windows products. They know that they are going to sell them well, like never before. But there are still two things underneath that bites Microsoft: 1. Bing - Overhyped search engine. 2... Read Further »

Chrome’s impressive success on Windows platform has grabbed huge interest in the Google’s browser among the web enthusiasts, geeks and developers.  Primary Reasons: Speed, and more recently, Extensions on Chrome 4. But if you don’t like Windows 7, don’t worry, Chrome is becoming better on Snow Leopard

Recently, we have seen pre-beta builds (chromium) appearing for Linux and Mac. I must admit, I was less than impressed.  Chromium builds have been a .. Read Further »

World’s biggest App Store is now even bigger. Several app analytics sites are reporting the number of apps that have been approved for use in the App Store have surpassed 100,000 apps.

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Here is a graph that shows some interesting facts about broadband usage, around the globe. More preciself, it shows how the internet costs and speeds around the world for the Top 20 nations as per the ITIF Broadband Rankings.

Japan stands at top, having average broadband speed of 60Mbps and average cost $0.27 per 1Mbps. On the other side, U.S. has an average of 4.8Mbps and pay $3.33 per 1Mbps, putting U.S at 15th.

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iPhone officially, doesn’t support Internet Tethering on all models. But here is a process that allows you to use your iPhone as a Wireless modem to share its Internet connection with a computer via WiFi, USB cable or Bluetooth interface on iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone .. Read Further »