tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76731818465344698012024-03-13T19:34:01.685-04:00Abstract Issueswsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-87114861520272223982011-12-09T23:42:00.001-05:002011-12-10T00:08:46.890-05:00Asian cultural expanding to Asian style fashionAccording wiki, Asian population is <span class="st"><i>Population</i>, <i>3879000000.</i></span> And hey are expanding over the world constantly. that means Asian cultural stuffs and needs are expending. For example, K-pop wave is getting more popular terms now days. They are reaching Europe, North America and South America over Asia.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kpopsicle.com/">Asian style fashion</a> is noticed as a part of Asian culture. Consequently more Asian fashion companies like kpopsicle.com are reaching out western people with <a href="http://www.kpopsicle.com/">Asian style clothing</a>. With their very fast manufacturing cycle, they try to catch up fashion trends.<br />
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<br />wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-44755825636799999492008-08-05T11:05:00.002-04:002008-08-05T11:13:41.737-04:00Primetime TV Online<h3><span id="lblBlurb" class="intro_bold">TV on the Web is no cannibal.</span></h3> <span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"> <p>The total amount of TV US consumers watch keeps rising. While online TV is not cutting into total viewing hours, those who mainly watch primetime TV online may not be the biggest fans anyway.<br /> </p><p>More than 20% of US consumers ages 13 to 55 surveyed watched some primetime television programming online during spring 2008, according to <a href="http://www.immi.com/" target="blank">Integrated Media Measurement Inc.'s (IMMI's)</a> "Online Viewership Brief." <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Those who tuned in to primetime TV online were likely to watch fewer total hours of programming per month. </span></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"><h3><img src="http://www.emarketer.com/images/chart_gifs/096001-097000/096995.gif" alt="Average Total Monthly TV Viewing by US Live vs. Online Primetime Network TV Content Viewers, May 2008 (% of each group)" border="0" /> </h3></span></div><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"> <p>IMMI also found that while traditional live TV viewing remained consumers' top choice for watching primetime content, digital video recorders (DVRs) were the preferred method for 31% of respondents. <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Only 4% of viewers liked to see primetime TV on the Web first. </span></p><p>While some media executives debate whether <a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006454" target="blank">short or long</a> videos are best for the Web, the total amount of video viewed in the US continues to rise. <a href="http://www.nielsen.com/" target="blank">The Nielsen Company</a> studied individual video viewers in May 2007 and May 2008 and found that although Internet video viewing time had increased, so had TV viewing time. </p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"><h3><img src="http://www.emarketer.com/images/chart_gifs/096001-097000/096407.gif" alt="Average Monthly Time Spent by US Unique Users of TV, Internet and Mobile Video, May 2007 & May 2008 (hrs:mins)" border="0" /></h3><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.hothardware.com/News/Online_Videos_for_May_Over_12_Billion_Served/"><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2">Online Videos for May: Over 12 Billion Served</span></a></li></ul><br /><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"></span></div><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"><br /></span></div>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-9252524623188898782008-07-31T10:13:00.003-04:002008-07-31T10:21:38.396-04:00Are Short Videos Best for the Web?<h3><span id="lblBlurb" class="intro_bold">Online viewers want longer content</span></h3> <span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"> <p>Good news for video publishers: Online video viewers are, for the most part, still watching as much TV and seeing as many movies on DVD and in theaters as ever. </p><p style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Only 11% of online video viewers ages 12 to 64 surveyed in March and April by <a href="http://www.magid.com/" target="blank">Frank N. Magid Associates</a> said they had cut back on their TV time as a result of their Internet watching. One in 10 respondents said they went to movie theaters less as a result of online video, and only 7% said their DVD viewing had declined. </p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"><h3><img src="http://www.emarketer.com/images/chart_gifs/096001-097000/096920.gif" alt="Change in Video Viewing Habits among US Online Video Viewers, March-April 2008 (% of respondents)" border="0" /> </h3></span></div><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"> <p>That may have something to do with the availability of full-length TV programs and movies online. </p><p>"The bulk of video consumed online today is typically short-form entertainment, rather than full TV episodes or full-length movies," said David Hallerman, senior analyst at eMarketer. </p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Last year, about one-half or more of US online video viewers surveyed regularly watched short news pieces, humor clips, movie trailers and music videos. Only about one in four viewers watched full-length TV shows, and only 14% viewed full-length movies. </span><br /> </p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">But full-length TV shows were ranked as the most highly desired type of TV content</span> by US and Western European adult Internet users surveyed in Q1 2008 by <a href="http://www.opinionresearch.com/" target="blank">Opinion Research Corporation</a> for <a href="http://www.accenture.com/" target="blank">Accenture</a>. </p><p>In addition, more than one-half of online video viewers in the US polled by <a href="http://www.harrisinteractive.com/" target="blank">Harris Interactive</a> last November said <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">they would watch more full-length TV shows if they were available online, and nearly one-half felt the same way about full-length movies</span>. </p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"><h3><img src="http://www.emarketer.com/images/chart_gifs/090001-091000/090989.gif" alt="US Online Video Viewers Who Would Watch More Online Video If Available, by Content Category, November 2007 (% of respondents)" border="0" /> </h3></span></div><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"> <p>So online video viewers are anxious to watch longer content on the Web. Even if they start watching less TV and going to theaters less as a result of doing so, content publishers do not necessarily worry about their total revenue pool drying up. </p><p>Most Internet users seem aware that the money for longer programming has to come from somewhere. More than three-quarters of respondents to a February 2008 <a href="http://www.ipsos.com/" target="blank">Ipsos MediaCT</a> survey said that watching advertising was a reasonable tradeoff for full-length movies online. A full 82% said ads in full-length TV programs would be acceptable. In fact, respondents were far less tolerant of the idea of ad exposure in exchange for short-form content. </p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"><h3><img src="http://www.emarketer.com/images/chart_gifs/096001-097000/096844.gif" alt="Attitudes of US Internet Users Toward Advertising that Appears Within Free Video Content, by Content Type, February 2008 (% of respondents)" border="0" /> </h3></span></div>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-23513822353932869392008-05-12T11:54:00.002-04:002008-05-12T12:24:56.225-04:00Jumpstarting the Mobile Internet<p>Is social networking the key?<br /></p><p>Mobile social networking stands a good chance of jumpstarting mobile Internet adoption <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">because mobile social networking is based more on communication than content.</span> Time and again, communication services have led the way for content and advertising to follow. In the case of the Internet, it was e-mail and discussion boards—not Web pages—that triggered the explosion from early adoption to mainstream consumer use. SMS services drove mobile data use and they still account for the majority of mobile data revenues by carriers.<br /></p>It is not surprising, therefore, that mobile carriers and mobile content providers have warmed to mobile social networking as a new opportunity to ramp mobile Internet use. In truth, they have little choice. Their attempts to convince the mass market to sign up for mobile Internet have proved moderately successful, at best.<br /><p>According to February 2008 research by <a href="http://www.informatm.com/" target="blank">Informa</a>, the global market for all current forms of paid mobile entertainment should reach $31.7 billion by 2012. Back in 2006, the same forecast optimistically predicted $42 billion by 2011.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SChonrk6bkI/AAAAAAAAAKY/WAmeh88j7xk/s1600-h/090810.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SChonrk6bkI/AAAAAAAAAKY/WAmeh88j7xk/s400/090810.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199520800720973378" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.juniperresearch.com/" target="blank">Juniper Research</a> published a far more bullish outlook for mobile entertainment in January 2008, projecting $64.8 billion worldwide by 2012. Earlier research by Juniper also tried to quantify the revenues associated with mobile user-generated content such as chat room services or mobile dating, predicting $5.7 billion for 2012.<br /></p>Even with the most upbeat projections, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">paid mobile content is a tiny market in comparison to revenues from communication-based mobile services.</span> In the US alone, mobile data service revenues (predominantly message-based) reached $23 billion in 2007, according to industry trade group <a href="http://www.ctia.org/" target="blank">CTIA—The Wireless Association</a>. Mobile messaging for SMS/MMS/IM/e-mail worldwide is expected to be between $100 billion and $200 billion by 2011. When voice traffic is included, the global mobile industry is on track for almost $1 trillion in total revenues by 2012.<br /><p></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SChopLk6bmI/AAAAAAAAAKo/2LZnqcTMXgk/s1600-h/093731.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SChopLk6bmI/AAAAAAAAAKo/2LZnqcTMXgk/s400/093731.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199520826490777186" border="0" /></a>The stark reality is that mobile users are more inclined toward communications or task-centric interactions with their mobile device than toward content or entertainment. The UK's <a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="blank">Office of Communications</a> study of global mobile markets showed a decided preference by users to engage in mobile data sessions that are communications-oriented rather than information-oriented. Even in Japan, long the poster child for mobile information services, the primary use for the mobile device was e-mail (57% of users) compared to mobile Internet access (20%).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SChoobk6blI/AAAAAAAAAKg/toN-jJd_p8A/s1600-h/092362.gif"><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SChoobk6blI/AAAAAAAAAKg/toN-jJd_p8A/s400/092362.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199520813605875282" border="0" /></a>The upshot for mobile carriers and mobile content providers is that they need a new context in which to pitch mobile data access to users. Without a compelling incentive for users to sign up for mobile data access, it is likely that mobile carriers will see their mobile data revenues jump sharply at first and then start to stall at around 30%, as was the case in Japan. <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Mobile social networking potentially could not only push mobile data access over that hump, but could pull in other communications services to a social networking session. </span><br /><br />Mobile content providers also need a relaunch to jumpstart their business. To date, mobile content is generally considered difficult to find as well as inferior in quality to other media channels—a reputation that is somewhat deserved. <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Mobile social networking offers a new environment for content discovery through recommendation as well as distribution via the network effect.</span>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-26945187831847077752008-05-07T10:44:00.004-04:002008-05-07T10:54:48.574-04:00Will MySpace Revenues Add Up?<span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2">The drumbeat of skepticism over social network advertising has gotten louder in recent months. Much of the focus has been on MySpace, the US leader with a 41.5% share of US visits to social networking and community sites in March, according to <a href="http://www.hitwise.com/" target="blank">Hitwise</a>.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SCHAlHuM09I/AAAAAAAAAKI/jdqSN2r-LHo/s1600-h/094553.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SCHAlHuM09I/AAAAAAAAAKI/jdqSN2r-LHo/s400/094553.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197647188922782674" border="0" /></a><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"><p>IM reorganized its ad sales group in early April, leading to the departure of sales chief Michael Barrett. At the same time, news leaked that FIM might come up $100 million short of achieving the $1-billion fiscal 2008 revenue target set by News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch last June. (News Corp.'s fiscal year ends June 30.) </p><p>Financial analysts and the media have assumed that blame for the shortfall lies with MySpace, FIM's flagship, but FIM manages 12 other Internet properties, including IGN, FoxSports.com, RottenTomatoes.com and AmericanIdol.com. AmericanIdol.com will no doubt show strong revenues since the hot TV show is currently on-air. The smaller properties may not have fared as well and could very well take some of the blame. </p><p>eMarketer estimated last December that <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">US marketers would spend $850 million to advertise on MySpace in calendar year 2008. Facebook is projected to reach $305 million in US revenue this year.</span></p><p><span><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SCHA3HuM0-I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/N99zFGE_ksA/s1600-h/090193.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SCHA3HuM0-I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/N99zFGE_ksA/s400/090193.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197647498160428002" border="0" /></a></span></span> </p></span><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text2"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Even if MySpace does come up short of revenue goals, that should not sound the death knell for social network marketing. The conversation between brands and consumers has only just begun, and the advertising experimentation will continue.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006265&src=article1_newsltr">>> Will MySpace Revenues Add Up?</a><br /></span>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-42846476523488066902008-05-07T01:20:00.004-04:002008-05-07T01:37:16.792-04:00US Online Population<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SCE8RihU0MI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/arPX1OkQmJQ/s1600-h/091593.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SCE8RihU0MI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/arPX1OkQmJQ/s400/091593.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197501716984287426" border="0" /></a><span id="lblBody" class="grey_text"><p>The <b>US Online Population</b> report analyzes the maturing, but still growing, market that is becoming increasing central to both the commercial and cultural pulse of the nation. </p> <p>Internet usage is becoming a daily habit. <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">US Internet users spent 15.3 hours a week online last year.</span> </p> <p>eMarketer projects that <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">this year there will be 193.9 million US Internet users, two-thirds of the population</span>. By 2012, 217 million Americans will be online, about 71% of the population. </p> <p>Those are huge numbers. But by breaking the US Internet population down and focusing on demographics—size, gender, age, race and ethnicity, income and education—this report will help marketers make better targeting decisions. </p></span>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-68595156565891602972008-04-28T22:47:00.004-04:002008-04-28T22:56:11.273-04:00How Deep Could New York Economys Sink?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SBaNDyhU0LI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/xG3MivfMPjo/s1600-h/0428-met-YORK-sub-web.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SBaNDyhU0LI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/xG3MivfMPjo/s400/0428-met-YORK-sub-web.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194494316459118770" border="0" /></a>Federal officials may still be debating whether the American economy will fall into a full-blown recession this year. But economists in New York City are pondering another question: If there is a national recession, how deep will it get here?<br /><br />If the last two recessions are any guide, economists say, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">the city could be headed into a wrenching reversal that will last longer than the national downturn.</span> Though by many measures the city’s economy is still chugging along even as the nation’s sputters, there are troubling signs: Business-tax revenues and the number of building permits are dropping while unemployment and office space availability are creeping up.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/nyregion/28york.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">>> History Hints a Recession Would Hit City Hard</a>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-8165814904393006412008-04-28T11:25:00.004-04:002008-04-28T11:41:03.912-04:0010/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint Presentation<p>Before there is an epidemic of Ménière’s in the venture capital community, I am trying to evangelize the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. It’s quite simple: <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">PowerPoint presentation should have </span><strong style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">ten</strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> slides, last no more than </span><strong style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">twenty</strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> minutes, and contain no font smaller than </span><strong style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">thirty</strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> points.</span> While I’m in the venture capital business, this rule is applicable for any presentation to reach agreement: for example, raising capital, making a sale, forming a partnership, etc.</p> <p>Ten is the optimal number of slides in a PowerPoint presentation because a normal human being cannot comprehend more than ten concepts in a meeting—and venture capitalists are very normal. (The only difference between you and a venture capitalist is that he is getting paid to gamble with someone else’s money). If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don’t have a business. <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The ten topics that a venture capitalist cares about are:</span></p> <ol style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><li> Problem</li><li> Your solution</li><li> Business model</li><li> Underlying magic/technology</li><li> Marketing and sales</li><li> Competition</li><li> Team</li><li>Projections and milestones</li><li>Status and timeline</li><li>Summary and call to action</li></ol> <p>You should give your ten slides in twenty minutes. Sure, you have an hour time slot, but you’re using a Windows laptop, so it will take forty minutes to make it work with the projector. Even if setup goes perfectly, people will arrive late and have to leave early. In a perfect world, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">you give your pitch in twenty minutes, and you have forty minutes left for discussion.</span></p> <p>The majority of the presentations that I see have text in a ten point font. As much text as possible is jammed into the slide, and then the presenter reads it. However, as soon as the audience figures out that you’re reading the text, it reads ahead of you because it can read faster than you can speak. The result is that you and the audience are out of synch.</p> <p>The reason people use a small font is twofold: first, they don’t know their material well enough; second, they think that more text is more convincing. Total bozosity. <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Force yourself to use no font smaller than thirty points.</span> I guarantee it will make your presentations better because it requires you to find the most salient points and to know how to explain them well. If “thirty points” is too dogmatic, the I offer you an algorithm: find out the age of the oldest person in your audience and divide it by two. That’s your optimal font size.</p> <p>So please observe the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. If nothing else, the next time someone in your audience complains of hearing loss, ringing, or vertigo, you’ll know what caused the problem. One last thing: to learn more about the zen of great presentations, check out a site called <a href="http://www.presentationzen.com/">Presentation Zen</a> by my buddy Garr Reynolds.</p><br /><a href="http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/index.html">>> Presentation Tips</a><br /><a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2005/12/the_102030_rule.html">>> The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint</a>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-9174590680334032182008-04-26T12:36:00.003-04:002011-12-09T23:42:00.204-05:00Dating Toolbox: 120+ Sites For Singles To Find Love<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SBNaYyhU0JI/AAAAAAAAAJk/ibYtP_OVD_4/s1600-h/dating.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193594177213223058" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SBNaYyhU0JI/AAAAAAAAAJk/ibYtP_OVD_4/s320/dating.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>If we have a sort of open dating API for all these dating websites just like open social API, that might be cool. it's not even possible to make account on all these +120 websites, and more than one is not convenient.<br />
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You can do just about anything online anymore, and finding true love isn’t any different. Sure, you can hit some of the general sites, but why not go further? Find a vegetarian, a goth kid, heck, even farmers need love! We’ve rounded up over 120 of the dating sites out there on the web, and that’s certainly enough to get anyone started!<br />
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Dietary Specific</h2>
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<a href="http://www.loveisgreen.org/">LoveIsGreen.org</a> - A site for all you green lovers out there. You can search by just about every iteration of vegetarian that is known.<br />
<a href="http://www.veggieconnection.com/">VeggieConnection.com</a> - Offers heterosexual and homosexual personals for vegetarians all over the world<br />
<a href="http://vegetariandating.com/">VegetarianDating.com</a> - The perfect place for vegetarians to find like minded people who follow the same dietary restrictions they do.<br />
<a href="http://veggiedate.org/">VeggieDate.org</a> - Though it has Veggie in its name, the site is also accepting singles who are into Eastern philosophies.<br />
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Ethnic Specific</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="http://www.interracialmatch.com/" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/interracialmatchmaking.png" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://amigos.com/go/g859129">Amigos.com</a> - An all-latino dating community site.<br />
<a href="http://www.asianave.com/">AsianAve.com</a> - A community focusing on all aspects of the Asian community as well as dating.<br />
<a href="http://www.asiansinglesconnection.com/">AsianSinglesConnection.com</a> - For people of Asian backgrounds from all over the world.<br />
<a href="http://www.blackpeoplemeet.com/">BlackPeopleMeet.com</a> - Features video & audio chats to make closer connections.<br />
<a href="http://www.blackprofiles.co.uk/">BlackProfiles.co.uk</a> - Caters to African, Black British, African American, Caribbean and the Black European community.<br />
<a href="http://www.blacksingles.com/">BlackSingles.com</a> - Meet, chat and talk with other black singles.<br />
<a href="http://www.interracialmatch.com/">InterracialMatch.com</a> - Helps people of different ethnicities find each other.<br />
<a href="http://www.quierolatino.com/">QuieroLatino.com</a> - A dating site for latinos.<br />
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Gay & Lesbian</h2>
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<a href="http://www.executivelesbiandating.com/">ExecutiveLesbianDating.com</a> - Get an interview done and then let the matchmaking begin.<br />
<a href="http://www.gay.com/">Gay.com</a> - Offers daily gay news in addition to gay dating profiles for men.<br />
<a href="http://www.gaycupid.com/">GayCupid.com</a> - Offers not only dating services, but also news on the gay community and travel information.<br />
<a href="http://www.gaydar.co.uk/">Gaydar.co.uk</a> - UK based primarily, but accepts profiles from men all around the world.<br />
<a href="http://gaydargirls.com/">GaydarGirls.com</a> - The women’s version of Gaydar.co.uk.<br />
<a href="http://lovetastic.com/">Lovetastic.com</a> - Emphasizes finding lasting relationships over hookups or body image.<br />
<a href="http://www.mypartner.com/">MyPartner.com</a> - For gay men who are serious about a relationship.<br />
<a href="http://www.olivia.com/">Olivia.com</a> - A site for news and information, as well as dating, for lesbians.<br />
<a href="http://www.pinkcupid.com/">PinkCupid.com</a> - Site catering just to lesbians and their interests.<br />
<a href="http://www.pridedating.com/">PrideDating.com</a> - For both single gays and lesbians; includes webcam chatting.<br />
<h2>
General</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="http://chemistry.com/" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/chemistry.png" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://www.allsinglesmeet.com/">AllSinglesMeet.com</a> - Free dating service with instant messenger, MP3 player for profiles and more.<br />
<a href="http://chemistry.com/">Chemistry.com</a> - Well known for their recent antagonistic ads against eHarmony, Chemistry promotes that they are welcoming of all people.<br />
<a href="http://collaboradate.com/">Collaboradate.com</a> - More technically savvy than most sites by offering tags, a Google Maps mashup to see where people are, Ajax-powered singles search and more.<br />
<a href="http://www.cupidslab.com/">CupidsLab.com</a> - A dating site that encourages friends to get in the process of helping find that jright person for those they care about.<br />
<a href="http://www.datehookup.com/">DateHookup.com</a> - Free chat and emails for registered members.<br />
<a href="http://datingdirect.com/">DatingDirect.com</a> - A general dating site directed towards residents of Europe.<br />
<a href="http://datenearyou.com/">DateNearYou.com</a> - Free dating service that concentrates on finding a date that is near your geographic region.<br />
<a href="http://www.eharmony.com/">eHarmony.com</a> - The somewhat controversial dating site that is as well known for their “never-ending” survey, as they are for the matches they’ve made.<br />
<a href="http://friendfinder.com/">FriendFinder.com</a> - One of the oldest dating sites out there.<br />
<a href="http://www.ge-dating.com/welcome.aspx">GE-Dating.com</a> - Great Expectations Dating pre-screens their users in hopes of providing for your safety.<br />
<a href="http://www.justsayhi.com/">JustSayHi.com</a> - Browse their profiles for free and join in their message boards for more community style features.<br />
<a href="http://www.lavalife.com/">Lavalife.com</a> - Besides online dating, also offers services by toll-free phone number.<br />
<a href="http://www.match.com/">Match.com</a> - Promotes the idea that “it’s okay to look”, and offers a free six months if you don’t find someone in your first six months.<br />
<a href="http://www.mate1.com/">Mate1.com</a> - Touts over 19.5 million profiles for you to browse, has voice messages and 1-on-1 chat.<br />
<a href="http://www.oasisactive.com/">OasisActive.com</a> - Offers instant messenger, photo galleries and more.<br />
<a href="http://www.okcupid.com/">OKCupid.com</a> - Site allows you to take quizzes and create your own to get to know people better.<br />
<a href="http://www.perfectmatch.com/">PerfectMatch.com</a> - Answer their questinairre and get assigned a letter code that represents who you are, then find your match using it.<br />
<a href="http://personals.aol.com/">Personals.AOL.com</a> - Personals section of the former America Online, AOL.<br />
<a href="http://www.plentyoffish.com/">PlentyOfFish.com</a> - 100% free to use due to ad support.<br />
<a href="http://www.poddater.com/">PodDater.com</a> - Video dating comes into the 21st century with video profiles you download to your iPod, and create your own in return.<br />
<a href="http://www.singlesnet.com/">SinglesNet.com</a> - Completely free dating site that requires no credit card.<br />
<a href="http://www.syl.com/">Syl.com</a> - Offers an internal instant messaging system for easier contact.<br />
<a href="http://www.true.com/">True.com</a> - For people looking for simple dates to soul mates.<br />
<a href="http://verbdate.com/">VerbDate.com</a> - Free dating service that includes Flickr and Skype integration.<br />
<a href="http://personals.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Personals</a> - A personals site from the well-known web portal, Yahoo.<br />
<a href="http://www.yesnomayb.com/">YesNoMayB.com</a> - Set up your profile, browse others and mark them “yes”, “no” or “mayB”, let them reply with their own rating to make a match. Also has a Facebook application.<br />
<h2>
Hobby Specific</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="http://datecraft.com/" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/datecraft.png" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://www.bikerplanet.com/">BikerPlanet.com</a> - For those that live for the ride.<br />
<a href="http://www.dateagolfer.com/">DateAGolfer.com</a> - Golf lovers can find people that share their love for the game.<br />
<a href="http://www.equestriancupid.com/">EquestrianCupid.com</a> - For people who love horse riding and want to find others who share their interest.<br />
<a href="http://datecraft.com/">DateCraft.com</a> - Ever wished you could find someone that understands your World of Warcr yoaft obsession? DateCraft caters specifically to players of the popular MMORPG.<br />
<a href="http://www.golfmates.com/">Golfmates.com</a> - Sometimes it takes a golfer to understand another golfer, and this site can help you find that perfect match.<br />
<a href="http://www.mybikerdate.com/">MyBikerDate.com</a> - Another site for those who want to meet like-minded motorcycle enthusiasts.<br />
<a href="http://trekpassions.com/">TrekPassions.com</a> - For lovers of all types of science fiction.<br />
<h2>
Lifestyle Based</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="FarmersOnly.com" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/farmersingles.gif" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://divorcedating.com/">DivorceDating.com</a> - As the name implies, a site dedicated to people who have been through a divorce.<br />
<a href="http://www.ewsingles.com/">EWSingles.com</a> - Earth Wise singles is for people who are dedicated to green living to be able to find one another.<br />
<a href="http://www.farmersonly.com/">FarmersOnly.com</a> - Singles site specializing in singles that work in and around the agricultural industry.<br />
<a href="http://www.gothicmatch.com/">GothicMatch.com</a> - For lovers of the darker side of life, you can find your perfect match here.<br />
<a href="http://www.singleparentlove.com/">SingleParentLove.com</a> - For those already with children, and those who are expecting, parents with no partners can find each other here.<br />
<a href="http://www.sugardaddie.com/">SugarDaddie.com</a> - A site for attractive and affluent to meet up and date.<br />
<h2>
Miscellaneous</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="http://www.whitelabeldating.com/" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/whitelabeldating.png" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://www.breakupemail.com/">BreakUpEmail.com</a> - Unsure of how to break up with someone? Answer some questions and this app will help you write the email.<br />
<a href="http://dontdatehimgirl.com/home/">DontDateHimGirl.com</a> - A community full of dating advice and tips.<br />
<a href="http://www.planjam.com/">PlanJam.com</a> - Need help figuring out what to do on a date? This site will help you come up with ideas.<br />
<a href="http://www.truedater.com/">TrueDater.com</a> - A community for people to discuss their experiences on various dating sites so you can choose the one that’s best for you.<br />
<a href="http://www.whitelabeldating.com/">WhiteLabelDating.com</a> - Allows you to build your own dating site, whether it be general or something more specialized.<br />
<a href="http://www.youme.us/">YouMe.us</a> - Get relationship advice from people just like yourself.<br />
<h2>
Region Specific</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="Date.ca" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dateca.gif" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://www.canadianpersonals.net/">CanadianPersonals.net</a> - Offers chat, message boards and anonymity when you want it. All for Canadians.<br />
<a href="http://www.coffeedate.com/">CoffeeDate.com</a> - A UK-based dating site that emphasizes easier-going dates such as going for coffee.<br />
<a href="http://date.ca/">Date.ca</a> - Dating site specilazing in the residents of Canada.<br />
<a href="http://www.date.co.uk/">Date.co.uk</a> - Helping residents of the UK to find a partner.<br />
<a href="http://dateafirefighter.co.uk/">DateAFirefighter.co.uk</a> - A dating sitejust for firefighters and people who would like to date one in the UK.<br />
<a href="http://www.loopylove.com/joinfree.cfm">LoopyLove.com</a> - A UK-based site that tries to focus on the fun side of dating.<br />
<a href="http://www.meetmyfriend.com.au/">MeetMyFriend.com.au</a> - A site for all of Australia that allows singles to meet and get their friends involved in the process.<br />
<a href="http://www.parship.co.uk/">Parship.co.uk</a> - Helps you find a partner in Europe after you take a computability test.<br />
<a href="https://www.platonicpartners.co.uk/">PlatonicPartners.co.uk</a> - Aids those who are looking for celibate, platonic, non-physical or partly physical relationships in the UK and Ireland.<br />
<a href="http://app.singles365.com/">Singles365.com</a> - A singles site just for those of you in the UK.<br />
<h2>
Religion Based</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="http://www.catholicmatch.com/" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/catholicmatch.png" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://www.baptistsinglesconnection.com/">BaptistSinglesConnection.com</a> - Specifically for members of the Baptist faith.<br />
<a href="http://www.catholicmatch.com/">CatholicMatch.com</a> - Specifically for members of the Roman Catholic faith.<br />
<a href="http://www.catholicmingle.com/">CatholicMingle.com</a> - Just for the Catholics amongst the Christians.<br />
<a href="http://www.christiancafe.com/">ChristianCafe.com</a> - A site promoting a safe environment for Christian singles to meet one another.<br />
<a href="http://www.christianmingle.com/">ChristianMingle.com</a> - For Christians of all denominations.<br />
<a href="http://www.dharmamatch.com/">DharmaMatch.com</a> - A dating site for people that are generally spiritual without subscribing to any one belief.<br />
<a href="http://jdate.com/">JDate.com</a> - A Jewish based dating site that even offers SMS notifications for your account.<br />
<a href="http://www.jewishmingle.com/">JewishMingle.com</a> - Jewish dating site that allows anonymous messaging and features message boards for mingling.<br />
<a href="http://www.jretromatch.com/">JRetroMatch.com</a> - The tradition of Jewish matchmaking meets the Internet at this site where the old style of finding love is just modernized.<br />
<a href="http://www.ldssingles.com/">LDSSingles.com</a> - A dating site devoted to the members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, the Mormons.<br />
<a href="http://www.muslimonly.com/">MuslimOnly.com</a> - Dedicated to finding love matches for the followers of the Muslim faith.<br />
<h2>
Specialty</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="TheRightBreed" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/therightbreed2.png" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://www.bbwpersonalsplus.com/">BBWPersonalsPlus.com</a> - For people with some extra weight to them.<br />
<a href="http://www.beemygeek.com/">BeeMyGeek.com</a> - A site for those amongst who lean more to the geeky side of life.<br />
<a href="http://www.campusmatch.com/">CampusMatch.com</a> - Find your perfect match on your own campus.<br />
<a href="http://www.collegeluv.com/">CollegeLuv.com</a> - Just for those in the college age range.<br />
<a href="http://www.datemypet.com/">DateMyPet.com</a> - A dating site built just for pet lovers to find their perfect match.<br />
<a href="http://www.deafs.com/">Deafs.com</a> - A home for deaf singles to find the love of their life.<br />
<a href="http://degreedate.com/">DegreeDate.com</a> - Not only can you do all of the usual dating features, but you can also display your Alma Mater and what your degree(s) are.<br />
<a href="http://www.gk2gk.com/">Gk2gk.com</a> - Just for geeks to find one another.<br />
<a href="http://www.hotenough.org/">HotEnough.org</a> - A dating site just for the attractive, fit and trendy.<br />
<a href="http://impersonals.com/">Impersonals.com</a> - Independent ads for the geek in all of us.<br />
<a href="http://www.intelligentpeople.com/us/">IntelligentPeople.com</a> - You have to pass an IQ test to gain admission to this dating site so that you can be guaranteed of finding someone of a similar intelligence level.<br />
<a href="http://www.mysinglefriend.com/">MySingleFriend.com</a> - Let your friends describe you instead of doing it yourself so that your friends can be involved in helping you find someone.<br />
<a href="http://www.seekingarrangement.com/">SeekingArrangement.com</a> - Ever wished you had a sugar daddy or mommy? This site is the one for you!<br />
<a href="http://www.seekingmillionaire.com/">SeekingMillionaire.com</a> - Are you rich? Need a beautiful/handsome significant other? Well, that’s all this site is about.<br />
<a href="http://www.seniorfriendfinder.com/">SeniorFreindFinder.com</a> - Geared to just people over the age of 40.<br />
<a href="http://www.sweetongeeks.com/">SweetOnGeeks.com</a> - Perfect for those who don’t feel they fit in at other dating sites.<br />
<a href="http://www.therightbreed.com/">TheRightBreed.com</a> - A place for pet owners to meet up and make a match.<br />
<a href="http://www.wealthymen.com/">WealthyMen.com</a> - Are you wealthy? Feel like announcing that to your potential mate? Go here.<br />
<h2>
Speed Dating</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="http://www.speeddate.com/" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/speeddate.gif" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://www.flirtfrenzy.com/">FlirtFrenzy.com</a> - A free online speed dating service.<br />
<a href="http://www.hurrydate.com/">HurryDate.com</a> - Meet someone online and then invite them to meet up with you at a speed dating event so you can have a trial date.<br />
<a href="http://www.livespeeddating.com/">LiveSpeedDating.com</a> - Speed dating comes to the web and allows you to do it from the comfort of your own home using your webcam.<br />
<a href="http://www.randomate.com/">Randomate.com</a> - One-on-one chatting in a speed dating format; five dates of five minutes each, all in a row.<br />
<a href="http://www.speeddate.com/">SpeedDate.com</a> - Go on 10 dates right now either by video or chat.<br />
<h2>
STD Friendly</h2>
<ul id="contactinfo"><center><img alt="http://www.vddate.com/" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/vddate.gif" /></center></ul>
<a href="http://www.h-date.com/">H-Date.com</a> - Focuses on people with herpes, but is open to people with any STD.<br />
<a href="http://www.herpesfinder.com/">HerpesFinder.com</a> - Devoted to connecting people with STDs, whether it be for friendship, support or romance.<br />
<a href="http://www.herpesmates.com/">HerpesMates.com</a> - For singles with STDs and their friends/supporters.<br />
<a href="http://meetstd.com/">MeetSTD.com</a> - Boasts of having over 21,000 members for you to search through.<br />
<a href="http://www.positivesingles.com/">PositiveSingles.com</a> - HPV, HIV, all varieties of Herpes, this is a good place to start.<br />
<a href="http://www.pozcupid.com/">PozCupid.com</a> - Offers forums as well as dating for people with STDs.<br />
<a href="http://www.prescription4love.com/">Prescription4Love.com</a> - This site offers services for those with special health condition, alternative dating services, and those with STDs.<br />
<a href="http://www.stdloves.com/">STDLoves.com</a> - Telling someone that you meet online that you have a sexually transmitted disease, but with STDLoves, everyone has one.<br />
<a href="http://www.stdromance.com/">STDRomance.com</a> - Promotes finding friends and supporters as well as romance.<br />
<a href="http://www.vddate.com/">VDDate.com</a> - A relationship site for those with venereal diseases.<br />
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<a href="http://mashable.com/2008/04/25/dating-toolbox-find-love/">>> Dating Toolbox: 120+ Sites For Singles To Find Love</a>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-87615382423348662452008-04-24T23:57:00.003-04:002008-04-25T00:01:23.057-04:00Keep in mind<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SBFWwChU0II/AAAAAAAAAJc/GP6_w8QltPs/s1600-h/114446615687.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SBFWwChU0II/AAAAAAAAAJc/GP6_w8QltPs/s320/114446615687.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193027228645249154" border="0" /></a>This is one thing we should keep in mind all the time, period!<br /></div>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-3123664103936763952008-04-23T21:31:00.005-04:002008-04-23T21:41:05.954-04:003D Virtual world, really nothing new idea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nurien.com/nurien/eng/main.php"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SA_jXChU0HI/AAAAAAAAAJU/yPxd7BkA-LA/s320/nurienlogo1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192618880334614642" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.nurien.com/nurien/eng/main.php">Nurien Software</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">, a Korean developer of social networking and online gaming services, has announced this week a Series A round of funding of $15 million.</span> Investors in the startup comprise a mixture of VC firms from eastern and western reaches, including Northern Light Venture Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates, and QiMing Venture Partners. The company plans for an official launch of its platform and offerings in both its home state and China by the end of 2008, followed by a US debut in early 2009. According to Nurien, the infusion will be used to hasten its launches later this year, the process of which begins this month in closed-beta form in Korea only.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SA_jLihU0GI/AAAAAAAAAJM/LzbfljYhBT8/s1600-h/nurienscreen.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SA_jLihU0GI/AAAAAAAAAJM/LzbfljYhBT8/s320/nurienscreen.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192618682766119010" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">The focus of the company is one of virtual social interaction and gameplay, a la Second Life.</span> Users of its services will be able to do all the standard stuff of creating avatars and interacting with fellow participatants. They will also be given access to a games whose titles include: “MStar”, a dance-based development; “Runway”, which is centered on fashion; and “QuizStar”, a so-called “casual online game.” <p>Nurien is banking on an increase in demand for virtual networking and gameplay to achieve global success. The company references projections made by the industrial analyst Gartner and the research firm eMarketer - the first sees a virtual usership of 50 million in 2011 among all market players; the latter envisions 20 million young adults as visitors to such online environments by the same year. It also sees the expectation of IDC that China’s 2010 gaming revenues will reach $2.62bn, as well as Parks Associate’s prediction that US gaming will total some $3.5 billion in 2009, as reason to believe in strong launches in both Asia and America. If such figures prove accurate, Nurien’s outlook may be quite well calculated.</p>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-19256351772338637172008-04-23T01:47:00.004-04:002008-04-23T02:01:01.735-04:00iGoogle + OpenSocial = ?<a href="http://www.google.com/ig">iGoogle</a>, Google’s personalized homepage is on its way to becoming a of social network thanks to their <a href="http://opensocialapis.blogspot.com/2008/04/igoogle-sandbox-launches-with.html">just announced</a> adoption of the <a href="http://www.programmableweb.com/api/opensocial">OpenSocial API</a>. In particular, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">the just launched </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.google.com/ig/sandbox">developer sandbox</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> will allow gadgets on iGoogle will be able to access friends’ data and to create “activity streams” (akin to the Facebook news feed)</span>. Shown below is the <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/igoogle/docs/anatomy.html#updatesgadget">Updates Gadget</a> where using the OpenSocial API “you can post updates to the updates gadget. Users will be able to see updates generated from their friends’ gadgets, encouraging content sharing.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SA7QEShU0FI/AAAAAAAAAJE/ElyUKGnUk4A/s1600-h/igooglesocial.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SA7QEShU0FI/AAAAAAAAAJE/ElyUKGnUk4A/s320/igooglesocial.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192316192514429010" border="0" /></a>As this is in ’sandbox’ mode, this feature set is available only to developers and is not yet rolled-out to the general iGoogle population. <p>The Google team have updated their iGoogle <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/igoogle/docs/anatomy.html">developer docs</a> and <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/igoogle/faq.html">FAQ</a> with more details. There’s also a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6KVwATfCdM">new video from Google</a> demonstrating the new features.</p> <p>Many <a href="http://www.techmeme.com/080421/p90#a080421p90">are interpreting this</a> as a hint of things to come. And as VentureBeat’s <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/21/developer-sandbox-for-igoogle-launches/">MG Siegler asks</a> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">“Who needs to login to Facebook when all your friend’s updates are right there on your homepage?”</span>. </p>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-69466078486026350072008-04-22T00:46:00.005-04:002008-04-22T00:56:32.628-04:00OpenSocial Tutorial<center>Part 1: Gadget Basics<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9gW2YVBrNVA&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9gW2YVBrNVA&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AF95111FF081DBAC">Video Lectures</a><br /></center><br />Dan Holevoet, OpenSocial Team<br />April 2008<br /><h2>Overview</h2>This tutorial will introduce you to gadgets and OpenSocial, and will walk you through the steps required to build a simple social gadget where you can give gifts to your friends. In addition, you will be introduced to some of the more advanced features of the OpenSocial API. <p>You can find the <a href="http://opensocial-resources.googlecode.com/svn/samples/tutorial/tags/api-0.7/">complete sample code</a> in the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/">opensocial-resources project</a> on Google Code.</p><br /><p><a href="http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/tutorial/tutorial-0.7.html">> Tutorials home</a><br /></p>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-85952385108933695682008-04-20T20:32:00.004-04:002008-04-20T20:44:56.328-04:0010 Services To Send Text Messages From The Web<a href="http://www.bloove.com/">1) Bloove.com</a> - Get your phone contacts on the Bloove site, and then log in and manage them as well as send them text messages directly from the site. <p><a href="http://www.clearsms.com/">2) ClearSMS.com</a> - <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">A professional SMSing service for businesses</span> to send out mass messages to their customers to alert them about specials and sales. All messages are assigned a value in credits an you purchase more as needed.</p> <p><a href="http://gizmosms.com/">3) GizmoSMS.com</a> - GizmoSMS lets you <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">send texts to users in over 50 countries</span> an a slew of carriers inside each of those. While it is free to use, it does not allow space for identifying yourself except inside the body of the text.</p> <p><a href="http://www.group2call.com/">4) Group2Call.com</a> - Allows you to import your contacts, break them up into groups and send all the free texts you want to them. Also offers the chance to broadcast voice messages, but you have a limited supply of those.</p> <p><a href="http://www.jaxtr.com/">5) Jaxtr.com</a> - This one requires the person you wish to text to have the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">widget installed on their blog or social networking profile</span>, but if it’s there, you can text the member <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">if they live in one of any 38 countries.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.ohdontforget.com/">6) OhDontForget.com</a> - Not only can you text people, you can schedule them for later delivery.</p> <p><a href="http://www.smsgupshup.com/">7) SMSGupShup.com</a> - A system to allow you to send one text message to a number and they will then resend it out to every member that belongs to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">your group, up to 5,000 people in size</span>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.swaggle.mobi/sessions/new">8) Swaggle.mobi</a> - A service for small groups to SMS each other at once; <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">accessible via iPhone</span> as well as by the web.</p> <p><a href="http://pda.yahoo.com/sms/sendsms">9) Yahoo Mobile</a> - Yahoo Mobile lets you send and receive phone text messages; <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">you will not be charged for sending the SMS</span>; but the recipient might be charged the standard messaging rates for receiving or replying. </p> <p><a href="http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/sms/send_sms.php">10) Yellowpipe</a> - Mainly a web host, but they happen to offer a quick and easy SMS feature when you just have to get out a text quickly. They do allow you to enter a return number.</p><br /><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2008/04/19/send-text-messages/">> 10 Services To Send Text Messages From The Web</a><br /></p><p><br /></p>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-36493699223547802292008-04-17T17:34:00.005-04:002008-04-17T17:50:44.574-04:00Online Wage Library :: The Foreign Labor Certification Data Centeryou can find salary information on a job search website though, this is more accurate information at least legally.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flcdatacenter.com/OesQuickResults.aspx?code=15-1031&area=35644&year=8&source=1">For example</a>, the prevailing wage range of someone who is working as a computer programmer in NY metro area is from 61K to 10K<br /><br />Actually this information is from The Foreign Labor Certification Data Center for H1b VISA approval purpose.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flcdatacenter.com/OESQuick.aspx">Online Wage Library </a>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-16449861664972216022008-04-16T23:55:00.004-04:002008-04-17T00:40:44.819-04:00How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SAbKSXhR_aI/AAAAAAAAAI0/pbJ_6ZOAwEQ/s1600-h/faceboogle-630.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SAbKSXhR_aI/AAAAAAAAAI0/pbJ_6ZOAwEQ/s320/faceboogle-630.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190058037491137954" border="0" /></a>Let's assume that I am planning family vacation to Cancun, Mexico during this spring break. I haven't decide anything detail yet.<br /><br />Okay then, what kind of information we can search from google?<br />we can search hotels, flight schedule and its price. we could get almost everything we want to know around my destination in detail, what kind of activities are possible or about the food and drinks. even we could watch that place in satellite picture.<br /><br />There is another example, I have no idea about this family vacation though if I cancel it, my kids will hate me forever.<br /><br />Alright, just post it on myspace.com or facebook.com then, I could get lots of family vacation idea. they suggest destinations, activities, restaurant and so on. one of good thing is that information is from their experiences. some of them may work for travel agencies or hotels and, they could help me to get special deal.<br /><br /><span name="intelliTxt" id="intelliTXT"><blockquote> The point is that even though Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Amazon and others all have elements of this new relationship with users, nobody owns this space the way Google “owns” search. And as it evolves, there will be an unholy mess of privacy and security issues to work out. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">So in the future, the way we are guided around the Web may look very different from search as we know it.</span> In the meantime, search is not, in fact, dead … yet.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></blockquote></span><a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4259135.html"><br />How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It</a>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-48388064104999631942008-04-12T16:08:00.012-04:002008-04-12T16:59:02.194-04:00Public Wi-Fi Finderpeople usually have their own internet connection though,<br />Just in case, it's not a bad idea to know where we can access Wi-Fi.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jiwire.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SAEaO3hR_XI/AAAAAAAAAIE/1jU30kPq2RQ/s320/ji-wire-logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188457088431553906" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.jiwire.com/"><br /><br />JiWire,</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wifinder.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 80px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SAEaXHhR_YI/AAAAAAAAAIM/KrlR4CYFhrg/s320/header.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188457230165474690" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.wifinder.com/"><br /><br /><br />WiFinder</a><br /><br /><br />Or try this shirt, <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/illuminated/991e/">ThinkGeek :: Wi-Fi Detector Shirt</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SAEhc3hR_ZI/AAAAAAAAAIU/2WHRCxFHFpc/s1600-h/wifi_shirt_anim.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 236px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/SAEhc3hR_ZI/AAAAAAAAAIU/2WHRCxFHFpc/s320/wifi_shirt_anim.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188465025531116946" border="0" /></a><b>Product Features</b><p> </p><ul><li>Glowing animated shirt dynamically displays the current wi-fi signal strength. </li><li>Shows signal strength for 802.11b or 802.11g </li><li>Black 100% Cotton T-Shirt </li><li>Animated Decal is Removable (with hook and loop fasteners) for Easy Washing </li><li>Battery Pack is Concealed in a Small Pocket Sewn Inside the Shirt </li><li>Runs for hours off three AAA Batteries (not included) </li></ul>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-52300439342619168962008-04-10T12:18:00.002-04:002008-04-10T12:21:30.611-04:00Your actual career path<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/R_4-Dmdv6gI/AAAAAAAAAH0/ctI5SsjeRAc/s1600-h/card5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/R_4-Dmdv6gI/AAAAAAAAAH0/ctI5SsjeRAc/s320/card5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187652052363241986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://indexed.blogspot.com/2006/08/sorry.html">INDEXED: Sorry</a><br /></div>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-51738901538963393402008-04-10T12:13:00.001-04:002008-04-10T12:13:36.282-04:00Read without the word dog<div class="snap_preview"><p>This dog, is dog, a dog, good dog, way dog, to dog, keep dog, an dog, idiot dog, busy dog, for dog, 20 dog, seconds dog!</p> <p>Now read without the word dog.</p> </div>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-27916433210035843372008-04-10T10:35:00.006-04:002008-04-10T10:52:42.410-04:00AdBrite, Opens Platform Advertising NetworkWith AOL having launched <a href="https://pubaccess.advertising.com/">PubAccess </a>and a number of other advertising networks exploring the multiple ways in which the industry could better deliver targeted ads, there’s a noticeable occurrence that’s becoming increasingly difficult to avoid: the developments in the marketplace are moving pretty fast. From video ads to widget ads, a lot of brands, advertising networks, content owners and publishers are still feeling out the best way in which to monetize sites and audiences. <p>While most ad networks offer one way or another to target ads across websites, what would you think about having several methods available within a single ad network? <a href="http://www.adbrite.com/">AdBrite</a> is becoming that single ad network, with the revelation of its <a href="http://www.adbrite.com/mb/otx.php">Open Targeting Exchange (OTX)</a>.<br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/R_4mhmdv6fI/AAAAAAAAAHs/FHSaS90DvOo/s1600-h/otx_graphic3.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/R_4mhmdv6fI/AAAAAAAAAHs/FHSaS90DvOo/s400/otx_graphic3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187626179480250866" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">It’s an open platform approach</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> that other advertising technologies can build upon. That means that a starting ad network can use AdBrite’s OTX in order to use one or many of the targeting methods it already can deploy, and building a company from there.</span> Targeting options include geographic, demographic, retargeting, contextual and behavioral. And as this OTX is providing access to AdBrite’s platform, other companies can leverage AdBrite’s existing network of publishers and advertisers as well. Is this the best of both worlds? </p> <p>AdBrite is hoping to compete, on some level, with the larger ad networks like Google and Yahoo–at least by putting on the pressure with its open platform strategy. AdBrite expects that the ability to build on its existing tools will help spur some innovation in attempts to discover the best approach to targeted ads. </p>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-60938631941546730842008-04-10T10:08:00.001-04:002008-04-10T10:17:45.245-04:00Meebo Brings Warner Executive to Land Fortune 500 Ad Deals<p><a href="http://wwwl.meebo.com/">Meebo</a> has been heavily involved with finding branding opportunities for marketing campaigns that work within the realm of its web-based IM tool, so it’s no shocker that it’s brought on an industry veteran to run its direct sales team. Carter Brokaw is the newest executive team member for Meebo, and he will be acting as the Chief Revenue Officer, in charge of sales, advertising sales and monetization strategies. </p> <p>Hailing from Warner Music Group, where Brokaw was a part of the company’s direct-to-consumer sector, Brokaw also has more than ten years of experience form CNET Networks under his belt, where he worked in several sales management positions. So what’s it mean for Meebo? <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">The IM service will be looking to land more deals with Fortune 500 companies, and provide an integrated solution for brand marketing and a touch of market research. In the words of Brokaw himself, he’s “looking forward to helping leverage Meebo’s core strength by bringing brands into the conversation in ways that are engaging, integrated and measurable.”</span> </p> <p>With the introduction of affiliate programs and a platform on which third parties can create chat-inclusive applications, Meebo has branched off quite a bit from its initial web-based tool. From what I’ve heard from various members of the Meebo team, this is the exact direction in which Meebo wants to go, and as the company has always been pretty careful about the advertising methods and companies that it runs campaigns with, having someone with the extensive knowledge that Brokaw brings to the table is necessary for continued growth.</p>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-38975540760065679752008-04-09T13:35:00.003-04:002008-04-09T13:36:53.091-04:00Yahoo Reveals Details of Its New Ad Sales SystemSUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo is beginning to pull the wraps off an online advertising system that the company said would help it and its partners drive sales of graphical and other premium ads.<br /><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/R_z-i2dv6eI/AAAAAAAAAHk/4W-QoMrjc00/s1600-h/07yahoo-inline-650.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/R_z-i2dv6eI/AAAAAAAAAHk/4W-QoMrjc00/s320/07yahoo-inline-650.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187300745513265634" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#993300;">Yahoo said the system, called AMP and still months away from being ready, would greatly simplify the task of selling online ads, allowing Yahoo’s publishing partners, for instance, to place ads on their own sites as well as on Yahoo and on the sites of other publishers in the company’s growing network. Advertisers will be able to focus those ads by demographic profile, geography and online behavior, the company said.</span><br /><br />Yahoo is developing the system as other Internet giants, including Google, Microsoft and AOL, are all stepping up their efforts to become sellers and brokers of all types of ads on sites across the Web. <span style="color:#993300;">Many analysts expect Google, which recently completed its acquisition of the ad-serving specialist DoubleClick, to begin making inroads into the market for graphical ads online, which Yahoo dominates.</span><br /><br />“This gives Yahoo a little leadership in vision,” said Rachel Happe, an analyst with IDC, a consulting firm. But Ms. Happe noted that Yahoo’s last big advertising project, a platform known as Panama and intended to reach people searching the Internet, was plagued by lengthy delays. She said it would be “problematic” for Yahoo if it were not able to deliver AMP on time.<br /><br />Yahoo executives first discussed the new system publicly in February at an Interactive Advertising Bureau meeting, calling it the Advertiser and Publisher Exchange. <span style="color:#993300;">Yahoo executives, trying to convince shareholders that a bid by Microsoft to acquire the company underestimated Yahoo’s worth, said the new system would help Yahoo outpace the growth of the online graphical advertising market over the next three years.<br /></span><br />Yahoo has begun showing the system to publishers in its newspaper consortium, which includes hundreds of daily and weekly newspapers. Those newspapers are slated to become the first users of AMP, which Yahoo expects to begin rolling out in the late summer or in the fall. The New York Times Company’s Regional Media Group, which includes 15 newspapers, is a member of the consortium.<br /><br />“Yahoo clearly has put a full-court press on developing this platform,” said George B. Irish, president of Hearst Newspapers, which owns 12 dailies that are part of the Yahoo consortium.<br /><br />“I think it’s going to be very important for us,” said William Dean Singleton, chief executive of MediaNews Group, which operates 57 daily newspapers in 12 states. “Giving us the ability to sell targeted online advertising will allow us, I think, to charge more for advertising online.”<br /><br />Hilary Schneider, Yahoo’s executive vice president for global partner solutions, said that AMP was “about opening Yahoo’s capabilities to the entire Web.”<br /><br />With AMP, a newspaper ad sales representative working with an advertiser, like a car dealer, would be able to easily see the ad space available on not only the newspaper’s site but also Yahoo and other Web publishers’ sites. The sales person could slice that inventory by demographic profile to, for instance, aim ads for a new hybrid S.U.V. to females of a specific income and age group. The system will help streamline a manual and time-consuming effort, Ms. Schneider said.<br /><br />The system, which was built out of a combination of technologies developed at Yahoo and others Yahoo obtained when it bought Right Media, BlueLithium and other companies, will also serve ads directly to publishers’ sites and allow marketers to monitor their performance.<br /><br />AMP’s targeting capabilities could, in theory, help Yahoo and others sell ads at higher prices, said Barry Parr, an analyst with Jupiter Research. But Mr. Parr noted that Yahoo has had difficulty focusing ads effectively on its own site and that AMP’s effectiveness remained to be proved. </div>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-22476938888326675672008-04-09T13:35:00.001-04:002008-04-09T13:35:21.440-04:00Online sales expected to rise 17% in 2008<div>NEW YORK — Online spending is expected to rise a robust 17% this year, despite a sluggish economy that has bruised many brick-based retailers, according to an annual survey to be released Tuesday.<br /><br />Retail sales online, excluding travel purchases, are set to grow to $204 billion in 2008 from $174.5 billion last year,<i><span style="font-size:-0;"> </span></i><span style="color:#993300;"><i><span style="font-size:-0;">fueled by sales of apparel, computers and autos</span></i></span>, according to a survey conducted by Internet analysis firm Forrester Research for Shop.org, the online arm of the National Retail Federation trade group. That projection is below the 21% increase seen in the prior year, but industry officials attribute it to the maturing of the business, not the sluggish economy.<br /><br />E-commerce "is clearly the bright spot in retailing," said Scott Silverman, executive director of Shop.org.<br /><br />The upbeat report contrasts with the outlook for many traditional retailers, which have been paring down store growth and closing shops as they struggle with consumers who don't feel like spending amid higher gas and food costs, a housing slump and a weaker job market. The exceptions are discounters and wholesale clubs, as shoppers turn to less expensive stores.<br /><br />On Thursday, the nation's retailers are expected to report at best flat sales growth in March, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers. Same-stores sales are sales at stores opened at least a year and are considered a key indicator of a retailer's health.<br /><br />Online retailers are not immune to the same economic challenges, but what has spearheaded e-commerce growth is a "tale of two shoppers that visit the Web for different reasons," according to Sucharita Mulpuru, a Forrester Research analyst and lead author of the report. <br /><br /><span style="font-size:-0;">There are</span><span style="color:#993300;"><strong><span style="font-size:-0;"><i> the price-sensitive shoppers</i> </span></strong></span><span style="font-size:-0;">who appear to be buying more items online as they look for better prices.</span> <span style="font-size:-0;">And then there are the more affluent customers, who have been increasing their online spending because of<i> <span style="color:#993300;"><strong>the convenience and vast offerings</strong></span></i>.</span><br /><br />But those shoppers looking for a bevy of free online shipping deals may not find them as plentiful as they did last year. The study, which surveyed 125 online retailers in February and March, showed that merchants are less interested in using such promotions this year. While 85% of online retailers said they used some shipping incentive in the past year, just 35% said they would focus more on these types of deals in 2008. <br /><br />Instead, retailers said they plan to invest more in advertising on social networking sites like myspace.com and facebook.com, according to the survey.<br /><br />That may not be the best strategy, according to Mulpuru. <br /><br />"It's great for brand-building and for buzz, but it's still unproven how social networking drives direct revenue" for retailers, said Mulpuru.</div>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-51526069367471333952008-04-09T13:33:00.001-04:002008-04-09T13:34:50.327-04:00Online Video: A Changing Picture“Convergence” sounds like an idea tossed around in the 1990s that never came to pass. But don’t be fooled. Today, most video consumed online is snackable video—bite-sized entertainment—rather than a complete meal of TV episodes or full-length movies.<br /><div><br /><div align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/R_z-GWdv6dI/AAAAAAAAAHc/eI47sDlyCn8/s1600-h/graph_emark.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eWYN_tXWN4g/R_z-GWdv6dI/AAAAAAAAAHc/eI47sDlyCn8/s320/graph_emark.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187300255886993874" border="0" /></a></div>The most popular video content consists of short pieces: news clips, jokes, movie trailers, music videos, clips from TV shows and entertainment news.<br /><br />“As technology problems are solved, however, making the computer-television connection more viable and pleasurable for the average consumer,” says David Hallerman, eMarketer Senior Analyst, “online video content will expand in both length and breadth, and professionally-produced material will become a large part of the menu.”<br /><br />It hasn’t happened yet, but full-blown convergence between television and the Internet is on the way. “The trend toward greater video convergence is being driven by factors such as broadband, digital TV and, ironically, the fragmentation of the audience,” says Mr. Hallerman. “Fragmentation is forcing the networks and studios to reach out to where the audience lives.”<br />People prefer the Internet to TV when it comes to convenience, control and the ability to find enjoyable content,” says Mr. Hallerman. “TV wins out for relaxation, sharing the experience with friends and family and less annoying advertising than online.”<br /><br />The technical and viewer preference obstacles to convergence are many, and they won’t be overcome easily or quickly. “Surveys have found that roughly half of all US consumers who watch video watch at least some of it online,” says Mr. Hallerman. “That percentage isn’t going down, and the desire for convergence isn’t going away.”</div>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673181846534469801.post-34659007276853992702008-04-09T13:32:00.000-04:002008-04-09T13:33:05.107-04:00[PS3] If you can not play only BD<div>Playing the bundled Spider-Man 3 disc the following happens:<br />-Swirly "loading" icon in top right of TV<br />-Spider-Man logo appears in white, then "loads" and fills in black as it does<br />-TV loses signal, searches for it, then finds "no signal". As if the PS3 is off or the cable is unplugged. Neither are the case. If I eject the disc the main PS3 menu comes up<br /><br />BD/DVD Settings (Under Settings)<br />Scroll down to 4th from the bottom<br />"BD 1080p 24 Hz Output"<br />Turn this to off<br />Run a movie<br />It should work!</div>wsjounghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16078599926344033884noreply@blogger.com0