Eyepinch, Inc. BlogEyepinch, Inc. BlogNew Del.icio.us Widget Released- December 21, 2006 News from Del.icio.us has been slow the last year - a couple of controversies and some solid overall growth. It’s an example of something the Internet really needed, but it’s also a bit of a one-trick pony. You bookmark stuff, tag it, and share it. Good data comes out of aggregrated user generated data. That’s pretty much the end of the story. I love Del.icio.us, but there isn’t much else to say about it, and the Yahoo team seems to be focused on getting del.icio.us,...http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=46 ExpoTV Takes $6 Million In Venture Capital Funding- December 20, 2006 Today, ExpoTV, a site focused on user-generated reviews and product demonstrations, announced a $6 million Series A round of funding led by Masthead Venture Partners and Prism VentureWorks, including existing investors. Brady Bohrmann of Masthead and Will Kohler of Prism are joining ExpoTV’s board.David Beisel, with Masthead, writes on his blog that he feels the ExpoTV investment is a promising investment because of ExpoTV’s focus on the “intersection of online video and...http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=45 Google Acquires Endoxon - Euro Mapping Company- December 19, 2006 Google announced the acquisition of part of a business called Endoxon, an Internet mapping company located in Switzerland. This deal looks like it’s part technology and part team. The Google blog says Endoxon has developed “compelling technology that will enhance our Google geo products worldwide,” as well as “we’re also excited about having a dedicated team in Europe.” Nothing is being said about acquisition price, or what will happen to the three Endoxon...http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=44 The AGLOCO Viewbar Update- December 18, 2006 It’s the most asked question concerning AGLOCO; When will the Viewbar be available Well, we finally have an official answer. We expect to be able to release the first phase of the Viewbar in 7 to 10 weeks. There are many reasons why the release of the viewbar has to be managed carefully, server planning, partnerships and operating systems are just three examples of why the process is long. We shall also keep updating the website and making it better for our Members to refer others.In.http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=42 Digg Celebrates 2nd Birthday With New Features- December 18, 2006 Later today, Digg, which just celebrated its second birthday, will release a number of new features. The primary release is the first content area of the site that isn’t news-focused. Users can now Digg their favorite podcasts (feeds and individual episodes). The podcasting homepage will list the most popular podcasts by category (comedy, gaming, health, etc.). Their aim is for Digg to become the first stop for people looking for good podcasts, which will have standard Digg voting,...http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=43 Google Starts Selling Domains For $10 Per Year- December 15, 2006 Google has entered the domain business with partners GoDaddy and eNom. An already crowded industry, Google has begun allowing people to register ‘.com’, ‘.net’, ‘.biz’, and ‘.info’ Web site addresses. Web sites that register their domains directly with Google for $10year will automatically be setup to use Google Apps for Your Domain, which includes Google’s Page Creator (for easily making a Web site), Calendar, Email, and IM.With this move,..http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=41 Jaxtr Widget Lets Social Networkers Chat On Real L- December 14, 2006 A company called jaxtr, which launches in private beta today, allows users to connect their personal phone to their digital personality. Jaxr is a widget that users can put into their social networking sites or blogs. When someone has a jaxtr widget, it means you can call them in real-time. Jaxtr members assign a specific number to their widget. When a caller sees that widget, they can click it and jaxtr will ask them for their own phone number. The caller’s phone will ring, and when the..http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=40 Skype 3.0- December 13, 2006 Skype also released Skype 3.0 today, with several new social elements that enable things like virtual game playing and music recommendation through Last.fm. The new features in Skype 3.0 for Windows are called Extras and Public Chats. Extras enables game playing and music recommendation through Last.fm. There will also be something called “mood messages,” which will allow users to “explain how they are feeling and what they are doing with their friends and families, no matter..http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=39 Microsoft To Show Search Engine Users The Money- December 12, 2006 Microsoft Corp. will share a part of its advertising revenues from its search engine with users, the company’s chairman Bill Gates said in a panel discussion on an Indian television channel. Gates said that search engines like Google Inc. get their revenues from advertising because people use these search engines. “Google’s business model is not based on free software,” Gates said. “Their business model is based on advertisements from which they make a lot of...http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=38 Socialtext Launches New Unplugging Capability- December 11, 2006 Socialtext, a corporate wiki tool, released Socialtext Unplugged today at the LeWeb3 conference in Paris. It is an unplug icon that lets users work on their wiki even when they are not connected to the Internet. While still online, users can click the blue Unplug icon, which will then download a selection of wiki pages so that those pages become available offline. Once a user comes back online, the changes will be automatically uploaded.“The blue Unplugged icon is similar to an RSS icon,..http://www.eyepinch.com/news-blogs.asp?id=37 |