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- Vator.tv: YouTube for the elevator pitch
- Bambi Francisco, a former tech reporter with MarketWatch, has taken the wraps off her new startup, Vator.tv. The name is a play on the words 'elevator' and 'innovator', as the site aims to be a social network / marketplace for startup ideas. Central to Vator.tv is the ability for startups...
- Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- Ning v2: another do-it-yourself MySpace?
- Need more proof that social networking sites are becoming a commodity? Look no further than Ning version 2, dubbed: "Your Own Social Network". Its the companys latest iteration of its service which is designed to allow anybody to create and run their own social web site -- with little or...
- Tags: Social Networks, MySpace, Video Sharing
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- Barack Obama launches social network
- Barack Obama, the Democrat presidential hopeful, has launched his own social network which hes calling MyBarackObama.com. The site invites supporters to create a profile, blog their campaign experiences, plan and attend events, find other supporters, and help raise funds for the campaign. Obama already has an official presence of Facebook...
- Tags: Video Sharing, YouTube, Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook, social networking, Barack Obama
- Blog posts 2007-02-10
- The Social Web weekly: MySpace mobile in Europe; Joost on Mac; White label SNS faceoff; OpenID; and more
- The Social Web weekly is a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week, in the social software and media space.MySpace goes mobile in Europe. Following similar deals with Helio and Cingular in the US, Vodaphones European customers will soon be able...
- Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Microsoft, The Social Web weekly, OpenID
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
Additional Resources
- The Paparazzi Social Media Problem
- Jevon McDonald, someone whose opinions I rate highly, has posted a stellar piece on 'The uncertain future of Blogging' today. The idea of user-generated content was once almost exclusively owned by blogging. Blogging was the conversation, blogging was the vehicle, blogging was the...
- Tags: Collaboration, Blog, Jevon, Blogging, Internet, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The Simpsons lampoon Apple
- No one is safe from satire on The Simpsons. The animated series, which just began its 20th season, has lampooned just about every large company, celebrity and pretty much every aspect of pop culture. Last night's episode featured a six minute segment that parodied Apple Inc. at...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Episode, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The widget conundrum
- There's a pretty good article in Advertising Age about the benefits of widgets and the fact that not a lot of people are using it. AdAge says that "entire segment" will amount to around $100 million. That sounds like a chunk of money, and especially one for an industry that...
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, Rich Internet Application, AdAge, Widgets, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Hackers boot Linux on iPhone
- A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel. A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hacker, Linux, Hacking, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Apple, hackers, iPhone, OS X, port, kernel, Chris Duckett, Builder AU, Chris Duckett, Builder AU
- News items 2008-12-01
- Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...
- Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?
- Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less...
- Tags: Software, Brazil, China, India, Microsoft Corp., Infection Rate, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Morro, Microsoft, Mary Landesman, antivirus, free, OneCare, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK
- News items 2008-12-01
- Facebook Connect: The masses and the fishbowl
- Facebook Connect, a service that allows someone to log on to Facebook from third party sites, is set to expand from its May launch. Reading the conversation this morning on Techmeme familiar storyline emerges. Facebook's Connect vs. the Open Social alliance between Google, MySpace and a bunch...
- Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Virtualization and Emulex
- Although I wouldn't have thought of Emulex and virtualization technology at the same time, a conversation with the company changed my viewpoint. How did Emulex achieve the improbable? Read on. Here's what Emulex says about itself Emulex makes a wide range of enterprise-class products...
- Tags: Emulex Corp., Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- News to know: Mumbai attacks, Microhoo, Holiday shopping, HDTVs
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jennifer Leggio: Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social media Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail Oliver Marks: Mumbai Attacks...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Digital Video, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Open Source, Personal Technology, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Aclara application provides consumers with hourly visibility into electricity usage
- Want to find out how that cold snap last night is going to affect your monthly utility bill? Or whether or not you should do your wash in the morning, afternoon or night? If you're one of the 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania served by PPL Electric Utilities, you can...
- Tags: Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Internet, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Netgear readying Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 media-streaming device
- One of Netgear's new products that it may announce at CES in January has leaked online, and it adds another networked media-streaming device to an already crowded field. The Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 has already reached the FCC for testing and approval, which Engadget was able to sniff...
- Tags: Hard Drive, NetGear, Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000, Home Networking, Ethernet, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Security Lessons and Your Personal Firewall
- There's an interesting dynamic I've been noticing and discussing a lot recently - people and companies are grappling with how to project some facets of their lives and information online while keeping other areas secret. As i suggested in my previous post, it...
- Tags: Facebook, Firewall, Personal Firewall, Security, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Keeping clean for clean energy
- Got solar panels on your home or business? Keeping them clean is necessary if you want to get efficient conversions of solar to electricity or even to heat water. Some roofs are less that congenial palce for a person with a sponge mop. I recently heard a...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Roof, OCS Energy, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- The fastest mandible strike in the world
- U.S. researchers report that the termite named Termes panamensis possesses the fastest mandible strike ever recorded. 'Footage of the soldier termite's jaws as they strike an invader at almost 70 meters per second was captured on a high speed video camera in the laboratory at 40,000 frames per second.' As...
- Tags: Ant, Strike, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Surveys show consumers love HDTVs, but show some confusion about HD programming
- Two recent research studies have found that the demand from U.S. consumers for HDTVs hasn't slackened despite the tough economy, but confusion remains about what you do with the TV once the set is purchased. You would presume that people are seeking out HDTVs in order to...
- Tags: HDTV, Survey, Blu-ray, Programming, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Portable digital video players
- A couple days ago I posted my Holiday Guide for MP3/audio players and a couple of commenters asked where ARCHOS and Cowon were on the list. I tried to stay focused on audio focused devices in that guide, although many digital media players today can play both audio and video....
- Tags: Hard Drive, Device, Archos, Digital Video, Video, ARCHOS 7, ARCHOS 605, COWON A3, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
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