In order to extend its reach to mobile and wireless devices, Skype has released a beta version of Skype application for Java based mobile phones. The application works with 50 Java-enabled mobile phones from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. The application is available worldwide, however, the facility to make Skype-to-Skype and SkypeOut calls from [...]
WOT, Web of Trust, is using the power of crowds to build a reputation system for websites to warns the user about risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver malware, or indulge in spamming activities. WOT provides a browser plugin for both FireFox and Internet Explorer using which the WOT community members provide ratings [...]
Google has announced the launch of image ads for mobile web pages. The new service is available in Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, the UK, and the US. It means that the ads will only appear on pages accessed by the users on mobile devices from the above mentioned [...]
I came across this adventure game which is a mashup of Google Street View and Google Maps. It is built using an image picked up from the Google Street View which shows a man breaking into a house. The game begins with giving you options to go towards South or West and then throws various [...]
IBM is up for taking the web to the common mobile users and has announced various applications and services related to communication, mobile-commerce, mobile social network and healthcare. On the 10th anniversary of the IBM India Research Lab, IBM has announced its Mobile Web initiative which will be led by India Research Lab and the [...]
Facebook has published helpful information on making your Facebook presence viral in an ebook named “Insider’s Guide To Viral Marketing.” The link to ebook was sent to the fans of the FacebookPages and basically talks about the differences in Facebook Profiles and Pages as well as how to effectively use Facebook Pages to spread your [...]
iGoogle, the Start Page service from Google, is slowly turning into a platform for building social and commercial applications. In March, Airtel had partnered with Google to launch Airtel Live, built on top of iGoogle. Further, Google added the facility to share and collaborate on Google Gadgets through iGoogle start page. Today, Google has announced [...]
Twitter visualization is common but TwittEarth, a new service which shows Twitter public timeline on a 3D Earth, adds a new dimension to it with cool avatars plotted on the globe according to the location of the users along with their message. TwittEarth is using Papervision 3D engine for the 3D Earth model and Yahoo [...]
MySpace has announced the launch of the Community Builder advertising platform which will allow the advertisers to build and customize brand profiles on the social networking website. The Community Builder is currently in private beta and is being tested by Deep Focus, an online marketing company. The Community Builder platform will be available in both [...]
Askimet, the blog spam prevention tool from Automattic, will soon find strong competition from a Belgium based company named Mollom, reports TechCrunch. The service currently does not support WordPress but is planning to provide it soon. Mollom fights spam coming from comments form, contact form and fake user accounts using CAPTCHA and content analysis. First [...]
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