Archive for June, 2007

We covered a product called Jaman (a P2P video client that connected users with inexpensive purchase-to-own downloads and over-the-Web rentals of films produced on the independent circuit, many of which have found audiences across international divides) when it was quite a young one several months back. Today, we check in to see where it’s at and what it’s done with itself.
As it turns out, its creators have done quite a bit. Some alterations. Some enhancements. Some more polish. It’s [...]

We all knew it was coming. Facebook did it. LinkedIn say they’ll do it. It seems only fitting that MySpace follows in line and gives third-party developers access to its insides. Not yet. But eventually, yes.
It’s no surprise that MySpace is going the way of “open”. The reasoning behind the move is no mystery either. Simply put, if MySpace is to stave off the steady exodus of people from its pages to Facebook and yet smaller social networks, [...]

My old favorite YouTube seems to be chugging along according to the news today. According to statistics from a Hitwise, Inc traffic data, from January to May the market share of visits to YouTube rose 70 percent even in light of the site's legal woes. The next closest site was News Corp's MySpace Video according to the survey with about 16 percent of the market.
YouTube Then the Others
Google's YouTube as of May, 2007 controls over 60 percent of the [...]

How does one pronounce the alpha? “Poance?” “Pounce?” I hope it’s the latter, though I don’t quite know why I hope so. Maybe because “poance” just doesn’t sound good. The other option doesn’t make much obvious sense anyhow, though, so….
Anyway, it is what it is. What is it? Pownce is what it is. (Apologies for the gibberish. Presently low on caffeine here.) Yes, so, Pownce. It’s the project kept hush-hush for a good while by a quartet of folk. [...]

Google has put together a set of new layers for its Earth utility, a group that everyone should familiarize themselves with. The collection is called Crisis in Darfur. The title alone aptly explains what it’s about.
I’ll give you a brief synopsis anyhow. Essentially, Google’s Crisis in Darfur project, created in partnership with BrightEarth, is an assembly of “high-res satellite images of Darfur…[and text of] first-hand accounts of the genocide currently underway in the region.”
The inhumanity of what is being [...]

Q&A site Fluther taps the collective mind power of ordinary citizens like you. To sign up and benefit from the site’s brain trust you’ll have to fill out a short registration form. Once you’ve registered you’ll be able to submit and answer questions. The very cool thing about Fluther is the real-time interaction; you can discuss your questions with other Flutherers instantly. You will actually see when people are composing in a discussion.
Answers may be commented on, flagged if inappropriate, [...]

Google's latest strategy to catch up in the Chinese search market appears to be copying rival Baidu.com in allowing searchers to find news by searching pictures in the articles. Baidu offers a service for Chinese surfers where they browse images rather than text to find stories. Google has had its hands full trying to capture the top spot in the world's second largest market. Chinese government pressure on online businesses and Google's rather frequent slip ups in dealing with international markets have [...]

Remember when Newscorp’s MySpace bought Photobucket? Yeah, yeah, after they hit that rough patch, when both parties stated publicly that they pretty much wanted nothing of one another and wished to be left alone to weep in their respective corners.
Well, after a few weeks after the noise surrounding the Photobucket purchase dissipated, MySpace is about ready to show the world what it’s done with its investment.
Thursday, the world will see the official unveiling of MySpace TV, a standalone site [...]

Ever read or heard the term “micro blogging?” 24 hours ago, I didn’t either. Apparently, it’s what constitutes the goings on over at Twitter and so forth. Which I’m no fan of.
So when a higher-up here at Profy passed along a press release over to my inbox about a product whose creator(s) claim fits that precise mold, I kind of grimaced. I thought, “Why?” Over and over and over again. But after sitting on it for about an hour [...]