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After digging through the most awesome examples of next-generation web services on the net — and the most useless — we’ve compiled this list of the best and worst. What’s Web 2.0’s killer app? And which app simply kills our will to live? By Michael Calore.
From Wired
Topless Sunbather Caught in Google Earth!
Imagine having a quiet afternoon’s sunbathing on your private, secluded, back patio – and then one day discovering that your nearly naked body has been posted all over the Internet!
technorati tags:GoogleEarth, Imaging, Nude
Google has sent an alert to all Writely, the online word processor, users. The actual text
of the message I received is here.
Dear mithunk,
In a few days, we will update your Writely account to use your mithunk@gmail.com, Google Account registration settings.
This means you’ll need to use your Google Account password when signing in, not your Writely password (if they’re different).
If you’ve forgotten your Google Account password, just go to https://www.google.com/accounts/ForgotPasswd
Thanks!
Google Writely Team
So now its officially integrated, we can soon expect it to become a part of GMail
9rules has launched their new Search page which not only searches results across the 200+ sites in their network, but also pulls results from Technorati, Flickr and YouTube to truly bring search to the Web 2.0 world. Surprisingly quick for the information they pull in due to the use of AJAX loading for the YouTube and Flickr search results.
From Techcrunch UK
Yahoo! Launches Better Video Content
On a day that saw it’s stock take a hit, Yahoo! has teamed up with Current TV to launch Yahoo! Current Network, a video site with a mix of profesional and user submitted videos arranged in channels. Current TV is a cable and sattelite channel backed by environmentalist Al Gore that shows short user-submitted shows and segments in what it called ‘viewer created content’. Yahoo! has been granted the rights to exclusive Current TV content for its video portal, and in return some of the best user submissions to Yahoo! may make it onto the terrestrial Current TV channel.
Current TV have previously made a little-known deal with Google to release Google Current, which was a similar concept though hosted on the Current TV site and servers (what they got from the relationship with the search giant is unclear, other than splashing the companies name throughout the videos). Back at Yahoo! there are now four channels of Current content (these names are going to get confusing very quickly) – Yahoo! Current Action, Yahoo! Current Buzz, Yahoo! Current Driver and Yahoo! Current Traveler. We will leave the descriptions of what each of these channels are as an exercise for the reader. Some of the content is actually pretty good, much better than what you would find on YouTube or other amateur clearing houses. As an example, this video gives you not only a decent intro to what Yahoo! current is all about, but is a short clip from Bono and ‘The Edge’ from U2. If you are a U2 fan, you might appreciate the clip of Bono walking into The Edge’s room and waking him up in the morning (the unreleased directors cut has Bono follow him into the shower) and discovering that Yoga is actually a product of Wales.
From Techcrunch
Memocast seeks to break into international film sales
Memocast, an online seller of foreign language films, is seeking its first round of venture funding in the coming months to grow its library and start marketing its service. Memocast is carving out a space in the movie download business. While a variety of companies are slugging it out to sell Hollywood features, Memocast is seeking to be the site of choice for those wanting foreign language and international films. Currently, the site is really for those seeking Russian titles. It has a smattering of titles in other languages with a goal of ultimately selling films in 43 languages.
The site has three levels of service. You can stream films for free if you are willing to watch commercials. You can download a DVD quality film or video at prices ranging from $1.99 to $3.99 or you can have access to the entire library without commercials via stream for $7.99/month.
From Techcrunch
iTunes: $1m in movies sold in first week
Disney chief executive Robert Iger said today that in the first week of the iTunes movie store, the company sold 125,000 movies and generated $1 million. Iger said Disney expects about $50 million in revenue for the year. Disney’s 75 titles are currently the only movies available in the iTunes movie store.
For comparison, Apple sold about 1 million songs in its first week online, thus generating about the same amount of revenue. Our previous coverage of the iTunes movie store is here.
From Techcrunch
technorati tags:iTunes, Video, $1million, Movies, Disney, Downloads
Moo: Flickrize your business cards
Moo is an online printing service that now lets you turn your Flickr photos into small business cards. After logging in to your Flickr account, there’s a nice drag, drop and crop interface. The end result are thick, glossy cards that are long and narrow and about half the size of regular cards. The company will send you 100 of them for $20 and Flickr Pro users get 10 extra cards for free.
This is a great value add via the Flickr API. More than a passing fad, Moo received $5 million in series A funding in April from The Accelerator Group, Atlas and Index Ventures. The nine person company was founded by Richard Moross of London.
From Techcrunch
technorati tags:Flickr, BusinessCards, Moo, Photos
