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Vator.tv UK startup challenge: Vote Now!

by Josh Chandler, August 14, 2008 | Comments (0)

Time to get your Web 2.0 hat on; help us to find the next big UK Web 2.0 Company

First, a foreword from Wellington Partners' Frank Boehnke, the VC that will be judging the competition alongside a panel of people - myself, Bambi Francisco and Maria Molland (head of Corp Dev at Thomson Reuters).If you impress Frank enough, you might get some funding from the UK VC. We have nine companies involved in the competition right now. I know ...

Share your school paper; get money!

by Josh Chandler, August 11, 2008 | Comments (3)

Payperz.com is the unethical money scheme for students!

Payperz, a new Web 2.0 network for college students, enables you to start "sharing your research and earning cash." This network will allow students to upload research while maintaining full ownership of their work. The quote from the press release is worth taking note of:Until now, students wrote a paper or essay, turned it in for grading, it sat ...

Open Source Twitter rivals to be a success?

by Josh Chandler, August 11, 2008 | Comments (1)

Do identi.ca and Jisko have the open source answer to Twitter's problems?

With the constant stream of Twitter "rivals" moving into the Web 2.0 space, it seems odd that companies such as Identi.ca or Jisko.net want to rival Twitter in an "open source" fashion. I would be really interested to see just how transparent they make this system with its open source features. Of course, if Twitter had gotten its act together ...

Who should own the cloud?

by Josh Chandler, August 5, 2008 | Comments (0)

	Should one company have dominant online force? As the cloud computing effort grows in momentum, an article from Broaddev.com caught my attention, especially when the title is: Hey Cloud Computing Is Hot - Who Will Own The Cloud?. Damn it, why must you ask such a ridiculous question. No-0ne will own the cloud, Google may think they will with Google Apps and Docs but it simply won't ...
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If Google bought Digg.com?

by Josh Chandler, July 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

In hypothetical talk, what would be the benefits of Google buying social news site Digg.com!

Even though many talked up the Google and Digg.com rumour, even Rose himself on a recent TWIT wholeheartdly denied the claim. I think before I begin discussing what it would have been like for Digg.com to be purchased by Google, one thing that is important to note is that talks did become official and Google walked away from the deal ...

Can ex-AOL Jonathan Miller revive Yahoo ads?

by Josh Chandler, July 21, 2008 | Comments (0)

With Google being the hare and Yahoo the tortoise, can Miller ignite Yahoo's advertising platform?

If any search engine is to be the dominant force, like Google, it would have to really kick it up a notch in online advertising operations. Despite the fact that Google's search engine is naturally the best for searching on certain terms, it is obvious to many that Google has only been financially successful, thanks to the Google Adwords platform. ...

Why iPod must ditch all of its accessories!

by Josh Chandler, July 21, 2008 | Comments (0)

Isn't it time that Apple just moved to one universal solution for iPod accesories such as docks?

Being an iPod owner myself for about two years now I just cannot appreciate the finer tastes that Apple has bought upon the iPod/iPhone generation, the docks, headphones, stands and speakers that line all the electronic store shelves it's just ridiculous to see how extreme the docks for example can get it never seizes to amaze me how much rubbish ...

Are you using Twitter for your startup?

by Josh Chandler, July 20, 2008 | Comments (0)

Twitter.com and online startups? A winning communication tool that is hugely undervalued

In today's modern world of social media, there isn't any reason why your startup isn't making use of the phenomenon of Twitter. This indispensable communication tool is something that can provide huge benefit for those trying to update customers both present and future about their company activity. But how have you made use of this communication tool?

An EU warning about mobile ringtone providers

by Josh Chandler, July 17, 2008 | Comments (0)

It seems that teens in the EU are falling victim to the mobile ringtone market with hidden fees!

As a teen myself I am always enjoying a lot of content on my phone, not so much ringtones but lots of other forms of media such as video content and pictures. But it seems that ringtone companies ripping off users with "hidden charges" are most successful with teens in Europe, the European Commission sent out warning today for teens ...

Is the pay-per-download model dead?

by Josh Chandler, July 17, 2008 | Comments (0)

With Amazon Unbox reverting to a streaming video service, is the concept of pay-per-download dead?

Digital Digital wrote an article today discussing how Amazon Unbox is reverting a streaming video service instead of a pay-per-download method. It seems although this model hasn't worked for Amazon, it is still working for the likes of iTunes with its music, music video and game downloads. But the one thing I want to find out is whether video has ...

Tivo shouts: YouTube give us a business model

by Josh Chandler, July 17, 2008 | Comments (1)

As the DVR company lacks any conviction in the market, it results to asking YouTube for content!

So the literal words starting the title of the StartupMeMe article "Help!" summed up TIVO's plea not just to YouTube, but to the entire DVR community to give them another chance. Of course TIVO has been having no end of troubles recently. Even the CEO recently said there will be a demise in Network TV, which isn't exactly helping Tivo's ...

Has YouTube found a savior from Viacom?

by Josh Chandler, July 16, 2008 | Comments (0)

Lionsgate and YouTube in ad deal. Suitable bailout for YouTube/Viacom problems?

SFGate picked up a story about how Lionsgate is to become the third major content provider to do a rev share deal with Youtube. This deal will allow YouTube to keep Lionsgate content on the network legally while gaining new content from the company which in turn will bring in more users. This move comes as YouTube continues its battle ...

Is Nokia all that bad for Google?

by Josh Chandler, July 16, 2008 | Comments (1)

The two biggest rivals in open source mobile platforms may be teaming up?

Reports coming out from Silcon Alley Insider are saying that Nokia may be looking to partner with the Google Android platform. Alley Insider made lame assumptions on the matter saying that Android would be implemented into Symbian (Nokia's Mobile software) or vice versa which just isn't going to happening. Here are two companies both fighting to win developers to their ...

Lulu and Scribd team up

by Josh Chandler, July 16, 2008 | Comments (0)

A match made in document viewing heaven!

Reports coming out from ReadwriteWeb and also from Jason Bentley, Community Director of Scribd.com who im'ed me about the news are saying that Lulu.com and Scribd.com are to partner together to enable new oppurtunites for both companies.Who are Lulu.comLulu.com are a self publishing digital marketplace that allows content creator (musicians, authors etc) to distribute their content via Lulu's dedicated marketplace, ...

I can live without Microsoft Office

by Josh Chandler, July 15, 2008 | Comments (4)

Top 4 Reasons I can live without Microsoft Office

Infoworld today asked the question "Can you live without Microsoft Office?", of course many business execs and corporations would say no but for the smart people who know who to utilize the Web 2.0 trends with cloud computing the answer is 100% yes.My main document editing tool on my main PC is the infamous Google Documents, the great things about ...

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