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Google Sidewiki: Website browsing with a side of chaotic insight

sideofgoogleWhat happens when you decide to let anyone leave comments on any website they visit? Google Sidewiki.

Although Google Sidewiki isn’t the first attempt by a company to integrate its comment system into the browsing experience, with the weight of Google and its popular toolbar behind it, it’s the first one that’s likely to succeed.

Google Sidewiki is a new feature of the Google Toolbar that lets you leave comments about any website. When some using the Google Toolbar views that web page, they’ll see your Sidewiki comments.

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Ten Top Tweets: The phrases that drive us crazy

Screen shot 2009-09-25 at 7.19.31 AMThis week, our Ten Top Tweets pay homage to phrases that drive us crazy. Enjoy these, but remember…It’s only funny until someone loses an eye.

Ten Top Tweets is a weekly compilation based on a Twitter Meme — trends, activities or sayings associated with Twitter.  In this case: #phrasesihate.

One of the most popular Twitter Memes is Follow Friday (#followfriday), which invites all users to  suggests other Twitter users to follow, each Friday. [Read more...]

Suddenly Social: How Flip cameras change the way we shoot and use video

flip-mino-hd The latest breed of home video cameras have a wide range of capabilities, such as HD. Noticeably absent? Video tape.

Video cameras that replace tape storage with flash drive and hard drive storage require owners to adapt to new technology — and a new mindset: videos are intended to share information (quickly) — not simply archive it forever.

As a result, digital video cameras have been redesigned to reflect how people are them. Video cameras are simpler, smaller and cheaper. The poster boy for this new generation of video cameras is The Flip video camcorder. The Flip sets itself apart by making the process of creating, editing, and uploading short videos to sites like YouTube very uncomplicated.

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Ten Top Tweets: Nobody puts memories of Swayze in the corner

swayzeThis week, our Ten Top Tweets celebrates the life of Patrick Swayze through Haiku. Although he was nominated for three golden Globes over the course of his 30-year career, Patrick Swayze measured his success by lives touched, not money made or awards won (EW).

Ten Top Tweets is a weekly compilation based on a Twitter Meme — trends, activities or sayings associated with Twitter.

One of the most popular Twitter Memes is Follow Friday (#followfriday), which invites all users to  suggests other Twitter users to follow, each Friday. [Read more...]

Changing the channel: TV networks embrace Internet to drive content to timeshifting viewers

Networks are embracing the Internet to promote new content, ignite sponsors,  and attract time-shifting viewers. As the 2009 ‘TV season’ kicks off, there is a noticeable shift in the amount of TV content that can be viewed online.

Hulu.com, launched by NBC Universal and Walt Disney in 2007, has hit it’s stride.  At the end of the last TV season, Hulu boasted an audience of nearly 35 million users and more than 330,000 monthly video streams.

The site distributes a large selection of videos from nearly 190 leading content companies, including FOX, NBC Universal, ABC, Comedy Central, ABC Family, Biography, Lionsgate,  MGM, MTV Networks, National Geographic, Paramount, PBS, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros. [Read more...]