October 2008
209 posts
FriendFeed Opens the Floodgates with Real-Time... →
Using FriendFeed to track all of your friends’ activities has become a daily routine for many of us. But, apparently, pressing the refresh button to get the latest and greatest information…
“音楽用Twitter”の「Blip.fm」が独自のAPIを開発 →
Fuzzが音楽ファンのためのマイクロブログサービス「Blip.fm」を今年5月ローンチした時には、まさか実験以上のものになろうとは社内の誰も予想だにしなかった。が、Blip.fmのトラフィックはほどなくFuzzのメインのサイトを凌ぐものに成長を始め、ファンベースと交流を求めるバンドに従来とは全く違うサービスを提供する場になっている。
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6 Places to Catch the Debate Online →
There’s just a few minutes left until the last debate of this season. Some of you are likely thankful for that, and many others are still hungering for more. For those of you in the…
Microsoft Taps Multiply.com as New Home for MSN... →
In a world dominated by Facebook and MySpace, one of the best kept secrets in social networking is Multiply.com. This fast growing little social network is about to make a whole lot of new…
eBay本業不調の中、Skypeに好調の兆し →
今日（米国時間10/15）eBayは、下方修正された収益…
MOONGIFT: �... →
コンピュータを使っている時には、何らかのアプリケーションが動作しているのは間違いない。例えばブラウザ、テキストエディタ、開発環境、メーラーなどなどだ。しかしその中で最も良く使っているものは何だろうか。 自分がよく使っているアプリケーションが一覧される 最近はWebアプリケーション化が進んでいるので、ブラウザかも知れない。そんな情報を見える化し…
買収から3年。マードックにとってもMySpaceは良い買い物だった →
3年前の今日、ルパート・マードックはMySpaceおよびその親会社であるIntermixを$580M（5億8千万ドル）で買収した。結局これは良い買い物だった。前回計算してみたところでは、MySpace単独での価値は、個々のユーザの価値をどのように見積もるかにはよるが$3B（30億ドル）から$20B（200億ドル）の間と見積もった。Fox Interactive…
TechStarsの出資するグループデート関連サービスのIgnighterが$1.2Mを調達 →
グループデートをマネジメントするIgnighterが$1.2M（120万ドル）のエンジェル投資ラウンドを完了した。同社はTechStarsの2008年クラスに所属する企業のひとつだ。CEOのAdam Sachsは資金をチームの強化（とくに開発スタッフ）と、認知度向上のためのマーケティング資金に充てると述べている。
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［CG］新発表MacBookのビデオガイド →
アップルの新MacBookについては多くの記事や写真でカバーしてきたが、それを見落とした読者のためにアップルがすてきなビデオガイドを公開している。
Jonathan Ive も登場して解説する。例のアルミのbrickからウォータージェットを使って一体型筐体を削り出す製造工程は見ものだ。きっといろいろ新しい発見があると思うよ。
ハイデフィニションで見たいならこちら…
WordPressがアイルランドのスタートアップPolldaddyを買収 →
WordPressを所有するAutomatticが、アイルランドのスタートアップ、Polldaddyを買収した。金額は不明。この買収によりWordPressに世論調査技術が注入される。ブロガーが調査好きであることを考えると理にかなった話だ（ここTechCrunchでも多くの記事でPollDaddyを使用している）。
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fbFund、補助金支給対象となる25名のFacebook開発者を発表 →
FacebookはfbFundからの補助金を受け取ることになった25人を発表した。この補助金はFacebook上で動作する最も有望なアプリケーションを開発している開発者に与えられる。昨年発表された補助金の支給を行うfbFundというのは$10M（1000億ドル）のファンドで、Facebook、Accel Partners、およびFounders Fundが拠出している。
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FriendFeed Debuts Live Updates for Tonight’s... →
FriendFeed has released a new feature tonight in their usual cavalier method - no lead up or hints and a short email in the inbox explaining how to find it. Bret Taylor explained to me…
TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ »... →
電子学習(e-learning)の世界市場は2010年に520億ドルに達すると推計されている（2007年には合衆国だけで収益が170億ドルを越えた）。しかしWeb 2.0をベースとする教育訓練用の良質なリソースを見つけるのは、きわめて難しい。今のところ電子学習の業界はもっぱら、企業や教育機関向けのアプリケーションに集中しているようだ。…
18 Tools to Track Car and Fuel Maintenance →
With the economy in such an uncertain place, it’s very likely that people will be holding on to their cars far longer than they have in the past. With this in mind, it’s important to take care…
Forget Net Neutrality, ISPs To Serve Up “Address... →
There are a lot of bad things on the Internet: spam, child porn, malware, phishing and so on. Until recently, it’s been up to people to protect themselves, using security software or web site…
FCC Gives Whites Spaces a Boost →
The Federal Communications Commission has released an engineering report that increases the chances of a new wireless broadband network operating in the so-called white spaces, or unused…
デザインも中身もカスタマイズできるカセットテープ型USBメモリ『Make a mixa』 →
ギフトアイデアとしていかがでしょう的なご紹介。 Make a mixaではカセットテープ型のUSBメモリをつくることができる。 それだけでもユニークだが、デザインと中身もカスタマイズできる点がさらに素晴らしい。 自分でデザインを作って友達の好きな曲をいれてあげれば心のこもったプレゼントとして通用するのではあるまいか。 …
Press Room: Cruise Lines International... →
Press Room: Cruise Lines International Association
We have compiled the following resources to provide you with information about the cruise industry, hot-off-the-press releases, links to…
News : Mogulus Service Health Dashboard →
Our current top priority is to improve the Mogulus service reliability and scalability. We want to become industry leaders in service reliability for your live streaming events and 24/7…
Virtual World Investment: $148M in the Third... →
The real-world economy may be teetering on the brink, but investment in virtual worlds is chugging along at a fairly strong clip. Austin-based Virtual Worlds Management calculates the total…
FDA Creates Web Page with Drug Safety Information... →
FDA Creates Web Page with Drug Safety Information for Patients, Health Care Professionals
Consumers and health care professionals can now go to a single page on the U.S. Food and Drug…
The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards Call for Blog... →
The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards is only weeks away. The Open Web Awards is the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in Web technology. The…
Breaking: Automattic Acquires PollDaddy →
Automattic, maker of the WordPress blogging platform, has announced the acquisition of PollDaddy, a company that provides embeddable poll and survey widgets. The deal apparently follows an…
Automattic Acquires PollDaddy - Polls Come to... →
PollDaddy, the online polling and survey tool we use a lot here on RWW, has been acquired by Automattic, the company behind the popular WordPress blogging platform. This is Automattic’s…
Why Windows Mobile Is In Trouble →
Recently it was revealed that the newest version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 7.0, would be delayed until as late as 2010. The updated version, which the…
Facebook fbFund Awards 25 Apps $25k Each →
With today’s technology startups, sometimes a little funding can go a long way. Today, 25 Facebook applications received word that they’ve got more runway ahead of them. At a time when…
Flock 2 is here, continues to underwhelm →
Filed under: Internet, Freeware, Browsers
“Get ready to meet your favorite browser! ” Flock 2 tells me at the end of its installation process. Ok Flock, I’m ready. …
貧困撲滅に一石、貧しい国の起業家にマイクロ融資してみよう →
この数週間世界市場を襲った金融危機には実に割目すべきものがある。が、30%とか、もっと株の金融資産が下がった僕らにしても、生活に困るほどのことはない。世の中にはもっとひどい人もいる。もっともっとひどい境遇の人もいるのだ。世界人口の3分の1は貧困の中で生きている。20%は極貧…つまり常に空腹を抱えて暮らしている。
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Help Twitter Find a Revenue Model →
Twitter is the poster child for the ‘scale first, don’t even think about revenue at launch, monetize much, much later’ model of startup. In the current climate, ventures like that probably won’t…
DateYourAngel.com - Find Your Perfect Match →
In their own words “The perfect place to meet your angel!” Why it might be a killer Lonely heart who surf the web will take a liking to it. Some questions What are the advantages of the…
Finch.Ploogy.net - Enhance Web Browsing →
In their own words “Finch makes slow Internet bearable, by stripping away the fat of web pages, leaving just the content. It takes out CSS, images, flash, metadata, iframes, purple mongooses…
Expensd.com - Expense Tracking Made Simple →
In their own words “Simplify expense tracking for your company – take it online with expens’d. Eliminate the hassle of expense management by tracking and reporting on business expenses easily from…
Foodbuzz.com - All About Food & Dining →
In their own words “The first-ever community site devoted exclusively to food and dining content—an unparalleled resource for searching, surfing and sharing with fellow foodies everywhere.” Why it…
MySpace Karaoke’s New Video Feature Lets You Lock... →
Earlier today we noted the arrival of The Karaoke Channel Online in the sing-along ventures market. Interesting enough, MySpace Karaoke too is pushing its name out into the news cloud to…
Restaurant Review Site Boorah Launches API →
BooRah, a restaurant review site we first reviewed earlier this year, just announced the availability of an API that will allow other web sites and business to offer online reviews and…
Facebook Announces 25 Winning Applications for... →
Facebook has announced the 25 winning applications for fbFund, each of which will receive $25,000 they can use toward developing their idea. Additionally, these 25 apps will compete for five…
Wishabi.com - Crowd-Sourced Personal Shopping... →
Today, over 40M internet users in the U.S. shop online using comparison shopping services such as Nextag, Shopzilla or Bizrate, according to Compete.com. Comparison shopping sites…
First Look: Tagging Comes to FeedDemon’s Next... →
I have been a long time fan of NewsGator’s FeedDemon RSS client, having used it on and off since its very early days when it was owned by Nick Bradbury and cost money for a registered…
Orbitrunner - Flash game →
Filed under: Fun, Games, Kids, Freeware, Time-Wasters, Web
Time wasters are a funny thing; sometimes they seem hard at first, but quickly become very easy. I’m pretty…
YourNeighborsPlace.com - Home Improvement Advice →
In their own words “Welcome to Your Neighbor’s Place, where you can come to learn about interior design and interior decorating the old fashioned way - by looking at what real people are doing to…
Opera Offers a Peek Into Web Pages’ Anatomy →
Just in time for Halloween, Opera, the makers of one of my favorite mobile browsers, is announcing MAMA, a research project designed to show people the gooey icky insides of web pages. It…
TechnoratiがAdEngage広告ネットワークを買収 →
サンフランシスコの「Technorati」が「AdEngage」というLAにある社員12人の広告ネットワークを全額株式交換で買収した。AdEngageプラットフォームは無料ブランド付きサービスとして残し、Technoratiは新Technorati Mediaブランドで同じプラットフォームの別バージョンをローンチする。買収額は非開示。
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Widget Arms Race: Gigya Takes the Worldwide Lead →
Widget platform Clearspring turned some heads last month when it said that it would have reach equivalent to the “7th largest web property” following its acquisition of AddThis, a provider of…
Flash player 10 is here: impressive performance,... →
Filed under: Internet, Video, Adobe, Browsers
I was fully prepared for Flash Player 10 to be totally underwhelming, but it looks as though Adobe has gotten things right…
Montagraph →
Montagraph Montagraph is a platform to give you an easy way to make and share your photo montages Blog
Facesaerch Makes Searching for Faces a Cinch | The... →
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Facesaerch
20-Word Description
Facesaerch searches for faces, coverflows everything RSS, and is just plain cool.
CEO’s Pitch
Most startups want to change the world….
ExpatMail →
ExpatMail Receive your South African postal mail online
WilluWork →
WilluWork WilluWork finds your employees to pick up a shift.
.NET Developer Buzz →
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Kaddoz →
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