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- Microsoft social-networking licensee on the rocks?
- High-profile Microsoft-technology licensee Wallop may be calling it quits, at least on the social-networking-platform side of its business. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Wallop, Wallop Site, Social Networking, E-mail, Wiki, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Wallop gets a makeover with a much better interface
- Im still buried in email and Ive been spending most of the morning coding, so hopefully Ill be able to catch up tonight and tomorrow before the weekend. But yesterday I took a quick trip to the Wallop offices to talk with Karl Jacob, the CEO and get a tour...
- Tags: Wallop, Flash, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- Signs of life at Wallop
- Signs of life at WallopWallop Needs Better SearchI'll admit Wallop has a cool UI but they sure make it tough to find people. Why can't I search for people by city or zip code?For a social network it isn't very social.
- Tags: Social networking, Wallop
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- Signs of life at Wallop
- Wallop is one of my favorite companies because they took Flash and ran with it I covered it here. They took a brand new approach to social networking and incorporated Rich Internet Application methodologies in a big way. Wallop did some things very well. I like the way social networks...
- Tags: Wallop, Flash, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
- Rich Internet Applications I couldn't live without
- After seeing Mike Arringtons post about Web 2.0 companies he cant live without, I thought an RIA-themed version would be fun to do. Im also very curious which RIAs you use on a daily basis, so if I missed any, leave them in the comments. Goowy This year...
- Tags: Instant messaging, Ive, Pandora, Jumpcut, Brightcove, video, RIA, Macromedia Flash Player, Yahoo! Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- Wallop: Seeding a social network
- Wallop: Seeding a social networkHow?How can I get an account to this?RE: Wallop: Seeding a social networkhttp://www.analogstereo.com/citroen_c8_owners_manual.htm
- Tags: Wallop, social networking, network
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- Wallop: Seeding a social network
- “Get into Wallop, make it yours!” is the tag line and exhortation of the Wallop social networking site, launched in beta in September. It is not necessarily easy to “get into Wallop,” however, and that is by design.Wallop proudly touts that it is “the exclusive social experience” that attracts “select...
- Tags: Wallop, Social Media, Social Networking, Facebook, Amateur Content, Social Web, MySpace, User-Generated Content, Culture, Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2006-12-11
- Revisiting Wallop
- Revisiting WallopYeah. What Happened?Wallop had the necessary buzz after Flash Forward and Max and then totally lost steam. A couple of reasons I came up with for the extreme slow down:Wallop's UI - lots of neat features but while they all share the same space, they don't really have much...
- Tags: Revisiting Wallop, Wallop
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- Revisiting Wallop
- rBack in September I received an invite to Wallop and gushed about the service. I was impressed partly because of the novel use of Flash and also partly because I think Wallop enhances the user experience of social networks. One of the things MySpace got right was allowing people to...
- Tags: Wallop, Micropayments, Flash, Experience, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2006-12-06
- Microsoft's four-year brainchild: Wallop
- Flashy new social-networking siteWhat happens when Microsoft brings in psychologists and Web developers to create a social-networking site? You get Wallop, which lets Flash developers build personalization widgets that could cost users a buck or two. CNET's Rafe Needleman speaks with Wallop CEO Karl Jacob at DemoFall 2006.
- Tags: Wallop
- Videos 2006-09-29
- First look at Wallop
- First look at WallopIt's also illegalWell within the ADA's definition of "public accomodation," but I can't find a single switch to enable it to be used by the blind.Until that's fixed, they're toast.Wallop!Like you Ryan, I'm just getting started - but I like it! You make a great point about...
- Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Web browsers, Blogging, Wallop
- Discussion threads 2006-09-27
- First look at Wallop
- I had some great plans to work on the Universal Desktop Daily and then go to bed. That was before an invite to Wallop arrived in my mailbox. This thing is absolutely phenomenal. Now people talking about the application seem to be comparing it to MySpace or Facebook,...
- Tags: Wallop
- Blog posts 2006-09-27
- Social networks in transition
- DemoFall 2006 has its share of social networking startups this year, as it has in years past. One difference from past convocations of the digerati is that the realm of social networking is dominated by MySpace and Facebook--at least for the 15-to-25-year-old crowd. But different demographics, and the inevitable aging...
- Tags: MySpace, social networking
- Blog posts 2006-09-26
- Microsoft licenses new way to make friends
- Microsoft licenses new way to make friendsGood one ZDNetFormer MS employee paid to use MS R&D tech in new start-up. Great article ZDNet and the third in a series.Let's see what others are covering, hmm maybe this one is newsworthy:"Blog Post: Google received 47-49% of the search market in March,...
- Tags: Research & Development, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., vaporware, Wallop
- Discussion threads 2006-04-25
Additional Resources
- Looking forward to webinar on applications modernization trends and techniques with Nexaweb
- Application modernization is one of those IT initiatives that packs the one-two wallop of cutting costs while improving agility and business outcomes. That combination of doing more for less makes so much sense these days, and it may be the new number one requirement for any IT budget. by Dana...
- Tags: Technique, Information Technology, Webinar, Application Modernization, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner, Nexaweb, Roi/Tco, Mainframes, Programming Languages, Servers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Samsung HT-X710T
- We recently looked at the HT-TZ512T from Samsung, a solid home theater-in-a-box that focuses on DVD playback and offers wireless rear surround sound. The TZ512 also offers a few additional audio inputs as well as compatibility with various digital file formats. The HT-X710T, reviewed here, keeps most of...
- Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, Monitors & displays, DVD, Samsung HT-X710T, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., TV, video, subwoofer
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- Apple rolls out new eight-core Mac Pro, Xserve refresh
- Apple rolls out new eight-core Mac Pro, Xserve refreshDidn't George Ou write about theseAnd how horribly expensive the Mac Pros were. Oh wait, that was last week with the older models. This is an entirely new line up of not so over priced models.Looks like it may be...
- Tags: Processors, Homemade, Apple Inc., MAC Pro, quad-core, processor, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Xserve
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Apple rolls out new eight-core Mac Pro, Xserve refresh
- Apple on Tuesday unveiled its latest Mac Pro, which the company claims is its fastest ever with eight processor cores standard. The Mac Pro definitely sounds like it pops a wallop. Here are the details: Two Intel 45 nanometer quad core Xeon processors running...
- Tags: Apple Xserve, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Intel Xeon, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- Intel's OLPC pullout sets up XO vs Classmate PC duel
- Intel's OLPC pullout sets up XO vs Classmate PC duelFollow the money - there's your answer.I wonder if Negroponte wanted Intel to not only kill the competing Classmate (we don;t need no stink'n competition) but also wanted Intel to send money to AMD for life support on their end of...
- Tags: intel, One Laptop Per Child project, Negroponte, Intel Corp., Classmate PC
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Mobile browser based on Microsoft tech makes its beta debut
- Zumobi, a mobile browser based on technology developed by Microsoft Research, is now available in beta form. Zumobi -- a startup formerly known as ZenZui, which is headed by of a number of former Microsoft employees -- released on December 14 a beta of its Zooming User...
- Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Web Browser, Zumobi, Zumobi Beta, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
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