Product Reviews Do We Need Another Web Survey Tool? Survs May Have You Checking "Yes" (Invites) Here's a survey question for you: Do we really need another Web-based survey tool? There are any number of respectable and useful survey products out there today, all of which do a fine job of soliciting responses from a constituency. So when we started to review Survs, the latest entrant to dip a toe into the online survey pool, we were cynical… Rick Turoczy View comments
Google YouTube Makes Annotating Videos Easier YouTube first introduced annotations last June, but starting today, Google's popular video sharing site is making it even easier to add text comments into your own videos. Whereas before you had to go into a relatively complicated annotations editor to add your comments, you can now just click on a spot in the video during playback and the… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Google Google and Plaxo Combine OpenID and OAuth for Improved Usability As a concept, OpenID has shown a great deal of potential. But that potential has often been hamstrung by the series of hurdles through which OpenID users have been required to jump in order to use their credentials. When Facebook Connect entered the distributed digital identity fray, those OpenID usability problems came into stark relief. Now… Social Rick Turoczy View comments
NYT PhotoPeach: Easy to Use, No Frills Photo Slideshow Service There is clearly no dearth of slideshow services on the Internet. Some are intricate like Animoto, and others, like Slide, are mostly geared towards the MySpace and FaceBook crowd. PhotoPeach takes a more minimalist approach and focuses purely on the actual pictures without using flashy effects and themes. This is great if you just want to showcase… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Features The State of Blog Search, 2009 What blog search engine should you use? That depends on your needs. In order to join a conversation, you've got to be able to find it first. Three years ago "blog search" was expected to be a booming industry, startups left and right developed different technologies and more than a few raised millions of dollars to help users search the part of… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments