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Top 5 Hottest Product Launches of 2007

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:01:14 -0700

So far in 2007 we've seen some exceptional product launches. But what defines a 'hot launch'? Obviously, a great product is essential, but also the ability to generate buzz.

Outsource Your Brain for Science

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:28:29 -0700

A new project from the University of Oxford (UK), the University of Portsmouth (UK) and Johns Hopkins University (US) aims to harness the power of the human brain to identify and classify galaxies and stars. On the Galaxy Zoo website, users are asked to identify the objects in photographs as spiral or elliptical galaxies, the direction of rotation, or if the photo depicts a star or merger of galaxies. The site launched yesterday and says they have already had an "amazing response."

"The human brain is actually better than a computer at pattern recognition tasks like this. Whether you spend five minutes, fifteen minutes or five hours using the site your contribution will be invaluable," said Kevin Schawinski of Oxford University of the project.

Future of Media Video: Google Takes Over the World by 2050

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:18:08 -0700

The core future media concept is the Agav - an Agent-Avatar, which "finds information, people, places in the virtual worlds". Here's where it gets interesting. In 2022 Google launches Prometeus, the Agav standard interface, and Amazon creates 'Place' - a company that replicates reality. Then in 2027 Second Life evolves into 'Spirit', where people can become who they want to, via avatars. And then finally, the 'Google overloads' moment - when Prometeus buys Place and Spirit!

Interview with Googles Matt Cutts about Next-Generation Search

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:38:45 -0700

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing the head of Google's Webspam team, Matt Cutts. The topic of our conversation was Next-Generation Search.

Movable Type Enterprise 1.5 Launched

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:02:07 -0700

"Today Six Apart will release a new version of its Movable Type Enterprise edition. I spoke to Anil Dash (a SixApart VP) and Chris Alden (EVP and GM of Movable Type - formally CEO of Rojo) about the upgrade and to discuss the future of Movable Type."

In Search Of The Valley: DVD movie released today

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:07:15 -0700

A new documentary on Silicon Valley premieres today on DVD. 'In Search of the Valley' is a movie which tells the story of three friends' personal journey in September of 2004 into the psyche of Silicon Valley. Steve O'Hear and his friends spent one month visiting and talking to many of the valley's luminaries, including Apple's Steve Wozniak, Adobe's John Warnock, and Craig Newmark of Craigslist.org.

The Social Networking Faceoff

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:34:18 -0700

"With all this buzz around the potential Yahoo! acqusition of Facebook for $1Billion, we think it's time to do the social networking faceoff."

Breaking News: Facebook in talks with Yahoo for rumored $1B deal

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:02:12 -0700

"The WSJ is reporting that US Social Networking site Facebook is in serious talks to sell itself to Yahoo, for an amount that may be as high as $1 billion."

Top Web Apps in Japan

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:17:00 -0700

Starts off with an overview of the market, then lists the main web companies in Japan. There is some extra commentary after that on why mobile dominates in Japan, the state of online advertising in Japan and its IPO market.

The Social Bookmarking Faceoff

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:35:39 -0700

"The social bookmarking market is in a steady state with two dominant players - del.icio.us and StumbleUpon. The rest of the pack, including Yahoo MyWeb, appears to be substantially behind. Will they catch up?"