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With a list price of about $169, the Acer Chromebook 11 is already one of the most affordable Chrome OS laptops with an Intel processor, but now you can snag one for much less… as long a you don’t mind buying a refurbished model. Newegg is selling a refurbished Acer Chromebook 11 for $100 after rebate. […]
Deals of the Day (11-05-2015) is a post from: Liliputing
With a list price of about $169, the Acer Chromebook 11 is already one of the most affordable Chrome OS laptops with an Intel processor, but now you can snag one for much less… as long a you don’t mind buying a refurbished model. Newegg is selling a refurbished Acer Chromebook 11 for $100 after rebate. […]
Deals of the Day (11-05-2015) is a post from: Liliputing
Karma sells a mobile hotspot for $149 called Karma Go that you can use to connect to Sprint’s 4G LTE network on the go. That’s not particularly unusual, but the company’s business model is: when you activate a hotspot you’re not the only one that can connect to it: anyone can. And when somebody does connect […]
Karma offers unlimited mobile hotspot for $50 per month (in addition to pay as you go plans) is a post from: Liliputing
Karma sells a mobile hotspot for $149 called Karma Go that you can use to connect to Sprint’s 4G LTE network on the go. That’s not particularly unusual, but the company’s business model is: when you activate a hotspot you’re not the only one that can connect to it: anyone can. And when somebody does connect […]
Karma offers unlimited mobile hotspot for $50 per month (in addition to pay as you go plans) is a post from: Liliputing
Qualcomm hat Zahlen zum kommenden Snapdragon 820 genannt: Das SoC soll in über 60 Geräten verbaut werden. Das klingt viel, ist aber in etwa die gleiche Anzahl an Design Wins wie beim in der Kritik stehenden Snapdragon 810 – damals aber ohne Samsung. (Snapdragon, Prozessor) 
Qualcomm hat Zahlen zum kommenden Snapdragon 820 genannt: Das SoC soll in über 60 Geräten verbaut werden. Das klingt viel, ist aber in etwa die gleiche Anzahl an Design Wins wie beim in der Kritik stehenden Snapdragon 810 - damals aber ohne Samsung. (Snapdragon, Prozessor) 
So you like the idea of a wearable device that can alert you to incoming text messages, phone calls, or emails, but you’re not sold on a full-fledged smartwatch. Chronos is a tiny disc that you can slap on the back of any watch to add smart features. It can track fitness stats and it […]
Chronos turns any watch smart(er) for $129 or less is a post from: Liliputing
So you like the idea of a wearable device that can alert you to incoming text messages, phone calls, or emails, but you’re not sold on a full-fledged smartwatch. Chronos is a tiny disc that you can slap on the back of any watch to add smart features. It can track fitness stats and it […]
Chronos turns any watch smart(er) for $129 or less is a post from: Liliputing
A new report released by streaming search engine JustWatch has revealed that Google’s “Pirate Update” drastically decreased the visibility of torrent sites in search results. However, the algorithm changes failed to punish illegal streaming portals, which still draw billions of visitors from search engines.
Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
Over the past few years the entertainment industries have repeatedly asked Google to step up its game when it comes to anti-piracy efforts.
These remarks haven’t fallen on deaf ears and in response Google has slowly implemented various new anti-piracy measures.
Last year Google made changes to its core algorithms aimed at lowering the visibility of “pirate” sites. Using the number of accurate DMCA requests as an indicator, these sites are now demoted in search results for certain key phrases.
This “Pirate Update” hit torrent sites hard, as early analysis previously showed. However, new research from streaming search engine JustWatch shows that the effect is limited.
Using search engine visibility data from SearchMetrics as well as SimilarWeb’s page statistics, the company evaluated how much search engine traffic the top torrent and streaming sites received before and after the algorithm change.
The findings confirm that torrent sites did indeed lose a lot of Google traffic. The graph below shows the search engine visibility ranking for the top 20 torrent sites including The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents and Torrentz.
However, while Google’s update had a dramatic effect on torrent sites, frequently visited streaming portals are seemingly unaffected by the change.
The graph below shows that on average the top streaming sites increased their search engine presence. This means that these streaming portals, including Solarmovie, Couchtuner and Movie4k, remain frequently featured in the top search results.
While SearchMetrics data doesn’t directly measure traffic, the report estimates that the visibility of streaming sites is 15 times larger than that of torrent sites.
Translated to a traffic number, JustWatch estimates that roughly a third of all visits to the top streaming sites come from search engines, which number nearly three billion since Google’s “pirate” update.
The critique is not new. In recent months several entertainment industry groups have urged Google to improve its downranking methods or completely remove pirate sites from search results.
Google, however, has stated that removing entire domain names goes too far and could possibly be counterproductive.
As a streaming search engine JustWatch of course has a significant interest in the results they report. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they also encourage Google to improve.
“Google should stand by their word to use the DMCA takedown requests per domain and factor it stronger into their ranking signals,” JustWatch CEO David Croyé tells TF.
According to JustWatch pirate streaming sites still dominate the top search results when people enter phrases such as “300 watch online”
Croyé understands that the algorithms want to rank pirate sites higher, because this is actually what people are looking for. However, that makes it harder for legal services to compete.
“We are a self funded startup that wants to connect fans with their favorite movie content worldwide and make it easier also for Google to show more legal offers. We’ve already aggregated them in a structured way for them”
“So it’s in our own interest as a startup to be able to compete with free, but illegal alternatives on Google,” Croyé adds.
Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
A new report released by streaming search engine JustWatch has revealed that Google’s “Pirate Update” drastically decreased the visibility of torrent sites in search results. However, the algorithm changes failed to punish illegal streaming portals, which still draw billions of visitors from search engines.
Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
Over the past few years the entertainment industries have repeatedly asked Google to step up its game when it comes to anti-piracy efforts.
These remarks haven’t fallen on deaf ears and in response Google has slowly implemented various new anti-piracy measures.
Last year Google made changes to its core algorithms aimed at lowering the visibility of “pirate” sites. Using the number of accurate DMCA requests as an indicator, these sites are now demoted in search results for certain key phrases.
This “Pirate Update” hit torrent sites hard, as early analysis previously showed. However, new research from streaming search engine JustWatch shows that the effect is limited.
Using search engine visibility data from SearchMetrics as well as SimilarWeb’s page statistics, the company evaluated how much search engine traffic the top torrent and streaming sites received before and after the algorithm change.
The findings confirm that torrent sites did indeed lose a lot of Google traffic. The graph below shows the search engine visibility ranking for the top 20 torrent sites including The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents and Torrentz.
However, while Google’s update had a dramatic effect on torrent sites, frequently visited streaming portals are seemingly unaffected by the change.
The graph below shows that on average the top streaming sites increased their search engine presence. This means that these streaming portals, including Solarmovie, Couchtuner and Movie4k, remain frequently featured in the top search results.
While SearchMetrics data doesn’t directly measure traffic, the report estimates that the visibility of streaming sites is 15 times larger than that of torrent sites.
Translated to a traffic number, JustWatch estimates that roughly a third of all visits to the top streaming sites come from search engines, which number nearly three billion since Google’s “pirate” update.
The critique is not new. In recent months several entertainment industry groups have urged Google to improve its downranking methods or completely remove pirate sites from search results.
Google, however, has stated that removing entire domain names goes too far and could possibly be counterproductive.
As a streaming search engine JustWatch of course has a significant interest in the results they report. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they also encourage Google to improve.
“Google should stand by their word to use the DMCA takedown requests per domain and factor it stronger into their ranking signals,” JustWatch CEO David Croyé tells TF.
According to JustWatch pirate streaming sites still dominate the top search results when people enter phrases such as “300 watch online”
Croyé understands that the algorithms want to rank pirate sites higher, because this is actually what people are looking for. However, that makes it harder for legal services to compete.
“We are a self funded startup that wants to connect fans with their favorite movie content worldwide and make it easier also for Google to show more legal offers. We’ve already aggregated them in a structured way for them”
“So it’s in our own interest as a startup to be able to compete with free, but illegal alternatives on Google,” Croyé adds.
Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
Intel is making a small update to its low-power Atom chip lineup. The new Intel Atom x5-Z8350, Atom x5-Z8550, and x7-Z8750 will replace the current Cherry Trail lineup soon. So what’s new? Not a whole lot… but the new chips should be a little faster and a little more reliable. The updated processors have the same […]
Intel’s new Cherry Trail chips are (a little) faster is a post from: Liliputing
Intel is making a small update to its low-power Atom chip lineup. The new Intel Atom x5-Z8350, Atom x5-Z8550, and x7-Z8750 will replace the current Cherry Trail lineup soon. So what’s new? Not a whole lot… but the new chips should be a little faster and a little more reliable. The updated processors have the same […]
Intel’s new Cherry Trail chips are (a little) faster is a post from: Liliputing
Amazons Bezahldienst Prime bietet jetzt neben schnellerem Versand und Streaming-Videos auch einen Musikdienst an. Wie bei Spotify oder Googles Play Music können Prime-Nutzer Musik streamen und auch auf ihren Geräten speichern – ohne mehr für ihr Abo zahlen zu müssen. (Amazon, Cloud Computing) 
Amazons Bezahldienst Prime bietet jetzt neben schnellerem Versand und Streaming-Videos auch einen Musikdienst an. Wie bei Spotify oder Googles Play Music können Prime-Nutzer Musik streamen und auch auf ihren Geräten speichern - ohne mehr für ihr Abo zahlen zu müssen. (Amazon, Cloud Computing) 
Chinese company Huawei is starting to make a name for itself in the US thanks to its partnership with Google on the Nexus 6P smartphone. But the company doesn’t just make phones. It’s also been producing its own processors for a few years, and the latest will likely be used in the upcoming Huawei Mate […]
Huawei Kirin 950 chip shoots for high performance, low power consumption is a post from: Liliputing
Chinese company Huawei is starting to make a name for itself in the US thanks to its partnership with Google on the Nexus 6P smartphone. But the company doesn’t just make phones. It’s also been producing its own processors for a few years, and the latest will likely be used in the upcoming Huawei Mate […]
Huawei Kirin 950 chip shoots for high performance, low power consumption is a post from: Liliputing
Die Streaming-Plattform Kinox.to war zwischenzeitlich nicht erreichbar. Die Macher der Seite empfehlen, Googles öffentlichen DNS-Server zu nutzen. Außerdem gibt es zahlreiche alternative URLs. Schuld waren offenbar Zahlungsprobleme der Betreiber. (
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