Facebook Changes Things Up!
Facebook has banned “like-gating”! “Like our page!” is a phrase you won't see much anymore following a recent change to Facebook’s Policy. Good for users, but not good for folks relying on likes to get Facebook recognition. What is like-gating? When a Facebook page...
Spam and Forwarding
It is quite popular to forward email to a large provider such as gmail or hotmail. Doing so even appears to eliminate a much larger percentage of spam than Lexicom's own filters, particularly in the case of forwarding to gmail. There is, however, a significant problem...
Facebook to restrict Corporate access to fans!
Facebook wanted us to connect directly with our customers using their platform. We said Yes Sir, lets do that. Now the facebook message is: Pay up if you want to reach all those folks who liked your facebook corporate image. So where does that leave the small company...
E Mail Management
Email Management This section describes managing email accounts on the server. For information about accessing your email account(s), see the support section of our main web site. The main email management screen provides a list of currently configured email addresses...
Privacy, Your info, and Social Media
How many of us actually read social media terms of use? When you tweet you: grant Twitter a licence to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute content in any manner or method. Twitter may sublicense these rights to third...
Lexicom Servers Not Vulnerable to “Heartbleed” Bug
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few days, you will have likely encountered news about the so-called "heartbleed" bug affecting SSL web sites. News from the Canada Revenue Agency that electronic services including online tax filing have been...
Domain Names as Personal Property
Recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision has determined that “.ca” domain names are personal property independent of any registration in any public office. Now there is a precedent for recovering a highjacked domain name. The examples of highjacking we see? A...
ICANN moving ON
US government to end formal relationship with ICANN The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration will end its formal relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in late 2015, with ICANN developing a new global...
Getty Gives Free Access to 35 Million Photos!
Getty Images, who seem to own the rights to every photograph in the world, announced yesterday that they will offer 35 million of their stock photos for free for editorial, non-commercial online use. Starting March 6, Users will select an image from the Getty Images...
Many New Domain Name Extensions Now Available
As You may be aware, a mass of new domain name extensions, (the bit beyond the .) are now available, with many more to follow. Attached is the list of currently available extensions, one or more of which may be of interest to you or your firm. Don’t miss out on the...
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