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It seems the online world is the perfect place for all the madness taking place every April 1st, but I’ve noticed some of the pranks circling the Web today are really good ideas and worth discussing here on Wisdump.
Gmail Custom Time
Gmail users have long wanted a send email in future time feature to avoid unnecessary […]
They are all the rage right now. Everybody uses them. They are being blogged about every day. Hell, people feature them in their sidebar! I am of course referring to those incomprehensible “update” services. Twitter and Pownce are the major players in this market; the two real powers. One the established giant (if such a […]
I am on the verge of receiving my first Macintosh computer. It is going to be an iMac, coming in with a striking 24″ display with plenty of power underneath its slender frame. And let me tell you, I couldn’t be more excited! It is going to be my primary design machine, and from what […]
Facebook, once more. The platform built by Mark Zuckerberg and his team is about the hit the main market, the Top 10 online, and faces a huge member turn over. The original target group, students, will soon graduate and probably refocus their time occupation and at the same time many new members have joined […]
Some days ago TechCrunch acquired InviteShare, a new platform where members can share invitations to closed betas. Will the acquisition by InviteShare create a new test for those platforms?
Can TechCrunch Quick Start Platforms?
Michael Arrington and TC are a respected tandem in the tech scene, daily asked by many start-ups to feature their product. VCs read […]
Mahalo, arguably the most sexy Mediawiki design out there, is a new vertical search engine. A humanly edited search engine.
When online mediahype boy Calacanis set out to start a new search engine, this was the result of an old personal feud with SEO.
Months later Mahalo has seen the daylight and after some weeks, I must […]
So we just bought Wisdump and it’s not easy buying sites and expecting things to just stay the same. No it’s not the end of anything. It’s the beginning of something else.
Geekland was offered a new sensation yesterday: no one less than Digg rebel and star Kevin Rose, with friends, has started a new microblogging and file sharing platform. Pownce. Think a mashup of tumblr, twitter, jaiku with a dash of Box.net.
What’s Pownce?
Pownce is a great way to send stuff to people you know. Add friends, […]
I did a web video recently over on my publishing hub discussing our place in history, when I mean by our place I mean everyone. You, me, and everyone in between. This blog has passed hands and there is a little bit of stuff to be worked out still like Scrivs passing off the domain […]
In case you didn’t already know, Microsoft today announced a table top computer that interacts with whatever is touching it. Zunes, Cameras, Credit Cards, Drinks, hands, feet, whatever. The new product titled Microsoft Surface was formally announced by Microsoft at midnight, however there was news leaked of the impending release several hours earlier. […]
