OpenSpark President Chad Sauerbry honored as a Local Hero today at the ONE Community Spotlight on Success Awards program today. All of the honorees are ONE Community business members selected by the organization based on their commitment to diversity.

The Spotlight on Success Honorees are:

OpenSpark President Chad Sauerbry honored as a Local Hero today at the ONE Community Spotlight on Success Awards program today. All of the honorees are ONE Community business members selected by the organization based on their commitment to diversity.

The Spotlight on Success Honorees are:

Apple® today announced iPhone® 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri™, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. With the launch of iPhone 4S also comes the launch of iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features; and iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that work with your iPhone, iPad®, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.

Apple® today announced iPhone® 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri™, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. With the launch of iPhone 4S also comes the launch of iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features; and iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that work with your iPhone, iPad®, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.

Approximately 15 minutes ago, we noticed a significant slowdown in Internet traffic and the inability to access certain websites.  The sites don’t appear to be down because sites that cannot be accessed through Verizon service can be accessed by other providers, and vice versa.  We are not sure where the issue is within the North American portion of the Internet, but statistics are indicating significant length of time in getting from point A to point B (latency) and data loss.

According to Internet Traffic Report (which monitors the flow of data around the world), the North America traffic index is dropping fast.  At approximately 1:35 pm (ET), it was 84 out of 100 (with 100 being the fastest and most reliable connection) and now at 1:43 pm (ET), it is down to 64.

Approximately 15 minutes ago, we noticed a significant slowdown in Internet traffic and the inability to access certain websites.  The sites don’t appear to be down because sites that cannot be accessed through Verizon service can be accessed by other providers, and vice versa.  We are not sure where the issue is within the North American portion of the Internet, but statistics are indicating significant length of time in getting from point A to point B (latency) and data loss.

Have you noticed a change (for better or for worse) in your search engine ranking lately?  Google introduced an update earlier this year (Google Panda) that may have something to do with that.  If you search for Google Panda, you’ll find a lot of great articles where you can learn about the very technical side of the change but extracting what you need as a business owner or manager out of a technical article can sometimes be difficult. 

Have you noticed a change (for better or for worse) in your search engine ranking lately?  Google introduced an update earlier this year (Google Panda) that may have something to do with that.  If you search for Google Panda, you’ll find a lot of great articles where you can learn about the very technical side of the change but extracting what you need as a business owner or manager out of a technical article can sometimes be difficult. 

Will the 'email to a friend' functionality featured on many websites be coming to an end?  The new Facebook 'send' button hopes so.

Facebook announced yesterday that a send button has joined the like button.  According to Facebook, "the Send button is a social plugin that websites can use to let people send a link to a friend through Facebook Messages, post it to a Group, or email it to an individual."  A big advantage over the traditional 'email to a friend' option is that you don't need to leave the page you are reading or fill out any forms.  If you want to send a page to someone who is not on Facebook, you can still enter an email address with the send button.  

Will the 'email to a friend' functionality featured on many websites be coming to an end?  The new Facebook 'send' button hopes so.