SearchYourCloud offers free multi-cloud storage search, encryption

For those of you who can't resist the convenience of a cloud storage account or two (or five) but still fret about the security of your files there, the now freely-available SearchYourCloud application

11 amazing images show ‘The Human Face of Big Data’

Facebook’s Graph Search rolls out to even more users

Your time-wasting tactics on Facebook might just have gotten a little extra help, thanks to the new Graph Search feature rolled out today. With Graph Search, Facebook Inc. allows users accessing the site

Animated GIFs’ retro comeback is about engagement

Last week Google announced that their social network (Google+ for those of you at home keeping score) would begin supporting animated GIFs as profile pictures. With the popularity of Twitter's Vine app coupled with the dominance of

Kickvox challenges Google’s mobile search dominance

A Toronto-based app developer is taking on search giant Google with Kickvox, a more visual way to view your search results on a mobile device.Google users are conditioned to expect a list of

Rdigitalife: Kanika Gupta on social change and technology

Kanika Gupta is Head Catalyst at her startup, SoJo, exploring social change, technology, and online education. If someone's got an idea, Sojo helps them find a starting point. Here, she tells us that

Facebook search engine could capture half of market: survey

Facebook could capture up to 50 per cent of the online search market within a few years if it chooses to challenge Google in that area, a London-based SEO consultant firm says.Though possible,

Real-time map of Kickstarter projects to launch Monday

An independent Web blog is launching a real-time map of active Kickstarter projects Sept. 10, according to one of the site's co-founders.Kickstarter allows individuals and businesses to ask for donations from many different

Hopper gets the carrot with $12 million funding round

A startup travel-search firm based in Montreal and Boston has raised $12 million in series C financing from OMERS Ventures, TechFinance.ca reports.Hopper hasn't launched its Web site yet but is currently working to

Yahoo launches advertising dashboard for small business

Yahoo launched a free marketing dashboard on Wednesday to boost its advertising appeal for small and midsized businesses by simplifying digital marketing for them.  The move comes as part of new CEO Scott

Joomla upgraded with new search, database options

The newly released edition of the Joomla open source content management system now comes with a new search engine, and can use Microsoft SQL Server or PostGreSQL, in addition to MySQL. Joomla 2.5,

4 ways to take control of Google’s Social Search functions

Google sparked controversy on Tuesday with the announcement of a major search update that includes content from its budding social network.In the announcement posted on Google's blog, Google FellowAmit Singhal says, "Search is

Google downgrades Chrome search results for breaking own rules

Google is giving itself the digital equivalent of 100 lashes by downgrading the search result ranking of the company's own Web browser, Google Chrome, for 60 days.The decision came after recent reports that

Top Canadian Internet memes of 2011 [Infographic]

Best wishes for the holiday season and a Happy New Year from the staff at ITBusiness.ca to all of our readers.For Christmas, we got you this infographic of the top Internet memes of