“LivePlace.com has posted a video displaying a very impressive render of a 3D virtual world called City Space. At this point very little is known about LivePlace, other than that the WHOIS lists the domain’ s owner as Brad Greenspan, one of the co-founders of MySpace. Note: It appears that in the 20 minutes [...]”
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Archive for August, 2008
LivePlace To Launch Photo-Realistic Virtual World Rendered In The Cloud
Friday, August 15th, 200825+ Tools For Accounting and Budgeting
Friday, August 15th, 2008“There are a growing number of online services dedicated to helping users manage their finances. There are many benefits to using these accounting applications, they can simplify the process as well as help you find ways to save money. Here are 25+ tools for accounting and budgeting both personal and business finances. Here you’ ll find resources for keeping track of business expenses, finding out if you’ re being charged hidden fees, invoicing roommates, and more. Which services do you …”
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Against Intellectual Monopoly
Friday, August 15th, 2008“Against Intellectual Monopoly is a relentless, pounding, take no prisoner’s attack on patent and copyright law. It joins Lessig’s Free Culture and Heller’s The Gridlock Economy as an instant classic and a must-read on these issues. Many people argue that…”
via Marginal Revolution
Three indicators of cultural success
Friday, August 15th, 2008“As distinct from happiness, of course: 1. If a kid does badly in school, does the parent genuinely get mad at the kid and withhold affection? 2. Can people wait in an orderly line? 3. Can people stay in their…”
via Marginal Revolution
How To Demo Your Startup
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008“Jason Calacanis’ most recent post to his email mailing list is particularly relevant to our audience. He’ s spoken with 200 companies in ten minute increments as they give their pitch to be a part of the upcoming TechCrunch50 conference. I agree with all of his thoughts below based on my own experience getting pitched from [...]”
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21 iPhone Food Apps to Eat Your Heart Out
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008“Sure there are plenty of foodie sites online like Yelp , Zeer , Dishola and tons more. But how many have actually merged into the iPhone space, the most portable way to figure out what you want to eat? Here are 21 food-related iPhone apps, both free and paid, that will let you eat your heart out: Where (free) – A location-based app that works with Yelp as well as Starbucks. So you can find food and your coffee wherever …”
via Mashable!
8 Cool Tools for a Different Photo Viewing Experience
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008“Sometimes viewing pictures in rows and columns can be dull. Luckily, there are a number of services dedicated to making the photo search and viewing experience more interesting. Here are 8 resources that provide a new approach to searching and looking at pictures online. Which are your favorites? Let us know in the comments. PicLens PicLens is a neat Firefox addon that lets you search through thousands of images and videos on a stunning 3D wall or on full screen …”
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Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008“Call it the Facebook World Tour. Even though Facebook is now the largest social network in the world,—with 132 million unique visitors in June—it is also still the fastest growing. (At least among the major social networks). According to figures compiled by comScore, Facebook’ s visitor growth is up 153 percent on an annual basis. [...]”
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40+ Topics for Corporate Bloggers
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008“There will be times that you have to contribute a post for your company’s blog and you just don’t have one idea that inspires you to start a conversation. We’ve all been there and that’s why we’ve created this resource with more than 40 topics for corporate bloggers to help provide that much need inspiration: Press release – Read a recent press release from your company and write two paragraphs on its significance in plain English. Industry news – Share your opinion about a …”
via Mashable!
Twitter and Pownce Implement Following Limits
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008“Account limiting is apparently the new big thing to do in the world of Status Microblogging. Both Twitter and Pownce have apparently introduced limits to the number of people you can follow, and neither change seems to have come with much fan fare, by what I can tell. My first tip-off today was earlier on FriendFeed, when discussions were initiated by Robert Scoble , Louis Gray as well as a blog post by David Risley . There are a few …”
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