Archive for November, 2007

Since Tuesday morning, the tech blog world has been buzzing about the supposed imminent release of Google’s online storage service, which it sensibly intends to add to its software suite of email, word processing, and photo hosting utilities. Well, we’re not so sure "sensible" is the way to describe it. Despite its establishment of a [...]

Alright, say you?re an Apple devotee. You may be, you may not be. But, just for kicks, let?s pretend there?s a bit of a love affair going on between you and Cupertino. How then do you satiate your craving for Apple news? Presumably with a steady diet of blog posts, the produce of rumor mills, [...]

A few months ago I stumbled on a web site called Schmap. At the time, I had just reviewed Schmedley, wasn't super-impressed , and somehow lumped the two sites together in my mind. I'd forgotten all about Schmap until recently, when I learned how they solicit some of the information for their site. Schmap is [...]

In news that shouldn't be too surprising, Brightcove has announced that its YouTube-style consumer video community, which currently resides at the Brightcove.TV domain, will soon be closed. As of December 17, 2007, users of the video service and community will no longer be able to upload videos, as the website will be refocused to provide [...]

LocateTV takes Web 2.0 simplicity to heart. It's beta incarnation offers no forums, no social networking aspect, no profiles, no comment section or reviews by other television junkies. Normally, the lack of these features would turn me off completely, but the one thing it does do, find television shows based on your location, it does [...]

What is the name of the social network slated to be put first to the open markets? That question has been dogging pundits and investors alike for quite some time. And now we’ve got an answer: Classmates.com. Yes, Classmates.com. One of the few social networks so fortunate to be born of the Friendster era. The [...]

The subject of the Web search wars is almost entirely spent. Google is el leadero supremo. No getting around that. It is what it is. The company’s been live and kickin’ for about a decade, and in that time, it’s shown all other market participants that it’s the biggest swinging you-know-what around. It’s proven itself [...]

Profy was recently invited to try the invitation only beta of TestFreaks , a new product information aggregator brought to you by the creators of the original PriceRunner (now owned by ValueClick). I have been a long time user of Web 1.0 product information and recommendation behemoth, Epinions. That made me excited to try out [...]

Do you recall the blogosphere, circa 2000-2006? It was something of an experimental landscape, was it not? Millions of personal blogs were created within that time frame. Thousands of “professional” ones, too. All of them unique to some degree, though some of course have been undeniable copycats of the successful, financially-lucrative few. Okay, a lot [...]