Is Antitrust Outdated in Today’s Tech World?
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A lot of attention gets put on antitrust probes and litigation. Big names like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others get thrown about as accusations of market manipulation, monopolization, and worse are voiced.
Many experts are …

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Article Archive for April 2010

The FreeSound Project: Downloading Ambience
Thursday, 29 Apr, 2010 – 12:22 | View Comments
The FreeSound Project: Downloading Ambience

Making a new website and need something to help it stand out from the crowd? Or filming a Youtube video and want some interesting sounds to emphasize your actions? Or just tired of the same …

WorldCard – Contact Management and Biz Card Scan App
Monday, 26 Apr, 2010 – 8:45 | View Comments

The days of the Rolodex are long gone, at least in physical form.  Business cards are still the most popular way to trade contact information.  They’re relatively cheap, simple, and universally understood.  …

Google Maps Navigation will be developed for iPhone.
Friday, 23 Apr, 2010 – 5:58 | View Comments

Google have announced in a press conference that they are developing Google Maps Navigation to be used with iPhones.  Google Maps Navigation is a turn-by-turn satellite navigation system similar to those that are already found …

Social Media To The Rescue – Assisting Ash Cloud Victims
Thursday, 22 Apr, 2010 – 2:53 | View Comments

Thousands of people, stranded all over the world by the volcanic ash plume have been turning to social media for help. Facebook groups and dedicated websites have been created to offer news and advice about …

Recurly – Taking Recurring Subscriptions Beyond PayPal
Monday, 19 Apr, 2010 – 8:01 | View Comments
Recurly – Taking Recurring Subscriptions Beyond PayPal

Many new startups and Web businesses use recurring billing, especially on Freemium and similar models, to monetize themselves.  Most often, these services are billed either with a time-consuming, costly and often inflexible internal system that …

Book Drum – Literary Classics… Now With Video!
Friday, 16 Apr, 2010 – 4:16 | View Comments

Ever felt that in order to read one book properly, you’d have to read about six others? And let’s face it, you barely have time for the first one. BookDrum.com is a …

Beezang – Shared Expense Tracking
Monday, 12 Apr, 2010 – 7:55 | View Comments
Beezang – Shared Expense Tracking

There are no end to apps of this type on the Web.  Expense tracking and shared expenses are an extremely tedious and common thing to automate for the sake of sanity and simplicity.  Most of …

jCompare – Find and Compare Items in One Location
Friday, 9 Apr, 2010 – 8:30 | View Comments
jCompare – Find and Compare Items in One Location

There are a lot of comparison sites out there and there are even more shopping sites.  Finding stuff you’re looking for isn’t always easy, especially when you have to go from one site to the …

ConceptFeedback – Crowdsourcing Site Reviews to Thousands of Experts
Thursday, 8 Apr, 2010 – 8:38 | View Comments
ConceptFeedback – Crowdsourcing Site Reviews to Thousands of Experts

Site reviews are part of the design/development business.  Crowdsourcing them is a relatively new development, but one that has really changed how websites are built and tested.  We’ve covered other crowdsourced review sites before, like …

Kachingle – Crowdfunding Sites You Love
Wednesday, 7 Apr, 2010 – 8:22 | View Comments
Kachingle – Crowdfunding Sites You Love

Tip jars, “Donate” buttons, and similar funding options for the struggling free content provider are nothing new.  They rarely work, however.  Once in a while, something comes along that actually works.  Kachingle is one that …

Firerift – A CMS That’s Easy.. Really
Tuesday, 6 Apr, 2010 – 8:01 | View Comments
Firerift – A CMS That’s Easy.. Really

Every content management system (CMS) on the market says it’s easy to use.  That’s generally the whole point of CMS, really.  To make managing Web content easy.  Most fall into one of three categories: glorified …

Rootein – Establishing Daily Habits and Resolutions
Monday, 5 Apr, 2010 – 8:01 | View Comments
Rootein – Establishing Daily Habits and Resolutions

There are endless numbers of to-do lists, goal-setting apps, and similar offerings all over the Web.  Sometimes, though, someone rethinks how these are done and something original is created.  That’s where Rootein comes in, its …