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eSnips lets you share content online - regardless of the kind content type. There are number of different sites where we are uploading and sharing content today, and each site has it’s own social network.
eSnips targets mainstream users that would be frustrated with too many places to share their content. You can upload any type of file to
eSnips and create as many separate sharing environments that you want. You can even sell some of the content you put into the system.
There are close to 1 Million users and about 3 Million visitors per month.
eSnips uses a folder metaphor that allows you to organize your content. Folders can be shared publicly or kept private, and are tagged to make them discoverable. eSnips automatically suggests other folders that might be interesting based on the content in your folder.
eSnips is free and you get 1GB of storage. So check it out.
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“Personalized discovery tag that learns what you want and delivers it when you want it”
The product is a plugin that you install for the browser. I had a brief demonstration on how the system works and it is interesting. The process starts by defining some areas of interest. Behind the scenes, the application goes out and searches its index.
As you use the application, you are able to give items a Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down. Based on your feedback the system adjusts automatically and refines its search technique to bring you increasingly relevent content.
It returns News & Blogs, Websites, Books sorted out into an accordion interface. There is also a social component to the application. Users can share their finds with their contacts - it seems to be based on Skype. From there, you are able to see what your
group of friends thinks as well.
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They want to help us make real connections with real people. They’re combining a local event guide with social networking.
I had a chance to see a demo up close before the presentation and it is an impressive solution to a real problem. HeyLetsGo allows you to find not just interesting events but also to learn more about who’s going and what you might expect.
They have a BuzzLevel measure (patent pending) that is like Page Rank for events. The range of events is very broad and covers much more
than tech events. One nice feature is that I can see what my friends are planning on doing - a pivot I find missing from something like
Upcoming.
The site also can recommend people that have a lot in common with you and potentially help you find new places and people to hang out
with.
Another nice feature is real-time integration that enables you to report back on an event WHILE it’s happening. That’s having your finger
on the pulse of an event.
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Cuts is a really interesting system that enables you to edit the video you have in a truly innovative way. In essence, Cuts allows you add in some metadata to your own media files that handles skipping, muting and commenting on the media as it plays throughout various points in the playback.
This is entirely legal since you are required to have the media on your own machine. They’ve built a community around this and are growing really fast.
Recently, their competitor ‘JumpCut.com’ got acquired by Yahoo!.
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“People want to create like pros”
iBloks allows you to remix your own media. The system has an interesting 3D interface that allows you to animate and paint onto a moving palette. iBloks has a unique integration with Windows Vista.
iBloks lets you publish to cell phone, video ipod, PSP, and the web. They make money by letting people buy digital content and mods from them. They sell from 99 cents to $9.99. “We’re moving from user-generated content to community-generated content”.
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“NanoLearning is a marketplace for small chunks of learning created by people like you and me”.
NanoLearning provides a platform for everyone to create their own courseware that leverages the hidden expertise they possess. The tool allows you to attach audio and video to accompany any slide. They also provide a variety of methods for you to easily design in interactivity. There are even modules that seem more like games than tests.
The site is live now and welcoming users. A Developer’s Kit is in the works that will allow developers to extend and enhance the interactivity modules.
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SiteKreator really makes the process of designing your own web site simple as ‘123′. Before our eyes, he is putting together a site for the California Center for Aesthetic Dentistry. There are a number of interesting shortcuts and applets like a File Manager, Slide Show Manager, and Forums/Blog. In addition, there is the ability to design custom forms.
A newsletter tool helps small businesses recruit customers. Pricing starts at just $15 a month.
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uControl provides an innovative home security system that inetgrates the modern methods of communication. The cited weakness of the existing
systems is the telephone line. The system provides redundant connections so that, in the event of an alarm, the connection remains
intact.
A clever online portal allows you to see what’s happening at your home, including things like knowing if you’re daughter’s gotten home
from school.
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Jajah is an activated telephone service. They connect you from the
existing phone to anywhere they want for free or almost free. There is nothing to install. You simply need your phone and access to their web
site.
Today Jajah announced VOIP on the cell phone called ‘Jajah mobile’. It works as a plugin for your cell phone. This makes your phone jajah-enabled, instead of buying an expensive handset. Once turned on, you can make local and long distance calls for free or
next to free. Hello Japan.
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Flurry makes e-mail more accessible on the average cell phone. Flurry doesn’t care what kind of phone you have.
Flurry converts messages into hyperlinked documents that function as expected on higher end phones. Flurry is also capable of handling news.
FotoMail enables you to capture photos and send them as attachments in your messages.
Flurry offers a number of customization options through the web site.
Flurry is completely free - even on your old brick phone.
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