the popurls blog http://pophub.com Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. pinboard to the rescue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/T88cP8bCVts/ http://pophub.com/pinboard-to-the-rescue/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:09:31 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=697 pinboard as a perfect replacement for spammy delicious. thanks for the tip!]]> http://pophub.com/pinboard-to-the-rescue/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/pinboard-to-the-rescue/ so long, yahoo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/7hf-BdV5qD8/ http://pophub.com/so-long-yahoo/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:38:58 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=694 ]]> http://pophub.com/so-long-yahoo/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/so-long-yahoo/ popurls wins forrester award http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/raDfL-fTzbc/ http://pophub.com/popurls-wins-forrester-award/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:23:40 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=692 more info on the forrester blog.]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-wins-forrester-award/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-wins-forrester-award/ new screensaver for mac http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/ZKCayhH21mw/ http://pophub.com/new-screensaver-for-mac/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:59:51 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=686 os 10.6]]> http://pophub.com/new-screensaver-for-mac/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/new-screensaver-for-mac/ breaking: reddit now #1 spot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/vN6EspY6Mjg/ http://pophub.com/breaking-reddit-now-1-spot/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:27:30 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=684 ]]> http://pophub.com/breaking-reddit-now-1-spot/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/breaking-reddit-now-1-spot/ facebook features are back http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/20GeyslwMTo/ http://pophub.com/facebook-features-are-back/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:32:06 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=682 ]]> http://pophub.com/facebook-features-are-back/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/facebook-features-are-back/ update for digg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/hF-gPimaJPA/ http://pophub.com/update-for-digg/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:47:15 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=680 digg v4.]]> http://pophub.com/update-for-digg/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/update-for-digg/ popurls gets acquired http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/BxyPNAogdUg/ http://pophub.com/popurls-acquired/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:04:35 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=672 official press release or techcrunch.

special thanks goes to wired mag’s senior maverick kevin kelly whose blog post on popurls in 2006 got it all started.]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-acquired/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-acquired/ quick iphone tweak http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/18BlddYohfI/ http://pophub.com/quick-iphone-tweak/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:53:59 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=670 ]]> http://pophub.com/quick-iphone-tweak/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/quick-iphone-tweak/ opera mini support http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/crcYYoK0tvE/ http://pophub.com/opera-mini-support/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 23:15:09 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=667 .com main site as well as the plain .mobi on opera mini for both, the iphone & android.]]> http://pophub.com/opera-mini-support/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/opera-mini-support/ popurls on ipad http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/tQbyH4Yf71I/ http://pophub.com/popurls-on-ipad/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:54:34 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=664 a quick note that all popurls sites work pretty well on the ipad in their current layout & design so while i’m obsessive about specific versions for each and every device, there will be no custom site for the ipad — just point it to popurls.com and you’re good to go. ]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-on-ipad/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-on-ipad/ the buzz on google buzz http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/Cipi3kZvpaU/ http://pophub.com/the-buzz-on-google-buzz/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:11:50 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=657 i’m constantly looking for new sources to incorporate into the popurls apparatus so i built a crawler to analyze random public google buzz profiles for 48h. the results are obviously based on a completely non-academic approach but it gives me the sense that the more valuable data, i.e. current news/shared links is (if at all) hidden in private streams as, besides a long-tail of mundane stuff, the most commonly published links only included the usual suspects such as facebook, foursquare and other social media spam (that users are auto-importing from other services).
that being said and for the time being, the data i’m collecting on twitter (also seen on twittersphere.com) is of much higher value when it comes to finding time-critical buzzing stories.
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thanks RWW for picking up the story » discussion here
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]]> http://pophub.com/content-updates-1003/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/content-updates-1003/ popurls on google buzz http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/YCwDQ_Msez0/ http://pophub.com/popurls-on-google-buzz/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:44:30 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=650 google buzz – the posted stories are equivalent to the ones on twitter.]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-on-google-buzz/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-on-google-buzz/ hulu now full-featured http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/zIZ4-ZQF-d0/ http://pophub.com/hulu-now-full-featured/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:02:54 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=646 ]]> http://pophub.com/hulu-now-full-featured/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/hulu-now-full-featured/ digg vs. reddit war http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/vSGgfF30HNE/ http://pophub.com/digg-vs-reddit-war/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:37:55 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=642 popurls makes a guest appearance in the epic digg vs. reddit war comic.
read the recent episode in full-size glory »]]> http://pophub.com/digg-vs-reddit-war/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/digg-vs-reddit-war/ guardians top 100 sites of 09 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/to-LIvoXd_I/ http://pophub.com/guardians-top-100-sites-of-09/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:38:19 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=639 top sites of ‘09 roundup. ]]> http://pophub.com/guardians-top-100-sites-of-09/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/guardians-top-100-sites-of-09/ popurls webOS edition http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/Fmbxk-sEelY/ http://pophub.com/popurls-webos-edition/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:09:21 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=633 webOS users on devices such as the palm pre can now use a mobile version that’s optimized for speed and readability. by opening popurls.mobi in your palm’s browser you will automatically be redirected to the appropriate version. as always, popurls.net has the overview of all other editions of popurls for your device & service.]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-webos-edition/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-webos-edition/ contents updates 09/11 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/PrPDlVXU4iU/ http://pophub.com/contents-updates-0911/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:24:12 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=622
]]> http://pophub.com/contents-updates-0911/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/contents-updates-0911/ popurls now delivered by UPS http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/2jS2vxabUEA/ http://pophub.com/popurls-now-delivered-by-ups/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:18:40 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=614 popurls_browni’m happy to announce the launch of the popurls | brown edition, a business news version sponsored by UPS. thanks for curating this site.]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-now-delivered-by-ups/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-now-delivered-by-ups/ introducing popurls widgets http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/r2Yelf-OIfs/ http://pophub.com/introducing-popurls-widgets/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:36:57 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=610 you can now bring popular content fragments from popurls straight to your website with the simple two-step widget builder at widgets.popurls.net. further content options will be added over time.]]> http://pophub.com/introducing-popurls-widgets/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/introducing-popurls-widgets/ popurls archive facelift http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/eJEEpFQ6VJo/ http://pophub.com/popurls-archive-facelift/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:44:17 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=605 one year ago it was about time to revamp the overview page for the individual issues so whenever you want to catch up on the buzz, give archive.popurls.com a spin.]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-archive-facelift/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-archive-facelift/ popurls, now with more real-time http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/eNhcnzWZg5o/ http://pophub.com/popurls-now-with-more-real-time/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:34:43 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=593 although i would argue that real-time systems apply to brilliant things like the anti-lock brakes of your car, the term has been all the rage for a while now in the webosphere and that’s why, as of today, new stories will be published instantly on popurls after being made available on the source site (compared to the five-minute lag and if this site meets the requirements). in addition, you’ll immediately find those stories when searching on popurls search.

ps: check twittersphere.com if you just want to filter for pulsating stories on twitter.]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-now-with-more-real-time/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-now-with-more-real-time/ popurls.tv relaunched http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/cWq_B3q4l54/ http://pophub.com/popurls-tv-relaunched/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:09:12 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=590 i’ve revamped the interface of two-year-old popurls.tv, an experimental sub-site that displays the traffic on the popurls network in real-time and lists the most read stories of the hour.]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-tv-relaunched/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-tv-relaunched/ new: seamless posterous sharing / twitter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/3qt_q9BIX9I/ http://pophub.com/new-seamless-posterous-sharing-twitter-update/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:59:08 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=584 in addition to facebook, twitter, et al. you can now seamlessly share to your posterous account via popurls. if you’re logged in, click user > sharing profile and enter your credentials. as soon as you hover over a story and click »share« you’ll instantly find the link on your posterous site. in addtion, you can now use a more secure way to share on twitter without having to enter your username or password.]]> http://pophub.com/new-seamless-posterous-sharing-twitter-update/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/new-seamless-posterous-sharing-twitter-update/ MINI: a new popurls sponsor http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/Md6o0IqoRhw/ http://pophub.com/mini-a-new-popurls-sponsor/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:37:00 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=579 if you follow the popurls twitter bot you’ll find some occasional stories marked with #positweets – a selection of handpicked links with enjoyable content, which in turn gets aggregated on positweets.com together with tweets from other renowned blogs such as boingboing or trendhunter. special thanks to MINI for supporting popurls and curating this site.]]> http://pophub.com/mini-a-new-popurls-sponsor/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/mini-a-new-popurls-sponsor/ TIME: popurls top 50 website 2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/tttcB9bcyuU/ http://pophub.com/time-popurls-top-50-websites-2009/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:49:23 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=563 "…it’s the perfect homepage"
TIME magazine has awarded popurls with #5 on this year’s 50 best websites 2009 list.]]> http://pophub.com/time-popurls-top-50-websites-2009/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/time-popurls-top-50-websites-2009/ IBM, new sponsor of popurls http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/ENLGE0p5cao/ http://pophub.com/ibm-new-sponsor-of-popurls/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:38:41 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=549 ibm
i’m happy to announce that IBM is the new main sponsor of popurls and the next curator of the popurls blue edition, a custom version for enterprise IT news. thanks big blue!]]> http://pophub.com/ibm-new-sponsor-of-popurls/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/ibm-new-sponsor-of-popurls/ contents updates 09/08 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/d2CqyYYSr60/ http://pophub.com/contents-updates-0908/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:37:35 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=546
  • npr
  • true/slant
  • entertainment weekly
  • icanhascheezburger
  • clipsyndicate
  • webcastr
  • sciencedaily
  • wikipedia featured
    • ]]>     http://pophub.com/contents-updates-0908/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/contents-updates-0908/     jolicloud, now with popurls http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/C0nz3X7Ks4Q/ http://pophub.com/jolicloud-now-with-popurls/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:10:41 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=538 i’m happy to announce that popurls is now integrated with jolicloud, the new internet operating system of choice. popurls will run in an exclusive layout for ultra-mobile netbooks that is optimized for smaller screens and the speed of mobile internet connections. more infos on the the jolicloud blog.]]> http://pophub.com/jolicloud-now-with-popurls/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/jolicloud-now-with-popurls/ quick update: hide twitter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/zdNRbFlaZUM/ http://pophub.com/quick-update-hide-twitter/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:48:56 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=536 popular today section you can now disable the twitter news block via the customize menu.]]> http://pophub.com/quick-update-hide-twitter/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/quick-update-hide-twitter/ mobile updates http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/1HTZq1f2GDE/ http://pophub.com/mobile-updates/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:36:48 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=529 here’s a quick update on recent changes to popurls mobile editions:

    • iphone & android now include a native search feature for all real-time buzz (a mobile version of search.popurls.com)
    • popular twitter stories have been added to the regular mobile & blackberry edition

    on a side note, the regular mobile site currently uses a gateway to reformat web sites for phone browsers. given the increasing capabilities of those devices i will soon change all links to go directly to the target sites – let me know if you’re a heavy user and think that you might run into problems with that.
    thanks]]>     http://pophub.com/mobile-updates/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/mobile-updates/     twitter back on popurls http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/u5moAC88SkQ/ http://pophub.com/twitter-back-on-popurls/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:19:39 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=525 ]]> http://pophub.com/twitter-back-on-popurls/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/twitter-back-on-popurls/ minor content update http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/ZnmzsnARYJY/ http://pophub.com/minor-content-update/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:51:42 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=522 good magazine and the pbs newshour as well as ecosalon and travelpod on popurls.]]> http://pophub.com/minor-content-update/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/minor-content-update/ contents updates 09/05 #2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/eRZ9AhXwVZA/ http://pophub.com/contents-updates-0905-2/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 05:16:17 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=520 ]]> http://pophub.com/contents-updates-0905-2/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/contents-updates-0905-2/ popurls 101 – part I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/etSac2CNEDI/ http://pophub.com/popurls-101-part-i/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 16:25:12 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=513
    • i receive a lot of emails from users who read an interesting story the other day but forgot to bookmark the url. popurls archive to the rescue – a daily snapshot to catch up on the news in the unlikely event that you missed a day of popurls or just lost the link to that flickr photo.
    • popurls search is not only the fastest buzz index next to twitter but it also offers you a neat way to track certain keywords in near real-time by subscribing to the feed url that you’ll get for each query on the results page.
    • the quickies section on the bottom of the page is still one of the most frequented parts of popurls, but unlike its name there’s also a widely unknown feature to view additional stories from a site by simply clicking its name which opens the respective headline box.

    thanks for taking the time! ]]>     http://pophub.com/popurls-101-part-i/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-101-part-i/     content updates 09/05 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/a5P-9vbjNm0/ http://pophub.com/content-updates-0905/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 16:01:03 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=511
  • the awl
  • globalpost
  • shockhound
  • fwaphoto
  • deviantart
    • ]]>     http://pophub.com/content-updates-0905/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/content-updates-0905/     twitter section inactive http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/Y5exs-dDG20/ http://pophub.com/twitter-section-inactive/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 06:48:44 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=509 ]]> http://pophub.com/twitter-section-inactive/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/twitter-section-inactive/ new: login with your twitter account http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/ZuAHsAYdhYE/ http://pophub.com/new-login-with-your-twitter-account/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:51:36 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=503 in addition to many other authentication services you can now login with your twitter account to store your custom popurls settings. it’s a simple two-click process via the popurls login hub and does not require you to put in your credentials.]]> http://pophub.com/new-login-with-your-twitter-account/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/new-login-with-your-twitter-account/ quick content update http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/ozMNt9Kq0Es/ http://pophub.com/quick-content-update/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:03:39 +0000 thomas marban http://pophub.com/?p=501 ]]> http://pophub.com/quick-content-update/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/quick-content-update/