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CosmoLearning: Your Free Online School

Kur-nia-one — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:18:18 +0000

CosmoLearning centralizes educational and cultural resources in a variety of formats, allowing anyone in the world to educate themselves and succeed in their lives. In the single word “CosmoLearning”, the word “Cosmo” is used in its original Greek meaning: Universal. CosmoLearning is, in fact, a free universal portal for education.

CosmoLearning offers free courses, video lectures and documentaries on various of academic subjects, such as Anthropology, Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, History, Law, Mathematics, Medicine, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, and Religion.

CosmoLearning has been designed according to traditional curriculum standards, but with an added intent to bring them all together on the web. Anyone, who has a passion for learning anywhere and anytime. Everything is available on the site for free. You can also create an account and keep yourself updated on the latest additions and features added to the site. All the content on CosmoLearning is arranged for easy navigation on subject specific panels. You can go to your favorite subjects or jump into the Top 10 Lists or the latest that has come in (via the News feed or the Recently Added lists). This is the age of convergence and education is all the better because of it. Supporting the courses are Video Lectures, Image Files and Documentaries. Each gets a large chunk of server space. Succeed yourselves in your lives by accessing unlimited knowledge at Cosmo learning.

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Sprouter Collaborate and Connect Entrepreneurs

Kur-nia-one — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:44:11 +0000

Sprouter aims to introduce and connect entrepreneurs, small businesses and start ups with their ideas, knowledge, opinion and potentially funding. Entrepreneurs can expand networks, discover events, start discussions, and follow topics relevant to their business.

CEO Sarah Prevette explains that this initiative was born out of her own experiences when working on another project of hers named Upinion.com and eventually realizing the difficulties that every person goes through as regards self-promoting his or her own vision and spicing the interest of others – in short, connecting with the right people at the right time. Where Twitter asks the question, “What are you doing?” – Sprouter asks entrepreneurs the question “What are you working on?” In this way, the relevant connections can be made and fruitful conversations can be started.

Sprouter works very much like Twitter. You can share what you are working on or solicit feedback from others. With hash-tags, direct messages, followers, followees, users will quickly settle into the sites familiar environment and allow them to start engaging with topics, businesses and individuals that interest them and their current involvement’s. Sprouter is extremely easy to navigate and all content is presented in an organized and clean way. The way replies are set up as it allows you to follow the conversation and see the conversation as it is happening.

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FreshBooks

Kur-nia-one — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:07:27 +0000

FreshBooks is a web based accounting application that makes it easy for you to track the time you spend on projects and invoice your clients. This online invoicing service allows you to keep your time and expense organized, send professional branded invoices, and even collect online payments by credit card, PayPal, or eCheck.
The product includes a myriad of other related features, such as time tracking, expense tracking, recurring billing, online payment collection, the ability to mail invoices through the U.S. Post, and support tickets.

Like many other web-based services, FreshBooks offers a whole slew of services free to their users, with additional premium plans for some of their expanded services and features. For free account, users will be able to bill up to 3 clients with an unlimited number of invoices, and it also helps you in creating company logos, snail mailing out your bills (for a fee), and tracking your time spent working on a project.

The only thing you need to do to get started is get your API credentials by browsing to the “Enable FreshBooks API” settings page in your account. Once you agree to the terms of service, an API URL and authentication token will be displayed. These must be plugged into the settings form at Administer > Settings > FreshBooks.
Moreover, Valued at $168 US, this package allows you to track time and invoice up to 25 clients, with unlimited invoices and customer support. FreshBooks will give one lucky prize winner their Shuttle Bus billing package for an entire year.

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Vook

Kur-nia-one — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:37:21 +0000

Vook is a new innovation that blends a book with videos and connects with social media to create a whole new experience in story. Vook has created an innovative platform where all forms of media come together to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Vooks blend text and video into a single, uninterrupted reading and viewing experience, enabling readers to read and watch at the same location on their screen. Vook, backed by Brad Inman—who founded the Internet video company, TurnHere, which became a go-to producer of book trailers for publishers—worked with S&S on creating four vooks, all Atria titles, for the launch of their product

The titles, priced at $6.99, feature between 13 and 17 videos each. The videos, which vary in length from a minute to two minutes, appear alongside the text and users can opt to play the content on a standalone screen or watch it within the existing print layout. (The vook format also lets users jump to specific videos.) Preview Mode lets you try a vook free for free, watch a video, click on links, experiement with the different views. It’s fun and easy

Vooks are available on the iPhone and iPod touch, providing users constant access to engaging content whenever they want it. The applications have quickly become among the most compelling mobile entertainment options on the market, and some of the bestselling book applications at the iTunes store. Vooks are also available for the desktop and all browser-enabled computers via the Vook Reader, which allows for a full screen viewing experience of Vook’s HD-quality videos and integrated text.

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Clicker.com

Kur-nia-one — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:30:09 +0000

Clicker.com s a video search engine, which aims to index all of the movies, TV shows and other video content available online and arrange it by network, genre and show name.
Clicker.com launches with an index of 300,000 episodes from over 5,200 shows on 1,200 networks, in addition to 1,200 movies and 50,000 music videos. The company has a deal with Boxee, and said it will soon also index Netflix’s 14,000 available movie titles. Roughly 30,000 movies are part of Netflix’s streaming library or Amazon.com’s video store. Streaming from Netflix requires a subscription while Amazon.com sells or rents video downloads. Most of the other material in Clicker’s database is shown for free.

The Clicker.com database allows consumers to chose programs in many ways, as well as enabling a form of social networking – a necessity in the latest web companies. One key development Search Within: enables users to restrict a search to topics within a specific program. For example, searching “Warren Buffett” within the show Charlie Rose specifically brings up those episodes where Buffett is interviewed

Currently, the site is in beta phase, which during this time they will continue to improve the end-user experience. So, if you want to be a part of making this site even better, click here for the beta invitation

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iMeetzu – Meet a Stranger

Kur-nia-one — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00:47 +0000

iMeetzu allows you to meet and chat with random strangers from all over the world! iMeetzu is a unique website because it builds off basic random 1-on-1 chatting aspects to create a conversationalist social network. It claims that ‘your chat is 100% anonymous‘ and ‘you do not have to reveal any information you don’t want to! Users have profiles, the ability to save their favorite conversational friends, and the ability to have anonymous chats as they please (users can choose whether or not to reveal their usernames to other chatters)

Founded by two 22-year-old college students, Aaron Mannenbach (MBA Johnson School at Cornell 2011) and Josh Marthaller (BA University of Oregon 2010), the site brings about a totally new concept of what could essentially be called open source conversationalism. The best thing about imeetzu is that it doesn’t require any registration. Yes, simply log on to the website and get ready to chat with the strangers. Yes, no rules, no regulations, nothing at all. Just sheer excitement.

it has one very nice feature of map yourself. The mapping feature allows you to place your location in the map which is visible to anyone who visits your profile. The map can be seen on the right hand side of your profile.

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Vidly Brings HD Video To Twitter

Kur-nia-one — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:45:24 +0000

Vidly, a video-sharing service designed to work around Twitter, is bringing high-definition video to the to the microblogging network. The company, which used to be TwitVid.io, changed its name partly to emphasize its new focus beyond Twitter.Vidly is an extremely lightweight, fast, and reliable way to upload your videos to Twitter from your iPhone as well. While one aspect is sharing videos on Twitter, the focus is on other social networks as well, with a key focus on the various mobile platforms.
Using Vidly you can upload a video, record one via your webcam, or email a video that’s sitting idly on your mobile device. Vidly allows you to upload up to 1GB of video or 20 minutes worth, whichever hits the mark first.
HD video on the web has always been sort of a hazy thing due to varying expectations of resolutions and bitrates, but it seems safe to say that Vidly’s video is the highest quality out there among its competitors.
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YouScrobble mashes up Last.fm and YouTube

Kur-nia-one — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:22:50 +0000

YouScrobble is a brand new way to discover music on internet, the music resource comes from two biggest video and music sites: Last.fm and Youtube.It also allows you to download a limited number of songs. Users who visit Youtube can perform searches for music that they would like to listen to but the music (in form of videos) is usually unsorted and often unrelated to the artist (think cover versions for example). Last.fm on the other hand provides extensive information about artists, their albums and songs but playback is limited on the website

The company claims on their font page that “YouScrobble uses Last.fm and YouTube to satisfy your needs and is therefore fully legal!”. Well the guys out there are in a deep misconception. You see, the download YouScrobble gives you isn’t a fully authorised MP3. Instead it’s scraping the audio from the YouTube video and saving it as an MP3.
If you only want browse and listen music, you do not have to register, but it also encourages you to register an account that makes you enjoy music a little bit easier. Non register users only download 5 pieces of music a day, registered users allows 15. It also offers premium account that makes best quality music and unlimited download music.
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CeeVee: Create A Free Online CV

Kur-nia-one — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:24 +0000

CeeVee is an online tool that simplified the building and maintaining a CV/Resume online. It was founded in June 2008 in Bucharest, Romania. Getting the resume right is the first of many steps that any person who wishes to land his or her dream job has to deal with. While, Resume-making tools are a dime a dozen, but free webapp CeeVee has notable advantages. Ceevee is an online resume builder that allows you to fill in specific fields, and it spits out a very nicely designed resume for publication on the web or print.

Your account, when you first log in, is essentially a fill-in-the-blanks resume. It has space for a small photo and your contact information, but the biggest sections are reserved for your summary, skills, experience and studies. If those sections don’t really match how your career has progressed, you can delete sections in the sidebar, as well as add sections like awards or languages. You can add, remove, reorder sections and apply different themes. Modern (the default) uses a sans-serif font, Classic uses a serif font, and Plain Text uses a monospaced font, though it still has formatting.

If you’ve filled out your work history on Facebook and connect with CeeVee through a Connect log-in, your resume is auto-filled with the most pertinent contact and experience portions. The employer looking at your resume can easily print or save it to PDF, and you control what’s seen publicly. Using CeeVee is completely inexpensive. Just sign up by supplying your e-mail address, a password, and by setting down your personalized URL for hosting your resume.
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Maggwire.com – Reading Magazines Online

Kur-nia-one — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:09:34 +0000

Maggwire is a web site offering links to online free articles from magazine web sites. They are also categorized by a wide range of subject matter sections (Food & Wine, Tech, Sports, etc.) The platform’s beta version allows readers to browse magazine articles—currently almost 10,000 per week, including Time, PCWorld, Vogue and Yachting, among others—free of charge. Unlike Mygazines, which ran into trouble by being the host of hundreds of magazines, Maggwire decides to take the road that involves fewer legal beatings by serving as a nice index to legitimate web presences of hundreds of magazines

Maggwire doesn’t ask you to register; you can start browsing the free online magazine list from the homepage itself. But a simple user account gives you some control features over the articles you read. While browsing Maggwire you can see article summaries, ratings, and whether or not anyone has commented on the article. When it comes time to actually read the article, you’ll be sent to the actual publisher’s website. Maggwire is an open platform – it is accessible from any phone, computer or digital reader.

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Broadband-expert.co.uk: Best Broadband Deals – Independent Comparison

Kur-nia-one — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:13:03 +0000

Broadband essentially provides high-speed Internet access over a standard phone line, satellite or cable connection. Currently numerous UK broadband service providers are aiming to deliver greater broadband speeds to the broadband consumers in the country that are increasingly tending to raise their existing broadband speeds.

Broadband-Expert.co.uk provides expert advice and information enable consumers to make more informed decisions when purchasing broadband services. It gives comparisons, ratings and broadband reviews from major Internet providers in the UK, by price, speed, download limits and features. They also compare broadband packages of every ISP by download limits, speeds, set up fee, first year cost and minimum contract. Broadband-Expert.co.uk is a privately owned company and independent of any broadband it can provide an impartial broadband comparison service.

Meanwhile, O2 is the UK’s leading provider of broadband, offering super fast broadband, with unlimited downloads and with no connections charge. Broadband-Expert.co.uk also lists o2 broadband review from its users and every see users rate aspects of: Speed, Customer Support, Reliability, and its Value for Money. O2 is offering a 12-month contract with unlimited downloads for £12.23 a month. It comes with a free wireless router, giving you wi-fi access. The deal is even better for existing O2 mobile customers, who can get the same package for only £7.34 a month. O2 Broadband’s services consistently top independent consumer surveys for quality of service and customer satisfaction. O2’s super-fast packages provide top speeds of 20Mbps, unlimited downloads and all three come with FREE wireless equipment.

Broadband expert as one of the best laid out comparison sites, also brings you the best offers of broadband packages and details special offers from uk broadband providers. You can view broadband offers here, it lists UK broadband deals currently available from several carriers like Orange, T-Mobile, Three or AOL and more. Some considerations of finding broadband deal are explained in the site. The length of the broadband package is the first one. Secondly, account what you are likely to use your broadband package for. It is suggested to have unlimited broadband for Heavy internet users or those who plan to download lots of data (films, video, music etc). Whereas, online gaming generally requires the fastest broadband packages and high or no download limits.Similar Posts:

Google Commerce Search: For Better Online Retail Experience

Kur-nia-one — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:59:00 +0000

Google Commerce Search is a hosted enterprise search product to power online retail stores and e-commerce websites.
It is a powerful search solution designed specifically with online retail enterprises in mind. It will help to find online shoppers the products they are searching. It will filter results by brand category, price,or some other criteria that will help to increase conversions and sales,it will increase sales of specific products within search result and it will also be helpful to conduct cross-sale and promotional offers.

“Search quality is a big factor in changing visitors to buyers online, and in making customers happy too,” Google says. “Visitors spend an average of just eight seconds before deciding whether or not to remain on a website, so having a good search tool is important for turning visitors into buyers.

The product is straightforward: it is meant to help consumers search and sort through the items a retailer is selling online. The interface can be customized, searches can be filtered, and results can be tracked via Google Analytics. It’s hosted on the Google cloud, which means that holiday traffic spikes won’t take it down, but that retailers have to give up some control over search
Google promises integration with other Google products like Google Analytics and Google Product Search. Using Commerce, retailers can measure clicks, conversion rates, number of transactions, average order value and other data via Google Analytics. And e-commerce vendors can provide a single feed of products and catelogue items that will power Commerce and indexing of their products on Google Product Search.

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DocVerse is a document-sharing and collaboration tool

Kur-nia-one — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:22:38 +0000

DocVerse Puts Google Docs-Like Collaboration Inside Microsoft Office. DocVerse makes sharing Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents synonymous with saving them. Their flagship product is the first ever to offer true real-time sharing and simultaneous group-editing of Microsoft Office. DocVerse was founded in 2007 by Microsoft veterans Shan Sinha and Alex DeNeui, who finally gave up on the constant back-and-forth email attachments required to share and edit Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents.DocVerse currently consists of a 1 MB Office 2007 plug-in that gives Microsoft’s desktop software new collaboration and synchronization abilities.

You start by downloading and installing the software, and setting up a DocVerse account. DocVerse installs an add-on for PowerPoint, which adds a new pane to your PowerPoint window:

To begin using the software, you can share a document with others using either the URL provided or by entering in the email addresses of those you want to share with. To start sharing the presentation, you just click the large “Add to DocVerse” button. The file gets uploaded to your DocVerse account. From now on, every time you save the file, it is synced with your DocVerse account. If two people save edits to the same element, the owner is asked to approve the changes. Version control ensures you can always revert if you make a mistake.Similar Posts:

Mediation : Wiki Free Software

Kur-nia-one — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:35:48 +0000

A wiki is a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. With this web-based application every user is capable to create a comprehensive knowledge base or an interactive website on any personal, corporate or social topic, and share it with the user’s community.

Mediation is a Wiki engine; that is, it is software which provides a web site that contains pages which can be edited by users. MediaWiki.org is the free software which powers websites like Wikipedia and other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia foundation, as well as many other wikis around the world.. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple servers.

To use MediaWiki, you’ll need a web server with PHP and MySQL available and some experience installing web applications. Once MediaWiki’s installed, you can start adding and editing pages to your wiki. Wiki pages aren’t made of HTML like regular pages, they’re made of special wiki markup

This site includes pure descriptions, advice, suggestions, and contains how-to’s; this includes tutorials, walk-throughs and instruction manuals related to the subject matter. MediaWiki automatically creates on-page, hierarchical outlines based on page sections with links that point directly to those sections (even if they’re midway down the page).

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Online OCR extracts text from scans for free

Kur-nia-one — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:17:57 +0000

Have a PDF document or an image that you would like to convert to text? OCR, Optical character recognition. It’s a mechanical or electronic translation of images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text (usually captured by a scanner) into machine-editable text. Online OCR service can help take an image of text and turn it into an editable copy.

You can upload documents in a variety of formats like PDF, TIFF, JPG, and other image files as well as a ZIP of your document. Without creating an account you can convert documents up to 1MB in size and 5 pages long. Creating a free account allows you to upload documents that are 20MB in size and longer than 5 pages. When you signup for a free account you get free 5 credits good for 5 pages of converted documents, so you can try out the service. Credits are as follows 30 pages – $3, 60 Pages – $5, 100 Pages – $7, 200 Pages – $10. Not a bad deal in my opinion and a pretty awesome service

You can convert a PDF with columns into a Word document with columns and so on. Converted documents look exactly like the original – tables, columns, bullets and graphics. With OnlineOCR.net users can process documents in 28 languages including English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and others. Concerning with security, OnlineOCR.net will endeavor to restrict access to the data and files You store or retrieve from Your Account to persons accessing such data and files through use of Your Account or Password. However, no password-protected system of data storage and retrieval can be made entirely impenetrable.

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igniteCAST.com: Broadcast Videos, Courses, Slideshows, Screencasts and more

Kur-nia-one — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:21 +0000

igniteCAST.com is a media sharing web service that gives users the possibility to create, upload, and share content in order to maximize the way they work and collaborate online. IgniteCAST.com was created by SCATE in response to tremendous customer demand for a web-based solution for sharing content created with SCATEs popular Ignite software. Users can create, upload, view and share structured video clips, interactive presentations, PowerPoint, software demonstrations, surveys, quizzes and more. The content named as Ignitables can be viewed by searching keywords and phrases or by browsing through categories. IgniteCAST.com also allows the creator to control access to their Ignitables™ by making them public or private (authorized access only). You can even send invitations to view your Ignitables™ by email. Registered users can also organize Ignitables™ into personal playlists. .

IgniteCAST employs Ignite 4 as the tool to capture a wide variety of media right from the users computer screen. The media is transformed into engaging content, and seamlessly uploaded to igniteCAST where it becomes available for others to find and view.
Users of IgniteCAST.com are allowed to download Scate’s Ignite software for free, which captures screenshots, imports powerpoint files, video files, audio files, music, digital pictures and records user’s voice. IgniteCAST.com free accounts can also be upgraded to one of five subscription levels if more than 25 MB of storage is required.

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OfficeMedium: Intranet for the Small Business User

Kur-nia-one — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:43:49 +0000

OfficeMedium is a web-based service that provides intranet and collaboration software for businesses and work groups.
Built with efficiency and convenience in mind, OfficeMedium offers a secured, hosted platform for enhanced communication and socialization, effective file storage, management, and sharing, task & event planning, contact management, and much more.
Based on Drupal, OfficeMedium has gone to great lengths to keep things simple yet reasonably secure. OfficeMedium provides an environment to fit with this emerging trend but with enough hooks to satisfy the needs of a business where keeping people in the loop is often mission critical.
Within a sleek, extremely simple and easy-to-use interface, OfficeMedium offers:Task and Event Management, Personal and Group Calendars, File Sharing, Storage, and Organization, Contact and Company Information Management
Automated Organization and Archiving and more.
OfficeMedium uses the concept of Clients, Employee and Super User. Clients have very limited priviledges in order to keep your data secure. Clients can only create tasks, events, and files, and can only view content that they submit, or that is brought to their attention.” OfficeMedium is $8 per user per month and $1 more per gigabyte used. The first 512 megabytes are free.

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Kwanzoo: Celebrity Trivia of the Day Widget

Kur-nia-one — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:34:01 +0000

Kwanzoo is a global media company with unique social trivia games and reviews for entertainment fans.
It offers daily entertainment quizzes and downloadable quiz widgets. Make your own quizzes and widgets, or play our quizzes on Kwanzoo, or on your favorite website, blog or social media site.
Publishers have access to over 50,000 quiz questions — enabling them to sell new advertising inventory offering exceptional contextual relevance, topical content and high user engagement. A free version of the service is available to bloggers, publishers and consumers seeking to add fun, timely quiz content to their sites, including “Election ‘08″, “Halloween Movies” and “Quiz of the Day”.

Soon when you create an account, you can do so for free by visiting the relevant section and supplying the corresponding information. The site also features a lively entertainment blog which can be accessed from the main page. Moreover, a newsletter is part of the premises and you can receive it in your inbox by furnishing your e-mail address when prompted.
Visit Kwanzoo.com for serious fun with daily entertainment quizzes, downloadable quiz widgets and custom quizzes. Kwanzoo’s all-in-one, plug-and-play solution makes it faster to create and brand your poll, easier to make the content shareable, and simpler to measure campaign results.

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MyCloset.com For The Fashionista In You

Kur-nia-one — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:06:04 +0000

MyCloset.com is the newest fashion online craze. In essence, it provides a community for fashion and style conscious individuals. Mycloset.com features community members with their closets and collections, showcases up and coming fashion designers with their collections, introduces unique stores to the public. Its free services also support promotional
merchandising and online commerce opportunities.
MyCloset.com highlights celebrities and personalities by taking a look into their personal closets, giving members a unique and original view into the lives of their favorite celebrities, designers, models and personalities.

“The Outfit Builder” allows community members to upload items from stores, boutiques, designers, personal wardrobes and other community members` wardrobes while mixing and matching to create desired outfits, or looks.

In addition to that engaging social feature, the site includes a section which is entitled “Emerging Designer” that is devoted to new talent, the work they have produced so far, and the direction that they are headed. Users can personalize and organize their virtual closets with specialty named Look Books, photographic images and video albums.

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TechnoBuffalo: Tech Blog Social Network

Kur-nia-one — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:56:09 +0000

TechnoBuffalo features original tech content, a social network, and tools to build and monetize your own tech blog. Concerning with original tech content, with this new platform you will get Professional and original tech content written by staffed professional writers.
People can create their own blogs through TechnoBuffalo, as well as making use of a messaging client in order to communicate.

TechnoBuffalo is built on a customized version of WordPress Multi-User. Users of TechnoBuffalo have the option to create their own blog with a custom URL (TechnoBuffalo.com/username) complete with full WordPress content management. Moreover, they can add writers, and customize the layout of their tech blogs. Amazingly, users have the option to manage their own advertising, or have TechnoBuffalo supply advertising on the site.It was started earlier this year by two journalists; Jon Rettinger and Brandon Miniman. While, BuffaloNet allows users to talk, make friends, groups, and send messages within the tech space.

A full library of training videos is avalaible that teach how to effectively run a tech blog. It makes you easy to find items to review, how to act confident in front of a camera, and more. For the nice video, TechnoBuffalo will feature the content on the home page.
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