Web Two: June 2006 Archives

Web Two > June 28, 2006

TopTenSources acquires Style Feeder

[TechCrunch] Halley Suitt told me that the degree of integration between the TopTenSources site itself and Style Feeder is yet to be determined but that TopTenSources is happy to consider itself a company with diverse offerings beyond its flagship site.

Daily Links

[Akkam’s Razor] (tags: maps google googlemaps tools web2.0 mashup) CNN.com - Study: New study shows that fellatio may reduce the risk of breast cancer - Oct. 2, 2003 AP) ”” Women who perform the act of fellatio and swallow semen on a regular basis, one to two times a week, may reduce their risk of breast cancer by up to 40 percent (tags: sex health useful) Rockridge Institute - Bush Is Not Incompetent Read and understand this, realize that Bush is as unimportant as Bin Laden, and that the ideology (conservatism/radical islam) is what’s dangerous, not individuals.

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June 28, 2006

TopTenSources acquires Style Feeder

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Daily Links

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June 25, 2006

Coming Soon: Windows Live Spaces

[Mashable*] Microsoft will soon relaunch MSN Spaces as Windows Live Spaces - they’ll also add a bunch of new features. The redesigned site will allow you to reposition your Space’s title and tagline using a module - you’ll also be able to display your Windows Live Messenger buddy list on your page and add gadgets to your blog sidebar.

Posted at 02:39 AM

Online photo editors need resizing

[PostBubble] Walter from PXN8 clarified their business model for me and it appears that they are more than just an online photo editor; they actually sell their product for integration into other sites.

Posted at 02:38 AM

June 22, 2006

Attensa at Supernova in Second Life & Real Life

[Attensa] You can keep up on the Supernova happenings in the Supernova media center and you can access the Supernova blog, wiki and more at the Supernova Community Connection.

Posted at 02:42 AM

Mashups: WikiMapia

[Pointing and Giggling] Note: Please only add places interesting to everyone. Who We Are Wikimapia was created by Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy Saveliev, inspired by Google maps and Wikipedia.

Posted at 02:40 AM

June 19, 2006

Hidden features in Flock

[ Carbonite Life] Maybe it’s only available on the Flock Blog, but whenever you hover over the images posted in each blog entry, you see an icon similar to the photos icon in Flock, and when you roll over that and click it, you can see all of the images in that user’s Flickr photostream. I wonder how I can integrate this into my blog.

Posted at 03:41 AM

Kayak.com shines as airline ticket tool

[Joe Duck] My initial experiments with Kayak over a year ago left me unimpressed, but Kayak.com has evolved into one of the best tools for finding cheap flights. There are several notable features that make it a great way to search for flights when you have some flexibility and want a good price:

Posted at 03:39 AM

June 16, 2006

Amazon funding”¦ hope for all of us”¦.

[Web 2.0 in Ireland] An Irish based author (former VC), Diane Mulcahy, penned a recent book, which covered the Amazon funding story. “Entrepreneur : Q3 94 - Founder Jeff...

Posted at 02:44 AM

MySpace Nukes SingleStat.us

[TechCrunch] It has come to our attention that you are operating a website under the domain name www.singlestat.us where you allow visitors to your website to investigate the current relationship status of any MySpace user and receive updates via e-mail when that user’s status changes. Although it may seem like an innocuous idea, the means by which you allow visitors to your website to investigate the relationship status of MySpace users constitutes an automated script program, the use of which is expressly prohibited by Section 8 of the Terms of Use Agreement between MySpace and its users.

Posted at 02:38 AM

June 13, 2006

Musical Chairs 2.0

[PostBubble] In case you aren’t familiar with Om Malik, he is senior editor of business 2.0 and also runs the broadband weblog GigaOM, which is basically geared towards broadband-related topics. It will be interesting to see what the funding and increased commitment from Om Malik does for GigaOM.

Posted at 02:40 AM

The Internet is our future: BBC Chief

[craigbellamy.net] BBC director-general Mark Thompson wants to take advantage of the latest technology to turn one of the world's foremost broadcasters into a truly global media brand.

Posted at 02:39 AM

June 10, 2006

Pentagon sets its sights on social networking websites

[Stephan Miller] New Scientist Technology - Pentagon sets its sights on social networking websites Duh! Um, if you don’t want to be visible, don’t make yourself so.

Posted at 02:44 AM

Evil Web 2.0 Part I

[PostBubble] I remember how my dad used to tell me stories about how he listened to the radio until his own father threw it away. His father apparently thought it was corrupting his mind and would inevitably damn him because of the rebellious and insignificant babble coming from it.

Posted at 02:42 AM

June 07, 2006

MyNuMo - Mobile Content Marketplace

[Mashable*] They’re also doing some Branding 2.0 work - creating a MySpace page for the company and making friends with MySpace users. Additionally, every user has his own MyNuMo page where he can pimp his ‘tones - these pages are highly customizable, as you can see from this example.

Posted at 02:42 AM

Peer Review: Nature takes the lead

[ business|bytes|genes|molecules] Science has a tendency of becoming “clique-y”, both in the peer review process as well as the grant process (that’s another story which I will leave to my academic colleagues). The articles in Nature discuss some of the core issues and presents some posssible solutions The web is a truly disruptive medium as evidenced by the impact that PLoS and Pubmed Central have had.

Posted at 02:37 AM

June 04, 2006

How well do you understand the Net?

[Digital Common Sense] - “Microsoft is trying to educate the masses about the technology, and while [it’s] a noble attempt, I think the general U.S. public just wants to use the technology without necessarily understanding it,” said Ken Winell, CEO of Expert Collab. This one I think is, well, a crock of shit.

Posted at 02:43 AM

Graphing Blogs and Social Nets

[OTOinsights] Guillaume du Gardier, via his blog PR Thoughts, highlights some visual tools that allow one to map/graph a blogger or social network connections. One to One uses TouchGraph a great deal when researching Mavens and Connectors on behalf of word of mouth initiatives for our clients.

Posted at 02:40 AM

Web Two > June 28, 2006

TopTenSources acquires Style Feeder

Daily Links

June 28, 2006

TopTenSources acquires Style Feeder

Daily Links

June 25, 2006

Coming Soon: Windows Live Spaces

Online photo editors need resizing

June 22, 2006

Attensa at Supernova in Second Life & Real Life

Mashups: WikiMapia

June 19, 2006

Hidden features in Flock

Kayak.com shines as airline ticket tool

June 16, 2006

Amazon funding”¦ hope for all of us”¦.

MySpace Nukes SingleStat.us

June 13, 2006

Musical Chairs 2.0

The Internet is our future: BBC Chief

June 10, 2006

Pentagon sets its sights on social networking websites

Evil Web 2.0 Part I

June 07, 2006

MyNuMo - Mobile Content Marketplace

Peer Review: Nature takes the lead

June 04, 2006

How well do you understand the Net?

Graphing Blogs and Social Nets

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