Archive for April, 2007

The latest news in the never ending fencing match between Google and Yahoo! the latest news is that Yahoo! will acquire the remaining 80 percent of RightMedia for $680 million. Yahoo! has taken it on the chin from Google in the online advertising realm lately but Yahoo! seems determined not to be counted out. With full [...]

AirTroductions is an interesting concept. Basically, you enter in your flight information and check out who else is going to be on your flight. Then, after checking out the other passengers’ profiles, you choose who you’ll be sitting next to. That way, you can make the most of your multi-hour flight. You can network, or [...]

There?s Twitter. There?s Radar. There?s Jaiku. And there must be a great many other much smaller, less noted services of the same vein. What vein? Mobile social networking. Or is it the publication of various streams of consciousness for all to see? Actually, when you really get down to it, all of the above are [...]

Though the name could really do with some changing, Berkley Data Systems’ online backup utility, called Mozy, has had its long-awaited debut for the Mac platform. Now fans of the O, the S, and the X have access to limitless space – redundant, to boot – for a whopping US$4.95. When I say Mac, you [...]

All you hotties out there get ready for the ultimate meat market for Web 2.0! Our editor shoveled me some info about a unique dating site that I just had to inform our readers about. HotEnough is a new dating site that is exclusively for the hot. If nothing else the site promises to either [...]

Go BIG, a network of startup companies, in which expert entrepreneurs and advisors offer tips to budding businesses and angel investors and venture capitalists, whether solo or with the backing of whole firms, get easily connected to promising operations, is having an official launch of a new feature called Projects, today. Go BIG Projects is [...]

Pixilive.com is another simple way to upload images and video for hosting or sharing to your favorite spaces. This free service allows users to upload, copy and paste links or code literally in seconds. The most noticeable thing about Pixilive is the lack of any registration from. The simplicity and function of this little site [...]

Just who are Google, AOL and Yahoo! chasing in China anyway? Let's take a look at China's top search engine Baidu.com and see who is making all the ad dollars in China right now. It seems like every day I have the opportunity to report on either a Google blunder in the international market, or [...]

DoMyStuff.com is the solution to all of the chores you need to get done, but can never seem to find the time to do them. You post what you need to get done, and others post bids on how much they’re willing to do the job for. You can limit the area of people in [...]