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07.25.2007

Fantasy Sports Embraces Social Media
Fantasy sports have been around for years but are now gaining more popularity as the technology today allows for real-time updates on teams/players as well as the ability to network with one another via social networking features.

07.19.2007

Web 2.0 Gets Real Business
The collaborative aspects of Web 2.0 technologies have garnered a lot of attention among senior executives of global firms. Many of which use or plan to use such technologies in hope of boosting corporate revenue and reducing costs.

07.16.2007

Social Lending: A Growing Phenomenon

Online peer-to-peer lending sites are growing in popularity as they give better financial deals as well as a more valuable social experience to both lenders and borrowers than banks.

07.06.2007

Mining The Web for Cheap Gas
With soaring gas prices in the US and elsewhere, price-sensitive motorists are flocking to gas pricing sites to locate the cheapest gas stations near them.

07.02.2007

Dieting - The Web 2.0 Way
Cyberdieting has been around for sometime. Recently, a number of sites have incorporated various interactive weight-loss/dieting programs as well as social networking features to connect with fellow dieters.

06.22.2007

Tracing Your Family Roots Via Social Networks
Family-oriented networking sites now allow close family members and distant relatives to build virtual relationships through blogs, photos and family trees. Conversely, genealogists and researchers are exploring the idea of using human genome to trace one's origins back in time.

06.08.2007

Virtual World: A Platform For Socially Creative Environment
Virtual simulations aren't reserved only for interactive gaming purposes. Today, businesses are experimenting with ways to use the socially rich technology to model real world situations.

05.25.2007

Travelers Flock Online For Best Deals
Travelers are increasingly bypassing traditional travel agents by going online to book their travel needs. With price competition getting as intense as ever, a growing number of travel sites have cropped up to offer the best deals.

05.22.2007

Going “Green” With Social Networks
The challenges of global warming and greenhouse effect are already becoming hotly debated issues in the world today. Now, a number of environmentally-conscious people are taking on social networks to spread the word.

05.16.2007

Web Technology Spurs Online Banking Growth

With the advent of broadband Internet we have seen a growing number of consumers turning to banking online. With slick interactive Web applications plus enhanced security features, online banking is taking hold.

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03.19.2008 10:32 am

Ask 500 People

With the recent introduction of a new Google Maps mashup, Ask 500 People, users are able to more easily grasp public opinion as a whole - not just based on the latest comments or posts. Site visitors have a number of options: They can participate in active polls - on topics ranging from wind chimes to Britney Spears.

09.07.2007 1:50 am

Collaboration Kings

Project collaboration software has been along for awhile, but it has long since moved beyond internal team brainstorming, group emails and conference calls – we are now presented with technologies that support borderless, real-time collaboration –indifferent to location or time zone.

08.02.2007 3:25 am

Get the Signal

SignalMap is a great example of mashup that takes existing technologies and combines it with user generated content to provide an engaging and beneficial user experience.

05.28.2007 2:41 pm

Digital Mail Going Postal

EasyPost users can now send real letters, typed on paper to anyone in Canada for free (at least for now).

05.04.2007 1:23 pm

Spinlets

As the number of bloggers, social network users, and personal site owner's continues to increase, there is strong demand for ways that enable people to add interesting and interactive content on their sites.

03.27.2007 8:31 am

V-mail

Video messaging may not be the newest kid on the block - but it's fun to send and receive one from time to time.

03.16.2007 9:51 am

'We'-Casting

Engaging, interactive user experiences are driving and shaping how media is consumed.

02.25.2007 9:54 am

Interactive Review:

'Real' user reviews that offer a practicality that once was not there - multimedia adds another dimension to user reviews.

02.19.2007 9:50 am

Chat Room Evolution

A new site called yaplet enables Websites to become chat rooms with the click of a button.

02.14.2007 9:16 am

An Online Learning Forum

AnswerU is making a move in the right direction by identifying an audience, creating a user friendly site, and engineering a way to deliver user appropriate content.