http://www.web2list.com Web2.0 Dirctory Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:12:02 -0700 Web2listhttp://feedburner.google.com http://web2list.com/news/unlocking-the-unlocked-cell-phone-market Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:27:19 -0700 Nokia and Sony Ericsson are targeting the U.S. with a new set of unlocked phones. But without hefty carrier subsidies, will they ever be able to crack the U.S. market?
]]> http://web2list.com/news/web-browsers-targeting-niche-groups Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:28:56 -0700 The world of Web browsers — those programs that determine how you experience the Internet — is expanding to include tools for certain subsets of people.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/personal-details-of-new-uk-spy-chief-on-facebook Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:30:24 -0700 LONDON, England (CNN) -- Personal details and photographs of the incoming head of Britain's international spy agency have been posted on Facebook, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband acknowledged Sunday.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/tweetmeme-wants-to-be-the-king-of-retweets Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:34:30 -0700 One of the most effective ways to amplify your message on Twitter is to get your followers to retweet it to their followers. Retweeting is also becoming a popular way to pass links around Twitter. They are becoming the new currency of the Web because of the power of passed links. One service in particular, Tweetmeme, is cornering the market on retweets by making it easy for blogs and other sites to add a retweet button to every page.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/prepare-yourself-for-ipod-video Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:28:06 -0700 Like most people who’ve had an iPhone 3GS in their hands, we’ve been extremely impressed with the video capabilities of this little device. Not only Does it take near-HD video, it has excellent basic editing software and video can be uploaded to YouTube over Wifi or the cell networks. Among other things, it is the most useful video camera in the world today. No wonder the video camera market is shaking in its collective boots.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/since-march-internet-explorer-lost-11-4-percent-share-to-firefox-safari-and-chrome Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:30:15 -0700 The new browser wars on on. More than a decade after Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer, competition in the browser market has never been stronger. Just last week, Mozilla released Firefox 3.5, which has now been downloaded nearly 14 million times. Earlier in June, Apple released Safari 4. In March, Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer 8, and Google came out with a speedier beta of its Chrome browser.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/russians-spend-more-time-on-social-networks-than-the-rest-of-world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:11:46 -0700 comScore has aggregated some data based on its World Metrix audience measurement service and put together a study on social networking worldwide. Surprisingly, it appears that the Russians are more engaged with social networking than the rest of the planet
]]> http://web2list.com/news/can-sears-help-openid-go-mainstream Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:54:25 -0700 It’s one thing when Internet companies like Facebook adopt OpenID, it’s another when a giant retailer like Sears Holdings Corporation embraces it. Sears has just announced that it will enable over 1 million monthly MySears and MyKmart visitors to use their Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or other accounts to log into the community websites, enabling them to write product reviews and share information about products and services without the need to create a separate account.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/twitter-followers-can-be-bought Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:52:54 -0700 Twitter users who lack an audience for their messages can now buy followers.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/getting-started-with-an-effective-article-marketing-strategy Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:24:21 -0700 If you are looking to indulge into article marketing on the Internet then you should know that it is an effective way to generate publicity of your product and your business.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/want-more-twitter-followers-break-out-your-wallet Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:43:09 -0700 If you use self-described “web site traffic and promotion company” uSocial.net to buy votes on Digg and StumbleUpon, you’ll be thrilled to know it’s expanded its service to Twitter. For just $87, uSocial will generate an additional 1,000 Twitter followers to the account of your choosing. Sweet! Ratchet up your order to more than 5,000 new Twitter followers and you’ll even get a discount.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/celebrity-death-rumors-spread-online Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:40:59 -0700 After a string of real celebrity deaths last week, the Internet and online social networks killed a few more stars.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/first-came-gizmodo-then-engadget-now-gdgt Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:42:39 -0700 SAN FRANCISCO — In the beginning, circa 2002, there was Gizmodo, a Web site with news and reviews of mobile phones, digital cameras other electronic toys that became the foundation of the Gawker network of Web sites.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/stylecaster-nets-million-for-personalized-fashion-community Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:12:26 -0700 Interactive fashion community StyleCaster has raised $4 million in Series A round of financing from investor Dan Gilbert, the chairman and founder of Quicken Loans.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/meebo-tries-to-fill-moments-of-boredom-with-an-ad-network-for-partner-sites Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:41:56 -0700 How do you advertise on a Web-based instant messaging service without interrupting conversations and annoying the hell out of users?
]]> http://web2list.com/news/flickr-and-twitter-are-now-officially-sucking-face Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:10:01 -0700 Flickr now lets you Tweet out any photos directly from the site.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/top-10-moments-in-steve-jobs-career Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:11:42 -0700 As he returns to work after a serious illness, we take a look at the highlights of Jobs' years at Apple.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/are-online-discount-vouchers-on-the-decline Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:12:58 -0700 As we’ve reported a number of times, online vouchers have been one of the recent online success stories. Voucher searches shot up massively in the run up to Christmas as savvy shoppers looked to find a bargain during the recession. But recently we’ve heard some talk that the boom times for discount vouchers may be coming to an end. This begs the question: are consumers and retailers tiring of discount vouchers? To test this hypothesis, I charted searches for the term ‘vouchers’ over the last two years.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/youtube-co-founder-switches-to-google Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:55:58 -0700 YouTube confirmed on Tuesday that Steve Chen, a co-founder and most recently YouTube’s chief technology officer, was no longer working at the company. Mr. Chen left some time ago to work on unspecified engineering projects at its parent, Google.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/bit-ly-may-beat-digg Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:54:51 -0700 Bit.ly’s Grand Plans, And Their Inevitable Clash With Digg: Bitly Now
]]> http://web2list.com/news/amazon-cuts-off-hawaii-affiliates Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:59:21 -0700 Amazon.com Inc. has informed its marketing affiliates in Hawaii that it is ending its business with them in order to avoid collecting sales tax in the state.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/epic-internet-musical-website-story Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:36 -0700 the site has released Web Site Story, a five minute musical tribute to some of the web’s most popular websites.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/first-look-firefox-3-5-released-ready-to-upgrade-the-web Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:51:08 -0700 Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3.5, the next major version of its popular open source Web browser. Ars takes a close look at the new version and evaluates its enhancements. Support for HTML 5 video and other important emerging Web standards make this one of the most significant Firefox releases ever.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/breaking-the-pirate-bay-sold-for-8-million Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:09:21 -0700 Today, Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X AB has announced it has acquired The Pirate Bay website for 60 million SEK, which is roughly the equivalent of $7.8 million USD.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/yes-rackspace-is-down-and-so-are-many-of-your-favorite-sites Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:53:07 -0700 The hosting service Rackspace has been completely down for the past 30 minutes or so.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/56-light-clean-website-designs-using-a-minimalist-color-scheme Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:33:24 -0700 By now I’m sure you figured out that I love minimalist designs. I’ve featured many simple and minimalist websites on Spyre Studios before but this time I wanted to feature sites that not only have a minimalist layout but that also use very little colors.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/12-technologies-i-hate Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:34:10 -0700 I love technology, but sometimes it drives me right up a wall.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/40-tutorials-for-creating-highly-detailed-icon-designs Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:34:31 -0700 As icons appear in larger sizes through appearances in Mac applications and rich user interfaces the icon designs themselves are becoming more and more detailed. Check out this collection of 40 of the best icon design tutorials from across the web, each covering the process of designing a highly detailed icon graphic in Illustrator or Photoshop.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/nytimes-and-wikipedia-save-reporter-s-life-by-not-reporting-on-his-capture Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:30:10 -0700 To prevent Rohde’s value in the eyes of his captors from rising, the New York Times kept more than 35 major news organizations from reporting on the story. They believed that the publicity from reporting his capture would inflate the value of Rohde’s life, increasing the difficulty of negotiating for Rohde’s release.
]]> http://web2list.com/news/and-the-winner-of-the-million-netflix-prize-probably-is Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:57:20 -0700 After nearly three years and entries from more than 50,000 contestants, a multinational team says that it has met the requirements to win the million-dollar Netflix Prize: It developed powerful algorithms that improve the movie recommendations made by Netflix’s existing software by more than 10 percent.
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