Facebook Drops Bing From Search Results

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facebook drop bing

The end has come to what was to a long relationship with Microsoft search. A Facebook spokesperson has confirmed this to be accurate following the report by Reuters.

Facebook is now concentrating on it own content so when you search within Facebook you will be searching actual Facebook content only.

Facebook’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg flagged search as one of the company’s key growth initiatives. It was suggested that in the month of August there were more than 1 billion search queries occurring on Facebook every day.

 

 

Black Friday in 2014

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Black Friday People Queing
With Black Friday approaching the UK in less than 24 hours the big retailers are loading the best deals they can offer and this is great for consumers.

Historically the term ‘Black Friday’ started life in Philadelphia. It was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which occurred on the day after Thanksgiving.

Now with sales a huge percentage of sales being online the web has its own Black Friday.

Major online stores have crazy offer with up to 60% off some lines and it is good to check out some of the deals.

Best Black Friday UK Deals for 2014:-

Amazon

The have announced they have over 3,000 deals so check it now until Cyber Monday:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Friday-Deals/

Asda

http://www.asda.com/blackfriday/

John Lewis

http://www.johnlewis.com/black-friday/

Currys

http://www.currys.co.uk/black-friday

Microsoft

http://www.microsoftstore.com/Black-Friday

Game

http://blackfriday.game.co.uk

The Yahoo Directory To Close

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The Yahoo Directory is closing 31st December 2014, and for those that are too young to remember this was once one of the most important parts on the Internet.

This was before well before Google, a complete man made list of websites that was split into topics and in its day was shaping the Internet.

Yahoo Directory Screenshot - Closing 31st December 2014

 

Yahoo announced this when the directory is nearly 20 years of age.

This is not the only product they are closing down, they are also closing Yahoo Education30th September 2014 and also Qwiki on 1st November 2014.

In 1994 Yahoo began and they soon ruled the internet and became one of the most common ways that people found websites.

Was Google the killer of Yahoo? Google came along in 1998 and have developed the Internet to be apart of our life in our view and for this reason we believe it stands a good chance.

Robin Williams R.I.P

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R.I.P – Keep the spirit of Robin alive “You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it”

Born: 21st July 1952
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: 11th August 2014
Cause of death: Suicide

Robin Williams R.I.P

Robin Williams R.I.P – 21st July 1951 – 11th August 2014

Young Robin Williams was an impressive manic comic with a bizarre but hilarious way of putting things across.

He was a writer and performer for The Richard Pryor Show which was a sketch comedy show that lasted just four episodes back in 1977 before being pulled by NBC.

Then in 1978 Robin Williams made a guest appearance on Happy Days where he played the part of a space alien called Mork from Ork. This was the start of big things to come and soon he developed his own sitcom which was called Mork & Mindy.

Night at the Museum 3

One the last films Robin has worked on was the Night at the Museum 3 with Ben Stiller.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3 Trailer (Ben Stiller - Movie Trailer HD)

Robin Williams Television Apperarances:

  • The Crazy Ones Simon Roberts (2013-14)
  • Mork and Mindy Mork from Ork (1978-82)

Robin Williams as an Actor in 2014:

  • The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (23-May-2014)

Actor in 2013:

  • The Face of Love (12-Sep-2013)
  • Lee Daniels’ The Butler (5-Aug-2013)
  • The Big Wedding (26-Apr-2013)

Actor in 2011:

  • Happy Feet Two (17-Nov-2011) – The voice of Lovelace

Actor in 2010:

  • Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?) (2010)

Actor in 2010:

  • Old Dogs (25-Nov-2009) – Dan
  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (14-May-2009) – Teddy Roosevelt
  • World’s Greatest Dad (25-Apr-2009) – Lance
  • Shrink (5-Feb-2009)
  • Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (2009)

Actor in 2008:

  • Harlan Ellison: Dreams with Sharp Teeth (May-2008)

Actor in 2007:

  • August Rush (20-Oct-2007)
  • Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (13-Oct-2007)
  • License to Wed (3-Jul-2007)
  • Certifiably Jonathan (1-Mar-2007)

Actor in 2006:

  • Night at the Museum (21-Dec-2006)
  • Happy Feet (16-Nov-2006) [VOICE]
  • Man of the Year (13-Oct-2006)
  • Everyone’s Hero (15-Sep-2006) [VOICE]
  • R. V. (28-Apr-2006)
  • The Night Listener (21-Jan-2006)

Actor in 2005:

  • The Big White (13-May-2005) – Paul
  • Robots (10-Mar-2005) [VOICE]
  • The Aristocrats (Jan-2005)

Actor in 2004:

  • House of D (7-May-2004) – Pappass
  • The Final Cut (11-Feb-2004) – Alan Hakman

Actor in 2002:

  • Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (14-Jul-2002)
  • Insomnia (3-May-2002) – Walter Finch
  • Death to Smoochy (28-Feb-2002)
  • One Hour Photo (13-Jan-2002) – Seymour Parrish

Actor in 2001:

  • America: A Tribute to Heroes (21-Sep-2001)
  • Artificial Intelligence: AI (26-Jun-2001) [VOICE]

Actor in Pre-1999:

  • Bicentennial Man (13-Dec-1999)
  • Jakob the Liar (24-Sep-1999)
  • Get Bruce (24-Jan-1999)
  • Patch Adams (21-Oct-1998)
  • What Dreams May Come (28-Sep-1998)
  • Good Will Hunting (5-Dec-1997)
  • Flubber (26-Nov-1997)
  • Deconstructing Harry (26-Aug-1997)
  • Father’s Day (9-May-1997)
  • Hamlet (25-Dec-1996)
  • Aladdin and the King of Thieves (13-Aug-1996) [VOICE]
  • Jack (9-Aug-1996)
  • The Birdcage (8-Mar-1996)
  • Jumanji (15-Dec-1995)
  • Nine Months (12-Jul-1995)
  • Being Human (6-May-1994)
  • Mrs. Doubtfire (24-Nov-1993)
  • It’s the Monty Python Story (1993)
  • A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (31-Dec-1992)
  • Toys (18-Dec-1992)
  • Aladdin (11-Nov-1992) [VOICE]
  • FernGully: The Last Rainforest (10-Apr-1992)[VOICE]
  • Shakes the Clown (13-Mar-1992)
  • I’m From Hollywood (1992)
  • Hook (11-Dec-1991)
  • The Fisher King (13-Sep-1991)
  • Dead Again (23-Aug-1991)
  • A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) [VOICE]
  • Awakenings (20-Dec-1990)
  • Cadillac Man (18-May-1990)
  • Dead Poets Society (2-Jun-1989)
  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (8-Dec-1988)
  • Good Morning, Vietnam (23-Dec-1987)
  • Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (Oct-1987) [VOICE]
  • Seize the Day (9-Sep-1986)
  • Club Paradise (11-Jul-1986)
  • The Best of Times (31-Jan-1986)
  • Robin Williams: Live at the Met (1986)
  • Moscow on the Hudson (6-Apr-1984)
  • The Survivors (22-Jun-1983)
  • The World According to Garp (23-Jul-1982)
  • Popeye (12-Dec-1980)
  • Can I Do It ‘Till I Need Glasses? (Aug-1977)

Robin Williams Official Website – www.robinwilliams.com

This truly amazing life came to an end August 11th 2014, Robin Williams was found unresponsive at his home in California. He was pronounced dead at the scene and current information provided by Marin County’s coroner’s office is that the probable cause of death was asphyxiation.

Other Inspiring quotes

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world!” – Robin Williams
“You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to” – Robin Williams

Responsive Design View Controls

Using Mozilla Firefox to checkout how your website looks in different sizes.

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A very useful tool available in Mozilla Firefox is the ability to visualise your website in different browser sizes. For web designers this is great when building a responsive design website.

This tool provides the ability to see what the website looks like in varied sizes of resolution at the click of a button.

To see how this feature works in Mozilla Firefox go to your website and then press “CTRL” + “SHIFT” + “M” and then you will get the option window appear.

Mozilla CTRL SHIFT M

Building a dynamic website is important due to the popularity of mobile devices being used. Chameleon Web Services can be viewed in any many of devices and each device has its own CSS and visual changes to make it more appealing for the user.

Responsive Design View Controls

Once enabled the pop windows appears with the control panel:

XClose and return to normal browsing window.
Select sizeSelect from a the presets available “width” x “height” combinations to visualise website in new view.
Portrait/LandscapeChange between portrait and landscape views (useful for understand iPAD viewing).
Simulate touch Enable / disable simulation of touch events.
Take screenshotCapture a screenshot of the window. These are saved to the default Firefox download location.