Category Archives: Blog

Google Shopping to become Pay-to-play

We have many clients that depend on Google Shopping (formerly known as Froogle). We have been helping clients since the early days of Froogle connect their X-cart sites to Google Shopping. We learned today from several articles that Google plans to have a pay-to-play model in by Fall 2012. While we can see that this could potentially help keep their results cleaner and more relevant, however we are concerned for the small businesses that may not have a budget for this.

Read more at the Google Shopping becomes pay-to-play article on searchengineland.com

X-Cart Security Patch Released Today

All X-Cart customers should have received a security patch update today, 4/11/2012 from Qualiteam that affects all 4.1.x through 4.4.x X-carts. While X-Cart has categorized this as a “minor” threat, we feel that there is potential for a larger threat if this patch is not applied. If you are a BCSE hosted customer we will automatically apply this patch. If you are not a hosted customer and are not able to apply your patch, please contact us and we will help you. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Personal Cloud to replace PC by 2014, says Gartner

Major trends in client computing have shifted the market away from a focus on personal computers to a broader device perspective that includes smartphones, tablets and other consumer devices,” Steve Kleynhans, research vice president at Gartner, said in a statement on Monday. “Emerging cloud services will become the glue that connects the web of devices that users choose to access during the different aspects of their daily life.”

Check out the full article below. It’s an interesting quick read!
Personal Cloud’ to Replace PC by 2014, Says Gartner

Parking Meter paid us a visit!

The town of Athens is just a bit fired up over the OU Bobcat Basketball Team’s trip to the Sweet Sixteen and we’ve had our fair share of partying over the weekend it seems…So much so that we had to call and report a city parking meter resting along side our building this morning. You know you are in a college town when you call to report it and the person on the other end of the phone is not surprised at all! Who knows what we may find if the team moves on to the Elite Eight! GO BOBCATS!!!