Weekly Link Recap
Blogging, Gadgets, Search Engines, Social Bookmarks, Social Networks March 24th, 2008
It’s been a hectic week. There were tons of techie stuff to cover. Here’s all of them in one blog post. Link, digg, sphinn, bookmarks, will be highly appreciated. Search engine news:
- Top Search Based Facebook Apps to Help You Find Anything
- Can Yahoo Deliver with its Detailed Financial Plan for 2008?
- Google Wants to Heal the World through Non-Profit Organizations
- Yahoo Turns to Radio Ads to Attract Search Engine Users
- Google Loses Some Search Numbers in February
- Learning About Locations through Wikinear
Social networks and online communications:
- Create a Wiki, Socialize and Share at Wetpaint
- Give More Depth to your Social Networking via M3 Mobile Social Networking Site
- Access MySpace on Your Mobile Phone
- Locate Friends using your mobile devices, tag them on their Facebook profiles through FindMe
- Get Your Geek On! Track Concerts and Tour Dates of Your Favorite Bands at Songkick
- Liven up Your Blog’s Commenting System using Disqus
- I Want a Venti Cappuccino to Go with My Starbucks Idea
- Highlight, Annotate and Share Your Documents at Bookgoo
- Create Your Online Store in a Snap with Zlio
- Create Your Band of eBay Sellers at Seller Circle
- Got more room for a new social network that goes by the name Zarpie?
- 11 Things To Do at CraftBuddy, Social Network for Crafters
Technology news at Gadgetell:
- Napster brings digital music to O2 mobile subscribers
- Flickr Video coming soon, do we need another YouTube?
- Microsoft to bring Adobe Flash Lite, Reader into Windows Mobile
- Roxio releases Toast 9 Titanium with Blu-ray disc authoring, remote video streaming software
- Limewire launches digital music store
- BenQ launches the V2400W, world’s slimmest 24-inch widescreen LCD
- Panasonic releases the D-Snap; sweet looks from a candybar styled player
- Genius intro’s the GHP-05 Live headphones, offering 3D surround sound
- Alienware re-launches the Area 51 gaming desktop
- Sanyo unveils the Xacti CG9 handheld camcorder
- Panasonic announces the Lumix FX500, first touchscreen Lumix camera
- Panasonic intro’s the Lumix TZ50, an upgraded Lumix TZ5 with Wi-Fi
- Sony intro’s the DPP-FP75, DPP-FP95 Compact photo printers with HDMI support
- SanDisk to promote DRM-free music, Sansa Fuze by offering free music on microSD card
- AT&T announces Media Mall 2.0 with “try-before-you-buy†feature
- N-Gage soon leaving beta, offering up free game for testers
- Averatec releases the 2575, a 12-inch ultra-portable
- Asus intro’s the M50 notebook, Blu-ray capable with Dolby Theater, Altec Lansing Speakers
- Who says snail mail is dead? USPS offering electronics recycling free by mail
- Transcend releases the rugged, shock-resistant StoreJet 25 portable hard drive
- Mozilla calls Apple’s Safari automatic update a malware distribution practice
- Radiohead’s In Rainbows music video contest begins
Cellphone news:
- SE releases two full colored phones – W580 Jungle Green and W380 Tangerine Black
- Motorola Brings the MOTO Z6x to Verizon Wireless
- Nokia N82 now available in black
- Samsung SGH-D880, a versatile dual sim phone
- Nokia 3555 – Small Flip Phone with 3G
- Alltel releases the Samsung Muse to the US mobile market
Get a load of Asus Eee PC stuff:
- Asus Eee PC modded to run on Pentium M processor
- Is Samsung Joining the “Let’s Bring Down the Asus Eee†Movement?
- Audit your Asus Eee PC’s disk usage regularly
- 5 Reasons Why You Should Get an Asus Eee PC
- Intel Classmate PC aka Neo eXplore X1?
- Rockpod 8 Video Encoder now supports the Asus Eee PC
Digital camera goodies:
- Canon unveils Powershot SD890 IS with “longest optical zoom of any ELPHâ€
- Sony intros high-end Alpha 350 DSLR, with “Quick AF live viewâ€
- Nikon Coolpix P60 sharpens the cutting edge of point-and-shoot cameras
iPods, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii:
- iJailbreak 0.6 now supports 1.1.4 iPod Touch and iPhones
- Nintendo Wii tops gaming consoles’ sales for February, again
- PS3 software upgrade adds Blu-ray Disc profile 2.0 capabilities
58 blogs posts in 5 days…Wow, I’m a lean mean writing machine!
March 24th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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