Friday, January 18, 2008
$750K for domain name, but who asked the shareholders?
I can partly accept the economics behind generic domains and the potential traffic they can generate. But when it comes to branding i just don't get it?
Erste echte Prepaid Datenflatrate
T-Mobile bietet ab dem 1. Februar die erste Prepaid-Datenflatrate im D1 Netz an. Für einen geringen Preis kann man so über seine Prepaid-Karte und seinem heimischen PC surfen. Das ganze gibt es sogar ganz ohne Haken. Wozu also noch lange an Mobilfunk-Datenflatrates binden, wenn man im D1 Netz täglich kündigen kann?
Pay for what you use high-speed Internet
Pay for what you use high-speed Internet You might be surprised when you get your Internet Service bill from Time Warner.
XIMMY - SOCIAL NETWORK REVIEW
Check out this site Ximmy.com, they pay you per link, video, and image that you submit!
Perl Necklace: Perl.com sends visitors to porn link farm
Visitors to Perl.com, the O'Reilly Media-owned resource, were redirected yesterday (Thursday) to a link farm pushing porn sites. "I was aghast," said Tom Christiansen, author of many of the most popular Perl reference books. "I need to understand the nature of the problem."
TechGirl: Sarah Meyers (pics)
Check out this weeks TechBurgh Tech Girl feature! Sarah Myers is great! beautiful and smart and all the good stuff.
Generating Traffic to Your MySpace Website
MySpace is an exciting online community where members can make new friends, reconnect with old friends, network or even find potential romantic partners. While there are some MySpace members who join the community simply for the ability to stay in touch with their old friends and are not looking to make new friends....
The Winners of the 2008 Crunchies
Here's the complete list of winners of the Crunchies. Digg snatched the Best User Generated Content Site award.
2007 Crunchies: The Winners
The final results of the Crunchies have been announced over at TechCrunch.
Google Offers OpenID Logins Via Blogger
After testing OpenID's as logins to Google's Blogger in Draft program in November, Google has become an OpenID provider itself. Effective immediately, Blogger users are able to use their blogs URL as an OpenID login, after toggling the option via the draft.blogger.com admin menu.
Ford Bids Goodbye To Gas Caps
If ain't broke, don't fix it. Gas caps aren't broke and useless. In 2006, the automaker promised to wipe caps off its lineup. The capless refueling system already is available on the 2008 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, and it's coming to the 2009 Flex crossover and Lincoln MKS luxury sedan.
Google's Knol - Wikipedia's Rival
Will Google's Knol outclass Wikipedia??? Google has its Knol in betas. lets see what happens in future.
Sprint shares tumble after subscriber losses posted
The third largest U.S. mobile phone service has been losing ground to bigger rivals such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless amid network and customer service problems. On Friday, the company said it lost 683,000 post-paid subscribers in the fourth quarter, far more than analysts' forecasts for a loss of 350,000 to 500,000 subscribers.
Digg Has Crystal Balls
"When using Digg, you may decide to check-out its crystal balls, or the sites that may companion you along your Digging journey...Sources: www.digg.com, http://duggtrends.com/duggmirror.aspx, www.johnchow.com, www.adsense.com, http://diggcomments.headzoo.com, www.techcrunch.com, www.alexa.com, www.ajaxonomy.com/buryrecorder"
Spokt.com is a Killer new app for keeping in touch
Spokt.com is a great way to stay in touch with your family online. "Email is boring..." Classic. Try out Spokt for free. It's one of the best web 2.0 sites you'll find on the web today. The site has an Apple-esque ease, and an uncanny ability to make an ADDICT out of anyone who tries it.
i-Tech Ep.8 NOW OUT!
Sorry it took so long, but I kept my word. Episode 9 should be coming out sometime this weekend, with co host Masterx! Scroll down to "Techbugtv Media Center" to hear the latest episode. If you don't see it down there, give it some time.
Introducing Split-Shared hosting, the fastest shared hosting
Forget about dreamhost, 1and1 or GoDaddy. This technology rocks and for about the same price would give you 10 times the speed of your current shared hosting. Split-Shared hosting provides multiple benefits not available with traditional shared hosting used by other companies:Isolation, Security, Performance, Scalability, Portability etc.
GPS technology edged out in favor of Wi-Fi positioning
GPS may be doomed but there is something better out there - it's just that the big players don't want you to know too much about it.
Facebook faces privacy questions
Super social networking website, Facebook, is to be questioned about its data protection policies by the Information Commissioner's Office(ICO). This investigation was triggered by a complaint from a user of the social networking website who was unable to fully delete his/her profile even after terminating his/her account.
Cheap Web Hosting from C & C Online Service
Get 1 GB space and 1 GB bandwidth. The price is €1.96 per month. The features are standart, there are no web statistics, No MySQL, and just one e-mail account and no sub domain. This plan is ideal for personal website.
Is an OpenID any better than simply reusing a password?
Reading an article in the Guardian newspaper I wasn't all that surprised to discover that apparently 61% of web users have the same password for all their accounts. Not surprising at all when you consider that 1 in 10 people now have over 50 online accounts.
CUE: RIAA Inquisitor enters, upstage right.
Colleges are beginning to cave to RIAA and MPAA pressure and scare tactics, and some of the policies enacted by the schools are as sleazy as the threats themselves. RIT's new policy punishes students for BEING ACCUSED OF VIOLATION. Isn't there something we can do to stop the witchhunt before it starts?
Cybersquatters Hand Over Bebo.ie
Cybersquatters are now also targeting ccTLDs. Normally .ie are very strict, so it is amazing that even there you find trademark violation.
Web Hosting Services Firm, New Edge Networks, Devises Data T
Earthlink subsidiary and broadband network company, New Edge Networks, has completed the installation of network infrastructure designed to allow the prioritization of data applications traffic over low-cost, high-speed digital subscriber lines commonly used for wide area networks.
Google skip "Adsense" Referrals from Google products
Recently, I posted on "How you can double your income from Referrals" I received a good response from it and had one sign-up under my account but now (after 3 days), all sign-ups vanished. Also, when I tried to install another referral unit of Adsense, to my surprise- There was no Adsense inside Google product Referrals, shocked?
Textbook costs have to go
I read a headline in our local paper today noting that a neighboring district was about to spend $40,000 on textbooks, largely to support an updated history curriculum. $40,000!!! This for a district not all that much larger than ours. The most painful part of this figure is that history...
Macworld's Sleeper Story - Digital Copy Could End DRM
It's possibly the biggest story of Macworld and it has little to do with Apple - Fox is expanding Digital Copy.
Best of MacBook, "Air" (with images)
Steve Jobs has introduced the new MacBook, Air....The best and the thinnest notebook ever.
Keywords "more important" than domain names
Optimising keywords is a better route to site success than choosing a good domain name, according to one expert.
AOL launches IM tool for the deaf
An AOL instant messaging (IM) tool is being marketed to deaf and hard of hearing users...
Interview with Buzz Bruggeman of ActiveWords
As entrepreneurs go, you would expect them to keep their hard won skills and knowledge to themselves. Buzz is just not going to be that way, and has many things to say about how he has marketed his product, ActiveWords using bloggers to help carry his story, and create buzz around his project.
Lunch 2.0 San Diego
A summary of the Lunch 2.0 event which took place at Digital-Telepathy on Friday, January 18. This event was a great for networking, inspiration, and just plain fun.
Mum is still the word on XM and Sirius merger
Eleven months have come and gone since officials with XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio announced their intentions to merge the companies. As of Friday, Jan. 18, regulators with the U.S. Department of Justice were still mulling over the proposed merger and whether it meets the laws governing fair competition.
Sign Petition to Bring Back "thebroken" Podcast
Sign an online petition, and with enough signatures, we can get the attention of Revision3.
Amazon.com Will Sell DRM-Free MP3s From Sony BMG
A new deal means the e-tailer will be the first to sell unrestricted files from all the Big Four record labels. Never mind those watermarks.
PayPal and Lump-Sum Payments now in Heap CRM
You've requested the ability to pay with PayPal. You've requested to pay in advance. We just released both in one simple feature.
How to Find The Best Stuff Online
The marvelous result is all the sites matching your search term have been recomended and voted on
GoDaddy Wins Bid to Manage .me domains
GoDaddy has won the bid to offer TLD .me. First person to register "fuck.me" wins!
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Qt under GPLv3
Trolltech officialy announced the release of Qt libraries under the 3rd version of the GPL license.
Propertyqube Blogs Launched!
Propertyqube, a consumer real estate site, has launched a consumer blogging platform. The platform allows members to create a blog from scratch or feed their existing blog into the system through RSS. Members can keep track of their favorite local blogs by becoming "Fans" of the blogs they love and voting on the stories they enjoy reading.
New (FREE) Wordpress Theme With 6 Sidebar Positions!
Wordpressident is a free wordpress theme featuring a modern design, dynamic page insertion, and up to 6 widget ready sidebar positions to allow maximum control for the Blog author. It's also easily customizable!
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