Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash The Onion Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash *laughs* VERY funny video. Nothing really to do with the stuff I speak on (WebJam) about when web 2.0 will crash and the subsequent loss of user generated content when Google (YouTube) and Yahoo! (Flickr) pull the plug. But still, you get the point. ‘cept the part of the video about the internet not being backed up – I thought that was what we had Google doing? *puzzled*. Hat tip: Ilya Lichtenstein over at neomeme. Anyone heard of a company Continue Reading…
from Duncan Riley over at TechCrunch: Google has announced the launch of Google Gadget Ventures, a new pilot program that will help fund third-party gadget development and gadget-related businesses. Google will offer two types of funding: $5,000 grants for gadget developers who want to improve an existing gadget, and $100,000 seed investments for new gadget-related businesses. Applications will be restricted initially to gadget developers who have more than 250,000 pageviews per week on their gadget. Google aims to “help create an ecosystem where developers can spend more time doing what they love — building great gadgets”. In other words Google Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:18 pm Tagged with: Google, Google Gadget Ventures, OSX, smart products, social networks, USD, Web OS, widget, widgets, Yahoo!
May 262007
Last Thursday quite late I had a chat with David Wallace and Mike Seyfang (Adelaide lads). Nick Hodge, Mike Seyfang, and I did time at AppleCentre Adelaide Random Access in the ’80′s. So there ya go. In the podcast we talk about:Dave occasionally does wash things especially business cards Laurel’s University of Sydney, Professional Development seminars, like the YouTube, blogs and MarketingIdentify on the ‘net: Profile ages and security, Badged moderatorsDotcom bust 2.0: user generated content disappearing and we lose part of our lives, what works 2.0 leads to 3.0, backend mashup 3.0 vs user mashup 2.0,Distributed identity – archiving Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:52 am Tagged with: Adelaide Random, Dave LifeKludger, David Wallace, Head, laurel papworth, mike seyfang, Nick Hodge, Priscilla Brice Weller, Random Access, Social Media Australia, social networks, Sydney Webloggers Meetup, Twitter, university of sydney, user generated content, web 2.0, Yahoo!, youtube
Short version: When you choose to co-create with a company, the sustainability of your content rises and falls with the fortunes of that company. If Flickr, Second Life, YouTube or *insert name of fave blogging software* vanishes, so does your hard work. … hush now, dry your eyes.The technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite index peaked in March 2000, reflecting the high point of the dot-com bubble Dotcom Crash 1.0 was the crash we had to have. Also known as the TechCrunch (not to be confused with that estimable blog thing), it forced Web beta and Web 1.0 companies to get with market Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:33 pm Tagged with: Amazon, Cisco, crash, Flickr, Google, NASDAQ composite, offbeat technologies, semantic web, social network, social networks, software agents, startup technology, USD, user generated content, web 2.0, Web beta, WorldCom, Yahoo!, youtube
some of the many many many faces of flickrOriginally uploaded by fubuki. I wrote a couple of days ago how the war between the traditional search types (how funny to say that now, ten years on) and the new social media search evangelists. It’s been on the boil for a while, but search: social media optimization still only has 295,000 hit returns on Google whereas search:search engine optimization has – well gosh! over 30 million! – 30,700,000 returns. That imbalance will change soon. Notice the funny spelling of optimisation? :p If you aren’t uptodate on the basic premise, it’s this. Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:53 pm Tagged with: artificial intelligence, Danny Sullivan, Google, laurel papworth, main search, Rohit Bhargava, Search, search engine, search engines, search guru, search returns, search types, site search, social media, Social Media Australia, social media optimisation, social network, Social network search, social networks, target network, Yahoo!, youtube
Versus Before you go cuddling up to Anson, it’s not our WebJam. Some, no doubt vastly inferior imitation, other WebJam. I didn’t go too far into it, just signed up really but it actually doesn’t look too bad – sort of a Ning.com competitor, with drag and drop blocks (blogs, forums, and so on): A London-based start-up founded by Yahoo! veterans, Webjam, provides individuals and communities with an innovative and versatile platform to create, aggregate and share contents online. The investment from French early stage venture capital firm I-Source Gestion will fuel further product development and global expansion. London, UK; Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:54 pm Tagged with: Europe, France, GBP, I-Source Gestion, internet start-up, london, Online Communities, online presence, Paris, PRWEB Webjam, Social Media Australia, social networks, software, start-up, United Kingdom, United States, USD, Webjam, Yahoo!
Mar 222007
Long Post cos I liked this video: Robert Scoble has a blog called Scobleizer. A book called Naked Conversations:How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers (with Shel Israel) From Amazon Robert Scoble helps run Microsoft’s Channel 9 Web site. He began his blog in 2000 and now has more than 3.5 million readers every year. Scoble’s blog has earned acclaim in Fortune magazine, Fast Company, and The Economist. But seriously, read the book if you must, but watch the video. Yes its an hour long: I watched it all the way through THREE times. He didn’t say Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:38 am Tagged with: Apple iPhone, artificial intelligence, Associated Press, BBC, bloating, corporate site, Economist, Fast Company, Google, king, media impressions, Microsoft, mouth network, Online Communities, relevancy search engine, Robert Scoble, search bar, search engine, search engines, search page, search terms, social media, social networks, the Reader's Digest, time search engine, Twitter, XML, Yahoo!, youtube
Mar 052007
AlooTechie put me on to this little slap-a-rama between Wired who claim Yahoo! could of won against Google in the early days and Wired pulls no punches, no sirree. Here’s the Wired article and here’s Yahoo’s response. The key to me was this paragraph: Terry Semel — a legendary Hollywood dealmaker, a guy who didn’t even use email — had not come to Silicon Valley to meekly merge with the geeky boys of Google. He had come to turn Yahoo into the next great media giant. Which might explain why the face of the famously serene CEO was slowly turning Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:35 pm Tagged with: baby giant, CEO, criteria traditional media, famously serene CEO, Google, Head, journalist, media giant, Online Communities, sms, Social Media Australia, social networks, Terry Semel, USD, user generated content, web 2.0, Yahoo!
An interesting enough video on it’s own – and it’s been seen 3 million times, favourited 13,500 times and 6000 comments. But perhaps what we should pay attention to, are the 95 video responses to this ThisNThat Video and another one, Colour Monte (same trick). They have names like This N That revealed, This-n-that spoiler, learning thisNthat. So my question is this. If YouTube members are willing to create videos explaining how a card trick works, do you think they would be willing to put up a video about your product or service if they considered it interesting, excellent or Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:37 pm Tagged with: anti advertising, mashups, Online Communities, social networks, user generated content, Yahoo!, youtube
Feb 212007
me! oh me! pick meeee! ninemsn Journalism cadetship (one-year contract) ninemsn is one of the most successful and forward-thinking online media businesses in Australia. Formed in 1997, ninemsn is a 50:50 joint venture between the Microsoft Corporation and media company Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL). This is an excellent opportunity to develop and grow your career with one of Australia’s most innovative news and current affairs brands. You will have a unique opportunity to contribute to the evolution and development of ninemsn’s news and current affairs strategy. Qualifications/experience Minimum of a Diploma in Journalism Minimum of six months’ experience in Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:43 pm Tagged with: debonair, media organisation, Microsoft, Online Communities, online community members, Social Media Australia, social networks, Talkback Radio, The Australian Financial Review, wordsmithy journalist, Yahoo!
Poking around on upcoming.org (directed me automatically to Sydney events) I found this, and decided to go: When Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM Where LiquidLounge – The Meeting 298-303 Sussex StSydney, New South Wales 2000 (Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps) Category Other Exploring and Building your own Video Social Community Description Im fed up with not having any comrades in my immediate area to discuss internet/online issues important to me, issues like video sharing, online social communities, internet freedom, DRM etc etc. Im starting this group for die hard technies/internet fenatics that are looking to one day Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:20 pm Tagged with: die hard technies/internet fenatics, Google, internet freedom, internet/online, Jose Fajardo, media content, New South Wales, news networks, online, online business models, Online Communities, online presence, social networks, Sydney, Yahoo!, youtube
From TechMag: Yahoo India is beta testing mashup sites, called Our City, for Bangalore and Delhi. According to Yahoo Our City, users would be able to explore and share city-specific photos, videos, events, news, weather, blogs and trip plans. The content on the Yahoo Our City mashup sites is sourced from various online sources including Wikipedia, Flickr, Yahoo Video, Upcoming and del.icio.us. The news section picks up the news related to Bangalore or Delhi from the web and also lists the main papers of the respective city. (According to Wikipedia, a mashup is a website or application that combines content Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:41 pm Tagged with: Bangalore, Barcelona, Delhi, India, mashups, Online Communities, online sources, social networks, Travel, user generated content, web 2.0, Yahoo India, Yahoo!
You know how I talked about the Australian company Mobiles2Go products and services such as i-kids LBS and GPS kidsphone the other night at WebJam? Well, I thought I’d go and nominate them against the Wherifone (American product, not quite as up to speed as the Aussie one) at the Yahoo!Tech “Last Gadget Standing” awards. If you feel like helping me persuade them into reviewing it, please write a comment at the Last Gadget Standing blog. Or the one on Will Wherify’s Wherifone Be the Last Gadget Standing? Love you guys! PS I wonder how one nominates gadgets for awards? Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:05 pm Tagged with: GPS, LBS, mobile, Social Media Australia, Yahoo!
Yahoo! Answers UK and Ireland have struck a deal with Sainsburys for Sainsburys to sponsor the food and drink section: Sainsbury’s to sponsor Yahoo! AnswersUK & Ireland has announced that it’s tied up with Sainsbury’s as the first global commercial sponsorship deal for its new Yahoo! Answers social search site. The campaign will see Sainsbury’s sponsor the Food and Drink section of the site, where a new question will be posted each day under the heading ‘Daily Delicious’, covering a range of topics ranging from healthy eating to romantic meals. The best answer to each question will be stored on Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:48 pm Tagged with: Blake Chandlee, Ireland, media sales director, Online Communities, Sainsbury, social search site, United Kingdom, yahoo answers, Yahoo!, Yahoo! UK
Sep 172006
Snippets from New York Times’ David Barboza article, courtesy of The Ledger Online: Today, Baidu has a market value of $3 billion and operates the fourth-most trafficked Web site in the world. And Baidu is doing what no other Internet company has been able to do: clobbering Google and Yahoo in its home market. But Baidus evolution, and Mr. Lis journey as an entrepreneur, offer textbook examples of the payoffs and perils of doing business in China and suggest that Baidu may prove to be far more resilient than some analysts believe. China has a population of 1.3 billion, about Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:08 pm Tagged with: Amazon, analyst, Baidus headquarters, Beijing, China, Chinese government, Citigroup, ebay, entrepreneur, foreign Internet, Google, Internet, Internet battleground, Internet giants, internet users, Jason D. Brueschke, Kaifu Lee, Online Communities, online market second, online merchandiser, President, president in China, search industry, search results, USD, Yahoo!
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