Entries from November 2008

LinkedIn Rolls Out Useful Events Feature

After introducing two new useful features, LinkedIn Answers and LinkedIn Groups, here comes the business professionals’ social networking site again with an equally useful and greatful feature – LinkedIn Events. According to the LinkedIn blog, LinkedIn Events complete the triumvirate of useful features that business networking professionals would probably need. And like the previous two [...]

Inspire Change…Just Like Barack Obama

The 2008 presidential election helped shape the apathy dust off of many U.S. citizens.  In record numbers, people became interested in the political process and its outcome.  It remains to be seen how many folks will revert back to their ‘innocent bystander’ ways.  For those who want to carry the torch of ‘change’ a step [...]

Listen to Music Via Streamdrag Thanks to YouTube

For those of you familiar with Pandora.com, this Web site is a similar concept but with more control over the songs. Streamdrag is powered by YouTube and allows you to search for your favorite songs and best of all, listen for free.

FriendFeed Gets Noisier with IM Notification Features

If the real-time update features which was recently rolled out by FriendFeed was not enough to give you updated of your FriendFeed updates, then you might actually like FriendFeed newest feature on making its presence felt to members – FriendFeed IM Notifications. This new feature enables you to receive notification when someone posts a comment [...]

Change.gov Chronicles President Elect Obama’s Road to Presidency

By now, the victory celebration for President-elect Obama’s resounding victory may still not be over. And since we are all aware that the online world has contributed to President-elect Obama’s successful campaign and election, his technology advisors are not resting on their laurels and have launched Change.gov.

Schedule Twitter Tweets With Twuffer (say that fast 3 times!)

We all live busy lives, so any Website that offers the ability to schedule happenings in advance, gets our attention.
The latest on a long parade of Twitter apps is Twuffer, a site that allows you to compose Twitter messages for future release.

Celebrate Life, Laundry and the Pursuit of Happiness with Samsung’s Moms Like Us

At first when I read about the PR, I thought to myself, they got to be kidding me? I mean, can you really imagine a social networking site for Washers and Dryers by Samsung? But it’s true. Moms Like Us pays tribute to life, laundry and the pursuit of happiness. And through Samsung’s various washers [...]

Wayzon: The Always-Open Community

Ever wish you could get an answer to that pressing question at two o’clock in the morning?  Sure you could post a question on Yahoo! Answers, but you have no guarantee that anyone will answer your question quickly – let alone at all.  And if someone does answer, there’s no telling if they are an [...]

WeeWeb is a Twitter for Babies and More

Yes, babies can be active members of the social networking world too. Oh well, at least their parents are in behalf of them. And there have been various baby-friendly social networking sites and web 2.0 services available online. But there’s always some room for more. So we welcome WeeWeb, a microblogging sites with a trace [...]

Tabbloid: Turn RSS Feeds Into Magazines

As a blogger who lives and dies by the link, I’m not sure how I feel about the Website we’re about to turn you on to. I will say, however, if you’re a fan of printing what you read, rather than staring at it on a screen, Tabbloid might turn you on.
Created by the [...]

Memiary: The Weightless Pocket Diary

Even as a young man, I continue to find my memory deteriorating with the passing of every year. If this is a prelude of things to come, there’s a good chance I won’t remember that I ever wrote for RotorBlog!
There are many Web-reminder tools available to to help jog your brain. The latest one is [...]

MySpace Finds a Way to Monetize Uploaded Videos

If YouTube has been trying but failed to monetize its vast collection of user-uploaded video content, MySpace seemed to have found a work-around with it. Through a partnership with MTV Networks and video ad company Auditude, the no. 1 social networking site is rolling out a new program that would allow insertion of advertising units [...]