Getting Noticed is Not Always in Google’s Hands
How much can Google dominate the way we get noticed online was, for the last couple of years anyway, no kind of an issue. I’ve begun to notice some changes though and it should pose a question for how anybody, business or charity, celebrity or plain Joe, goes about developing and improving a presence online.
I [...]
Espatial
With all the buzz and focus on social networking via the wire we might remind ourselves from time to time that we live in a world where we meet people, drive cars and …. Should that be where we drive cars and meet people? Geospatial data and applications are going to impact on how we [...]
That Old Pipeline Again - Eprécis
The people behind eprécis are clearly having fun.
The application summarises any text document (I know Word has that functionality too) but eprécis applies it to search returns.
In fact they have many applications areas but I trialed only the search returns element.
Enter your search term and eprécis will give you back your regular search return [...]
European Web 2.0 mobile - Nimbuzz
Of course it’s in beta but with the problems of high charging on European mobile phones, particularly when users roam across national boundaries, Nimbuzz promises a noisy revolution.
I made note a couple of days back of a company that offers some of the Nimbuzz functionality eBuddy . But Nimbuzz goes much further. And the company [...]
Collanos - European Web 2.0
Collanos is not in a direct line with our main concern which is the changing world of media and content and their impact but Collanos is interesting because of the company’s strategy.
HQ Zurich, office in San Francisco, coders in Bulgaria. The global start-up. But the company also has a strategy and isn’t just building software. [...]
European Web 2.0 All Peers
AllPeers is a browser extension which combines “the strength of Firefox and the efficiency of BitTorrent to transform your favorite browser into a media sharing powerhouse.” I wonder if that was written before or after Flock launched.
AllPeers sell is that it uses an inteerface with no sign up or upload to allow you to share [...]
Web 2.0 European Feeds 2.0
Feeds 2.0 is under development by GTP solutions of in Athens Greece. As yet it is in private Beta but this is whatw GTP say about it. And if it delivers I’d be a user.
Feeds 2.0 ranks posts according to the topics a particular user likes, and brings interesting articles first, based on what [...]
Vodeo’s European Web 2.0 Adventure
Vodeo is a user of the Vpod platform and has some great ideas about where to take video-on-demand.
Vpod, by the way is improving its list of user-sites and looks to be developing a tighter commercial focus - currently they are hiring 25 people.
Vodeo currently has a library of around 1200 films, in French, [...]
E-Buddy European Web 2.0 Mobile
Perhaps it’s the failing eye sight but much as I love my mobile phone, I just can’t see it. The screen that is. So the ever escalating world of mobile services and content passes me by.
The Dutch company e-buddy is a web application that enables you to chat with your MSN, AOL and Yahoo buddies [...]
ESnips. European Web 2.0s That Are Ready For TV
At the back end of last year I did a couple of writing jobs that gave me a peek inside the future world of television.
One was with a software department at a global company that is preparing a slew of buddy-type services for the IPTV world.
I think their vision is about right - the TV [...]