Archive for April, 2008
Google Maps Stickers Gone Missing
Remember the Google Maps stickers spotted throughout the UK? They looked like the image on the right of this post.
Well, a while back, probably a year or so ago, I convinced Google to send me one. It never actually made it to my office. I didn’t really think about it [...]
Inside Google I/O [podcast]
The Google I/O event is coming up at the end of May here, and it’s set to be a defining moment for a lot of Web 2.0, particularly the social web. Just about every big name in the social networking world and at the OpenSocial side of things at Google is due to speak or [...]
Google AdSense in Feedburner RSS Feeds, Coming. Soon. Seriously!
After a very long and arduous wait, Google AdSense will finally be integrated into Feedburner RSS feeds. Even before Google acquired Feedburner last year, integration of Google ads into Feedburner feeds was an exploratory wonderment that many wanted to blossom into fruition.
And ever since Google’s acquisition of Feedburner, as with YouTube, we’ve [...]
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 28, 2008
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
META Keywords Don’t Matter According to US Court
At Search Engine Land, Barry writes about how a US court has decided that META keywords don’t matter — they are “immaterial.” The tip came from Eric Goldman’s blog where he writes about a recent case that held a company responsible for including trademarked terms in their meta tags.
In this case, because [...]
Hi5 a Victim of Their Own Success
As a product of runaway growth sometimes comes growing pains. Hi5 has been subject to a bit of that over the course of the last week; a week where, as Hi5 themselves put it, has experienced unprecedented traction. In the last month, third-party developers have launched well over 400 OpenSocial apps on hi5’s network. These [...]
Bungee Connect WideLens Syncs Computer Calendars
Bungee Connect, hot off an $8 million round of funding, has just launched a new application called WideLens. It’s an integrated calendar tool geared towards developers that wish to layer in scheduling and cross-network calendar synchronization for existing services.
One of WideLens‘ key features is the ability to view all of your calendars [...]
Mead Goes Green, with Mind Mapping. 1000 Invites for Mashable.
How does a paper company keep with the times and promote a green lifestyle? Create a web-based application. Mead, the notebook maker that’s more recently known for brands like Trapper Keeper and Five Star, has launched a mind-mapping tool called Meadmap.
This is a pre-formatted service that’s being promoted as a [...]
Why Did Mister Wong Acquire Lifestream.fm?
Thanks to the popularity of sites like Plaxo Pulse and FriendFeed, the act of lifestreaming has become an all-important factor in keeping the world updated as to your every move in your web life. Combining lifestreams from across services was often viewed as an integral part of profile aggregators, but now we’re seeing its [...]
Google Maps Driving Directions Add Street View Option
In the last year, some users of the Google Maps utility have been treated to numerous upgrades, including prediction-based traffic overlays and the Street View component. Google has now expanded the power of the software package to incorporate the Street View system into its long-standing engine for organizing driving directions.
No longer will the blue line [...]