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 control of RightMedia Exchange Yahoo! will solidify their long range plans access a larger pool of sellers and advertisers. Google's Double Click buyout was a real [...]

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 maybe meet a love connection, or sit next to someone you just happen to know and didn’t know they’d be on the plane. So next [...]

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 outlets made to allow a lot of people to talk about themselves to a lot of other people in an incoherent and entirely meaningless way. [...]

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 say Mozy! Mac! — (Listens. Silence.)
Why in the world would you want to backup your files? I mean, heck, how important can those hundreds, even [...]

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 hurt some feelings or explode the heads of those allowed entry to the site.
As a registering user 3 photos must be submitted in order for the [...]

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 a new venue created for the creators (an apology for the redundancy) of startups to acquire the brainpower they need to turn ideas into products [...]

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 are readily apparent and anyone can create a link or code as fast as they can choose their media.
I have run across several [...]

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 some move by AOL or Yahoo! towards capturing a market somewhere. Baidu just reported their first quarter revenue of 35.6 million dollars, up over 100 percent [...]

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 which you’re looking for, what their rating is from the site, and how long you want the bidding to run. It’s like you’re finding personal [...]