If you are a server administrator and want to use cPanel & WHM to manage your web server. The option to experiment with NGINX as the web server software instead of Apache is now available. cPanel developers have had a lot of requests for NGINX support over the years but the control panel has been […]
For over two hours a large number of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus users are reporting sporadic outages relating to the respective services. Both online via the website and when using the respective apps on their smartphones. Facebook is still working to resolve the issue affecting those users who are having issues connecting to Facebook’s […]
For those that may not know or remember. In about 1 month Google’s Chrome browser (one of the most popular ones) will start marking all sites without a SSL certificate as “non-secure”. To avoid panicking your users and visitors to your site. You should make sure all your sites have a valid SSL certificate in […]
If you are running WordPress 4.7.1 or if any of your customers are running this version of WordPress then you need to update ASAP. There is a major security issue with version 4.7.1 and you should update immediately to version 4.7.2. Failure to update your WordPress to the latest version can lead to your site […]
The company behind Snapchat has filed to go public. Here are some interesting tidbits from the company’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 1. Snap will continue to prioritize development of it’s iOS application over the Android version. The company plans to make the Android version of Snapchat up to date with the iOS […]
Endurance International Group, the owner of Bluehost, Hostgator, Fatcow, and many other different web hosting brands will be letting go of at least 440 employees in the coming months. VentureBeat is reporting that the layoff’s will last from March to October in 2017. The Orem, Utah office (used primarily by Bluehost) will be closed as […]
Rightside Group has entered into an agreement to sell eNom, the domain reselling registrar business to Tucows. Rightside will retain ownership of it’s retail domain registrar business (Name.com) and it’s portfolio of new global top level domains (gTLDs). Tucows’ is the owner of Tucows.com, Ting (virtual mobile network operator), OpenSRS (domain reselling registrar), and Hover.com […]
Liquid Web recently released a press release that confirms rumors that the Michigan web host acquired rival WiredTree. The terms of the transaction was not revealed. Liquid Web also confirmed that the web host is transferring WiredTree customers to Liquid Web’s network. There would be schedule migrations and Liquid Web has a dedicated team in […]
Compass Datacenters has announced that RedBird Capital Partners and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund have invested in the datacenter developer. Compass Datacenters is a company that specializes in building datacenter facilities for datacenter operators and large technology clients. With the growth of the Internet and new “Internet of Things” which involve a lot of devices […]
CoreSite, a datacenter provider has announced that the company’s Los Angeles datacenter has been selected as the North American access point for the new SEA-US Trans-Pacific cable system. The SEA-US Trans-Pacific cable system is an underwater cable that connects different countries along its path. The SEA-US Trans-Pacific cable system is expected to come online by […]