So okay, the Feedburner RSS subscriber count has just lost its credibility. A video demo by the guys at Next Web shows you how to pump your Feedburner subscriber count to thousands overnight.
Archive for the 'Web 2.0' Category
A story from the Business Week reveals that IBM has been encouraging social networking among its employees with in-house versions of Web 2.0 hits such as Facebook and Twitter. A lot of companies are into corporate blogging already but social networking is another story.
Continue reading ‘Does your company encourage Social Networking?’
Dan Farber of CNet proposes a business model for Twitter — a subscription model. He adds $5 would be enough for Twitter to survive but cheap enough for Tweeters to willingly dole out. Would people pay to Tweet? I think so.
Carl Icahn, an erstwhile Yahoo shareholder wants to fire the entire Yahoo Board. In his letter to Yahoo, he claims buying $2.5 billion worth of Yahoo stocks to push his agenda. On the other hand, Facebook is accusing Google for invading user privacy with its Friend Connect.
Twitter has a relatively nice growth in the past year. Amidst the cloud of hype, some numbers are finally making their way out into the clearing. Pretty interesting stats.
Mobile advertising network launches in beta a new analytics software to track and monitor traffic to your mobile web sites or blogs.
Shelfari.com is a social media site that’s focused on books. Great place for bookworms. Anybody here actively using Shelfari? I’ve got several invites before but never got to really sign up. I also got an email from one of the founders when it was just starting but never really stayed long.
Anybody got some feedback on this and willing to get interviewed on TV? ![]()
Most RSS readers of this blog would have seen the “Buy me a beer” link I recently installed as a plugin for the feeds. It uses Paypal to receive small amounts of tip from readers. Problem is, Paypal fees are still high that tips in the range of a dollar doesn’t do any good.
Rumors leaked to TechCrunch suggested that both Microsoft and Google are preparing a bid to buy out Digg.com. I’ve previously discussed why Digg would want to sell but to whom it would sell is another question altogether.
Continue reading ‘Digg Sale might end up with Microsoft or Google’
My favorite startpage, Netvibes, has just upgraded its service to the new Ginger platform. This practically adds a ton of new social networking features to the personalized startpage and opens it up to the public.
Ever wondered which countries or regions which social networking sites are popular? We know Friendster is still #1 in the Philippines; but what about the others?
A lot of people (including me) are claiming that the next wave will be on the mobile phone. With faster wireless connectivity and high adoption rate, the mobile web may become the next top destination for everybody.
Revver.com, the video sharing website, is up for sale. Apparently, the idea of sharing ad revenue to video producers isn’t a lucrative business and Revver is now $1 million in the red.
First time I got an email about this, I thought it was the IPTV service (Joost). Jooce is different — it’s basically an online desktop, communication and storage service.
Continue reading ‘Jooce: Online Desktop for the Cyber Nomad’
Ever dreamed of having one of your photos featured in big time magazines like the National Geographic, Time, GQ or Sports Illustrated? You can fake your way in with Mag My Pic.
Continue reading ‘MagMyPic: Fake Magazine Covers with your Photos’
Robert Scoble got the boot from Facebook recently for hacking the site by running a script that pulls data from his account. This raises so many questions. Do you own your data on social networks? Is Scoble a freedom fighter or a data thief?
For years now, Digg.com has always been rumored to be up for sale. Not a single one of them were confirmed by Digg’s CEO Jay Adelson or its founder Kevin Rose. However, this week’s tip about the possible sale of Digg is most intriguing.
A recent U.S. survey reveals that Web 2.0 Office Productivity suites are not getting any much attention from users. The lack of awareness is a little surprising considering that all the web office wars have been going around between Microsoft and Google.





































