Photo Credit – niallkennedy So what will the new year bring for Twitter? There has been plenty of speculation around the blogs and on FriendFeed as to the future of Twitter so I thought I would give a brief wrap-up of some of the speculation with a few of my own predictions thrown into the [...]
Archives: December 2008
What Startups will be big in 2009?
So the wrap-ups of the best apps of 2008 are nearly over and its now time to look to the future for whats going to rule the intertubes in 2009. Mobile 2008 was a huge year for mobile applications and startups and 09 is only going to be bigger. Expect every popular web app you [...]
Asking Questions of Mahalo Answers
Jason Calacanis recently revealed his “Project A” which turned out to be Mahalo Answers – a service very similar to Yahoo Answers. The only only major difference between the two being the ability to “tip” someone for providing a good answer on Mahalo. Effectively you are paying for an answer. So I decided to give [...]
The Apps That Died in 2008
With everyone (including myself) talking about the top apps of 2008, I thought I would instead focus on the apps and the startups that have died, lost ground, or simply drifted off into the darkness of the intertubes. Second Life is virtually dead in all dimensions (pun intended). Sure its still running, but once they [...]
Give the Gift of Animoto
Animoto is one of 2008′s hot startups. Using Animoto you can turn regular photos into a funky music video, complete with Movie-like text and awesome effects that are timed to the music. The service is free to use but you can only make videos upto 30seconds. However the All access pass will allow you to [...]
Damn You Kevin….Lets Save the Internet
Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, seems to have spent a bit to much time in China and has taken a fancy to their censorship policies. You see, Mr Rudd who once promised to deliver faster broadband is now going to slow it down by 87% – according to their own studies. His goverments proposed [...]
4 Reasons Why Online Shopping DOESNT Suck
Steven Hodson wrote an article on The Inquisitr outlining 4 reasons why he belives online shopping sucks. His post was so very very wrong and something that an 80 year old tech hater would write. Well im here to stand up for online shopping, aka Mr E. Commerce and give you 4 reasons why online [...]
