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This article is part of the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services. Since kicking off the voting round of the Open Web Awards yesterday, we’ve seen nearly 10,000 votes cast across 26 different categories. In the Mainstream Social Networks category, Twitter has the early lead, but has some tough competition from last year’s winners, Facebook and Netlog. With voting open until November 30th, perhaps one of these contenders can make a run for the award: Dotblu – A social network geared primarily towards teens, where users compete in various games to earn virtual...
TiVo’s latest newsletter… The TiVo Newsletter | Volume 122 Letter From the Editor If you look forward to the TiVo Tips and recommendations included in the TiVo newsletter, you’ll love this: We’ve gone a step further by bringing you a short, weekly video show! “The Badoop Badoop Show,” affectionately named after TiVo’s unmistakable soundmark, is your fun, fast-paced weekly guide to what’s hot, what’s quirky, and what’s unexpected in the world of entertainment. All topped with great TiVo Tips at the end of each episode. But I have to warn you, this is not your average entertainment news show. (ET’s got that...
Today AppLoop launched a mobile application generator which lets you turn any RSS feed into a mobile application for either iPhone (available today) or Android (coming soon). The company, who also runs the analytics and advertising solution MediaLets, wanted to provide everyone with the tools to make a mobile app, even if they didn't have any programming experience. To do so, they've created their new Mobile Application Generator, a tool which creates a mobile-ready application in less than two minutes. Sponsor According to AppLoop, only 3% of developers know how to program Cocoa which limits their ability to enjoy the...
The Insider, a site for celebrity gossip and other entertainment news has launched a service that takes advantage of Facebook Connect. I had a chance to check out the integration and it’s pretty interesting. Unfortunately many of the features weren’t loading correctly but a few of them were. One of the key benefits of the Facebook Connect integration is the ability to comment on stories using an automatically generated profile. The service also immediately tells you which of your friends are on the site. Not surprisingly, none of my friends were already using the site. This is one of many...
Supreme Court Stays Out of TiVo vs. Dish; high court won’t consider an appeal of the $74 million judgment against the satellite company over a patent dispute with the DVR maker. (The Associated Press) Time Warner Reacts to LIN Dispute By Urging People Online; after the two companies didn’t reach an agreement, Time Warner displays a URL on channels formerly occupied by LIN that hosts a video on how to watch TV programs online. (The New York Times) Blinkx Drops Bid to Buy Miva; video search company will not be acquiring the pay-per-click ad network. (paidContent) Comcast to Hike Rates;...
AOL has launched a new magazine-style blog site that attempts to combine entertainment news with city-based stories. Digital City describes itself as having “a local slant, but global appeal.” Officially announced this morning, the site’s front page now features a post talking about celebrity birthdays and other noteworthy occasions on 9/29. Perusing the site further will uncover everything from food and nightlife-related news to holiday-specific content and even travel talk. Oddly, for a site with “local slant,” the site doesn’t let you enter your own city to find local information relevant to you (at least, not in any easily located...
A company focusing on bringing massive multiplayer online games to the female masses has secured $5 million to make its mark. Hollywood Interactive Group, developer of MyHollywood.com, landed the funding today. MyHollywood.com is geared toward women gamers who also love entertainment news. Its “signature” MMOG game, creatively named “The Red Carpet Game,” lets you create an avatar and progress through different levels of celebrity. You navigate through a virtual Hollywood, playing mini-games, answering quizzes about current pop events, and accumulating points along the way. As you do well, you collect things like “high-status branded virtual items,” as well as mansions,...
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