‘Web’ Archive

Checking Out ‘Newsy’ – The New Multiple Source Video News Site October 2, 2009 No Comments

During the 2008 presidential elections, I found myself getting sick and tired of all of the biased partisan dribble that was being produced from the major news channels – you know the culprits. It seemed like my options were either totally liberal MSNBC, or totally conservative Fox News, with not a whole lot in [...]

Boston Startups: Run My Errand – Need Some Help? Find Helpers Around Your Town September 15, 2009 3 Comments

A few years back I lived with some kids who made their coin as bike couriers in Boston. They spent their days riding around town, delivering packages from building to building or doing anything that was required. I always wondered how the service was centralized and worked in terms of organization. I eventually learned [...]

The Power of the Meme and How it’s Affecting the News – A Look at Twingly Channels September 1, 2009 No Comments

Twingly, a blog search engine who is dedicated to delivering ’spam free results’ has announced that they’re coming out with a new meme-tracker web application that appears to be a cross between Digg, Techmeme and FriendFeed.  The service appears to function by defining channels for news articles to appear, and then display discussion on those [...]

Today in Technology: Delicious Gives in and Adds Twitter Sharing to Service August 5, 2009 No Comments

If you’re a delicious user, you probably think the site an invaluable way to save bookmarks in the cloud, which gives you somewhat of a nice peace of mind in case you want to look up that article you came across a few months back.  Another story you may want to consider though is how [...]

Boston Startups: Hangout Industries – Blending Virtual Worlds with Real Socializing July 24, 2009 No Comments

To be perfectly honest, I’ve never tried using virtual world applications like Second Life – probably for reasons that have to do with stories like stalkers on these services and older, shady men posing as young women.  But Hangout Industries has brought a seemingly different type of virtual world app to the table, one that [...]

Boston Startups: Wiggio – A Social Collaboration Suite for Students (and Everyone Else) July 10, 2009 1 Comment

I first saw Cambridge based Wiggio at the Web Innovators Group back in March and was immediately impressed. They launched in the late summer of last year, and immediately positioned themselves as ‘a collaboration tool for college students’.  Why they targeted this market segment is interesting, as I find their tool useful and I’m not [...]

Today in Technology: Thoughts on the Google Chrome OS Play July 8, 2009 No Comments

LOADS of buzz on the Google Chrome OS announcement on the web today. Most likely if you read tech news, you’ve heard about it. Hell if you read any news at all you’ve probably at least seen the headline. Google is adding the Linux Kernel and all if it’s underlying functionality to [...]