Tim April 27th, 2007
In a bid to keep the 30-second tv ad alive on the web, Joost has landed some advertising deals with serious companies including Nike, Visa, and Coca-Cola. The contract is a 3 month trial term (which works well since they are still in beta). With so many large corporations partnering with Joost in terms of content and advertising it’s no wonder Joost is getting hyped up so much lately (and it may just live up to it).
Tim April 26th, 2007
In case you missed the news over at TechCrunch, Yahoo Music has partnered with Gracenote to offer lyrics for all of their songs (which numbers in the hundreds of thousands). I’ve been using LyricsFly for a long time because of their ad-free interface, but this will no doubt have a larger offering. For more information see the YMusic Blog.
Tim April 26th, 2007
The popular social news portal Newsvine has launched some updated features in their latest upgrade. Modules are now adjustable on the page in a Netvibes kind of way. Also custom RSS feeds can be added. The site has also moved to a 1240px width, which is bold considering how many users are probably still on 1024 displays, but the option can be changed back to 900px width. All in all the upgrade has added tons of features and if you haven’t given them a try yet you should head over there and sign up.
Tim April 26th, 2007
Ok, I’m gonna come right out and say I have no clue what they’re going for with Yahoo Underground which has recently launched with Gay Rodeo Curious. So it’s a show….with a singing reporter….that goes to a gay rodeo. Perhaps the idea is so crazy it just might work, but to say it seems a bit of a niche area is being overly generous. A preview video can be found here, so judge for yourself.
Tim April 17th, 2007
Google will finally be finishing off their online office suite with the much-requested Presentation application, at least that’s what Mashable is reporting (update:now official from Google). It’s not a surprise for sure, it was a glaring omission on their part for such a simple program that was missing in their Docs and Spreadsheets offering. No word on when they will roll out this feature as of yet.
Tim April 17th, 2007
Another day, another Web 2.0 conference, yet the recently announced TechCrunch20 conference is making quite a bit of news. The conference will allow 20 new startups to show off their product completely free based not on how much money they put up, but on the quality of the product. If you’ve got a startup that you think fits the bill head on over to the TechCrunch20 submission form and throw your name in the pot. Perhaps you could be on stage presenting it to an A-list of industry experts like Dave Winer, Om Malik, Robert Scoble, Chris Anderson, and others.
Tim April 16th, 2007
Writewith, a startup funded by the Y Combinator team that fueled successes such as Reddit, Wufoo, Kiko, and many others, has officially launched. Although Google Docs and Spreadsheets already allows collaboration, Writewith has added some extra features such as subversion tracking and task management to the mix.
Tim April 11th, 2007
Facebook has undergone a facelift and rolled out a few new features to reduce the clutter of the previous menu. Of the most notable changes is the loss of the “Facebook Guy” icon in the top left, in addition to the more important features such as drop-down menus, network pages, and an inbox.
Tim April 6th, 2007
When I’m trying to find which hotel to stay in during vacations, one of the most important things for me is how everything looks. I don’t want to walk in expecting the presidential suite and get Motel 6 if you catch my drift. TripAdvisor has been a great resource for user photos and reviews. Now Trivop brings the best of both worlds with professional video tours of major hotels along with integrated reviews from TripAdvisor and location finding with Google Maps. This is definitely a new startup I will use more often.
Tim April 5th, 2007
Stan over at FranticIndustries has posted an impressive list of Twitter Tools, Mashups, Plugins, and Clients. The size of the list only reflects the amount of interest gathering over such a relatively simple idea (that still creeps me out for the record).
Tim March 23rd, 2007
There’s been a bit of downtime here as we transition the site to new hosting and join up with a great team of folks (not to mention me and the wife are in the middle of buying our first house!). The dust is clearing and you can expect to begin seeing more quality reviews of the latest web applications right here at DemoMarks. If you haven’t already, you can subscribe to receive all the latest updates via our feed or by email using the subscription form to the right.
Tim March 7th, 2007
Wordpress joins the list of OpenID supporters with their Wordpress.com hosted publishing platform. 37Signals will also offer OpenID in their next application, Highrise.
Tim March 7th, 2007
Fon Raises $13 Million in a round of private funding that brings them to $35 Million since they went public in February of 2006.
Tim March 7th, 2007
Skype reaches half a billion downloads in 42 months since their launch in August of 2003. According to the stats 6 peoples download Skype every second. Wow
Tim March 7th, 2007
Download free audiobooks with LibriVox. Volunteers offer to record readings of books in the public domain. The site has gotten an overhaul and looks like an interesting service.
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