Monday, November 19, 2007
Entrecard - Business Card 2.0 - Guess Who Came to your Site?
Entrecard - Guess Who Came to your Site?
Using Entrecard, your users can drop in their card at your blog, and you can drop yours at some one else's blog.
You can also use Entrecard to put your ads on another blog in the network...
Nice idea
Using Entrecard, your users can drop in their card at your blog, and you can drop yours at some one else's blog.
You can also use Entrecard to put your ads on another blog in the network...
Nice idea
PermaLink - Entrecard - Business Card 2.0 - Guess Who Came to your Site? posted by Ecacofonix : 6:44 AM
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Locate Friends Using Mobile Phone & GPS - Loopt
Loopt is a cool mobile phone based service by which you can: Find friends in vicinity, connect with them and share stuff... It's a closed network meant to be used with friends you see and speak to on a day-to-day basis. Many times a day, your friends are nearby and free to hang out without you knowing it. Loopt makes sure you never miss that opportunity for a spontaneous meet-up.
Loopt
Loopt
PermaLink - Locate Friends Using Mobile Phone & GPS - Loopt posted by Ecacofonix : 6:42 PM
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Mobile Feeds - Mobile Web Syndication Tool
Mobile Feeds - Mobile Web Syndication Tool
If you have a website or blog then you like to tell people what you've updated. Mobispine is another one of those cool apps that scrapes your RSS feed and generates a nice, mobile friendly version for your users. Submit your feed at www.mobispine.com
Via: Nokia 95 User
If you have a website or blog then you like to tell people what you've updated. Mobispine is another one of those cool apps that scrapes your RSS feed and generates a nice, mobile friendly version for your users. Submit your feed at www.mobispine.com
Via: Nokia 95 User
Smart Phone - AI Mobile Phone Suggests Things to Do
Researchers at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) want to push the mobile phone's applications farther. They have developed software that turns a phone into a thoughtful personal assistant, one that helps people find fun things to do. The software, called Magitti, uses a combination of cues--including the time of day, a person's location, her past behaviors, and even her text messages--to infer her interests. It then shows a helpful list of suggestions, including concerts, movies, bookstores, and restaurants.
Full report here
Full report here
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Tim Berners-Lee Backs Open Mobile Web Standards
Tim Berners-Lee Backs Open Mobile Web Standards
Tim Berners-Lee has appealed to an audience of wireless service providers and application developers to keep the mobile internet as open as the wired web has become.
In a speech at the Mobile Internet World conference, Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium, urged mobile network operators and other vendors to adhere to future mobile web standards instead of taking proprietary approaches.
Full report here
Tim Berners-Lee has appealed to an audience of wireless service providers and application developers to keep the mobile internet as open as the wired web has become.
In a speech at the Mobile Internet World conference, Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium, urged mobile network operators and other vendors to adhere to future mobile web standards instead of taking proprietary approaches.
Full report here
PermaLink - Tim Berners-Lee Backs Open Mobile Web Standards posted by Ecacofonix : 10:42 AM
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Yoosk - Ask Questions to Public Figures, Get Votes
Yoosk - Ask Questions to Public Figures, Get Votes
Yoosk is a news interplay magazine and community where you, the members are the reporters. Put your questions directly to politicians and celebrities and watch those questions gain support as other Yoosk members vote for them. Our pledge to you is that any question which reaches 100 votes will be submitted by us to the person involved and we will do our best to get an answer. You can comment on the answers, submit follow-up questions and rate each public figure’s performance on their personal page.
Interesting!
Yoosk is a news interplay magazine and community where you, the members are the reporters. Put your questions directly to politicians and celebrities and watch those questions gain support as other Yoosk members vote for them. Our pledge to you is that any question which reaches 100 votes will be submitted by us to the person involved and we will do our best to get an answer. You can comment on the answers, submit follow-up questions and rate each public figure’s performance on their personal page.
Interesting!
PermaLink - Yoosk - Ask Questions to Public Figures, Get Votes posted by Ecacofonix : 10:40 AM
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B2B Tech-Buyer Market & Vertical Search
Vertical Search & Tapping the B2B Tech-Buyer Market
The B2B audience: we know their needs are not being entirely met by general search engines and they are the buyers with the largest budgets. But do we truly understand their needs and tendencies? With the results of a recent survey by Enquiro, “Marketing to a B2B Technical Buyer” we are now closer to tapping the B2B buyers’ potential than ever before, says Kelly Mason in this interesting article.
The B2B audience: we know their needs are not being entirely met by general search engines and they are the buyers with the largest budgets. But do we truly understand their needs and tendencies? With the results of a recent survey by Enquiro, “Marketing to a B2B Technical Buyer” we are now closer to tapping the B2B buyers’ potential than ever before, says Kelly Mason in this interesting article.
Widget Helps Web Sites Calculate Visitors' CO2 Emissions
Widget Helps Web Sites Calculate Visitors' CO2 Emissions
Two doctoral students from Yale and Harvard, respectively, decided to take on global warming, one Internet site at a time. With the hope of raising awareness that computers contribute to climate change, they built a software "widget" that lets operators of Internet sites calculate how much CO2 their Web properties generate. More from San Jose Mercury News
The site? CO2Stats
Two doctoral students from Yale and Harvard, respectively, decided to take on global warming, one Internet site at a time. With the hope of raising awareness that computers contribute to climate change, they built a software "widget" that lets operators of Internet sites calculate how much CO2 their Web properties generate. More from San Jose Mercury News
The site? CO2Stats
PermaLink - Widget Helps Web Sites Calculate Visitors' CO2 Emissions posted by Ecacofonix : 10:33 AM
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Swypefile - Digg with $$?
Swypefile - Digg with $$?
Nice concept where you can post your articles and can also include your AdSense account details, so clicking on the ads on your post page get you $
Cool, more from here
Nice concept where you can post your articles and can also include your AdSense account details, so clicking on the ads on your post page get you $
Cool, more from here
Adobe, Cisco Looking @ Next SaaS Wave
Adobe, Cisco Looking @ Next SaaS Wave
It should come as no surprise that Cisco Systems and Adobe Systems, two companies that enjoyed spectacular growth establishing them as tech blue-chips during the nascent Internet, are also among the first companies to embrace the software-as-a-service model (SaaS) (define) as the vehicle of choice for the Internet's next evolutionary phase.
Recently, both companies outlined their vision, their expectations and some of their new offerings for this emerging SaaS platform at the Software and Information Industry Association's OnDemand conference in San Jose, Calif.
More from this report @ Datamation
It should come as no surprise that Cisco Systems and Adobe Systems, two companies that enjoyed spectacular growth establishing them as tech blue-chips during the nascent Internet, are also among the first companies to embrace the software-as-a-service model (SaaS) (define) as the vehicle of choice for the Internet's next evolutionary phase.
Recently, both companies outlined their vision, their expectations and some of their new offerings for this emerging SaaS platform at the Software and Information Industry Association's OnDemand conference in San Jose, Calif.
More from this report @ Datamation
Dickipedia - a Wikipedia of Dicks
Dickipedia
A biography of "dicks"...comprises George Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove...need we explain more...
The write-ups are really funny...not suitable for kids though
A biography of "dicks"...comprises George Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove...need we explain more...
The write-ups are really funny...not suitable for kids though
Sergey Brin's Wifes New Co will Understand Your DNA
Sergey Brin's Wifes New Co will Understand Your DNA
Welcome to 23andMe, a web-based service that helps you read and understand your DNA. After providing a saliva sample using an at-home kit, you can use our interactive tools to shed new light on your distant ancestors, your close family and most of all, yourself.
Welcome to 23andMe, a web-based service that helps you read and understand your DNA. After providing a saliva sample using an at-home kit, you can use our interactive tools to shed new light on your distant ancestors, your close family and most of all, yourself.
PermaLink - Sergey Brin's Wifes New Co will Understand Your DNA posted by Ecacofonix : 9:10 AM
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Tracking Productivity - RescueTime
Tracking Productivity - RescueTime
RescueTime is to Time as Mint is to Money. ResucueTime is a desktop/web-based productivity tool that automatically tracks how long and where you spend time on your computer, be it Mac or PC. All the data the program collects is sent to your online account every half hour where it can be analyzed or shared with team members
Via: TechCrunch
RescueTime is to Time as Mint is to Money. ResucueTime is a desktop/web-based productivity tool that automatically tracks how long and where you spend time on your computer, be it Mac or PC. All the data the program collects is sent to your online account every half hour where it can be analyzed or shared with team members
Via: TechCrunch
12 Useful Blog Tools
12 Useful Blog Tools
12 useful tools and widgets that can make your blog better. All listed services work on any blog, whether it’s a Wordpress, Typepad, or a hosted Blogger blog.
12 useful tools and widgets that can make your blog better. All listed services work on any blog, whether it’s a Wordpress, Typepad, or a hosted Blogger blog.
Speed Dating Online @ WooMe
Speed Dating Online @ WooMe
Would you pay a dollar for the email address of someone you met online and have the hots for? WooMe is betting you would. It's an online hook-up instigator in which you sign up with your picture and location and then join 'sessions.' These are scheduled web-events in which you interface with each participant via webcam for one whole minute, and then decide which ones you found attractive.
Cool, yeah? Now if only someone would teach folks how to be smart while speed dating!
Via: AppScout
Would you pay a dollar for the email address of someone you met online and have the hots for? WooMe is betting you would. It's an online hook-up instigator in which you sign up with your picture and location and then join 'sessions.' These are scheduled web-events in which you interface with each participant via webcam for one whole minute, and then decide which ones you found attractive.
Cool, yeah? Now if only someone would teach folks how to be smart while speed dating!
Via: AppScout
Twitter / WeeWar Notifying Mashup
Twitter / WeeWar Notifying Mashup
If you are both a Twitter fanatic and WeeWar player, this is for you! This is an automated bot that will notify you via Twitter when it's your turn to play in one of your games. Get instant notification via instant messenger, e-mails, or SMS messages to your phone!
If you are both a Twitter fanatic and WeeWar player, this is for you! This is an automated bot that will notify you via Twitter when it's your turn to play in one of your games. Get instant notification via instant messenger, e-mails, or SMS messages to your phone!
RSS Feed Search Engine - Searchforfeeds.com
Searchforfeeds.com - The RSS Feed Search Engine
Search for RSS feeds for your feed reader. Preview them! Rate them! Really cool site.
SearchforFeeds
Search for RSS feeds for your feed reader. Preview them! Rate them! Really cool site.
SearchforFeeds
Twitter Track - Tracking Concepts and Specifics with Twitter
Twitter can track random observations about oneself, but what about concepts? What if you wanted an update anytime anyone mentioned your name, your favorite band, "NYC," "earthquake," or "Steve Jobs?" In real-time? What if you were attending an event and wanted to know who else was there?
In Sep 2007, Twitter released a tiny feature to do just that, called it "Track." If you've set up your phone or IM on Twitter, you can send a command like:
track NYC
When someone (anyone who updates in public) mentions "NYC," you'll get it on your device in real-time. From there you can send "whois username" to find out more about that person, or "follow username" to follow his or her updates. Don't want to receive anymore about NYC? Toggle it off with:
untrack NYC
Nice idea, but is it a case of more randomness added to something already random?
In Sep 2007, Twitter released a tiny feature to do just that, called it "Track." If you've set up your phone or IM on Twitter, you can send a command like:
track NYC
When someone (anyone who updates in public) mentions "NYC," you'll get it on your device in real-time. From there you can send "whois username" to find out more about that person, or "follow username" to follow his or her updates. Don't want to receive anymore about NYC? Toggle it off with:
untrack NYC
Nice idea, but is it a case of more randomness added to something already random?
PermaLink - Twitter Track - Tracking Concepts and Specifics with Twitter posted by Ecacofonix : 8:24 AM
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TinyURL - Make a long URL short...
TinyURL - Make a long URL short...
Had heard about TinyURL but had never figured what it was all about...now I know...a neat idea...if you have a looooooooooooooong URL, just put that URL in TinyURL and create a much shorter URL...you can use this shorter URL for fwding to friends, pasting on other sites etc...
It's obvious that the TinyURL service can be used to mask domain names that are shady, which is why they have a preview option, but let's apply the idea for its originality!
TinyURL
Had heard about TinyURL but had never figured what it was all about...now I know...a neat idea...if you have a looooooooooooooong URL, just put that URL in TinyURL and create a much shorter URL...you can use this shorter URL for fwding to friends, pasting on other sites etc...
It's obvious that the TinyURL service can be used to mask domain names that are shady, which is why they have a preview option, but let's apply the idea for its originality!
TinyURL
Model Flyers, Flying Social Network - ModelFlyers.com
Model Flyers, Flying Social Network - ModelFlyers.com
A new freshly updated social platform for model flyers and model flying clubs to connect and share model airplane information, videos, photos, reviews, classifieds, event, links and more.
ModelFlyers
A new freshly updated social platform for model flyers and model flying clubs to connect and share model airplane information, videos, photos, reviews, classifieds, event, links and more.
ModelFlyers
PermaLink - Model Flyers, Flying Social Network - ModelFlyers.com posted by Ecacofonix : 7:12 AM
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Social Email or Email Social?
Social Email or Email Social?
Email providers are trying to steal some of social networking's thunder by adding social features, part of a bid to reduce defections. But social networks are encroaching on their turf by adding email to their messaging systems, says this article from WSJ
Email providers are trying to steal some of social networking's thunder by adding social features, part of a bid to reduce defections. But social networks are encroaching on their turf by adding email to their messaging systems, says this article from WSJ
Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
danah m. boyd, School of Information, University of California-Berkeley & Nicole B. Ellison, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
Michigan State University
A useful research paper...
Abstract
Social network sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of academic and industry researchers intrigued by their affordances and reach. This special theme section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings together scholarship on these emergent phenomena. In this introductory article, we describe features of SNSs and propose a comprehensive definition. We then present one perspective on the history of such sites, discussing key changes and developments. After briefly summarizing existing scholarship concerning SNSs, we discuss the articles in this special section and conclude with considerations for future research.
An interesting aspect:
"Another interesting aspect is that different social network sites dominate in different geographical areas. As the paper says:
Friendster gained traction in the Pacific Islands, Orkut became the premier SNS in Brazil before growing rapidly in India, Mixi attained widespread adoption in Japan, LunarStorm took off in Sweden, Dutch users embraced Hyves, Grono captured Poland, Hi5 was adopted in smaller countries in Latin America, South America, and Europe, and Bebo became very popular in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia."
There's clearly a cascade effect...
A nice timeline pic of social networking sites...
Via: Guardian
danah m. boyd, School of Information, University of California-Berkeley & Nicole B. Ellison, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
Michigan State University
A useful research paper...
Abstract
Social network sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of academic and industry researchers intrigued by their affordances and reach. This special theme section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings together scholarship on these emergent phenomena. In this introductory article, we describe features of SNSs and propose a comprehensive definition. We then present one perspective on the history of such sites, discussing key changes and developments. After briefly summarizing existing scholarship concerning SNSs, we discuss the articles in this special section and conclude with considerations for future research.
An interesting aspect:
"Another interesting aspect is that different social network sites dominate in different geographical areas. As the paper says:
Friendster gained traction in the Pacific Islands, Orkut became the premier SNS in Brazil before growing rapidly in India, Mixi attained widespread adoption in Japan, LunarStorm took off in Sweden, Dutch users embraced Hyves, Grono captured Poland, Hi5 was adopted in smaller countries in Latin America, South America, and Europe, and Bebo became very popular in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia."
There's clearly a cascade effect...
A nice timeline pic of social networking sites...
Via: Guardian
PermaLink - Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship posted by Ecacofonix : 7:09 AM
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Tracking Viral Videos, Their Reach - ViralTracker
ViralTracker.com - Tracking Viral Videos and Their Reach
Want to know just how viral your viral video is? Then you need ViralTracker. This smart tech tracks the performance/audience response of your internet commercials on blogs, forums, websites, and social networks. They’ll tag your commercial a week before the start of your campaign. After testing, the commercials are launched and their reach and response are tracked...
Via: Oylinki
Want to know just how viral your viral video is? Then you need ViralTracker. This smart tech tracks the performance/audience response of your internet commercials on blogs, forums, websites, and social networks. They’ll tag your commercial a week before the start of your campaign. After testing, the commercials are launched and their reach and response are tracked...
Via: Oylinki
PermaLink - Tracking Viral Videos, Their Reach - ViralTracker posted by Ecacofonix : 7:08 AM
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Is There a Limit for Number of Network Friends?
WSJ.com - Sorry, You May Have Gone Over Your Limit Of Network Friends
Is there a numerical cap on how many friends we can have? Many cite the so-called Dunbar's number, 150, as a ceiling on personal contacts, but social-networking sites may enable users to burst past that number for friends.
More from this WSJ article
Is there a numerical cap on how many friends we can have? Many cite the so-called Dunbar's number, 150, as a ceiling on personal contacts, but social-networking sites may enable users to burst past that number for friends.
More from this WSJ article
PermaLink - Is There a Limit for Number of Network Friends? posted by Ecacofonix : 6:25 AM
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RSS Reader with a Difference - 3D RSS Reader?
This RSS reader looks cool and different, something like 3D view, but I found navigation between posts difficult...
RSSBlogster - Web-based RSS News Aggregator
RSSBlogster - Web-based RSS News Aggregator
RSSBlogster is a web-based RSS/XML feed aggregator that allows for feed rating and social feed tagging, with support for RSS, Atom, and XML feeds. With RSSBlogster there is no software to download or install. Once you register for your free account you can create your own custom list of RSS feeds that you can access from any computer at and time
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RSSBlogster is a web-based RSS/XML feed aggregator that allows for feed rating and social feed tagging, with support for RSS, Atom, and XML feeds. With RSSBlogster there is no software to download or install. Once you register for your free account you can create your own custom list of RSS feeds that you can access from any computer at and time
More from here
550+ Web APIs @ Programmable Web Directory
Programmable Web Directory: 550+ Web APIs
550 APIs listed, although the Google Maps API is still used for more of these than any other, there are many non-mapping entries too - the distribution across topics lately has been notably diverse.
More from this page
550 APIs listed, although the Google Maps API is still used for more of these than any other, there are many non-mapping entries too - the distribution across topics lately has been notably diverse.
More from this page
Search Engine, SEO Headlines - Search Brains
Search engine and SEO related headlines -lots of it - from Search Brains
5 Useful Pipe Mashups with Yahoo Pipes
5 Useful Pipe Mashups with Yahoo Pipes
5 fresh ingenious pipe-mashups with Yahoo Pipes. In pipes using different XML API, including Geo. More from here
5 fresh ingenious pipe-mashups with Yahoo Pipes. In pipes using different XML API, including Geo. More from here
Google Android First Wireless Apps? from WhatsOpen.com
Google Android First Wireless Apps? from WhatsOpen.com
Valleywag is reporting that start-up WhatsOpen.com has written the first wireless app for Google's new Android mobile platform. It's still under wraps, but the report says WhatsOpen.com offers a Web application that shows people nearby stores that are open for business.
Valleywag is reporting that start-up WhatsOpen.com has written the first wireless app for Google's new Android mobile platform. It's still under wraps, but the report says WhatsOpen.com offers a Web application that shows people nearby stores that are open for business.
PermaLink - Google Android First Wireless Apps? from WhatsOpen.com posted by Ecacofonix : 6:12 AM
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Pitching to a VC? Three Ideas To Avoid
Pitching to a VC? Three Ideas To Avoid
Some key inputs from the author's discussion with Josh Kopelman, founder of Half.com (who then sold it to eBay and became a VC). Kopelman mentioned his three things “he’s sick of seeing from startups” in company pitches. They are:
One: Business plans that depend on getting acquired by Google
Two: Revenue models that revolve around advertising from Google AdSense.
Three: Businesses that piggyback on Facebook instead of picking up where Google left off.
Useful advice here...
Full report here
Some key inputs from the author's discussion with Josh Kopelman, founder of Half.com (who then sold it to eBay and became a VC). Kopelman mentioned his three things “he’s sick of seeing from startups” in company pitches. They are:
One: Business plans that depend on getting acquired by Google
Two: Revenue models that revolve around advertising from Google AdSense.
Three: Businesses that piggyback on Facebook instead of picking up where Google left off.
Useful advice here...
Full report here
Facebook Widgets for Businesses - Five Favorites
Facebook Widgets for Businesses - Five Favorites
CIO.com scoured the widget libraries and came up with five favorites for business users based on their utility for getting the job done.
Here they are
CIO.com scoured the widget libraries and came up with five favorites for business users based on their utility for getting the job done.
Here they are
PermaLink - Facebook Widgets for Businesses - Five Favorites posted by Ecacofonix : 5:03 AM
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Banned Top Digger Interview - Greg Davies Gives his Take
Life After Digg: Interview With a Banned Top Digger
Interview with Greg Davies, known by most of you as cGt2099, one of the former top Diggers
Excellent insights on how to make it to top of Digg...nice stuff here
Interview with Greg Davies, known by most of you as cGt2099, one of the former top Diggers
Excellent insights on how to make it to top of Digg...nice stuff here
PermaLink - Banned Top Digger Interview - Greg Davies Gives his Take posted by Ecacofonix : 5:02 AM
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Live Chat Widget - Ajax-Based - for Visitors by Visoto
Live Chat Widget - Ajax-Based - for Visitors by Visoto
You can place this widget on your profile or website and it will enable you to talk in real time with visitors on your site, without refreshing. It's ajax-based so you can talk directly to the people on your site. Nice way to interact with visitors
Visoto
You can place this widget on your profile or website and it will enable you to talk in real time with visitors on your site, without refreshing. It's ajax-based so you can talk directly to the people on your site. Nice way to interact with visitors
Visoto
PermaLink - Live Chat Widget - Ajax-Based - for Visitors by Visoto posted by Ecacofonix : 4:36 AM
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Web Conferencing Tools - Top Tools for Online Meetings
Web Conferencing Tools - Top Tools for Online Meetings
A nice list of tools for online meetings, with mini-reviews. Features include desktop sharing, voice-over-IP audioconferencing, and shared whiteboards, amongst others.
A nice list of tools for online meetings, with mini-reviews. Features include desktop sharing, voice-over-IP audioconferencing, and shared whiteboards, amongst others.
PermaLink - Web Conferencing Tools - Top Tools for Online Meetings posted by Ecacofonix : 4:23 AM
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Making Internet Carbon Neutral - C02Stats
Making Internet Carbon Neutral - C02Stats
CO2Stats is the first-ever tool that allows bloggers and webmasters all over the world to monitor and offset the carbon footprints of individual web sites.
Tim Sullivan and Alex Wissner-Gross are offering a free device to measure the carbon footprint of a website or even a blog. It works by measuring the time spent on the site and the amount of energy used which can then be offset.
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CO2Stats is the first-ever tool that allows bloggers and webmasters all over the world to monitor and offset the carbon footprints of individual web sites.
Tim Sullivan and Alex Wissner-Gross are offering a free device to measure the carbon footprint of a website or even a blog. It works by measuring the time spent on the site and the amount of energy used which can then be offset.
More from here
Your Own Vlog - Magnify Rolls With New Webcam Tools
Your Own Vlog - Magnify Rolls With New Webcam Tools
Magnify.net is releasing a private beta aspect that allows anyone to produce their own Vlog. Magnify's latest addition to their video curation platform lets anyone with a video camera produce, edit and add elements to their own Vlog page.
Magnify.net is releasing a private beta aspect that allows anyone to produce their own Vlog. Magnify's latest addition to their video curation platform lets anyone with a video camera produce, edit and add elements to their own Vlog page.
PermaLink - Your Own Vlog - Magnify Rolls With New Webcam Tools posted by Ecacofonix : 4:21 AM
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Google: A Method in Madness or Losing the Plot?
Google: A Method in Madness or Losing the Plot?
In a span of four days earlier this month, Google launched an initiative to enable social networking tools to work across dozens of web sites and rounded up 33 partners to develop software to power a new generation of cell phones. While these efforts illustrate Google's determination to keep expanding its territory, they also increase the challenges faced by the $200 billion company. And they pose a question that seems to crop up more and more these days: Where is Google headed? Is there a method in Google's seemingly mad scramble for many unrelated things, or is it just another case of a brilliant company losing the plot?
Read more from this interesting article - Knowledge @ Wharton
In a span of four days earlier this month, Google launched an initiative to enable social networking tools to work across dozens of web sites and rounded up 33 partners to develop software to power a new generation of cell phones. While these efforts illustrate Google's determination to keep expanding its territory, they also increase the challenges faced by the $200 billion company. And they pose a question that seems to crop up more and more these days: Where is Google headed? Is there a method in Google's seemingly mad scramble for many unrelated things, or is it just another case of a brilliant company losing the plot?
Read more from this interesting article - Knowledge @ Wharton
PermaLink - Google: A Method in Madness or Losing the Plot? posted by Ecacofonix : 3:54 AM
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Jimmy Wales Builds Wiki Search Engine - Google's Nightmare
Wiki boss builds "Google's nightmare"
If you're Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, there certainly seems to be room for a little human touch in web search. Wales, who announced a wiki-powered search engine earlier this year, released screen shots of his new product, which he says is on track to revolutionize search.
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If you're Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, there certainly seems to be room for a little human touch in web search. Wales, who announced a wiki-powered search engine earlier this year, released screen shots of his new product, which he says is on track to revolutionize search.
More from here
PermaLink - Jimmy Wales Builds Wiki Search Engine - Google's Nightmare posted by Ecacofonix : 3:42 AM
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Top Animated Drawings Online
Top Animated Drawings Online
If you ever used these online drawing tools you know how hard it is to create anything decent. These top drawings are pretty amazing considering the limited tools.
If you ever used these online drawing tools you know how hard it is to create anything decent. These top drawings are pretty amazing considering the limited tools.
Guide for More Web Traffic for Small Biz - WSJ
Guide for More Web Traffic for Small Biz - WSJ
For small companies, just having a Web site isn't enough anymore. To be successful online, they must learn to harness one of the Web's most powerful tools: search engines. They're also discovering other search strategies and getting smarter about ads. Here's a guide to the best ways for small businesses to nab better search results.
More from this report @ WSJ
For small companies, just having a Web site isn't enough anymore. To be successful online, they must learn to harness one of the Web's most powerful tools: search engines. They're also discovering other search strategies and getting smarter about ads. Here's a guide to the best ways for small businesses to nab better search results.
More from this report @ WSJ
PermaLink - Guide for More Web Traffic for Small Biz - WSJ posted by Ecacofonix : 3:36 AM
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Gokul Rajaram The Google AdSense Man Leaves
Gokul Rajaram The Google AdSense Man Leaves
Meet the man behind the phenomenal success of Google AdSense - Gokul Rajaram. This guy is now leaving Google to start his own company and to paraphrase him - “I’ve been having the itch to do something entrepreneurial for awhile now,” ..."I have some experience and financial security, so the time felt right.”
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Meet the man behind the phenomenal success of Google AdSense - Gokul Rajaram. This guy is now leaving Google to start his own company and to paraphrase him - “I’ve been having the itch to do something entrepreneurial for awhile now,” ..."I have some experience and financial security, so the time felt right.”
More from here
Digg for Writers - Brijit
Brijit is Digg for Writers
Brijit is a community for readers and writers to highlight quality content across the web. This extreme focus on niche content is structured into something that mimics a Digg network, where individuals are “bookmarking” web content and also have the opportunity to offer their own description for the community.
Via: Mashable
Brijit is a community for readers and writers to highlight quality content across the web. This extreme focus on niche content is structured into something that mimics a Digg network, where individuals are “bookmarking” web content and also have the opportunity to offer their own description for the community.
Via: Mashable
Dan Meth Internet People! Creator Interviewed
Dan Meth Internet People! Creator Interviewed
Frederator Blogs has landed the first interview with animator Dan Meth since the launch of his popular Internet People! music video. The interview discusses the creation of the Internet phenomenon, the inspiration behind it and some of the difficulties one faces creating viral Web content.
Liked the interview style, on chat, free flow...
Frederator Blogs has landed the first interview with animator Dan Meth since the launch of his popular Internet People! music video. The interview discusses the creation of the Internet phenomenon, the inspiration behind it and some of the difficulties one faces creating viral Web content.
Liked the interview style, on chat, free flow...
The 20 Best YouTube Viral Videos on Web
Web Viral Memes Top 10
Web Viral Memes Top 10
This compilation from CNET once again proves that silliness sells, profundity simply proves to be a non-starter...if you had imagined that some of the top viral memes had some great brains behind them, this list should be an eye-opener
This compilation from CNET once again proves that silliness sells, profundity simply proves to be a non-starter...if you had imagined that some of the top viral memes had some great brains behind them, this list should be an eye-opener
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Viral Web Secrets - Tips 2 Become a Web Legend
Tips From Web Greats On Becoming a Legend In Your Spare Time
YouTube is bulging with videos from citizens, especially young ones, who want nothing more than the American Dream: celebrity status without appreciable talent. They work long hours chasing the dream, doing take after take of their mash-ups, their parodies, their response tapes. But at the end of the day, they're no more famous than when they woke up, most likely in a bedroom in their parents' home.
If this sounds like you, you're probably telling yourself that you've just had bad luck. But real-life Web celebrities know better: They got where they are today not just because they were lucky, but because they knew a few secrets you probably don't.
Read more from this article from WSJ by someone who appears to have cataloged those secrets...
YouTube is bulging with videos from citizens, especially young ones, who want nothing more than the American Dream: celebrity status without appreciable talent. They work long hours chasing the dream, doing take after take of their mash-ups, their parodies, their response tapes. But at the end of the day, they're no more famous than when they woke up, most likely in a bedroom in their parents' home.
If this sounds like you, you're probably telling yourself that you've just had bad luck. But real-life Web celebrities know better: They got where they are today not just because they were lucky, but because they knew a few secrets you probably don't.
Read more from this article from WSJ by someone who appears to have cataloged those secrets...
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whois and Privacy Rights - whois Gonna Win?
The End User: What's up with 'whois'?
Whatis whois and whyis it a problem? "Whois" is a kind of public database that stores information about who owns what Web site, which has been public since its inception in the 1970s. But many people want to make it private so that the personal data of domain name owners - both ordinary people and corporate entities - is not freely available on the Web.
Those privacy activists are opposed by law enforcers, Internet service providers and trademark owners, who want to keep "whois" public so that they can go after people who abuse Internet names and addresses.
Read more on this interesting battle here
Whatis whois and whyis it a problem? "Whois" is a kind of public database that stores information about who owns what Web site, which has been public since its inception in the 1970s. But many people want to make it private so that the personal data of domain name owners - both ordinary people and corporate entities - is not freely available on the Web.
Those privacy activists are opposed by law enforcers, Internet service providers and trademark owners, who want to keep "whois" public so that they can go after people who abuse Internet names and addresses.
Read more on this interesting battle here
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Amazon FeedCommerce Examples
Amazon FeedCommerce Examples
Amazon has proven itself to be one of the most innovative companies in e-commerce and that is no exception when it comes to feed commerce. Some of the examples discussed in this post are:
* RSS Tag Feeds
* Amazon Gold Box
* Amazon Widgets
* Amazon E-Commerce Service(ECS)
* Amazon Wish Lists
Amazon has proven itself to be one of the most innovative companies in e-commerce and that is no exception when it comes to feed commerce. Some of the examples discussed in this post are:
* RSS Tag Feeds
* Amazon Gold Box
* Amazon Widgets
* Amazon E-Commerce Service(ECS)
* Amazon Wish Lists
Nokia's WidSets - Internet Service for Handsets
Nokia's WidSets - Internet Service for Handsets
Nokia has announced that its internet service for handsets, called WidSets, has launched out of Beta to become a new service platform.
WidSets works on Java enabled handsets from a range of manufacturers and via "widgets", so users can have one-click access to real-time online content without needing to go through a mobile browser.
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Nokia has announced that its internet service for handsets, called WidSets, has launched out of Beta to become a new service platform.
WidSets works on Java enabled handsets from a range of manufacturers and via "widgets", so users can have one-click access to real-time online content without needing to go through a mobile browser.
More from here
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Amnesty International Viral Video on Guantanamo Interrogation Techniques
Amnesty International Viral Video on Guantanamo Interrogation Techniques
The human rights group Amnesty International has launched a new anti-torture campaign that's attempting to capitalize on the viral nature of Internet video to raise awareness about interrogation techniques reportedly used in Guantanamo Bay. The campaign, known as Unsubscribe Me, seeks to rally Internet users to demand that policymakers unsubscribe from policies that condone harsh interrogation techniques. The first of three videos is now online, and it will undoubtedly be controversial.
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The human rights group Amnesty International has launched a new anti-torture campaign that's attempting to capitalize on the viral nature of Internet video to raise awareness about interrogation techniques reportedly used in Guantanamo Bay. The campaign, known as Unsubscribe Me, seeks to rally Internet users to demand that policymakers unsubscribe from policies that condone harsh interrogation techniques. The first of three videos is now online, and it will undoubtedly be controversial.
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Web 2.0 Apps in Enterprise Mobile Devices, Handhelds
Web 2.0 Apps in Enterprise Mobile Devices, Handhelds
While web 2.0 is infiltrating most social interactions online, the question is why corporate businessmen and women need to use Web 2.0 applications on enterprise handhelds like BlackBerrys. David Heit, director of product management of enterprise software at Research in Motion (RIM), pointed to applications like Facebook for BlackBerrys as evidence that Facebook could be used as a business tool -- much like business-oriented, social networking site LinkedIn. Because companies found their employees using Facebook at work and for work, RIM launched a version of Facebook customized for BlackBerry devices...
Read more from this post @ Search Mobile Computing
While web 2.0 is infiltrating most social interactions online, the question is why corporate businessmen and women need to use Web 2.0 applications on enterprise handhelds like BlackBerrys. David Heit, director of product management of enterprise software at Research in Motion (RIM), pointed to applications like Facebook for BlackBerrys as evidence that Facebook could be used as a business tool -- much like business-oriented, social networking site LinkedIn. Because companies found their employees using Facebook at work and for work, RIM launched a version of Facebook customized for BlackBerry devices...
Read more from this post @ Search Mobile Computing
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Build Links While Publishing Your Full RSS Feed
Build Links While Publishing Your Full RSS Feed
Many bloggers have been touting the benefits of publishing your full blog or site’s full RSS feed. In fact, they have been talking about it for a long time. But did you know that most likely even if you are publishing your full RSS feed you are not taking advantages of its link building benefits?
Read more from this post @ WebProNews
Many bloggers have been touting the benefits of publishing your full blog or site’s full RSS feed. In fact, they have been talking about it for a long time. But did you know that most likely even if you are publishing your full RSS feed you are not taking advantages of its link building benefits?
Read more from this post @ WebProNews
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The New Web TV Station MySpace?
MySpace: The New Web TV Station
Murdoch is now pushing MySpace in a new direction. The new web-only television soap that started on MySpace at the weekend, Quarterlife, could prove to be a Trojan horse that will change the media landscape. We all know internet television is coming but we don't yet know which conduit (PC, websites, PDAs, mobile phones or even the traditional television set) will be the winner. Instead of trying to lure the increasingly switched-off younger generation to watch television, Murdoch is bringing television to where they hang out. So is MySpace the new TV station, at last for the youth and those who are still young at heart?
Read on...
Murdoch is now pushing MySpace in a new direction. The new web-only television soap that started on MySpace at the weekend, Quarterlife, could prove to be a Trojan horse that will change the media landscape. We all know internet television is coming but we don't yet know which conduit (PC, websites, PDAs, mobile phones or even the traditional television set) will be the winner. Instead of trying to lure the increasingly switched-off younger generation to watch television, Murdoch is bringing television to where they hang out. So is MySpace the new TV station, at last for the youth and those who are still young at heart?
Read on...
E-mail into Social Networks - Yahoo!, Google Latest Attempts
E-mail into Social Networks - Yahoo!, Google Latest Attempts
An interesting post @ NY Times
"Google and Yahoo have come up with new and very similar plans to respond to the challenge from MySpace and Facebook: They hope to turn their e-mail systems and personalized home page services (iGoogle and MyYahoo) into social networks.
Web-based e-mail systems already contain much of what Facebook calls the social graph — the connections between people. That’s why the social networks offer to import the e-mail address books of new users to jump-start their list of friends. Yahoo and Google realize that they have this information and can use it to build their own services that connect people to their contacts."
Via: Michael Parekh on IT
An interesting post @ NY Times
"Google and Yahoo have come up with new and very similar plans to respond to the challenge from MySpace and Facebook: They hope to turn their e-mail systems and personalized home page services (iGoogle and MyYahoo) into social networks.
Web-based e-mail systems already contain much of what Facebook calls the social graph — the connections between people. That’s why the social networks offer to import the e-mail address books of new users to jump-start their list of friends. Yahoo and Google realize that they have this information and can use it to build their own services that connect people to their contacts."
Via: Michael Parekh on IT
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Google, Yahoo See Bigger Future for email
Google, Yahoo Say Future to be Modeled on Facebook
Google and Yahoo! are kind of figuring out that there is a much greater future for our email inbox than what they are used for today. The gist of what execs from both companies say is this: the future of both email and start pages is in social networking.
The author of this post contends that what's really at issue here are two concepts that were not mentioned explicitly: RSS and Attention Data.
Excellent read, this post is...
Google and Yahoo! are kind of figuring out that there is a much greater future for our email inbox than what they are used for today. The gist of what execs from both companies say is this: the future of both email and start pages is in social networking.
The author of this post contends that what's really at issue here are two concepts that were not mentioned explicitly: RSS and Attention Data.
Excellent read, this post is...
Mobile Phone Users Prefer Social Networking Over Games
Mobile Users Opt Social Networking Over Games
Mobile users in the UK and around the world are choosing mobile applications such as social networking, chat, messaging and video ahead of games, according to GetJar, a mobile application distribution and developer community.
GetJar having broken the 100 million download barrier in just two years, has seen more than three times the demand for mobile applications than for games in 2007, GetJar said in a statement.
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Mobile users in the UK and around the world are choosing mobile applications such as social networking, chat, messaging and video ahead of games, according to GetJar, a mobile application distribution and developer community.
GetJar having broken the 100 million download barrier in just two years, has seen more than three times the demand for mobile applications than for games in 2007, GetJar said in a statement.
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Monday, November 5, 2007
Sphinn - A Digg for SEOs and Internet Marketing Folks
Useful discussion forums and news for all those (like me) who are neck deep in Internet marketing...Sphinn
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ScratchBack - Easy Money Online or Taken for a Ride?
A neat post why the new and interesting "links for tipping" widget - ScratchBack - might not be exactly a god-sent boon to bloggers...ScratchBack no doubt is an interesting and attractive idea - you get a tip from someone and you give a link back to the tipper, sort of pay me a tip to be on my blogroll - but is ScratchBack taking too much of your tip for itself? Find out!
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Amazon Unibox Widget - New Sales Widget
An intro to Amazon's newest sales widget, the Unibox Widget As online shopping becomes more a part of everyday life, buying a video online has also become second nature to most. Amazon and other providers like them use the medium to show, directly on your site, movie and TV trailers and previews for a huge range of recent and classic titles...
AdaptiveBlue SmartLinks - More for Your Site Visitors, More Money for You
AdaptiveBlue SmartLinks enhances the experience you can provide to your site visitors while making a little money along the way (if you’re an Amazon affiliate).
AdaptiveBlue SmartLinks offer your site visitors the following new capabilities:
Let readers explore. Instantly connect your readers to related information: book reviews, similar movies, stock research, music videos - make the best of the web one-click away.
Give readers choice. Everyone has a favorite site: Amazon or Barnes & Noble, Last.FM or Yahoo Music, Netflix or Blockbuster - let the user decide where to go.
Bring readers previews. For each link - whether it’s a book, movie, music album, and more - automatically get thumbnail images, descriptions and ratings.
…all without navigating away from the page.
Interesting...more @ AdaptiveBlue
Via: BlogNation
AdaptiveBlue SmartLinks offer your site visitors the following new capabilities:
Let readers explore. Instantly connect your readers to related information: book reviews, similar movies, stock research, music videos - make the best of the web one-click away.
Give readers choice. Everyone has a favorite site: Amazon or Barnes & Noble, Last.FM or Yahoo Music, Netflix or Blockbuster - let the user decide where to go.
Bring readers previews. For each link - whether it’s a book, movie, music album, and more - automatically get thumbnail images, descriptions and ratings.
…all without navigating away from the page.
Interesting...more @ AdaptiveBlue
Via: BlogNation
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News Widget to Keep Blogs, Sites Updated @ WidgetMate
How to keep our blog and sites updated
widgetmate.com provides a news widget that we all can add in our websites and web blogs. News widget is highly customizable and we can specify the desired keywords for which we want the news items to appear on our websites and blogs. Once we have added this news widget, it will automatically keep your web page updated with the latest news...another interesting widget from the same site is Posters widget that shows posters from Allposters.com for specific key words
Via: Brook Molla
widgetmate.com provides a news widget that we all can add in our websites and web blogs. News widget is highly customizable and we can specify the desired keywords for which we want the news items to appear on our websites and blogs. Once we have added this news widget, it will automatically keep your web page updated with the latest news...another interesting widget from the same site is Posters widget that shows posters from Allposters.com for specific key words
Via: Brook Molla
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Web Search - Future Directions in Internet Search
Future Directions in Search
What will the search for information look like in the future - in five years, ten, twenty? Is it just more of the same, or will it look radically different?
An excellent, detailed analysis of what search could look like circa 2015...
What will the search for information look like in the future - in five years, ten, twenty? Is it just more of the same, or will it look radically different?
An excellent, detailed analysis of what search could look like circa 2015...
PermaLink - Web Search - Future Directions in Internet Search posted by Ecacofonix : 5:20 AM
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Saturday, November 3, 2007
Widgets, the New Money Spinners Online?
Widgets, the New Money Spinners Online?
It's all the rage on the Web these days: Design a program that creates a slide show, or shows on a map what countries you've visited. Then allow people to post these little add-on services to their online social-networking profiles, free.
Advertising companies are thinking of ways to use those programs to make money, a few cents at a time. And some of them have started having success too...read on from here
It's all the rage on the Web these days: Design a program that creates a slide show, or shows on a map what countries you've visited. Then allow people to post these little add-on services to their online social-networking profiles, free.
Advertising companies are thinking of ways to use those programs to make money, a few cents at a time. And some of them have started having success too...read on from here
MySpace Joins Google OpenSocial Platform for Widgets, Apps
MySpace joins `OpenSocial' platform
MySpace is joining Google Inc's platform for sharing applications across the Web -- a concept that threatens to undermine the rapid growth of their common rival, Facebook Inc.
Google trumpeted the MySpace coup in a meeting with reporters, just two days after revealing its plans to create a distribution network for other applications. The interactive programs, also known as "widgets," make it easier to share music, pictures, video and other personal interests on social networking sites.
Read the fully story from here
MySpace is joining Google Inc's platform for sharing applications across the Web -- a concept that threatens to undermine the rapid growth of their common rival, Facebook Inc.
Google trumpeted the MySpace coup in a meeting with reporters, just two days after revealing its plans to create a distribution network for other applications. The interactive programs, also known as "widgets," make it easier to share music, pictures, video and other personal interests on social networking sites.
Read the fully story from here
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Friday, November 2, 2007
BlogDig - They Dig, So You Don't Need to
The folks @ BlogDig dig up good (and sometimes great) blogs and share the RSS feeds with you so you don't hv to spend time digging up good blogs...sounds neat?
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