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 [...]
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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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. [...]
Here´s a good one… NapSounds. Napsounds is a simple website that offers a selection of sleep-inducive sounds to help you relax and take a power nap. Choose “Electronic”, “Classical” or “Nature” to play a free 20 minute sound track for your nap.
This is how they explain it:
Neuro-Linguistic Programming is used in the text, binaural [...]
There are lots of SEO tools out there but this one I actually like. It´s called Quarkbase and provides a quick and dirty snapshot of a website´s key information from various online data sources. Easy to use, nice interface, and great way to spy on other sites.
I came across it via Ann Smart´s post on [...]
I’ve been traveling quite a bit these past several weeks and have had a chance to discover some pretty stellar startup projects and the people behind them. Here are a few that I especially like:
ChaCha – ChaCha is like having a smart friend you can call or text for answers on your cell phone anytime [...]
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