To catch up on Web 2.0 news, I visited WebWare and poured over the most recent posts. From this visit, I created the following list of interesting and worthwhile Web 2.0 sites (which are paired with the link of the article the site was discovered in):
Wirewize - "Wirewize tells you how to wire your entertainment center"
Wix - "Stunning site maker Wix now open to all"
MOO - "Moo ginormousizes its mini cards"
NowPublic - "NowPublic: Reuters 2.0?"
Multiply - "Social network Multiply goes premium"
Streetread - "Streetread organizes ticker symbols and business news in one place"
Evernote - "Evernote 3.0 now open to all, still awsome"
Fandango - "Disney sells Movies.com to Comcast's Fandango"
Cooking.com - "Cooking.com stirs up $13 million"
TimesPeople - "'New York Times' goes social with TimePeople"
LinkedIn - "LinkedIn gets its billion-dollar valuation"
Last.fm - "Last.fm adds Universal's music videos"
Again, all the above articles are from CNET's blog: Webware
Monday, June 30, 2008
Web 2.0: The Past Month
Friday, June 27, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Link Mania
The Daily Green - "the consumer's guide to the green revolution"
Trend Watching - monthly trend briefing
"Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business"
Issuu - free publication tool (in magazine format) and library
Mint - online money management application
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Link Mania - Full Tilt
VIRB - social profiling website
UpDown - stock investing game
Feed The Pig - personal finance advice for beginners
360 Degrees of Financial Literacy - personal finance advice
Rothbury Festival - environmentally friendly weekend of music
Ad Council - leading producer of public service announcements
ING Direct - online banking
HSBC Direct - online banking
Vanguard - investment management company
Morningstar.com's Investing Classroom
Yahoo! Merchant Solutions - ecommerce business support
Funny or Die - comedy video
Clear Channel Music - free online radio
Monday, February 11, 2008
Link Mania - Full Tilt
Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks
7 Tips for Morning Alertness Without the Caffeine
How to Track Down Anyone Online
Convert PDFs to Online Books with Issuu
How to Build Cheap Linux and Windows Home Media Servers in Three Easy Steps
Basic Push-Up (Training with Your Own Body Weight)
Fark.com
Rapid Eye Reality - (Blog by Otis)
Ript - "Ript was born from the idea that there should be a way to “rip” images and text from the web and your computer as easily as you can rip ideas from your favorite magazines. The act of “ripping” in the virtual world should be just as simple and satisfying."
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Quote for the Day
"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."
-Henry David Thoreau
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Web 2.0: Five Sites to Consider
Mint - "Mint is the freshest, most intelligent way for you to manage your money online. Not only is Mint free, it saves you money."
Anywhere.fm - "Anywhere.FM is a powerful music player" that lets you access your music collection anywhere you have internet access.
QIK - "Qik is a little piece of software that enables you to stream videos directly from your phone to the Web."
Zoho - "Zoho is an Office Productivity Suite..." and is free and web based (used through a browser).
PodTech.net - "PodTech is the leading online video network featuring original technology and digital entertainment programming. PodTech’s media platform allows professional content producers to deliver their content to millions of people..."
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
More Reasons to Despise the RIAA
Find out why the RIAA thinks lower royalties will benefit artists:
- Check out this article from ars technica.
- See this blog post from CNET.
To stay current with the battle against the RIAA, read the following blog, which I give my highest regards: Recording Industry vs The People
News & Links for 2/6/08
Today, Yahoo! announced that they have removed limits from their web hosting. The driving force behind the change was to help small business owners. Yahoo! is hoping that small businesses will be able to focus more on their business (and less on web hosting), since they won't have to worry about exceeding limits anymore. For a mere $11.95 per month, small businesses will get unlimited disk space, unlimited data transfer, and unlimited e-mail storage. Check out Yahoo!'s Small Business Web Hosting.
From TechCrunch:
- Howcast, a website specializing in instructional videos, launched today - "Ex-Googlers Launch Instructional Video Site Howcast..."
- Google is getting aggressive in China - "Google To Challenge Baidu In China With Free Music"
- Ask.com has launched a news site in collaboration with Digg - "Ask and Digg Team Up for Big News"
From CNN.com:
Read about the new, innovative website, CrimeReports.com:
"Free Web site maps crime reports, calls"
...A new service on CrimeReports.com, launched last year and expanding nationwide, overlays police reports on maps, so people can view where arrests and other police calls have been made. Users can configure e-mail alerts to notify them of crimes in locations of interest within a day.
The free site relies mainly on police departments paying $100 or $200 a month, depending on their size, to have CrimeReports.com extract the information from their internal systems and publish it online...
Stay current with Microsoft:
"Microsoft tinkering with scary-smart ad spots"
A few of Microsoft's projects were aimed at helping advertisers get better at reaching their ideal customers online, particularly using search keywords.
The company showed a dashboard advertisers could use to forecast the success of certain keyword advertising campaigns and a system it says will make it easier for advertisers think about key ideas, rather than hundreds of individual keywords.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Quick Link: Professional Networking via Web 2.0
From the LinkedIn about page:
Our mission is to help you be more effective in your daily work and open doors to opportunities using the professional relationships you already have.This isn’t networking—it’s what networking should be.
Forget exchanging business cards with acquaintances that don’t know your work, or trying to renew professional ties when you need a favor.
Two noteworthy reads about LinkedIn from 2007 by Mashable:
