Renaissance 2.0
There isn’t going to be any official launch date of the semantic web, also known as Web 3.0. There won’t come a day when web 2.0 stops working or gets upgraded to web 3.0 either. As a matter of fact, the evolution of the web continues perpetually and portions of this web 3.0 future have…
It’s always fun to look back at the early days of successful companies and brands. Here’s a look at a couple of wildly popular services, Twitter and Facebook. It’s interesting to note that they had different names when they were born. Twitter was launched in 2006 with the much more 140-character friendly name of Twttr….
I’ve shared my vision of how our web experience will be more collaborate including traditionally solo activities such as viewing videos online in “Social Media Rooms”. I think one of the best ways to implement social viewing would be to offer it to sports fan so they can watch a game and chat in real-time…
Everyone knows how important it is to backup their data but most of us don’t take the time to do it. This applies to even I.T. professionals like me. We get so busy that we rationalize this bonehead move not to make backups and regret it when (not if) the inevitable happens and there’s a…
If you use Microsoft Outlook, then you might appreciate this free plugin called QuickIcons that creates shortcuts in your taskbar to the most common features. For example, you can create quick access to the following: My favorite shortcut is to the New Email Message which allows me to launch a new blank email window with…
The subject matter of death spooks many people so this new website called FarAwayFish will surely give many of you the creeps. Basically, it’s a service that will send emails to your loved ones after you kick the bucket. It will also publish a profile page with your biography and share your wisdom which you…
@NowSourcing from Twitter shared a link to a demo of a new game called Crayon Physics that made my jaw drop which doesn’t happen very often. You have to see it to believe it, really. You draw objects and the law of physics are applied including gravity. The implications of this type of technology are…
Now that Google has officially pulled the plug on their notebook service, Zoho Notebook appears prime to become the heir to the throne. While they’ve been very close in regards to features, Google Notebook has always worked slightly better when it came to ease of use and quicker access from any website. All that has…
Golden Shellback is an amazing technology that waterproofs devices such as GPS devices, iPods, mobile devices and even laptops. This is all done with a waterproof polymer that seals the electronic devices and protects them from liquid destruction. Now, the cost of the process still isn’t cheap but the price will come down with time…
imVocal is a unique service that lets you assign a phone number to your online instant messaging account (GTalk, Yahoo, MSN, AIM, etc.). This allows your friends, family or anyone to call you from regular phones and talk to you on your computer or leave voicemail that you can check whenever you can. There are…