Archive for March, 2008

One of the issues surrounding Google Docs is getting them to translate into the real world and work offline as well as they do online. Google has released a new helper application to make it easier to synchronize your online Google Docs with your offline life. They are calling it Google Gears.
Even though Google Gears launched to the public this week, it isn't fully operational yet. It currently only works with Picasa Web Albums (on mobile devices), Zoho Writer, Google [...]

Today the makers of the recently launched (yet oddly-named) Chumby internet-connected device have acquired $12.5 million in Series B funding, primarily from JK&B Capital, a new investor for the company. Chumby's other existing venture investors, including Avalon Ventures, Masthead Venture and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, were also involved in the financing, which will be used to “accelerate growth” of the San Diego-based company, as well as to expand the Chumby Network onto other screen-based web devices.
“We are pleased to receive [...]

On the off chance you haven't already been inundated with women's sites, Yahoo has launched their new site geared toward women today. Sticking with the name Shine that was originally rumored, the site follows the same mold as previous entries into this space.
Right from the first article you see, you know that Yahoo has gone as far as women's magazines in researching what women want. The headline article? A treatise on “The 100 Unsexiest Men 2008″ originated by the [...]

We first covered fledgling social network and user generated content site Cre8Buzz a few months ago while they were in private beta. Since they started out way back then, they have altered their focus to meet the demands of their target demographic. At first only a social network, they now want to become a destination for user generated content as well.
After joining the site to evaluate it and writing the initial review of Cre8Buzz here at Profy, I was invited [...]

Taking a new tack in the continuing war on music listeners, Warner wants to break from the current thug tactics of the RIAA and go with a fee schedule instead. This fee schedule would operate very much like a consumption tax on music, being added to your internet bill each month. What Warner isn’t taking into account is whether that is something music lovers want.
What music lovers are looking for, and what many companies are already building for them, is [...]

As anyone who's ever used Twitter can tell you, it's a fast-moving medium, and users are prone to typos, mistakes in direct vs. broadcast messages, and, if you occasionally reply via your IM client, you may send an IM out to Twitter instead.
In general, these mistakes are a mere blip in the overall scheme of Twitter; even if people notice at the time, the messages are flying at such a fast pace that it vanishes quickly, and you never [...]

Music Web 2.0 applications are hot right now. There are tons of complex applications out there right now as companies try to create the first, best monetized model for online music, like Grooveshark . What about the people who don’t want the time involvement and learning curve of a more complex site like Grooveshark? For them, there is now Muxtape.
Muxtape is the Web 2.0 version of those mixed tapes you made for people in your high school and college [...]

Word Press has released the much anticipated Word Press 2.5. I've been using Word Press for quite a while now on my personal blogs, and I must say they win huge points for what was perhaps the easiest installation ever of a new version. In the past, upgrades have broken my blogs for anywhere from hours to days, but not this time. This time each blog and all of my existing plug ins worked flawlessly right away, with no [...]

If you've ever wondered how to scramble to a high page rank with lots of eyeballs in very little time? MyMiniCity has the process down pat, with a current Google Page Rank of 5 and climbing, along with a huge spike in page views according to Compete.
Aside from advertising other games for its creators, Motion Twin, MyMiniCity doesn't seem to have much of a point. The creators claim 7 million accounts in the French-speaking world, with only 10 developers working [...]