LeWeb wrapped up in Paris a few days ago and turned out to be a star-studded event with some great discussions and panels covering a variety of issues. The theme was supposively “real time” but in reality the topics were all over the place, ranging from: mobile apps to music to funding to the european [...]
Grooveshark just made a major update to their site and I’m loving everything about it. The user interface was always a strong point but they actually managed to improve it while maintaining their slick look and feel, and include some new functionalities.
The site now claims over 1 million registered users and continues to grow as [...]
Still trying to get a grip on web 2.0?… sorry, too late – it’s time to move on to bigger and better things. Richard MacManus recently wrote a post about some of the emerging web trends we are seeing in 2009.
Some of the noticeable trends he cites are greater focus on web services (90% of [...]
There´s nothing new about online DJ sets but the guys at play.fm have pulled off a killer online music site. Robin Wauters recently wrote a post about the reemergence of the site and, yes, it does impress. Based out of Vienna, Austria (my birthplace!), play.fm aims to be a hub for DJ studio mixes, radio [...]
This video has been getting heavy circulation… but for good reason. Nathan “Flutebox” Lee and Beardyman please the Google employees with their incredible beatboxing skills.
Might take some time to load, but well worth watching.
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I had a chance to stop by Innovate! Europe in Zaragoza yesterday for the presentations of the top 10 Master Class Finalists. Lots of solid projects presented with varying focus… everything from web-based “passion” games to enterprise email and collaboration solutions.
Congratulations to all of the participants, in particular, NomaDesk who was recognized as the 2009 [...]
Europe’s top 11 10 internet startups have been announced for the 2009 Startup 2.0 event. The finalists will present their projects on Friday April 24 in Bilbao, as part of the Nonick conference. The line-up looks something like this:
CampusMovil, a home desktop
Colnect, a collectors community
Genoom, a family tree network
Gli Affidabili , a yelp-like services [...]
Looking for a live search tool for your blog ? Then check out Sikbox, a light-weight and impressive search application that can be easily embedded to a site with a simple piece of code. We added it to our celebrity site and the results are displayed fairly fast in a very nice, slick user interface. [...]
eMarketer posted and interesting report today about media usage by US internet users. Undoubtedly, traditional media is languishing (tv networks, local news and newspapers) and 2009 is poised to hurt even more.
According to the report, the two shiny stars among internet media are social networks (up 9% from 2006) and blogs (up 11% from 2006). [...]
Yahoo! just announced the Top Ten Searches of 2008 and it looks like the celebrities still have a mighty presence in the world of search. The results for this year look something like this:
1. Britney Spears (number one again, seven of the last eight years)
2. WWE
3. [...]
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