Recent Blog Posts
Blogs » News & Trends
Industry news for web professionals
: News & Trends BlogMoney of the Crowds: Crowdsourced Funding
The wisdom of the crowds has been put to use to do some awesome things already, such as create a huge encyclopedia (Wikipedia), and manage a mutual fund (Marketocracy). But what about the money of the crowd? It’s being put to use as well.
eBay Is Slowly Losing Its Soul
eBay has long had a reputation of being a place you could find anything under the sun. But as the site transitions to a fixed price focus and slowly kills off the auction format that made it a huge web success, the variety that made eBay famous may also go by the wayside.
Report: News More Likely to Go Viral than Humor
A new report indicates that news is more likely to go viral than humorous content because prolific media sharers prefer to share news content. But we think that the conclusion by the report’s author may be a little off: the mainstream still likes funny stuff.
No Twitter SMS? Now You Can Pay For It
Last week, citing ballooning costs, Twitter turned off outgoing SMS updates to a number of countries outside of Canada, India, or the US. A couple of third party sites are now letting users in those countries pay for their own SMS updates via Twitter.
20 Sites to Get You in Shape
Watching the Olympics may have inspired you to try getting into better shape — but where to start? Here’s a list of twenty Web 2.0 sites that will help you exercise better, eat better, and lose weight.
Simplicity vs. Features: A False Dichotomy?
There’s a movement in web application design that says that simplicity leads to elegant, easier to use software design that will be more useful for consumers. But Don Norman, a former VP at Apple, disagrees. It’s not about features vs. simplicity, he says, it’s about good design.
Yahoo! Buzz Probably Won’t Send You Loads of Traffic
Social news site Yahoo! Buzz is now open to all publishers. With a reputation of being able to send server crashing traffic, a lot of people are likely really excited. But with the influx of new publishers to the site, the competition for that traffic just got much more fierce.
The Future of News Filtering: By Credibility?
Most social media sites rate stories based solely on popularity — the more people who decide they like it, for whatever reason, the higher the story is rated. But NewsTrust and NewsCred are different, asking users to rate news on how credible they think it is.
Information Silos are Bad for the Web
Last week we argued that closed development platforms are bad for the web. The same theory can be applied to web sites that broker in information as well: information silos are bad for the web and web sites should link to each other as much as possible.
TV Slowly Learning to Play Nice with the Web
Even though NBC is streaming 2,200 hours of video on the Internet in the US part of their Olympic Games coverage, they’re still keeping coverage of the most popular events off the web. But streaming online actually helps TV viewership, and broadcasters are finally starting to learn.
Sponsored Links
Logo Design, Web page Design and more!
- Custom logo designs created ‘just for you’.
- Pick the design you like best.
- Only pay if you’re satisfied with the result.
Download sample chapters of any of our popular books.
