Real-time web search brings you a ‘living web’
LeapFish.com recently unveiled their new look real-time search engine.
I want to say that it’s not a new way to search. More so, it’s a fresh way to search. It’s a more complete way to search. It’s a more integrated way to search.
It’s certainly a different search and one that I think I could use.
When you [...]
Internet Famous Class (Current)
Alternative Online Auction Catches on at TheUniqueBid.com
Social Media And How To Get Organized,
Social Media And How To Get Organized,
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Social Media Marketing – Web 2.0
We are now passed the initial phase of thinking this web 2.0 stuff is just a wacky new term.
Companies have recognised the benefits of social media, buzz marketing, and social collaboration. See more at get organized techniques,
Online PR
In fact, social media is online public relations.
And ironically, [...]
Kevin Rose and Ashton Kutcher to make a web show?
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Kevin Rose and Ashton Kutcher are reported to be pairing up to make a web based reality series set in Utah later this year.
Kevin Rose (famous for Digg, Diggnation and TechTV) and Ashton Kutcher (famos for Demi Moore, Beauty and the Geek, Punk’d) are working on 24 Hours at [...]
All About: HomeMakerBarbi.com
I came across Danelle from HomeMakerBarbi.com on Twitter. After checking out the site I thought “wow, that’s great!”.
While not exactly my kind of site I’m really impressed with the concept and implementation. Danelle and I got to talking, I asked her a couple of questions, she answered and sent me some more info – here [...]
The Demise of Pownce
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I got a txt last night telling me that the Micromedia service Pownce is shutting down in the next couple of months.
Pownce gained notability when it started a year or two ago because of the staff it had on board; Leah Culver, Ariel Waldman, Mike Malone etc. Also, DIGG’s Kevin [...]
January 30, 2008
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Yahoo will be laying off about a 1000 people. Alley Insider says Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is basically asking investors to be patient for another year, according to Alley Insider.
eBay has announced big changes in the company’s fee structure and reputation system. The company will drop its listing fees, but charge more when an item’s actually sold. The shifts will hurt sellers of low-priced items the most, because commissions will increase by almost 60% for items under $25.
Paul McGuinness has been managing U2 for thirty years, and he thinks companies including Google, Apple, Nokia, Microsoft, Yahoo are the knowing beneficiaries of “countless tiny crimes.”
An EU court decided that ISP’s do NOT have to hand over the identities of people accused of pirating music through peer to peer networks.
Firefox continues to gnaw at Internet Explorer’s lead.
Digg has just under 3 million users, and has roughly tripled over the past year. TechCrunch points out that the Digg site actually gets a lot more visitors than this.
Videoegg just announced that it sold $1.5 million of advertising for its partners on Facebook over the past five months. But that amounts to about $2000 per application per month. Not much to make a living on.
The analyst who touched off a firestorm by saying unsold iPhones were piling up in stores now thinks the root of this is a lot of unlocked phones, rather than unsold inventory.
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Diggnation – Dreaming of the Super Bowl
Super Bowl Fantasies, Open Letter to Sci-Fi, Kickflip a Surfboard, Creepy Ads, Cat Suit of Armor, WTF Kids Ride, Survive a 500 foot fall, Counterfeit $100 Bills
January 25, 2008
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The music industry has released a new report in which they call for ISP’s to become their servants in the war on piracy. This has already happened in France and Belgium. AT&T alone seems ready to sign up in the US.
The MacBook Air is getting generally positive, but not quite gushing reviews in Newsweek, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.
Your local data center could be making art, or a horrific mess out of its cabling. Or several horrific messes.
If you’re a capitalist, Bill Gates (of all people) wants you to be a nicer person. He’s inspired by books including the Bottom of the Pyramid, the Mystery of Capital, and The Bottom Billion.
At least part of the Digg community is in revolt over changes in its algorithm that prevent group log-rolling (among other things).
Yahoo may be for sale (even though it doesn’t want to be).
Holy flying WiFi, Batman! American Airlines and Southwest prepare to plug their passengers into the Internet.
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