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Buzz up!

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:50:00 UT

Yahoo just made Yahoo Buzz open to all publishers and if you run a blog or publish content online, you might want to consider adding Yahoo Buzz to your website.

Site review: Like.com

Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:28:00 UT

Like.com launched back in November 2006, with a shopping comparison site that enabled users to search for clothing and other fashion items by using both text and images as queries.

Since then, it has been redesigned completely, so we've taken�a�look to�see how it has developed...�

Delicious launches revamped website

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:14:00 UT

Online bookmarking service Delicious has relaunched with an improved version of its site, with improvements including an enhanced search facility.

Q&A: Thomas Busch of Careerjet

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:30:00 UT

Careerjet is a job search engine�that�began as a bet by its�founders, Thomas Busch�and�Jean-Benoit Andrieu.

It appears they�have won -�it now�aggregates content from over 59,000 sites daily, and currently displays upwards of 21m vacancies.

We�talked to�Busch about the site's development�and the semantic technology behind its search functions.

The AP tussles with the blogosphere

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:45:00 UT

Where does copyright end and fair use begin? In the age of the blogosphere, this question is proving to be a difficult and painful one for copyright holders and bloggers to come to an agreement on.

Site review: The Filter

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:45:00 UT

The Filter, Peter Gabriel's�new�online�music, movies and video recommendation service launched this week.

As with Last.fm, it aims to provide users with recommendations based on their preferences and listening habits, but is it as good?

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Site review: BookRabbit - Last.fm for readers?

Tue, 20 May 2008 15:46:00 UT

BookRabbit, launched last week, is a new website which aims to do for books what Last.fm has done for music on the web.

Data portability - a red herring?

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:30:00 UT

If you are to believe data portability proponents, one of the biggest challenges facing the internet today is the difficulty users have in sharing their data across multiple services.

Q&A: Bill Flitter of Pheedo on RSS advertising

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:06:00 UT

Pheedo is a US-based�RSS ad network that serves ads through feeds, among other things.

We caught up with CEO and co-founder Bill Flitter to find out more about RSS� advertising and how it might finally put the debate over partial versus full feeds to bed.

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:31:00 UT

The week got off to an interesting start with the US Federal Reserve's questionable bailout of ailing investment bank Bear Stearns.

Not surprisingly, most of the technology news that caught my attention in the days following was related to the ongoing economic downturn.

Reevoo receives funding from French VC firm

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:57:00 UT

Online consumer reviews aggregator Reevoo has announced a second round of funding led by French VC firm Banexi, as well as launching its service across the Channel.

We talked to CEO Richard Anson about the deal:

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UGC may be hard work, but it's worth it

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:00:00 UT

A recent study�has shown�that a lot of traditional publishing companies have struggled to implement�and make the most of user-generated content (UGC), with costs and efficiency listed as the main reasons.

But those�that worry that enough people aren't submitting UGC may be missing out on the much larger numbers who interact with it.

Ten digital trends to watch out for in 2008

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:01:00 UT

A new year wouldn�t be a new year without a vast number of websites making predictions about the future of the web, and 2008 proves to be no different. From a number of different sources, we have rounded up 10 key trends that�we think are the ones to�watch out for in 2008.�

Technorati relaunches website (again)

Wed, 5 Dec 2007 15:37:00 UT

Serial relauncher Technorati has revamped its website yet again, adding a blog/news aggregator to the homepage.

Q&A: TIOTI founder Paul Cleghorn

Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:30:00 UT

Online video start-up Tape it off the internet (TIOTI) came out of beta recently and announced that it had bagged some funding from Pond Venture Partners.

Calling itself a social media aggregator for internet TV, TIOTI doesn�t host content but provides links to where it can be found, including the likes of YouTube, Veoh and Joost.�

We spoke to UK-based founding partner and creator Paul Cleghorn to find out a bit more, as well as to get his thoughts on online video business models, copyright issues and IPTV.

Is Zillow.com the new Boo.com?

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:46:00 UT

Disruptive US-based real estate aggregator Zillow continues to confound and amaze with the news that it has raised another $30m, taking its total fundraising to a staggering $87m.

Yep, $87m. I normally turn instantly prickly when I hear the phrase �Bubble 2.0�, but I may have to revise my view slightly. I'd hate for Zillow to be burning cash at a rate not seen since the heady days of Boo.com.

Yet in this day and age $87m�is a fortune. Internet businesses just don�t need that kind of money to put themselves on the map. Or do they?

Digg adds social network features

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:02:00 UT

Digg has introduced a range of new features to�its social news site, allowing users to flesh out their profiles and connect to friends on the site, a la Facebook or MySpace.

As on Facebook, Digg users can now add information about themselves to their profile pages, as well as uploading photos. Users can share profiles with friends or others, depending on privacy settings.

AOL relaunches social news site

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:04:00 UT

AOL has launched 'Propeller',�a new�social news site,�only a few days after�moving Digg-rival Netscape to a more traditional model.

The murky cloud of IPTV

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:59:00 UT

I spent an interesting evening last night at the Chinwag Web TV Takeover event listening to an excellent panel discuss the future of IPTV.

The problem this morning�is I'm still no clearer on what it means or when it's going to matter.

Indeed launches job search engine in UK

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:58:00 UT

Indeed�has launched�the UK version of its job search engine today, aiming to deliver more comprehensive results for job seekers by aggregating job listings from a wide range of sites.