Thousands unknowingly participate in website shutdowns, Zoho down for most of the day, and banned Android apps will get their day in a new store.
- Anonymous Dupes Users Into Joining MegaUpload Attack: Anonymous used thousands of unsuspecting people in its attach yesterday on several websites, responding to the shutdown of MegaUpload. By sharing links to certain sites in Twitter that people clicked on, they were able to set off a Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC). [ComputerWorld]
- Power failure takes down Zoho: Zoho, who offers online office suite applications, has been offline for a good portion of the day today, due to a power outage at one of its data centers provided by Equinix. [ComputerWorld]
- Developer is Building an App Store for Banned Android Apps: Koushik “Koush” Dutta, creator of ClockworkMod and member of the CyanogenMod team, is building an app store for banned Android apps from Google’s official market. It will feature gaming emulators, custom ROMs, and more. [TechCrunch]
- Pages With Too Many Ads “Above The Fold” Now Penalized By Google’s “Page Layout” Algorithm: In response to customer complaints, Google will employ an algorithm that won’t rank websites as highly if they have static ads in fixed positions above the fold when you go to their site. [Search Engine Land]
- Bing Maps Are Being Rebranded as Nokia, Across All Platforms: Nokia balances out its relationship with Microsoft by getting their name on Bing Maps, regardless of the platform. In return, Microsoft gets a better mapping service. [Gizmodo]
