Archive for December, 2006

PhotoAlbums and more with Doug Rowan and Scott Beale

Friday, December 29th, 2006

Doug Rowan, former CEO of Corbis (Bill Gates’ photo/image company) and founder of ZoomAlbum, met up with Scott Beale, founder of Laughing Squid (and an excellent photographer) to talk about photography and to show off his latest product: ZoomAlbums, which are little photobooks that you can make with your own photos.

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Blog advertising from the company with a funny name

Friday, December 29th, 2006

You’ve heard of PayPerPost, which is a company that pays you to write posts on your blog. Here we hear from Agloco, which takes that idea a little further. If you’re interested in taking advertising on your blogs, this is a good conversation to listen in on.

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Protect your kids from IM predators with IMSafer

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

IMSafer helps protect children from online predators through a unique community-based system. It doesn’t play “Net Nanny” but rather warns you when your kids are doing something that could play into a predator’s hands. Hear about this unique system from Tommy and Brandon Watson, IMSafer’s CEO.

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Get a quick look at new browser: Maxthon

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Maxthon takes browsing to new levels. Here, Maxthon founding partner and senior vice president Netanel Jacobsson gives a demo of what makes Maxthon a browser you should consider using.

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Browser War Part 237: Maxthon founding partner gives a look behind Chris Pirillo’s favorite browser

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

If you read Lockergnome, Chris Pirillo’s excellent set of newsletters for computer enthusiasts, you know that his favorite browser is Maxthon. Here we meet Maxthon founding partner and senior vice president Netanel Jacobsson, and we find out more about the company and philosophy behind Maxthon.

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Three Girl Geeks at the Online Information Conference

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

The Online Information conference is more than 30 years old. It is one of the top Library Science conferences in the world and we caught up with three speakers who are some serious Computer Science geeks. Dr. Hazel Hall, senior lecturer at Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland, talks with Maryam, along with Marydee Ojala, editor of Online Magazine, and Karen Blakeman, an independent consultant.

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Getting businesses into Web and phone advertising

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

AdBasix is a new company that helps companies — especially small ones that aren’t very Web-savvy — learn how to use Web advertising. Here, two founders of AdBasix show off how their service will let businesses track their advertising using unique phone numbers.

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Walking around Wales with funny blogger

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Have you subscribed to A Welsh View? We have, and Robert Gale, who writes that blog, finds the weirdest and funniest stuff. Recently I had a chance to walk around his hometown of Newport, Wales with him and I think you’ll enjoy it.

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Talking about Seagate’s Brand

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

Another in a series of interviews with Seagate’s executives as it prepares for the big CES show in Las Vegas, January 8-10. Here you meet James Druckrey, senior vice president and general manager of Seagate’s branded solutions. Here he hints at the new products and brands they are going to announce at CES.

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Demo of Tablane’s TClipper, Web Research Tool

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Here we get a demo of Tablane’s TClipper, a Windows application, that lets you keep track of Web sites and manage them.

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