Tag: WEB2.0

Even if you don't agree with her politics, you must admit Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has a sense of humor. To celebrate the launch of the U.S. Congress' YouTube channels for the House and Senate, Pelosi posted a video of her cats roaming around her Capitol office, playing with her gavel, and enjoying the view. That alone works well enough for us. That she Rickrolls us halfway through the ...

In case you've been waiting for it, the second Internet bubble might be on the verge of bursting. Banks and mortgages aren't the only things collapsing in the now official recession -- Web 2.0 startups are starting to drop like flies. The most recent collapse is Twitter-competitor Pownce. The feature-packed micro-blogging service, backed by Digg founder Kevin Rose, was bought up by SixApart, the ...

It's time to assemble your pole, bait the line and drop a hook into the wild waters of the Internet. Yes, Switched fans, we're looking to get the catch of the day, PhishTank style. The folks at PhishTank, part of OpenDNS, have tapped the social-linking-collaborative environment of Web 2.0 to assemble what could be the master list of all phishing scams out there on the Web today. A phishing scam ...

it's an open secret that one of the downsides to the the ubiquity of Web 2.0 sites and services is the ease with which the burgeoning malware (viruses, spyware, etc) market has been able to blossom. Hacking groups have used YouTube to advertise their services and products and have used social networking sites like MySpace and LiveJournal to find and stay in touch with clients. Many are not just ...

Do you like Twitter, but wish that it offered a little more functionality? Or do you dig Facebook, but think the whole Web 2.0 social networking scene is a bit stale? Whatever your feelings, you need to check out Pownce, the latest revolution in keeping in touch with friends. The social-networking service has just entered a public beta, meaning the software isn't quite ready for prime-time, but is ...

There's plenty to love about the Internet. But there is also plenty to loathe. Ridiculous banner ads, the crappy quality of the vast majority of Web video, and complex Web 2.0 services without any support. PC World surveyed its readers and found out what they think the Top 10 Web Annoyances are. From Ticket Master to trolls (those people who post annoying, nonstop comments on forums), there's ...

According to none other than Wired magazine, T-shirts have come into their own as a form of media, one that uniquely documents messages and stories, not to mention emergent technologies and companies changing the way we use the Internet. Here at Switched, we write a lot about these next-gen, "Web 2.0" companies and technologies, which include everyone from MySpace and Facebook to Twitter ...

Google already knows everything else about you, your schedule, the contents of your E-mail, even what web pages you visit, so why not let it get its hands on what's inside your body? Hot on the heels of Microsoft's announcement of its HealthVault initiative, Google has decided to announce its plans to work on digitizing health records and making them portable. Marissa Mayer, Vice President of ...

Oh Cranky Pants, will you ever run out of things to be bitter about. John Dvorak is quickly becoming tech journalism's old man on the porch... with a shot gun. With columns such as 'Down With Dumbing Down,' 'Shut Up About the iPhone Already,' and 'Is Everyone Over 30 Useless?,' it's no wonder we've simply taken to referring to him as 'Cranky Pants.' His latest article should be called "What's the ...

A Web 2.0 app that lists Web 2.0 apps? That's just too meta to pass up. Go2Web20.net is an interactive listing of other so-called Web 2.0 apps available online. The list is presented as a gargantuan mosaic of mini logos. Everything is there. And we mean everything: Google Docs & Spreadsheets, tons of social networking services and news aggregators, a cool contact management system named ...

Where do you go when it's time to sell your Internet startup for millions of dollars? If that startup happens to be a German Xerox copy of the Twitter micro-blogging service, the answer is eBay. That's what the owners of dukudu are doing. Unfortunately for them, it doesn't look like they're going to strike it Internet rich ... the auction is currently sitting at a paltry 12,605 Euros, or just shy ...

Sandy is an automated e-mail assistant getting ready to launch. Using her help is as simple as cc'ing Sandy on an e-mail. Through the magic of computer programming we're not going to bother worrying about, Sandy can read your e-mails and convert them into to-do lists, address book entries and calendar appointments. She'll even collect any links people send your way. Sandy is currently in a beta ...