Archive for 'Internet'
Search!o – The tabbed search
Posted on 01. Dec, 2008 by Nikos.
While the majority of our day-to-day searches are easily handled by our favorite search engine, there are always those intensive searches that have you jumping from site to site – or opening a series of tabs – to find a good cross-section of information on a given topic. Even once you’ve established a preferred workflow [...]
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Umbrella Today? – The simplest weather forecast website!
Posted on 28. Nov, 2008 by Nikos.
This is a brilliant and very easy idea. There are some ideas that can be too easy that nobody thinks about them. Umbrella Today is one of these ideas. It is a very simple website. The user just put his or her Zip Code (US only) and asks if he has to take his umbrella. [...]
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Is this website down for everyone or just me?
Posted on 28. Nov, 2008 by Nikos.
Down for everyone or just me? This is the simplest way to check if a website is down for everyone or just for you.. It is so simple but quite smart!
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New changes to Google Search!
Posted on 21. Nov, 2008 by Nikos.
Tonight, Google changed its interface. Google Blog The changes are called SearchWiki, and are a dramatic departure from Google’s streamlined, algorithm-rules approach to search. It takes features from Digg to allow users to vote site results up or down, as well as features from Wikia Search to allow users to add comments, move search results, [...]
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Apple & Microsoft – Find the difference!
Posted on 16. Nov, 2008 by Nikos.
Apple and Microsoft.. How similar and how different they are? The new Microsoft Store (as we say Apple Store) has a logo that is very similar to all Apple products’ logos with two gray shades (picture). Just be patient! The new Windows 7 are coming with ‘new and innovative’ ideas! (maybe they will include Spotlight, [...]
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Sexy Subaru Forester Ad in Canada
Posted on 16. Nov, 2008 by Nikos.
Sexy sumo carwash commercial featuring music by Electric Six. Japanese SUVs just got a little sexier. The Sexy Subaru site was developed at Tribal DDB, Toronto by creative director Dré Labre, copywriter Travis Sellar, agency art director Ryan Semeniuk, production manager Cathy Kim. Filming was shot by directors Cy Hogg and Joel Grenier via Fuel [...]
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Google’s increased market share in October 08 – 71.7%
Posted on 14. Nov, 2008 by Nikos.
Google continued to increase its U.S. search share dominance in October, widening its lead over Yahoo and Microsoft. In October, Google’s share of Web searches by people in the U.S. rose to 71.7 percent, up from 71.2 percent in September and 64.5 percent in October of 2007, according to market research company Hitwise. At the [...]
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Apple building its own search engine?
Posted on 13. Nov, 2008 by Nikos.
According to TechCrunch’s “multiple (if thin) reports,” Apple may be working on a search engine in the interest of weaning themselves from Google’s teet. Given that Apple defaults to Google search on Mac and iPhone versions of Safari, and given that Google is sort of competition now with Android, the rumors make sense…but given that [...]
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The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0
Posted on 11. Nov, 2008 by Nikos.
Women have been heavily instrumental in redefining the way we interact online. Here’s a look at the most influential of these. (L to R: Leah Culver, Pownce; Rashmi Sinha, Slideshare; Dina Kaplin, blip.tv; Marissa Mayer, Google; Cyan Banister, Zivity; Lisa Stone, Jory Des Jardins, and Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer; Caterina Fake, Flickr; Gina Bianchini, Ning; [...]
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42 Good Things from Samsung
Posted on 09. Nov, 2008 by Nikos.
Did you know there are 42 good things you can do with the Samsung Omnia mobile phone? You can discover each one of them by watching 42 short videos on the dedicated website. Yes, I know, at first sight the idea of watching 42 videos sounds a bit boring and frustrating, but if you give [...]
