How to Find The Other Websites of a Person?

People will always have the urge to try and find out what their friend from high school is doing. Whether it is a long lost friend or simply just trying to find another person’s website, it has become quite a task to try and find another person’s website. Though the internet has been growing, it is still quite tough to try and find another person’s website. Unless you have the exact URL, it is virtually impossible without these simple tips.

Facebook Is Always Helpful

When it comes to finding people, Facebook just might be the best option. All you will need to do is sign in and make sure that you know how to use the search features, well there’s nothing really there, just enter the person’s name in the search box above. Once you find them, it is then time to search their page and see if they have a section with their website. If you are not able to find it, you will probably have to message or add that person to get the information.

A Google Search

This is by far the easiest, fastest, and most effective method out there. However, it will take a lot of time for you to try and find the website since there are so many results. There will be millions of results and so it can be tough to really narrow it down. You will only be lucky if the person you are looking for has a unique name. However, if you are looking for someone with a common name like John Smith, you will have a very hard time trying to get what you need. Websites like pho.to can actually tell you who is behind a website,

Please note there are other limitations to this, if someone is using privacy protection for instance, it can make it difficult to know they are actually associated with that website by just “googling” or searching the whois database, of course there are lots of other ways to get this such as by questioning the WHOIS database but this can actually work if you know at least one website of that person and want to find out other websites owned by that person that are hosted on the server, reverse ip can do that, this website is a good place to start

Try Google+

Google+ is slowly becoming a bigger website and people need to realize that this is essentially the future of social networking. However, Facebook and Twitter are more than likely not going anywhere and so you should really think about focusing on Google+ more when it comes to trying to find a person’s website. Since Google+ is more on marketing and networking, you just might be able to find the person that you are looking for.

LinkedIn & Other Professional Sites

There are plenty of sites that will offer you a free service that will help you to search for people. Whether it is for business purposes or you are just looking to contact someone, you can use sites like LinkedIn or Manta to try and find them. However, these two sites are more focused on business owners and will not really give you much information on your long lost friend from middle school. That is why this method is only useful for those that need to find someone because of businesses.

Tags: Facebook, Google Search, How To Find Web sites, Searching A Friend, Social Media Networking, Website Search

Source : techtalkafrica[dot]com

Is reading dying or flourishing in the Internet age?

Technophobes may have hailed the death of the book with the advent of TV decades ago, but studies show we’re bigger readers now than ever.

A friend of mine scoffed last week when I noted that I actually budget reading time into my workday. He started with the tried and true “Must be nice to be self-employed.”

I explained that, as a professional writer, reading is just as important as sitting at the keyboard. It provides the raw materials that my brain turns into finished works.

“But why do you have to schedule reading time? You spend 8 hours a day at a computer, like the rest of us. Most of that is reading.”

We then got into a discussion on whether humans read more now than they did 50 years ago, before the majority of us were stuck in front of a screen all day.

I don’t think that anyone can doubt that as a society we read more now than we have at any time in our history, on a per-word basis. Half the people of the civilized world have what amounts to the world’s grandest library in their pocket.

Of course, it’s not just a library.

Estimate how many words you read per day on Twitter alone. If you are a user of any volume at all, that number is at least in the hundreds. Then add on Facebook. Maybe you are an avid user of RSS. Perhaps you are a fan of Fark or Reddit, in which case your per-day word count explodes astronomically. And we won’t even mention texting. A lot of people read the equivalent of a magazine’s worth of text every day.

But why is that not enough for me?

First, because an article from Fark entitled “Pet monkey put on house arrest” is not what anyone would consider high art.

Second, we now have two forms of reading in this brave new world. One which requires a longer attention span, and one for online pursuits. For my purposes, there needs to be a strict ratio of deeper reading to online reading. If nothing else, I need the exercise for my attention span. Sometimes these columns take a long time to write, and if I allow myself too much online billiards, the deadline will pass.

An article in Scientific American by Coco Ballantyne from 2008 – before the widespread adoption of e-readers and tablets – attempted to describe the differences in reading online from reading books.

Citing a study from the Journal of Research in Reading, the article states that the simple acts that we take for granted, like scrolling and changeable dimensions of text, are affecting our neural reasoning – perhaps on an evolutionary level. The simple act of having to scroll down to read more text, or (god forbid) having to click a link to get to the next page of a piece is warping our attention spans and decreasing our tolerance for longer works.

You could be tempted into thinking that this is a harbinger for the death of longer reading. As English teachers have been saying since the advent of the Internet, the novel may not exist for your grandchildren’s generation, and with its demise goes humanity’s most efficient method of storytelling.

But a funny thing is happening while all of this technology is killing longer textual works: more people are reading books and novels than ever before.

For the past 50 years or so, during their various polling, Gallup has systematically asked their respondents if they happen to be reading any books or novels at the present time. In their most recent release of the results of that questions in 2005, nearly half (47 percent) of the people questioned said “yes.”

In 1949, before television allegedly sucked out our parents’ brains and all people had to do for entertainment was read and listen to an hour of radio at night, that number was 21 percent.

I would venture to guess that that percentage has only grown further, now that people can carry thousands of books with them wherever they go and can read them in the little snippets that our brains are now accustomed to while they commute to work or wait at the doctor’s office. I’m even hopeful that the majority of that percentage wouldn’t be made up of people reading Fifty Shades of Grey.

Humans are an adaptable species, which is how we’ve come to rule this planet in the first place (although all bets are off if an asteroid comes around). I have simply adapted my reading habits to my current lifestyle. Apparently other people are doing the same.

Our technology is not destroying our old traditions of transacting information; it is making them accessible to more and more people. One of our priorities moving forward should be ensuring that everyone has that access.

[Image credit: Book & Tablet - Denphumi/Shutterstock; Book & Laptop - Wrangler/Shutterstock]

Source : digitaltrends[dot]com

Foursquare update delivers all your friends’ check-ins — anywhere, all the time

Foursquare's latest update allows you to see all of your friend's check-ins regardless of their location, but offers a feature to filter out their updates should you choose to do so.

Foursquare has had the unique challenge of pivoting its check-in platform, once the social-location darling, into something that can compete on a larger scale. The check-in has become an exhausting process that users are running awy from, and Foursquare’s robust, feature-full relaunch in June was all about making its app a more seamless, frictionless experience. The update announced today adds a relatively minor tool that enables users to keep real-time check-in notifications on or off.

The feature is a simple on and off toggle that has been included on the profile pages of your friends where you can select “Nearby,” “Off,” and “Always On.” Selecting “Nearby” will notify you only of check-ins that your friends have entered near your current location. “Always On,” however, notifies you on your Foursquare newsfeed of your friend’s check-ins from all location. You can also turn off notifications from your friends entirely.

There’s more to this than meets the eye. Check-ins have more or less been declared a dying breed, and this has clearly made some trouble for Foursquare. The app has started focusing on making itself a hub for finding out what locations friends are frequenting and for recommending new restaurants or venues. 

The latest update fits well into the scheme of Foursquare’s new strategy. All updates from your friends can be pushed to your newsfeed, should you choose to receive these notifications, and you can see exactly what they’re up to. It fuels the social strategy behind the company’s pivot. At the same time, the update compels users to engage with their friend’s updates, which is a boon to Foursquare and of course its advertisers. For example, by being able to view all of your friends’ check-ins you’re more inclined to discover new venues.

Given the heightened visibility to user location, there are bound to be new privacy concerns about how much information Foursquare is able to reveal. But realize that Foursquare isn’t among the so-called SoLoMo apps, like Glancee or Highlight, which are frictionless ambient social networks that will find anyone with the same app around you regardless of their affiliation with you. Once you’ve opened up Foursquare, you can decide to check-in to a location or choose not to do so. 

Source : digitaltrends[dot]com

EVE Online community mourns American diplomat killed in Libyan attack

The US official killed in yesterday's Benghazi attack was named Sean Smith. He was an EVE player, a member of Goonswarm, and a good friend.

Yesterday, a group of armed militants stormed the American consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi. According to BBC reports, the attack took place during a protest over the anti-Islamic sentiments seen in a low-budget film purportedly produced by American Sam Bacile (although some reports suggest this is merely a pseudonym), and promoted in the Middle East by an Egyptian-American Coptic Christian named Morris Sadek. The attack left the American ambassador, Christopher Stevens, and three other American officials dead. U.S. officials have not ruled out the possibility that the attack was part of a coordinated terrorist action.

Although the names of the three Americans with Stevens were not initially released by authorities, one of the victims was quickly identified by his friends online as Foreign Service information management officer, Sean Smith.

Smith was a huge fan of CCP Games’ EVE Online, and a long-standing member of the infamous Goonswarm, an amorphous group of gamers who initially came together on the forums of the Internet humor site Something Awful. While many claim that Goonswarm exists purely to infuriate other players in whichever game they happen to be playing — Goonswarm is most prominent in EVE Online, but has branched out to a number of other online titles — even these people can’t deny the group’s ability to affect change on a massive scale within a game due to its sheer numbers, dedicated player-base, and surprisingly well-coordinated actions.

Last night Smith (aka “Vile Rat”) was online speaking to his friend and fellow gamer, Alexander Gianturco, who goes by the handle “The Mittani” Gianturco has since posted the exchange as part of a eulogy to his friend. According to Gianturco, Smith was a long-time online gamer who was working as an IT consultant in Benghazi when the attack occurred. Due in part to his work, Smith spent a lot of time on the ‘net, doing the sorts of things anyone else might: conversing with friends, passing the time and playing video games. 

“If you play this stupid game, you may not realize it, but you play in a galaxy created in large part by Vile Rat’s talent as a diplomat,” Gianturco said. “No one focused as relentlessly on using diplomacy as a strategic tool as VR. Mercenary Coalition flipped sides in the Great War in large part because of Vile Rat’s influence, and if that hadn’t happened GSF probably would have never taken out BoB. Jabberlon5? VR made it. You may not even know what Jabberlon5 is, but it’s the smoke-filled jabber room where every nullsec personage of note hangs out and makes deals. Goonswarm has succeeded over the years in large part because of VR’s emphasis on diplomacy, to the point of creating an entire section with a staff of 10+ called Corps Diplomatique, something no other alliance has. He had the vision and the understanding to see three steps ahead of everyone else – in the game, on the CSM, and when giving real-world advice.”

The protests surrounded the film Innocence of Muslims, which depicted the Prophet Mohammed as fraud and a pedophile. Protesters in Egypt had already burned an American flag in front of the consulate in Cairo, and the Libyan protests may have been coordinated. The date, the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, was also lost on no one.  

During their discussion last night, Smith told Gianturco:

(12:54:09 PM) vile_rat: assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures

While alarming, this wasn’t particularly unusual for Smith, who’s situation was well known among his friends. A few years earlier while Smith was stationed in Iraq, he also found himself under fire but finished his time there “physically unscathed,” according to Gianturco.  

“He was on jabber [the IM service] when it happened,” Gianturco posted. “That’s the most fucked up thing. In Baghdad the same kind of thing happened – incoming sirens, he’d vanish, we’d freak out and he’d come back ok after a bit. This time he said ‘FUCK’ and ‘GUNFIRE’ and then disconnected and never returned.”

Soon after that conversation, media services around the world began to report that protests outside the American embassies in both Libya and Egypt had begun to turn violent. It wasn’t long before news of American deaths was being reported, and Gianturco recognized that his friend was dead and the EVE Online community was in morning. 

While that’s easier to recognize his influence if you happen to be an EVE player, the end point is that Sean Smith had a huge impact on both the people he played EVE alongside, as well as the game as a whole, both personally and within the digital world he enjoyed. While the name of the fallen ambassador may soon be a household name, the name of Sean Smith will not be forgotten. Since the attack, a number of in-game space stations have since been renamed in Smith’s honor. While that might be a seemingly minor remembrance to the man, it is exceedingly heartfelt.

We recommend you read the blog post in its entirety. It’s equal parts mournful reminiscing and raging at the state at the world for ending the life of such a well-liked member of an online community. But in sum the piece is a touching memorial to a man from those who called him “friend.” 

Source : digitaltrends[dot]com

EVE Online community eulogizes US official killed in Benghazi attack

The US official killed in yesterday's Benghazi attack was named Sean Smith. He was an EVE player, a member of Goonswarm, and a good friend.

Yesterday a group of armed militiamen stormed the American consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi. According to BBC reports, the attack was the culmination of a protest over the anti-Islamic sentiments seen in a low-budget film produced by American Sam Bacile and promoted in the middle east by an unnamed Christian Egyptian expatriate. The attack left one American official dead and another wounded.

Though the identity of the deceased American official was not initially released by authorities, the man’s online friends have since decided to eulogize his memory. According to this blog post, Sean Smith (aka “Vile Rat”) was a long-time online gamer who was working as an IT consultant in Benghazi when the attack occurred. As a result, Smith spent a lot of time on the ‘net, doing the sorts of things anyone else might: conversing with friends, passing the time and playing video games.

Specifically, Smith was a huge fan of CCP Games’ EVE Online, and a long-standing member of the infamous Goonswarm. For those of you who are unaware, Goonswarm is an amorphous group of gamers who initially came together on the forums of Internet humor site Something Awful. Many will claim that Goonswarm exists purely to infuriate other players in whichever game they happen to be playing — Goonswarm is most prominent in EVE Online, but has branched out to a number of other online titles — but even these people can’t deny the group’s ability to affect change on a massive scale within a game due to its sheer numbers, dedicated player-base and surprisingly well-coordinated actions.

As a result, it seems fitting to eulogize Smith by praising his abilities within the game’s universe:

If you play this stupid game, you may not realize it, but you play in a galaxy created in large part by Vile Rat’s talent as a diplomat. No one focused as relentlessly on using diplomacy as a strategic tool as VR. Mercenary Coalition flipped sides in the Great War in large part because of Vile Rat’s influence, and if that hadn’t happened GSF probably would have never taken out BoB. Jabberlon5? VR made it. You may not even know what Jabberlon5 is, but it’s the smoke-filled jabber room where every nullsec personage of note hangs out and makes deals. Goonswarm has succeeded over the years in large part because of VR’s emphasis on diplomacy, to the point of creating an entire section with a staff of 10+ called Corps Diplomatique, something no other alliance has. He had the vision and the understanding to see three steps ahead of everyone else – in the game, on the CSM, and when giving real-world advice.

While that’s easier to understand if you too happen to be an EVE player, the end point is that Sean Smith had a huge impact, not only on the people he played EVE alongside, but also on the game as a whole. As a result, since the attack a number of in-game space stations have since been renamed in Smith’s honor.

We recommend you read the blog post in its entirety. It’s equal parts mournful reminiscing and raging at the state at the world for ending the life of such a well-liked member of the EVE community, but in sum the piece is a touching memorial to a man from those who called him “friend.” 

Source : digitaltrends[dot]com

Send a Facebook Friend a Real Burger or Cocktail With Treater

You know what your friend doesn’t want for their birthday? Or when they are having a bad day? A virtual cookie, cupcake or glass of wine. You know what they really want? A real cookie, cupcake or glass of wine.

That’s the idea behind Treater.com, a new website that is launching today. It allows people to send and receive small gifts instantly via the web to a smartphone. Yes, Treater lets you send the money — we’re still waiting on the technology to print a cupcake! — but it’s specifically the amount for the item you select. For instance, you can send $4.50 for a latte from Starbucks or a $9.50 bacon cheeseburger from Five Guys.

“We wanted to do something more than letting people like or send a message,” Treater’s CEO, Jeff Ross, told ABC News.

The site allows you to log in with your Facebook account, bringing in your Facebook contacts. It then suggests friends to whom you might want to send gifts, based on whether their Facebook timelines show it’s their birthday, they’ve just gotten engaged, etc. It also suggests gifts based on their activity — it might suggest a cupcake or cookie for a birthday or a sandwich or coffee if it believes that’s what your friend might enjoy.

You can also choose to send a gift for no particular reason. You can select from a list of categories, including Caffeine, Drinks, Sweet Treats, and Good Grub. Within those categories are specific retailers, including Starbucks, Pete’s Coffee, Chipolte, Shake Shack, Potbelly and others.  Listed under each retailer are the prices of specific items.

Select the item or items you want to send to your friend, pay for it, and it will then email or text your friend a link to a one-time Visa or MasterCard payment card with the amount. The site has been optimized for mobile so you can show it on your smartphone at the physical store. Treater is currently working on applications for iOS and Android and ways for retailers to scan a bar code within the app.

Ross said some relationships with retailers have been made (though Treater isn’t announcing them today), but even if there isn’t a formal relationship you can still use Treater at any of the locations since it is really just a credit card. Ross said the company had tested the service at all the locations on its site.

But there’s one last twist.  Whatever you have left over from the transaction goes into what Treater calls your Piggy Bank, where you can collect money and put it toward a gift for another friend.

See, much better than a virtual cupcake.

Source : abcnews[dot]go[dot]com

Pinterest ends invites, now open to all

Pinterest has created quite a stir since launching back in 2010. Up until today you needed an invitation from a friend or the site itself to join. From today, however, it's open to all.

If you’ve been hanging around waiting for an invite to the Pinterest party then wait no more, for the up-and-coming social networking site has now opened its doors to all.

The fast-growing site announced open registration in a blog post on Wednesday. Up to now, those wanting to join had to request an invite from the site or hope to be given one by a friend who was already a member.

“We’re really excited to have the capacity to offer Pinterest to more people and if you’re a Pinner with friends who’ve been waiting on the sidelines, we hope you’ll let them know. Happy pinning to everyone!” the post read.

Launched in March 2010, the site – which allows users to easily share anything of interest found on the Web by ‘pinning’ images to a board – soon created a stir, and within 18 months had been listed by Time magazine as one of the best 50 websites of 2011.

Earlier this year, Silicon Valley-based Pinterest became the third most popular social networking site in the US behind Facebook and Twitter – not bad going for a site that at the time was still accepting new members through invitation only. In May, the company received backing to the tune of $100 million from Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, valuing the company at $1.5 billion

Now that Tom, Dick and Harry can join, the site’s creators can expect to see a surge in sign-ups as new members come to see what all the fuss is about. Whether interest in Pinterest will continue to grow, flatline or take a dive in the long-term is anyone’s guess, but judging by the way things have been going up to now, those working for the company must be pretty excited about what the future might hold.

If you fancy taking a closer look at Pinterest, head over here to sign up.

Source : digitaltrends[dot]com