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I stumbled onto a great new site called 9reasons. Here’s the list that jumped out at me.
Source: 9Reasons
Originally posted on December 6, 2006 @ 2:57 pm
One of the things I dont like about living in the United States is our closed tv networks. I want global perspectives. Luckily the rising new media wave around the globe is giving me some cool alternatives. Including WorldLinkTV
Link TV broadcasts programs that engage, educate and activate viewers to become involved in the world. These programs provide a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the U.S. media. We connect American viewers with people at the heart of breaking events, organizations in the forefront of social change and the cultures of an increasingly global community.
Originally posted on December 2, 2006 @ 10:11 am
Eric Case works on Developer Relations at Google, he has also worked on the Blogger team for several years as well. We majorly love Blogger-it’s super customizable, videobloggable and FREE! We have been touting Blogger since day one on Freevlog.org, because it’s easy for beginners to just pick up and go. We all know that in the last two years WordPress and Six Apart have grown a bunch while Blogger seemingly remained stagnant. Finally Blogger fans can rejoice as Blogger gets a supreme overhaul with the inclusion of labels (catagories), the template editor of our dreams, instant publishing (no more spinny thing) and a streamlined dashboard. Many of us die hard users have been skeptical of Blogger Beta (when I switch over will my blog get messed up?!) and nervous because of the many many outages and errors that have been happening recently. This is why we were so excited to have the chance to sit down with Eric and get the details on what is going down at Blogger Beta. Enjoy!
I started out using Blogger a lot so this should be an exciting thing to watch as they finally make major upgrades.
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Source: Ryan is Hungry
Originally posted on December 6, 2006 @ 4:34 pm
It’s now affordable enough that every company should have a blog, and also a video tour their product. Now that web startup TurnHere is offering dirt cheap high quality video documentary services and marketing. You would be stupid not to enter the ever growing space of video.
Everyone’s got a story. Now, for $300, you can turn it into a video ad for the Web.
Hoping to capitalize on the booming popularity of Internet video and online advertising, TurnHere, an Emeryville, Calif.-based start-up, has come up with a formula for producing professional video ads to slot into Web sites.
The company will film, edit and package a minidocumentary 45 seconds to 2-plus minutes in length. The minimum price is $300. The company will also then place the ad on search engines and other Web properties for an additional $50 a month.
Source: CNET
Originally posted on December 7, 2006 @ 7:52 am
Singapore continues to be closing the gap between new media and old media. As more and more Singapore net users find blogs as a trustworthy news source.
Half of Internet users in Singapore rate blogs to be as trustworthy as traditional media such as print, radio and television, according to a survey. Microsoft Asia-Pacific reported Tuesday that Internet users in several Asian countries found blogs to be a “relatively trusted source of information”.
The caveat – it was an online survey, among Internet users about blogs.
But the trust level in more established blogospheres such as Singapore and Korea is slightly higher.
Source: Channel News Asia
Originally posted on December 1, 2006 @ 7:38 pm