Posts Tagged ‘conversation’

Web 3.0: The Beta’s out now!

Remember when web 2.0 was the innovative new topic of conversation for everyone and their cubs? Facebook, Twitter, Digg completely changed the way many people interface with the internet. People of all ages, nationalities and socio-economic status have embraced this phenomenon of web 2.0 as their own. Really, it has become their [...]

Sidewiki – Free Speech (good and evil), a Creative Canvas of the Future

Google introduced Sidewiki a short time ago as a tool for anyone to leave useful information about a website for others to stumble upon later. It’s an incredibly democratizing system because anyone can use it to post virtually anything on any site. That capability alone makes Sidewiki an irreplaceably valuable tool; however that’s [...]

The Success of Stillerstrong

Ben Stiller recently produced a viral video campaign based around Stillerstrong, a charitable farce on Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong campaign. Stiller’s aim has been to convince his viewers to support a desperately impoverished school in Haiti. Several celebrities, and even former American President Bill Clinton have sounded off for Stillerstrong. The site’s current [...]

Google Includes Social Media Sources in Search Results

MySpace recently released some APIs that will stream status updates and the like to other formats like Google’s search engine. This means that Google’s search function could potentially include up-to-the-second MySpace information as part of a search. MySpace could be considered a goldmine of information that has not been properly tapped as of [...]

Boxee: a Social Media Center

Boxee’s latest beta release is pretty nice looking; offering a media center solution for those who don’t have—or for some reason hate—Windows Media Center. Boxee’s format is aesthetically appealing, but what’s most appealing about Boxee is its social tools.  For example, users are able to receive recommendations from friends on what to watch.
This social [...]