Posts Tagged with ‘blog’

Imagine my surprise when I was reading StartupSquad one day and realized that the company behind BlogBackupOnline was right in my own backyard. I recently had the opportunity to talk to Techrigy co-founder and President Aaron Newman about Techrigy and their approach to Web 2.0. What first caught my eye was Techrigy's BlogBackupOnline, a service that [...]

The War on Terror has been unique in its coverage simply because of the presence of user-created content for the first time in a U.S. military conflict. In addition to the traditional media coverage of a military conflict, we've also been privy to first-person accounts, from the first accounts of the U.S. invasion of Iraq [...]

There was a time when politicians and blogs did not go together. The first didn’t want to stoop down to the level of the second, where nobodies (bloggers) could hit at somebodies (politicians) and where the rules were very simple: anything goes. Talking points were the way to go. Staged town hall-style meet-and-greets with audiences [...]

I know that I speak for everyone here at Profy when I say that our thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims of yesterday's events at Virginia Tech. The horror of yesterday will live in the hearts and minds of the Virginia Tech community, the United States, and much of the world [...]

Think you’ve developed your Web 2.0 startup into a company capable of handling corporate accounts? Corporations don’t think so. Forrester Research, the group consulted by default for almost anything to do with tech and business, ventured into the offices of more than 100 CIOs (Chief Information Officers) employed by companies with 500 staff or more [...]

Echoes of Web 1.0 still haunt Web 2.0. Get rich quick with little or no effort by “Moguling”.  Have you thought of being a Mogul yet? Robin Smith started a new blog about a month ago and it is already ranked high at Google. Smith used a new technique called “Moguling”, a trademarked term of [...]

With the popularity of Web 2.0 comes an issue with multiple registrations for its adoptees; interactive sites require log-ins, and you'll soon find your list of log-ins requires a better memory than an elephant, as well as feel like you've given your email address to every person in the world. Stepping in to assist is [...]

Rumors are floating around that Amazon may have invested approximately $1 million in Web 2.0 site Shelfari , scooping the site from other the noses of venture capital firms who were interested. If the rumors are true, this is Amazon 's first real dip of it's monstrous toes into the social shopping area. The Seattle-based [...]

Video and social networking company, Two2date Ltd. announced the official release of XONE8, a dating and social networking web site. XONE8 is a free, fun site where meeting others and expressing yourself has been simplified. This highly anticipated launch of the most advanced social networking and dating site will enable users to intuitively find, be found [...]