Entries Tagged as 'Online Communications'

Send a Photo Shout Out on MySpace

If you’re over 25, you probably remember the days of sending a ’shout out’ over the radio.  These days, with the advent of social networks, declaring you love (or hate!) is easier than ever. And MySpace Photo Shout Out just made it even more simple.
Bring expression to MySpace and Photobucket pictures by adding your own [...]

Free Virtual Makeover on Taaz

The Biggest Loser, the weight-loss reality sensation, has just wrapped up in the States. That means there will now be a two-week stretch where the show’s stars before and after photos will be inescapable. After all, doesn’t everybody love to see a life-changing journey summed up in two images?
How would you like your [...]

Google Traffic Prediction Engine Added to Maps

As someone who openly has some serious traffic anxiety (of the road variety), I was quite pleased this morning to see that Google has added a traffic prediction engine to their suite of map services.

Build your cloud, share it with friends, earn rewards = CloudTrade

I’ll go straight to the point and skip with the usual introductory stuff as CloudTrade is a pretty straightforward mobile service with a pretty straightforward objective. CloudTrade is an easy way to share digital contents, such as music, pictures, videos with your network (ok, social networking networks), using your mobile phone. In addition, the [...]

Alexa Changes the Way They Rank Websites

If you noticed a change in your Alexa ranking overnight, it probably has absolutely nothing to do with anything you’ve done on your Website.  Whether you’ve gone down or up, you can thank Alexa for changing the way they do business. Loathed by some and used as a yardstick to determine advertising rates by others, [...]

GrandCentral Outage Is Unacceptable

Yesterday morning there was a blackout across America. It didn’t impact our power or water, but it did take free phone number service provider GrandCentral off line.

Cash in on Social Network Profiles With SocialVibe

Many people believe that as the perceived value of a social networking page has increased, so has the quality of those enterprises. If that’s your school of thought, you will despise SocialVibe. But there are some redeeming qualities.

Fire That Receptionist! Share Your Calendar With Jiffle.

Plans. In my world, I like being in control when I make them and with whom. Jiffle, an online application that aims to give everyone access to your calendar, threatens to change that. But that might not be such a bad thing.

Community Writing Can Get You Published

There are few things in life I find intimidating.  Among them: skydiving, chef Gordon Ramsey and writing a novel.  Though not necessarily in that order.  Actually, yes, exactly in that order.  Let’s take the last one first.

Nothing Is Free: Musicians Make Money

Every time I hear artists bellyaching that they are in the poorhouse because of the Internet, I wince in pain. Even if you’re not selling CD’s, there are a million and one other ways to parlay your musical success into a small fortune.
And Last.fm has proven that even free makes money.

Do You Want to Speak From the Grave?

Mom says: “The ‘paperwork’ is in the bottom drawer.”
Son says: “If you’re talking about what I think you’re talking about, I don’t want to talk about it!”
If that conversation sounds familiar, you’re not alone.  Most people do not like to plan for death.  Unfortunately, it’s a grim reality.  The last thing you would want to [...]

Tweet Stats Reveal Twitter Users Habits

Are you a metricholic? If numbers and traffic are your thing, and a good graph gets you off, you’ll probably be interested in Tweet Stats.
Developed and coded by Damon Cortesi, the tool lets you research and analyze how you – and your favorite Twitterazzi – are utilizing the microblog.