the popurls blog http://pophub.com Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 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. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 http://pophub.com/?p=501 ]]> http://pophub.com/quick-content-update/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/quick-content-update/ rewirepopped is the new slashdotted http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/WO1SlOGBHzU/ http://pophub.com/rewirepopped-is-the-new-slashdotted/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:51:37 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=499 so they say ;)]]> http://pophub.com/rewirepopped-is-the-new-slashdotted/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/rewirepopped-is-the-new-slashdotted/ iphone/android update http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/xEmm3EVjyVM/ http://pophub.com/iphoneandroid-update/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:12:05 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=497 ]]> http://pophub.com/iphoneandroid-update/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/iphoneandroid-update/ new: suggest a story via twitter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/5F6TSKeqPRg/ http://pophub.com/new-suggest-a-story-via-twitter/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:45:35 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=489 twitter with a simple "@popurls here goes the title http://example.com". ]]> http://pophub.com/new-suggest-a-story-via-twitter/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/new-suggest-a-story-via-twitter/ quickies now fully customizable http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/mEKi4mKOlZ4/ http://pophub.com/quickies-now-fully-customizable/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:20:34 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=478 ]]> http://pophub.com/quickies-now-fully-customizable/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/quickies-now-fully-customizable/ three years of pop http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/ZabnONZ6V4k/ http://pophub.com/three-years-of-pop/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:32:32 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=471 it’s been three years since i pushed the first version of popurls and it’s come a long way since then. not only did it become one of the most popular news destinations, it also turned into a full-time job and made a lot of new acquaintances around the globe.
    to celebrate three years of pop the site has undergone a small facelift (+ new feature) and i’m giving away a brand new sony playstation 3 in classic popurls black. all it takes to enter the contest is sending a quick birthday greeting to @popurls on twitter before march 8th (option is for the US or EU version of the PS3; make sure your twitter user is linked to any way of contact).
    thanks and keep on popurlizing! ]]>     http://pophub.com/three-years-of-pop/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/three-years-of-pop/     popular today | revamped http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/iij3Ydsm0bM/ http://pophub.com/popular-today-revamped/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:22:28 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=460 the popular today section got a little update with a dedicated twitter column on the right. usually, the top stories were derived over a period of around one and a half days to discover long-term trends. in contrast, this new twitter section is a near real-time view of the most talked about stories, thus making the top news block a neat blend of worldshaking linkage. in addition, there’s a little icon on the right of each link that does a straight twitter search for an in-depth view on the story.
    thanks!]]>     http://pophub.com/popular-today-revamped/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popular-today-revamped/     shout-out 09/02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/Wk6vS19zT0A/ http://pophub.com/shout-out-0902/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:43:18 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=455 big boys give popurls the plug but what delights me even more in times of 140 character reviews is when guys like rockwell schrock take the time to examine an idea from start to finish. sincere thanks!]]> http://pophub.com/shout-out-0902/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/shout-out-0902/ iphone version update http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/2ouh-mChjYU/ http://pophub.com/iphone-version-update-2/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:41:38 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=451 the iphone & android version now features a full mobile equivalent of the quickies section as well as a custom setting to define either a compact or full-length view of headlines that automatically adapts to portrait or landscape mode. iphones and g1 phones are forwarded to the appropriate version if you open popurls.com on your mobile browser.
    thanks!]]>     http://pophub.com/iphone-version-update-2/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/iphone-version-update-2/     content updates 09/02 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/vp7lCp2C5eg/ http://pophub.com/content-updates-0902/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:20:36 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=447
  • tipd (emerging financial community)
  • unplggd (better living)
  • failblog (zeitgeist by popular demand)
  • fandome (giving them a chance after their highly popular jumbotron video)
  • rex sorgatz (his excellency)
  • anderson cooper (AC360° staff blog)
    • ]]>     http://pophub.com/content-updates-0902/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/content-updates-0902/     popurls search now with twitter results http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/AiZmCuGpxVQ/ http://pophub.com/popurls-search-now-with-twitter-results/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:02:56 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=445 popurls search just got one step ahead in providing a convenient real-time search by integrating results from twitter next to all internal hits. the current index provides access to the 1,000 most popular websites within just a few minutes after publication making it an appropriate one-stop shop for breaking news.]]> http://pophub.com/popurls-search-now-with-twitter-results/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-search-now-with-twitter-results/ windows live id support http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/cHGyDExvwcg/ http://pophub.com/windows-live-id-support/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:19:59 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=441 popurls now supports windows live id accounts for signing in on the network. the process works just like using any other existing identity at http://popurls.net/user.
    remember: signing up with popurls gives you sharing features, a custom widget & feed page, personal story recommendations and the possibility to access your customizations across all your computers. ]]>     http://pophub.com/windows-live-id-support/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/windows-live-id-support/     popshuffle out in the wild http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/3lS9n-KUC3I/ http://pophub.com/popshuffle-out-in-the-wild/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:58:18 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=433 popshuffle.com is a new micro subsite in the popurls network with the single goal to be a great playground of inspiring amusement. it features only the most popular stories from a constant pool of more than 4 million stories that popurls has collected over the last years. also, whenever you come across an interesting story, hit the "popurlize" button and all other visitors will likely see it in the new live section on popurls.com. too distracting? you can disable it in the design menu at any time.
    thanks and enjoy.]]>     http://pophub.com/popshuffle-out-in-the-wild/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popshuffle-out-in-the-wild/     popurls now android-ready http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/hYE950ZpEmI/ http://pophub.com/popurls-now-android-ready/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:45:05 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=428 users of G1 phones can now enjoy the special iphone & android version for their mobile news dose. simply point your browser to popurls.mobi and you’ll be automatically redirected to the appropriate site.
    ps: if you’re looking for a G1 twitter client, give twidroid a shot.]]>     http://pophub.com/popurls-now-android-ready/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/popurls-now-android-ready/     speed up http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/f_GPjOPfFqo/ http://pophub.com/speed-up-2/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:47:15 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=426 ]]> http://pophub.com/speed-up-2/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/speed-up-2/ twittersphere.com launched http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/VJBG9ydpa-s/ http://pophub.com/twitterspherecom-launched/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:05:52 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=417 twittersphere.com which is already fully-integrated into popurls, now powering the twitter block at the bottom section of the page. there are still a few quirks (mostly spam) to iron out, but you get the idea.
    thanks and happy twittering! twitter: @thomas
    ]]>     http://pophub.com/twitterspherecom-launched/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/twitterspherecom-launched/     content updates 09/01 #3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/AfW5pIZU7EA/ http://pophub.com/content-updates-0901-3/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:57:32 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=414
  • workhappy
  • healthranker
  • the morning news
  • fast company
  • the atlantic
  • newslite
  • ffholic
  • the kodak daily picture
  • xkcd

    • on another note, ma.gnolia.com, which is featured as a full content block on popurls is currently down due to a severe data crash and it looks like as if it will take a couple of days until the service is back.]]>     http://pophub.com/content-updates-0901-3/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/content-updates-0901-3/     ! feed subscribers: please change your url ! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/-Y_6GNpq7aQ/ http://pophub.com/feed-subscribers-please-change-your-url/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:46:51 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=412 hiccups in providing a stable and up-to-date service. therefore the official popurls blog feed will be moved to a new url at:
    http://feedt.com/popurls
    please make sure to update your feed reader at your earliest convenience; thanks!]]>     http://pophub.com/feed-subscribers-please-change-your-url/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/feed-subscribers-please-change-your-url/     new identi.ca bot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/popurls/~3/-4MStqXtGgA/ http://pophub.com/new-identica-bot/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:34:28 +0000 thomas http://pophub.com/?p=409 twitter for getting the hourly top story can now subscribe to the official bot at identi.ca/popurls. as always, you’ll find the current selection of popurls services on popurls.net.]]> http://pophub.com/new-identica-bot/feed/ 0 http://pophub.com/new-identica-bot/