Media

Explain This Image

by Austin Keenan

Ever since internet connectivity became a staple in every American household, one of the most cherished past times of surfers everwhere has been to find the wierdest and most bizarre images out there, and show them to friends and family. There's a myriad of sites out there that can bring you strange content, but much of them have become riddled with ads, useless toolbars, and spyware. ExplainThisImage is such a site that builds upon the tried-and-true practice of looking at bizarre photos from the web, while not overloading you with advertising.

TwitterFall: Keep Tabs on Hot Twitter Subjects

by Austin Keenan

Finding new people and keeping up with hot topics on Twitter can be a real pain if you don't feel like "following" every person you come in contact with. If you use Twitter to gather information on what's the day's buzz, then TwitterFall might be for you.

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Zoho: The All-in-One Office Everything You Need Software Website

by Austin Keenan

Zoho is a complete office suite that gives you just about everything you could want in terms of office software, all available online through their website. The service is comprehensive and reliable, and surprisingly inviting upon first look. If you think it's going to be a simple word processor online, think again. Word processing is just the beginning of what you can do with Zoho.

As Tibet Anniversary Nears Youtube is Blocked in China

by Rick Martin

As I wrote 2 weeks ago, March 10th will mark the 50th anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising in China, and the 1 year anniversary of last years riots. Well, reports are now coming in via Twitter, Fanfou, and the web that Youtube is now blocked for some users in China, just as it was blocked in the wake of the Tibet riots 1 year ago.

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Forget YouTube! Fliggo Helps You Make Your Own Video Site

by Austin Keenan

Maybe you're a casual video watcher, or maybe you spend your days vlogging, or maybe even you and your friends all make your own videos. Whatever the case, you'll definitely be interested in a new site that lets you build your very own social media web site. Fliggo makes creating your own video site a snap.

SoundZit: Get Music Player for Music Found on YouTube

by Austin Keenan

SoundZit lets you search through YouTube for whatever music you're looking for, and boasts "300,000,000 songs" available, but essentially you have every video on YouTube available to be converted into an audio player which you can take and embed on your web site or profile or where ever it is you like to embed your goodies.

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Make Embeddable Custom Video Playlists with Embedr

by Austin Keenan

Individual embed codes can take up a lot of space in your layout, and there's no guarantee that users will watch every video. Embedr attempts to solve these problems by making you a customized embeddable video playlist that you can add to any site that supports embedded objects.

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Share Mobile Friendly Pages with Delivr

by Austin Keenan

Sharing web pages with your buddies over the phone can get tricky, especially when a web site has a format that isn't very friendly to mobile browsers, which can only display so much graphical content. Delivr looks to bridge the gap between desktop and mobile browsers by creating mobile-friendly content out of any page.

MinMu Squishes Several Links Into One

by Austin Keenan

MinMu is about as simple of a service as it gets, and not altogether not unlike TinyURL. You take your links, input them into the generator, and out comes your abbreviated link. But MinMu does have some features that give it a bit of an advantage over TinyURL

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Japanese Animated Short Film Wins Oscar

by Steve Levenstein

"Tsumiki no Ie" (House of Blocks) was a surprise Oscar winner in the Short Animated Film category at this year's Academy Awards. The entrancing film, directed by Kunio Kato, breaks free from the stereotypes many people have of Japanese animation.

CastTV Gets You Whatever Videos You Want

by Austin Keenan

Online video has enjoyed a healthy boom over the past few years, and many new websites have been popping up all over to take advantage of the growing medium. CastTV has been designed to be a one-stop search for whatever videos you're looking for, and it seems to us like they've done the trick.

OLED Television Wallpaper Gives You a Room With a View

Toshiba Develops TV Wallpaper Using Nanotechnology

by Steve Levenstein

Future homes may not have televisions or room lighting, at least not as we know them. Research by Toshiba using OLED paper and nanotechnology may make tomorrow's wallpaper a glowing, interactive wonder.

Blog and Print Media Collide With The Printed Blog

by Beth Graddon-Hodgson

Blogs aren't just online anymore! A new business model, The Printed Blog, is launching an innovative publication which will take content that is only available online, and print the articles twice-daily in newspaper form. This Printed Blog business hopes that combining new and old media outlets will make a successful venture.

11 Ads To Disgust & Disturb You

by J. Barker

Look at that picture. Just look at it for one second. My first reaction was, "Gahhhhhh!!!!" Sometimes advertisers come up with just plain disturbing ideas. Wanna see more? Read on...

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Watch YouTube Videos On The Big Screen At Upload Cinemas

by Beth Graddon-Hodgson

YouTube is all the rage these days. Everyone and their dog (literally) posts their homemade videos on YouTube for all the world to see. It's the era of internet celebrity, and now this has been taken to the next level by Upload Cinemas which chooses the best videos from the internet and YouTube to show on their big screen movie theatre.

Nine-Year-Old Designs iPhone: How Far Has it Come?

by M Dee Dubroff

The iPhone dates back to 2007, but its application has never before expanded to the world of childhood. Ding Wen Lim of Singapore is very different from other nine year olds. This brilliant child who is in the fourth grade has gone far beyond the typical crayon canvas of others of his age and has designed an application for an iPhone specifically for kids. Read his amazing story.

7 Ads That Vie For Your Heart This Valentine's Day

by J. Barker

With the dire state of today's economy, advertising agencies are having to pull out all the stops to raise product awareness in the consumer. The advent of Valentine's Day unleashes a storm of new advertising campaigns. Will any of these capture your heart?

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Russian Organization Offers Art, Healing And Innovation

by M Dee Dubroff

Just last summer, South Ossetia was a war zone. Today, however, it marks the spot of the Inva Studio, a special place of hope and healing that helps people with disabilities develop their art skills. Read on for more details about this most unusual art center.

Is 3D TV Ready Yet?

by Guest Blogger

Holography was invented back in the 1960’s and since then people have been excited by the idea of watching images in 3D. Years later it seems we are finally on the verge of rolling out genuine 3D images via a new range of televisions which require no special glasses.

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The 10 Best Digital Innovators Of The Year: 2009 Netexplorateur Awards

by Myra Per-Lee

This weekend in Paris, Netexplorateur announced its ten top picks for the most influential digital media programs. The winners, chosen by a global committee of pioneers in business and media, will be promoted during the next year in an effort to obtain global understanding of new ways to conduct digital activities and business.

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