Zendesk Starter Plan Now Free With $20 Donation to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30,- Zendesk, the proven cloud-based help desk software provider, today announced that it is offering its Zendesk Starter Plan free of charge to anyone who donates $20 to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Annual Starter subscriptions will renew with annual $20 donations. Previously a Zendesk Starter subscription would have cost up to …

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) — Apple overtook Google’s Android to become the leading smartphone platform in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2011, thanks to strong demand for its latest iPhone model, said a study released on Wednesday.
In the October to December quarter last year, Apple’s share of the U.S. smartphone market doubled from a year earlier to 44.9 percent, while Android’s share …

All-New 7-Passenger Luxury Crossover Recognized for its Family-Friendly Features in Magazine’s First-Ever “Genius” Issue -

 NEW YORK, - Parenting magazine has recognized the Infiniti JX as one of the year’s “Smartest Family Cars” in its February 2012 issue, on stands now.  The list is featured in Parenting’s first-ever “Genius” issue, dedicated to helping parents unlock their child’s own unique genius potential.  Equipped with the latest technology to help ease the load …

Jimdo brings world’s easiest website builder to Mexican small businesses

MEXICO CITY and SAN FRANCISCO, – Jimdo & Google today launched http://www.conectatunegocio.com.mx (Connect Your Business) in partnership with major Mexican economic and educational institutions. Their aim: get small businesses in Mexico on the web.
The initiative helps Mexican businesses build effective Internet presences. At the launch ceremony in Mexico City, Miguel Maron Undersecretary of Economy said, “Mexico has 4.3 million …

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — More than 7,000 websites including Wikipedia are blacking out their websites on Wednesday to protest the pending Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act, the latest move from Silicon Valley to take on Hollywood in their anti-piracy bill battle.
Since Midnight Tuesday, English-language Wikipedia, search engine Mozilla, online classified advertisement service Craigslist and …

Freelancer.com announced that it was joining the protest against the SOPA and PIPA bills, adding its voice to Wikipedia, Google, Reddit and many other high profile Internet sites.

SYDNEY, Jan. 18, 2012- Proposed on October 26, 2011, the Stop Online Piracy Act has been widely condemned by the technology industry as having the potential to cause significant damage to the way the Internet operates.
As the largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace in the world, freelancer.com …

PHILADELPHIA-Radian Guaranty Inc., the mortgage insurance (MI) subsidiary of Radian Group Inc., today announced a partnership with LoanSifter, the leading provider of Web-based mortgage product eligibility and pricing engines. Beginning immediately, LoanSifter will include an MI rate quote or estimate from Radian as a part of its MI Best Execution Pricing Platform “We are very excited to announce our integration with LoanSifter, an industry leader known for helping lenders save time and money by managing their mortgage process …

NEW YORK, (Xinhua) — More than 200 protesters took to the streets in New York City on Wednesday to protest the anti- piracy bills being debated in U.S. Congress.

The rally was organized by the influential tech networking community NY Tech Meetup outside the offices of NY Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who are supporters of both Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA).

Waving signs of ” Save the Internet, Stop PIPA”, protesters told local …

SOPA/PIPA Opponents Hope Facebook, Google Join Reddit Blackout
WASHINGTON.- EIN News – Touted by supporters as tools that will help the U.S. go after “foreign” rogue websites, the Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA ) and Protect IP Act ( PIPA ) bills are facing growing opposition.
Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Ron Wyden, the most vocal opponents of SOPA and PIPA in the U.S. House of Representatives & the Senate, have championed …

The world’s most popular online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is going on strike on Wednesday. The “knowledge blackout” is aimed at protecting the Internet – and the website’s very existence – from online censorship.

The Wikipedia community and the Wikimedia foundation decided on a global blackout of the English version of the website for 24 hours starting at 05:00 UTC on January 18. The move followed a heated discussion which attracted …