In 2007, NBC launched Hulu to drive traffic to their content instead of it being distributed on YouTube. Last year Hulu rose to the third most popular video website just behind YouTube and Fox. If you haven’t been to Hulu you are missing the best in online content! Hulu is a free video on demand service that offers HD, trailers, full TV episodes, TV clips and full length movies.
The other day I was pleasantly surprised by the barrage of electronic greeting cards. I went to send a card back to the senders, but I wanted to send something different. I was surprised to find that there were only a few companies doing it anymore. Below is a list of electronic greeting card companies I found.
Electronic Greeting Cards:
http://www.123greetings.com/
http://www.americangreetings.com/ecards
http://www.bluemountain.com/
http://ecards.plaxo.com
http://goofyfun.com/
http://www.hallmark.com/
Do you have any electronic greeting card sites to add?
Are you ready for the new energy source to rock the world? Featured on 60 minutes and just launching their website today, Bloom Energy Server is here. Ebay uses it to supply 30% of their headquarters energy and Google has been using it to completely power a computer center for over 18 months. Why is this energy source so revolutionary?
Bloom’s Energy Server is, “a new class of distributed power generator, producing clean, reliable, affordable electricity.” The cells use low cost materials, have high electrical efficiency, can use renewable or fossil fuels and can store or generate power. The website says, “Each Bloom Energy Server provides 100kW of power, enough to meet the baseload needs of 100 average homes or a small office building.” The possibilities of this new energy fuel cell are endless and will change the world as we know it.
Thanks to Mike Kimmel for the find/
Looking for a way to catch-up on what you missed last night? Try Top TV Bytes, a website that takes the best clips from the night before a delivers them to your PC. Whether you wanted to see what happened on 24, Lost, Letterman or any of the other top shows, look no further. I equate this website to Cliff’s Notes for TV.
How far can social networking go, how about into your wallet? Blippy makes credit card transactions social. I was reading a recent article about Blippy and I was floored by this next level of social networking.
The website asks, “What are your friends buying?” Register for an account, enter your credit card info (which is not kept on record) and share with the world what you are buying. Your Blippy account is updated with what you just bought. Other Blippy users can comment on your purchase. You can tell Blippy what types of transactions you don’t want to go public. It also has a connection with Facebook and Twitter.
As a by-stander, I think this website is cool. Now I can see what other people are buying and if I see something nice, I might buy the same thing. All I can say is that a recent poll stated 70% of lawyers are using social networking in case proceedings. Use this service at your own risk.
Do you think Blippy is too much information?
http://www.blippy.com
Over a week ago Google launched Buzz, their answer to Twitter. Buzz is fully integrated into Gmail. Google says, “it allows you to share updates, photos, videos and start conversations about the things you find interesting. You’re already following the people you email and chat with the most in Gmail. Follow your friends and get recommended buzz from others. Comments appear right in your inbox so it’s easy to keep the conversation going.” It’s another channel in your inbox in which conversations occur.
I immediately enjoyed the service and started chatting with my friends. However I didn’t realize all my conversations were going to be public. I also didn’t realize that all my contacts would be accessible by contacts of contacts. Since then Google has put into place a way to turn off your Buzz account and limit who can see your contracts. I still have turned the service off until further notice.
My first question on Buzz was, “Is Google spreading themselves thin with Buzz? or is this the evolution of Search? I think its the next stage.” Dan Runion said, “When you have more money than God you can’t be spread thin. Besides, it seems to be a simple extention/leveraging of Gmail. No brainer for them IMO.” Michael Kimmel said, “I kind of agree Marc. How many things can they possibly concentrate on at once. I thought they were pushing Wave, but the buzz around that (pun intended) has really died down.” The common thread seemed to exclaim that Google Wave had immediate excitement and then died down, now Buzz is generating the same excitement.
Will Buzz just be another flash in the pan like Wave or will it be a true competitor to Twitter?
http://www.google.com/buzz
Parents are you thinking of buying an iPhone for your child? or does your kid already have one? Regardless of your situation, here’s some quick iPhone parental guidance from Leading Hands.
Every iPhone requires an email address as the primary account, so make your email address the primary account on your child’s phone. Every time a new app is downloaded, a confirmation email (receipt) is sent to the primary email address. Now as parents you can see what applications you kids are downloading and easily keep track of them. Use the emails to strike up a conversation and if you deem the apps inappropriate, take action.
Do you have any other iPhone parental tips to share? Here’s a good list of iPhone apps for parents.
Opera, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari are popular browsers available for you to surf the web from your personal computer, but did you know there are browsers just for mobile? Recently the Mercury browser has been released just for the iPhone to compete with Safari. The Mercury browser enables the user to have multiple tabs open unlike Safari. Discover more features about this mobile browser below.
http://alternativeto.net/mobile/mercury-browser-m-browser/about
The other day as I stood in line at the local taco stand, I realized everyone in line was looking down at their mobile phones. Either they were texting, playing a game, checking their email, surfing the web or just checking the time. The fact is that mobile phones and smart phones now consume not only our attention but bandwidth. In the past you had to be in front of your desk to surf the web, but now you explore the net from anywhere which in turn is adding stress to the networks due to sheer volume.
Have you noticed the web slowing down recently?
If you didn’t notice, Facebook once again mixed up their interface. Basically the top and left menu bars were simplified and condensed which may cause you strife to find everything right away.
Do you like this new layout or are you wishing you had a choice of the old one?
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