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VeohTV - The killer desktop application for video?

Veoh announced VeohTV today TechCrunch coverage and I got a chance to check out the briefing and get a tour of the service. The new application is a downloadable player that aims to take the web video experience full screen and has a bunch of features including: Searching Veoh...

Tags: yourminis, rich media

Blog posts 2007-06-20

yourminis opens up the widget platform, releases API

Tonight yourminis announced the availability of their API, giving developers a way to build widgets and upload them. In addition, the team released an analytics application that will help you track where your widget is going and how many people are using it. All of this is under a developers...

Tags: yourminis, rich internet applications, goowy, flash, apollo

Blog posts 2007-03-30

Adobe Engage: Alex Bard - yourminis

One of my favorite companies, yourminis is here showing us how theyre using Apollo to deploy widgets on the desktop. He takes us on a quck tour of the homepage and how to find widgets. If youve seen the site, you will have done all of this. He highlights...

Tags: adobe, apollo, flash, rich internet applications, yourminis

Blog posts 2007-02-27

Yourminis gets a makeover, starts talking Apollo

Yourminis released a new version of their site today to focus more on widgets and themed based pages that contain information all relating to a single interest. The new HTML based start page also looks like its aimed at introducing users to the yourminis experience and allowing them to pick...

Tags: flash, goowy, rich internet applications, rich widgets, yourminis

Blog posts 2007-02-21

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RIA-related talks and companies at Web 2.0 Expo

I'm going to be heading down to Web 2.0 Expo tomorrow and in looking at the schedule I'm really excited about the presence and sponsorships of several important RIA companies. I'll first start with the talks you should be keeping an eye on and then go down the list of...

Tags: web, rich internet application, web 2.0, internet, ryan stewart

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Yourminis.com HUD (xpi)

Yourminis.com HUB is a personalized dashboard of minis (mini applications, also known as widgets) that let you perform specific tasks, and get information and features from all over the Web in one place. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: dashboard, goowy media, yourminis.com hub, channel management, marketing

Software downloads 2007-09-22

VeohTV - The killer desktop application for video?

VeohTV - The killer desktop application for video?looks awesomeif it embeds Yourminis, i assume it is made of flash... does it mean that it is an AIR application ? have you checked BabelGum... I installed it and it is really impressive (but it seems that veoh hase a much more...

Tags: corporate communications, veohtv, killer desktop application, desktop application, desktop, video

Discussion threads 2007-06-21

Yourminis Teleporter (widget)

A simple but powerful widget that acts as a gateway to yourminis an another world of widgets. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: gateway

Software downloads 2007-06-01

Zude offers ZDNet readers early preview code in advance of May 1 beta launch

Earlier today, I received an e-mail from Zude CEO Jim McNiel that said the following:We would like to let you have a sneak peak 24 Hours ahead of the official release. At 12:01 A.M. EST Monday April 30th, you can sign in to Zude at zude.com. This sneak preview can...

Tags: entertainment, general, it management, software infrastructure, web technology

Blog posts 2007-04-27

Zude's drag-n-drop Web authoring/remixing make it the Switzerland of the social Web

Although it is unquestionably one of the most revolutionary services to hit the Web in a long time -- one that, once out of beta, should prove to be equally usable and useful to Grandma as it is powerful to hackers, corporate developers, knowledge workers, and business analysts --...

Tags: web technology, video, software infrastructure, podcasts, personal technology, general, entertainment

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Web 2.0 Expo: Changing the face of the desktop

One of the byproducts of the latest incarnation of Web 2.0 is the marginalization of operating systems. Personalized home pages, such as Google, Live.com, MyYahoo, Pageflakes and Netvibes; browser-based, rich Internet applications such as Zoho and ThinkFree; thousands of widgets, such as the Flash-based yourminis; even faux desktops such...

Tags: web technology, office 2.0, web 2.0 expo, general

Blog posts 2007-04-15

News to know: Apple iPhone June 11; Boot Camp for Vista; Windows zero-day

Ryan Naraine: Microsoft confirms Windows zero-day, drive-by exploits. Microsofts security advisory.Microsoft makes copying Vista a monster task.Cursor hole puts Windows PCs at risk.Washington Post: An End Run on Copyright Law. Donna Bogatin: Google vs. Viacom: Will Michael Kwun eat his DMCA words?Google needs more time to respond to Viacom suit.Declan...

Tags: general

Blog posts 2007-03-30

News to know: Zimbra; Exchange threat; Apple TV hack; Intel in China

Notable headlines: Intel to produce chips in China. IBM: Researchers demonstrate fastest optical chipset.Start-up Zimbra takes Web e-mail offline. Dan Farber: Coming soon: Offline access to Web applications.Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks. JavaScript bug hunting tool demonstrated. Mozilla: Hackers control bug disclosure.Mary Jo Foley: Open-source e-mail systems...

Tags: tvs, tv & home theater, apple tv, apple computer inc., microsoft corp., tv, intel corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-26

yourminis widget platform with Apollo

With the public release of Apollo, yourminis has announced that theyll be incorporating Apollo into their growing widget platform. Ive been playing with the version on limited basis for a couple of weeks and Im impressed. The new widget manager for Apollo allows you to take any widget on the...

Tags: desktops, apollo, widget, desktop

Blog posts 2007-03-25

News to Know: Adobe Apollo; Ray Ozzie; HP control freaks

Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Reading the Ray Ozzie tea leaves. Microsoft still trying to answer Googles wake-up call. Post Vista, Microsoft reorgs the Windows group. Microsoft shakes up Windows marketing unit.Mitch Ratcliffe: The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: ReadyBoost stands alone. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Closing thoughts on my MacBook Pro Experience.Gallery: Five years...

Tags: general

Blog posts 2007-02-28

Adobe is "Engaging" bloggers - here's what to look for

Adobe invited a bunch of bloggers to visit campus this week Tuesday and part of Wednesday for their Engage event and a look at what companies are doing with Adobe technologies. If youve been following the company, a lot of what youll hear is probably not new information. However...

Tags: scrybe, virtual ubiquity, rich internet applications, adobe, flex, apollo

Blog posts 2007-02-26

News to know: Vista advice; HP; Patent wars

Notable headlines:Microsoft patent case stirs software export fears.Larry Dignan: HP’s quarter by the numbers; channel stuffing chorus may rev up. SeekingAlpha: Earnings call transcript.TechCrunch: Kevin Rose at FOWA: Digg Adopts OpenID. Richard MacManus: Do You Actually Use OpenID?Mary Jo Foley: Linux power lunch: Debian founder visits Microsoft. Microsoft set to...

Tags: general

Blog posts 2007-02-21

Signs abound that SOA is moving to the sweet spot of the market

The other week, I poised the question of whether end-users should be able to build their own services within an SOA framework. This stirred some interesting commentary in the blogosphere, including James Taylors observation that "businesspeople dont want to assemble applications, they want to run their business!" Bellwhether Microsoft,...

Tags: general, vendor watch, web services

Blog posts 2007-02-17

SOA for the masses: Widgets, pipes and teqlets

For many years SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture--building composite applications by assembling components from multiple sources within and beyond an enterprise) and its antecedents have been the province of the developer priesthood. Mere mortals, lacking programming skills, have not been privy to arcane, powerful secrets of SOA codes. Now the power of...

Tags: apple, blogging, general, google, ibm, microsoft, personal technology, saas, salesforce.com, sap, software infrastructure, web technology, yahoo

Blog posts 2007-02-15

Universal Desktop Daily - Tuesday, January 09, 2007

I noticed that Jeremy Suriel of Goowy and Yourminis has a blog. Hes got a lot of experience in building RIAs and Im looking forward to reading what he has to say. Aral Balkan has a detailed writeup of the FlashFoward MacWorld Keynote. There were some good demos and...

Tags: rich internet applications, microsoft, adobe, flash, yahoo, windows presentation foundation, goowy, wpf

Blog posts 2007-01-09