Analysis The Olympics Go Mobile The Summer Olympics are nearly here. Beginning August 8th, the world will be watching as athletes compete for the gold in Beijing. Of course, many people will be watching the coverage on TV or the web, but others will keeping up-to-date on the latest news via their mobile phone. To take advantage of the demand for mobile coverage of this event… Sarah Perez View comments
Product Reviews Mainstream Web Watch: InfiniteHoops.com Last week we started a new series called Mainstream Web Watch, in which we'll be exploring how the Social Web is infiltrating mainstream culture. We started out with NBA.com last week, to celebrate the end of the basketball season and the crowning of a new champion (Boston Celtics). In this post we look at another mainstream basketball site, but… Social Richard MacManus View comments
Analysis Twitter Has Culture Twitter is one of the most talked about services on the web these days. The service has taken off since its inception two years ago at SXSW. The service has seen a huge spike in traffic and more than its fair shares of ups and downs. Needless to say, Twitter is all about the community and harnessing the power of the sub-communities within Twitter… Social Corvida View comments
Microsoft Too Many Windows Live Services are Dead Microsoft has done a lot of revamping and renaming to their web services over the recent years. The strategy of renaming was an awful attempt at trying to break ground on the web. It only resulted in confusing a lot of users. Recently, a handful of those services have seen the end draw near including Windows Live for TV, Windows Live Expo, Live… Corvida View comments
Google Google Trends for Websites Sucks for Small Blogs Recently, Google Trends added an update to the service and extended its functionality to websites with Google Trends for Websites. Google Trends gives recommendations on popular trends occurring on the web today. Now anyone with a website can find out popular trends about their website, except for the small guys. Corvida View comments