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SwingVine Adds Real-Time Functionality To Trend Discovery Platform Leena Rao Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:40:23 -0000
SwingVine, a site that lets you see what content is trending on the web, is adding real-time functionality. SwingVine aggregates data and news from across the web, analyzes the volume of online buzz and the reputation of various sources, evaluates user interactions on the site itself, and other information to surface the the most popular and noteworthy content on the web. It’s a hybrid of an aggregator of information on pop culture and news and an analytics site that actually measures what people are looking for on the web.
Adding the ability to see trends and buzz on the web in real-time makes complete sense for SwingVine. The startup determines trends based on factors such as volume, recency, and growth rate of web news, sales data, critic reviews, onsite pageviews, clicks, and other data points around topics. Swingvine is also launching a Facebook app to mine and aggregate trends from your existing Facebook friends, incorporating social results into your trends. You can connect SwngVine with Facebook via Facebook Connect.
MySpace Says Zero Tolerance For App Scams, Changes Terms Of Use Michael Arrington Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:04:31 -0000 The industry is definitely making big changes to self regulate around social gaming offer scams (complete background here, with updates). Zynga, the largest social gaming company and the worst offender when it comes to scams, said yesterday that they will take steps to remove scams from games. They were quickly followed by RockYou.
Today MySpace is making a big move itself. They are instituting a "zero tolerance for app scams" policy, says CEO Owen Van Natta, and are amending their apps developer terms of use to further restrict the types of offers than can be presented to users.
The existing terms of use already prohibit many types of scams and require clear and accurate descriptions of offers. But as we've shown in previous posts, sometimes a clear and accurate description hidden at the bottom of a page in 8 point type isn't all that useful.
Nebul.us: A New Way To Visualize And Share How You’re Spending Your Time Online Jason Kincaid Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:58:28 -0000 Many of us spend hours a day on our browsers surfing the web both at home and from the office, but we don't really do much with our web history, which could really serve as a goldmine of information. Nebul.us, a startup launching today in private beta, is looking to tap into this data, leveraging it to offer a cloud-based web history, a productivity tool for monitoring how you're spending your time online, and a social link sharing service. The site is now in private beta, and 500 TechCrunch readers will be able to gain access by using the invite code 'techcrunch'.
Here's how it works: after installing a browser plugin (the service currently has support for Firefox with IE, Chrome, and Safari on the way), your browser will start monitoring your browsing history and uploading it to the service. Everything is intitally locked down in a private mode — meaning nobody else can see it — unless you visit the site and explicitly decide to share it with your friends.
AT&T Tethering Now Unofficially Works Again On iPhone 3G and 3GS – Here’s How To Do It Greg Kumparak Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:11:55 -0000
When the iPhone OS 3.1 update rolled through town, it brought with it a handful of new features - but it also killed off one, not-so-official feature: unauthorized data tethering on AT&T.
Early this morning, the endlessly ingenious iPhone hacking community released Blacksn0w, a carrier unlock for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Even if you have no need to plug in a different SIM card than what was originally intended, however, Blacksn0w still has its perks. Namely, it brings the aforementioned unauthorized data tethering right on back.
We've just walked through the process, and it went off without a hitch. If you're interested in doing the same but don't want to do it alone, we've thrown together a handy step-by-step guide, just for you.
Twitter Now Officially En Español MG Siegler Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:36:54 -0000 Last month, Twitter noted that it was seeking volunteers to help translate its service into other languages. Today, the first of those is ready to go, as Twitter has formally unveiled support for the Spanish language.
The Twitter Blog has a post about it right now, but co-founder Biz Stone has cheekily written it entirely in Spanish. We'll go ahead and translate it for you:
OneRiot Confirms They’re Building Yahoo’s Real Time Search Engine Michael Arrington Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:05:32 -0000 An update to our post in late October about OneRiot and Yahoo partnering to build real time search results into Yahoo: OneRiot CEO Kimbal Musk now confirms the relationship. The new search engine will go live tomorrow.
In the email, Musk says that OneRiot results will appear in the main Yahoo search results page for certain queries:
Today, we are pleased to confirm that OneRiot is working with Yahoo to deliver realtime search results to Yahoo users. We have been working with Yahoo for 18 months, initially as the launch partner for the Y!BOSS platform and now as the provider of realtime search results. Yahoo joins a list of 70+ partners who utilize the OneRiot realtime search API (others include Microsoft and Reed Elsevier). During an initial test phase, OneRiot results will appear on the main Yahoo Search Results Pages (SRPs) for certain queries, complementing Yahoo’s usual results. OneRiot has a robust realtime index of the web and orders search results via PulseRank, the company’s proprietary ranking algorithm which reflects the current social buzz around any piece of web content.
test Robert Truog Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:45:00 -0000 test Steps you can take to improve your website Robert Truog Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:16:00 -0000 Google states clearly how to create a good website.
Create a useful, information-rich site.....Another useful test is
to ask (about strategy for your site), "Does this help my users?
Writing
The content should be unique, not articles taken from sites that
offer free content...to everyone else. Also, it should be written
with the user in mind, as if search engines did not exist.
Links
The How to start blogging Robert Truog Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:43:00 -0000 Bob
Is there a simple tutorial or method you could point me at that would allow me to learn the process and get one up for Natural Scratch rather quickly? I could begin working on it later today.
Certainly I have plenty to write about so that's not a problem.
Thanks,
Ted
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Blogging : The Tutorial! Seven steps....
1) Go to:
http://www.naturalscratch.com/blog.html
2) Click on Sign In
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