Tag: web 2.0
Buy the O'Reilly Web 2.0 Grail on eBay
No matter how many bleeding-edge zeitgeist-hugging startup ideas I come up with, nobody’s prepared to throw several million quid at me to make them a Google-sized success. If only there was some elixir of webbyness that I could drink to improve my chances of becoming a Web 2.0 millionaire… And lo! There is! Someone’s selling the ‘Web 2.0 Grail’ on eBay, which should be just the thing…
Bebo adds live video through deal with Ustream.tv
Bebo’s been busy this week, first announcing its Open Media initiative (more of which later today), and now revealing a partnership with lifecasting startup Ustream.tv. The latter is one of the companies letting web users stream live footage of themselves as online TV channels.
Clothe yourself silly with this web 2.0 social-networking t-shirt
We’ve seen plenty of geek t-shirts grace the virtual pages of Tech Digest before, but I don’t think none of them match the geek cred exuded by this web 2.0 effort. No, not even the flashing Wi-Fi reception top.
As your beady eyeballs can see, the shirt features a list of all the most popular social networking sites – all 79 of them. Wearers can use a marker pen to tick off all the sites they belong to, then…
Conservatives launch Friction.tv video channel… but what about Webcameron?
The Conservative Party has launched a branded channel on video debating site Friction.tv, in what it says is an attempt to engage with the public about key issues.
Songza music search portal passes the Pet Shop Boys test – global success guaranteed
The Pet Shop Boys test is where you put “Pet Shop Boys” into the search box of the latest fancy-coloured Web 2.0 internet music delivery system. If more than 20 songs come up it has passed the test. Songza managed 25 all-time PSB greats! This means Songza will do well and will be worth $6 billion in three years time. Get in on it NOW.
Saga Zone: Facebook for fifty-somethings launches
Based on new statistics from Ofcom suggesting that “silver surfers” are spending more time online, age-friendly consumer and lifestyle company Saga has set up “Saga Zone”, a chip-off-the-young-and-trendy-block Facebook.
Google wants to rival Facebook with "Maka-Maka"
What on earth is Maka-Maka?
It’s not, as I thought, the phonetic spelling of the noise Pac-Man makes when eating dots, and neither is it chanted by devout Paul McCartney fans (well, it might be I suppose).
In fact, it’s the working title of Google’s “we didn’t get a share of Facebook so we’ll do our own version” project, set to be officially announced sometime next week, but as with most things these days, leaked out early online.
Google launches News application for Facebook
Google has entered the world of Facebook with the launch of its Google News application. It's an "experimental application" which allows FB's users to select from a range of predefined news sections, or create their own with keywords. It's…
Vote in Tech Digest's general election – which UK party is the most web-savvy?
Now that you’ve had your say about which political party has made the least amount of effort to target us web-savvy citizens, cast your vote in the final poll regarding which party has impressed you the most.
Who is the most web 2.0 savvy out of David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Ming Campbell?…
Vote in the web 2.0 Houses of Parliament Hall of Shame election
Once you’ve read the previous feature about which of the three main political parties in the UK are the most web 2.0 savvy, cast the only vote that matters this year, in our web 2.0 Houses of Parliament Hall of Shame election.
If we’re not being called to vote in a snap Autumn general election, this is the next best thing. Give your two pence worth and tell us, who has made the least amount of effort online, and who should be given a place in our web 2.0 Houses of Parliament Hall of Shame.
