Doodlekit Brings Advanced Functionality to Easy Website Creation
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »Website-creation tool Doodlekit is over a year old but has somehow managed to fly under the radar, even after releasing its free version this past October.
Several similar services are out there: Weebly, Synthasite, Jimdo, Google Pages, SiteKreator, and Sampa to name a few. They all intend to make it possible for non-techies to make modestly [...]
Zopa Gearing Up For U.S. Launch
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »U.K.-based peer to peer lending startup Zopa is gearing up for their U.S. launch. Reports of the launch have been circulating for some time (WSJ), but now it seems only days away. The service will be available at us.zopa.com, but is currently under password protection.
Zopa’s peer to peer lending service differs from U.S. rivals by [...]
VCs: What
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »This morning, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures discloses to the world his failure rate as a venture capitalist of 17 years (20 percent over 32 investments, which is enviable in VC circles). He’s also had 11 deals (40 percent) with 5X+ returns, so it more than balances out.
Wilson is more at ease talking [...]
Google Confirms Spectrum Bid
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »It is now official. Google has confirmed earlier reports that it will bid in the upcoming wireless spectrum auctions. Already, it is toying with other prospective bidders, waiting until next Monday, the last possible day, to file its application with the FCC.
In mid-December, the FCC will release its list of eligible [...]
Google Testing OpenID With Blogger, May Offer OpenIDs To Users
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »Google’s “Blogger in Draft” program that tests functionality for Google’s popular Blogger blogging platform has rolled out OpenID support for comments.
The new service will allow anyone with an OpenID account, including LiveJournal and TypeKey services to log in and validate a comment on blogs running under the Blogger in Draft service. Google notes that the [...]
Fern Tile
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »I am absolutely, positively bonkers for this eco-friendly material from 3form. All-natural materials like leaves, shavings of bamboo and this maidenhair fern are encased in resin. The large sheets can be used as room dividers, as fronts for kitchen cabinets,…
Another $60 Million For Facebook
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »When Facebook took a $240 million investment from Microsoft last month at a $15 billion valuation, they became, in theory, one of the most valuable Internet-only companies on the planet.
But that valuation was tenuous at best. Microsoft and Facebook expanded their year-old advertising relationship as part of the deal. And Facebook was unable to get [...]
Will IRSeeK Have A Chilling Effect on IRC Chat?
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »New Israeli startup IRSeek is indexing public Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels at the rate of 6 milion conversations a day. 300 million conversations have now been indexed by the company. The most popular networks, including EFnet, DALnet, Freenode and QuakeNetUndernet, are all being monitored – IRSeeK is now “listening” to 2000+ channels across [...]
Google To Announce Wireless Spectrum Bid Friday
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »The Wall Street Journal is quoting “people familiar with the matter” saying that Google will announce a bid for the 700 MHz wireless spectrum Friday.
Google first expressed interesting in bidding in July, when it sent a letter to the FCC demanding that the new bandwidth have four requirements: open applications, open devices, open services and [...]
Google Reader Gets Recommendations, Drag-and-Drop
November 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »Google has released two new features for its RSS reading product, Recommendations and Drag-and-Drop.
The Discovery recommendation feature suggests new sites a user may wish to read based on current subscriptions and (interestingly) browsing history. Google has previously offered feed bundles based on subjects, but this is the first time it has offered customized recommendations in [...]