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Entries from October 2007

The $160 billion typo

October 29th, 2007 ·

Stanford student Sean Anderson was the guy who gave Larry Page the name of his search engine and company:
Sean and Larry were in their office, trying to think up a good name — something that related to the indexing of an immense amount of data. Sean verbally suggested the word “googolplex,” and [...]

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EasySponsorship: DIY Fundraising

October 29th, 2007 ·

EasySponsorship is a free online application that allows users to create their own online sponsorship/fundraising pages to collect donations from anyone from anywhere in the world for anything.Each user is given a unique web address that they can send to friends and associates as part of their fundraising efforts. Supported currencies are Pounds Sterling, US [...]

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Hulu Launches Private Beta, Makes Very Good First Impressions

October 29th, 2007 ·

Last March NBC Universal and News Corporation announced a joint venture that we initially thought would result in a direct competitor to YouTube. As details emerged, it became clear that the two media conglomerates were not planning a video sharing website for user generated content but rather an online distribution channel for premium video content, [...]

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Facebook employees know what profiles you look at

October 28th, 2007 ·

“My friend got a call from her friend at Facebook, asking why she kept looking at his profile,” says a privacy-conscious source at a major tech company. Turns out Facebook employees can (and do) check out anyone’s profile. Not only that, but they also see which profiles a user has viewed — a major privacy [...]

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Hack Attack : Install Leopard on your PC in 3 easy steps!

October 28th, 2007 ·

Well its been only a day since the Mac OSX Leopard was released officially by Apple and the hackers have managed to create a patched DVD that everyone like you and me can use to install Leopard on PC’s without having to buy a Mac. Please note the tutorial that I am going to post [...]

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Going.com Uses Naughty Gifts to Promote Parties on Facebook

October 27th, 2007 ·

Going.com, the local event website, has seen some success with its Facebook app called Naughty Gifts. This app has gained abou 4 million users, marking it as one of the fastest growing applications. Naughty Gifts needs no explanation. It lets you send very bad things to people you love. ‘Nuf said. I
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Apple Looks to YouTube for Commercial Content

October 27th, 2007 ·

Apple’s begun tapping into the YouTube crowd for commercial content. A clip created by 18 year-old English Student named Nick Haley will soon be the inspiration for a new television commercial that Apple will be using to promote its new iPod Touch.
Haley, who’s from Warwick, England, made the clip because of his love of Apple [...]

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The Real Value of Web 2.0 (Hint: It’s not Facebook)

October 26th, 2007 ·

There has been a lot of talk from folks on the usefulness of Twitter, at least during the days preceding the announcement of Facebook and Microsoft’s wedding. As I mentioned before, I was a little late to the game on Twitter, but it’s quickly becoming my favorite social network, and represents the best of what [...]

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AdNav to Launch Ad-Supported GPS Device

October 26th, 2007 ·

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Brooklyn based GPS marketing solutions company AdNav is preparing a navigation handset with hopes of eventually providing a free devices. The company’s initial proposed model charges travelers a small fee for a device when renting a car or registering for a hotel. Through the functionality of AdNav’s sleek handset, participating tourists are enabled to [...]

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YourSports Joins Crowded Athletic Social Network Landscape

October 25th, 2007 ·

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