Since people are asking what the blue star on tinder means, we’re answering. Tinder has two features that use a blue star. Super Likes and Verified Profiles. We’re using Tinder’s official press images to illustrate, so we don’t out anyone’s matches. What Is The Tinder Blue Star: Super Like OnContinue Reading
A recent post on Internet News Flash explored how badly many of Google’s own properties fail to meet Google’s standard of mobile-friendliness. One tool that wasn’t used in that post is the Mobile-Friendly Test tool in Google Search Console. The reason we didn’t use that tool, even knowing we could share theContinue Reading
Via The Intercept “The internal email, obtained by The Intercept, was sent by management at a firm that translates corporate texts and app interfaces for Google and other clients. The email passed along instructions from Google with the new wording. The instructions also noted that the word “war” should continueContinue Reading
After my old website (domain name really) was lost, and turned into a health blog I started looking for new solutions for a personal home page. And while I could turn this into a discussion about backing things up if you want to get them back, that’s old hat atContinue Reading
Google has spent years making user signaling a factor in search ranking. Each update of the search engine’s algorithm, starting with using links (bibliometrics) as a signal in the first version of Google, has made human behavior a ranking factor. Now, speed and interaction with the search results are becomingContinue Reading
Once known by everyone as Facebook, Meta is no longer among the top ten most valuable global companies. At market close Thursday, the social media colossus was worth about $565 billion. Back in September 2021, Meta was a trillion-dollar company ranking as the sixth-most valuable globally. According to Bloomberg, Meta currently ranks 11th.Continue Reading
According to Cloudflare, TikTok is now visited more than Google. Behind Google, are Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, and WhatsApp, according to the company. Here’s the full list of this year’s top 10 most popular domains: TikTok.com Google.com Facebook.com Microsoft.com Apple.com Amazon.com Netflix.com YouTube.com Twitter.com WhatsApp.com Back in September TikTok saidContinue Reading
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Israeli Ministry of Finance have announced a new partnership to combat ransomware. The joint task force announced on Sunday will include a “memorandum of understanding” for sharing information about the financial sector, as well as cybersecurity regulations and other threat intelligence. “HarnessingContinue Reading
Meta (formerly Facebook) is removing ad targeting options across its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. It will no longer be possible to target ads to users based on race, political affiliation, or orientation. In a blog post Facebook’s VP of product marketing for ads says, “[…]we want to better match people’s evolvingContinue Reading
Last week, Netflix launched a lineup of mobile games globally for Android users. Now, the games are rolling out to iOS. If you’re a Netflix subscriber with an iOS device, you can download the first few Netflix Games. On iOS, just like on Android, these mobile games are ad free and haveContinue Reading