Technology

Chinese iPad clone released three months before Apple’s

Posted under Technology on Thursday, 28 January 2010 by Joop Dorresteijn
Without stealing Apple's hard needed thunder, we'd like to point out that a Chinese hardware manufacturer made an iPad clone ... three months ago. In what may be the first case of a manufacturer trying to clone a product that doesn’t even exist yet, China company Shenzhen Dragon Brother...
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Baidu signs China Carrier search deal for Next Generation Phones

Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Previously, Google signed a contact with China's biggest carrier to gain footprint in China, however, their number one competitor in this nation signed a deal that will add their search pre-installed on many of the next generation phones, starting with a side-by-side display on the launch of the...
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Company using facebook to scam children

Posted under Technology on Sunday, 18 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
We all know there are plenty of games on Facebook, like recent hits Farmville, Mafia wars and Texas HoldEm poker, all created by game company Zynga. Zynga's revenue model is entirely based on players buying virtual goods - like gaining quick access to more land in farm-game Farmville - to...
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Company using facebook to scam children

Posted under Technology on Sunday, 18 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
We all know there are plenty of games on Facebook, like recent hits Farmville, Mafia wars and Texas HoldEm poker, all created by game company Zynga. Zynga's revenue model is entirely based on players buying virtual goods - like gaining quick access to more land in farm-game Farmville - to...
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China has 30% more Internet users than the US, time for global web dialogue

Posted under Internet, Technology on Friday, 2 October 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Let's talk translation. Remember Babel fish? Good at the time, but they lost their place in the market due to the quality of human powered Google translation with an API. Today, we have another player in the market, Facebook connect. Once you've integrated Facebook connect into your site, you can...
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Social networks die due to quick-fixing boredom

Posted under Technology on Friday, 29 May 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
On a drawing book, Internet could be described as the flower of knowledge exploration, a place to explore mankind’s knowledge virtually, and contributing to that. What a useful contribution to our lives! However, our Internet is a lot less boring. After merely 36 years of development, Internet...
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Internet Audience Surpasses 1 billion in Dec. 08

Posted under Technology on Friday, 23 January 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
The Internet audience has quietly surpassed 1 billion visitors in December 2008, based on data from ComScore. Asia-Pacific Region Accounts for 41 Percent of Internet users and China Ranks as Largest Internet Population in the World. These rankings are estimations of home and work locations and are...
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Are we still before the corporate blogging revolution?

Posted under Internet, Technology on Friday, 23 January 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
Just out of curiosity; how many corporate blogs do you read? Actually, the number of corporate blogs in my feed is rather limited. While blogging seemed an exciting alternative to the one-way advertising through print and radio - allowing a dialogue with customers perhaps a community of people...
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Algorithms to replace editors, gadgets instead of paper

Posted under Technology on Friday, 24 October 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
When will we see foldable e-paper on the street? Will advanced algorithms and Internet eventually put publishers out of business? – Nobody knows... But we do witness a devastating momentum for traditional publishers, how can these companies reinvent themselves? Are they doomed? Chosun media,...
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Did StumbleUpon and Digg just miss an emerging market?

Posted under Technology on Thursday, 16 October 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
It's interesting to see that so much attention is going to the iTunes Application store, don't you think? When 'experts' stated that applications, email and games moved to the web, I never imagined something like the Itunes Applications Store to happen with such impact. With Android coming up, we...
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Feedburner hack: how to get 2500 subscribers overnight (video)

Posted under China, Technology on Monday, 4 August 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Established blogs like ReadWriteWeb and Techcrunch proudly show a Feedburner chicklet that displays the sites popularity. But beware – since people are more likely to subscribe to a site with a bigger amount of readers, some sites manipulate the counter. Every once and a while co-editor...
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Crowdfusion: publishing platform raises $3 million from Andreesen and others

Posted under Technology on Friday, 1 August 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Crowd Fusion is a revolution in online publishing, offering web publishers an unique combination of technology and strategy. Or at least, that's what I understood from their temporary website, the company is still in stealth mode. But attracted some interesting investors and raised an initial...
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Youtube to offer video annotation soon

Posted under Technology on Thursday, 31 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Google has acquired Omnisio, a service that allows users to annonate video's and mash-up videos. Omnisio was founded by three Australians about six months ago. Youtube had its own "remixing" feature before, but had been abandoned ever since. Google announced that the Omnisio team will join Youtube,...
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Fm transmitters, socializing in an offline world

Posted under Technology on Thursday, 31 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
This map represents how the Internet assets are distributed across the world; there is a lack of internet accessibility in big parts of South America, Australia and especially Africa. Without the web it's hard to get online information, and social networking is even harder to do. Or is it? Juan...
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MyYearBook is growing in US teen market, raises $13 million

Posted under Technology on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
myYearbook raised $13 (€8) million, and the social network gained remarkable growth in the teen market, exceptional given the established presence of Myspace. A social website launched three years ago, myYearbook claims to be the third largest social network in the US. TechCrunch reports that...
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China retains Internet censorship during the Olympics

Posted under China, Technology on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Contrary to earlier promises to foreign journalists, China will offer limited access to the Internet during the Beijing Olympic Games. Chinese authorities block information on the Internet that the Communist party views as improper, unhealthy or as a threat to its rule — essentially, all...
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Online Financial Times readers increasing, fast!

Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Its not a question whether newspapers are depended of their online services anymore. It seems that newspapers are making the switch to digital, and that income can be found in advertisements rather then subscription based income. An example is English business paper Financial Times, that recently...
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How Yahoo killed MyBlogLog

Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Unbelievable, the MyBlogLog service announced another redesign of their website today! – unfortunately, again without new features. The update is followed by the updated design of their widget in February. As many know, MyBlogLog is a blogging network, subscribed users get a "blog community"...
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The World Wide Web is growing a billion pages per day

Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
The growth rate of the Internet is accelerating in such a degree that a rather amazing related milestone was passed; Google's spiders discovered the trillionth URL. That's 1,000,000,000,000 WebPages indexed, Cuil reported to have indexed almost 122 billion pages with the help of the Internet...
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Online language learning becomes fun, Babbel.com receives funding

Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
One of the problems with online language training sites is that the content is ridiculous, and the user interface usually is unintuitive and plain ugly. (Online) language programs come and go, but usually never really take off. The guys at Berlin based Babbel have made an interesting attempt to...
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Google does not Digg it, walks away from the deal

Posted under Technology on Saturday, 26 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
A dispiriting update about Google wanting to acquire Digg, the deal is off! The guys at Digg were about to close the deal and walk away with 200 million dollars. But for some reason, Google decided to walk away from the deal yesterday, leaving Digg to be the ugly bride nobody wants to have. The...
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3 reasons why Knol will beat Wikipedia

Posted under Technology on Friday, 25 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Granted, most people do not see Knol as a direct threat to Wikipedia, and the title of the post might upset some people... Even Google noted that Knol is not designed to compete with Wikipedia, but you have to admit that from a online knowledge-base perspective, the sites are quite similar. Knol...
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Media-organizer Blippr public and packed with new features

Posted under Technology on Friday, 25 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Blippr recently removed invite-only requirements and entered into public beta, launching with the latest release a number of new features and a complete redesign. My colleague Ernst-Jan pointed out that the service allowed users to recommend things like music and films by writing reviews or rating...
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3 reasons why Knol will beat Wikipedia

Posted under Technology on Friday, 25 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Granted, most people do not see Knol as a direct threat to Wikipedia, and the title of the post might upset some people... Even Google noted that Knol is not designed to compete with Wikipedia, but you have to admit that from a online knowledge-base perspective, the sites are quite similar. Knol...
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Google maps: go take a hike!

Posted under Technology on Thursday, 24 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Google announced a new feature in Google Maps, letting you view the walking directions. And as Andy Schwerin puts, it makes me want to stroll through the city a little bit as well: "You'll notice shops, parks, and public art that you've been accustomed to zooming past, and come away feeling like...
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Nowdothis, maybe the easiest web 2.0 service ever

Posted under Technology on Thursday, 24 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
I am not a particular fan of GTD contextual todo lists, they make me grumpy and busy; instead I apply the just-on-time principle: I write down the five most important things in the evening on a paper, and try to accomplish that the next day. And with New York based Jakob Lodwick's new web...
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Garner warns US to hold off on WiMAX, Intel is furious

Posted under Technology on Wednesday, 23 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Picture from Erwin Boogert(CC)Yesterday, Gartner warned businesses to wait on investing in WiMAX, at least until more vendors actually create WiMax handsets. A analysis that upset Gregory Ofili, the marketing manager with Intel WiMAX. He reacted furiously, but Gartner may have a point. WiMAX...
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Create 3d objects from your drawings with webservice (we have invites)

Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
We have seen online services for T-shirts, mousepads and tea. Techcrunch pointed us to a new Dutch webservice that can create 3d sculptures, the service understands various forms of CAD drawings, "print" them in 3d, and ships them globally within ten working days. Ever wanted to create advanced...
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Alternative film site Raindance.tv raises € 600.000

Posted under Technology on Monday, 21 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Good news for alternative movie fanatics out there, Raindance Festival has launched raindance.tv earlier this year and reports that they secured about € 600.000 ($1 million) to accelerate their online operations. The website also signed distribution deals with 8 partners to facilitate the movies...
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Fast growing ad, gaming & education market in China

Posted under Technology on Monday, 21 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
The New Media Media group in China, photo by Marc van der Chijs A delegation of 40 Dutch entrepreneurs and investors visited China last April, they visited marketing offices, gaming companies, multinationals and telecom companies in Shanghai and Chengdu and got their eyes opened to the dynamics...
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Facebook sues German copycat, more to come?

Posted under Technology on Saturday, 19 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Facebook has started to take action against their copycats, and filled a copyright lawsuit against German copycat StudiVZ, in what they claim is an infringement of Facebook's "look, feel, features and services". This claim is filled a month after Facebook won the accusation filled by ConnectU,...
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Glam Media expands to Germany, acquires Codex media

Posted under Technology on Friday, 18 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Samir Arora (left) together with TED founder Richard Saul WurmanGlam media is expanding to Europe and has announced another acquirement in their pursuit. We reported that the female-orientated vertical-advertising company had used their last funding round of a whopping $85 million (54 million euro)...
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SnagFilms brings documentaries to widgets

Posted under Technology on Thursday, 17 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Serial entrepreneurs Ted Leonsis (AOL) and Rick Allen (National Geographic Society) started producing documentaries and launched SnagFilms.com earlier today to distribute them, SnagFilms also acquired IndieWire, a online resource and community for independent filmmakers from GMD studios to...
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Rumor: Amazon Kindle 2 Coming This Fall

Posted under Technology on Wednesday, 16 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
We would like to give you an early suggestion for the holiday season, Crunchgear heard an "insider" whisper at Amazon about an update to their electronic book reader. The electronic book seller is planning to release the first as early as October 2008. The "insider" told Crunchgear that Amazon has...
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Twitter acquires Summize for about $15 million

Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 15 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Twitter reports on their blog that they acquired Summize, a search engine that indexes twitter posts. As Twitter co-founder Biz Stone puts it: "The folks over at Summize discovered Twitter and significantly improved on this idea of filtering and search.." Techcrunch reports that Twitter...
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Another Dutch web host prosecuted for torrent website, end of one more torrent safe haven?

Posted under Technology on Wednesday, 9 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Another Dutch host has been challenged in court to hand over personal information of a torrent website. The accusing party claimes that host Euroaccess facilitated violations of copyrights on the internet, and that the site torrents.to, has an illegal character and should have been taken down by...
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Free public transport in Hong Kong, Britain and The Netherlands

Posted under Technology on Saturday, 21 June 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Okay, its not as simple as free, but Dr. B. Jacobs, computer science professor at the Radboud University Nijmegen has demonstrated how to copy the smart travel cards, and travel for free in London last June. His demonstration alarmed the card maker NXP, who claimed that the publication was...
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Linkedin introduces targeted advertising

Posted under Technology on Monday, 16 June 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
LinkedIn has introduced a clever new functionality on their platform today, by announcing a limited first version of Linkedin DirectAds. DirectAds allows you to target advertisements on age, gender, industry, or seniority of ad viewers. Two weeks ago co-editor Robin reported the soft-launch, now...
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If you like the web, I bet you love South Korea too

Posted under Technology on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
That is, if you like to be connected to the Internet all day, while enjoying the fastest connections in the world! Enter the hyper connected society, with an astounding 90 percent of the country connected with 3G and a nation wide coverage of a South Korean version of Wimax. How and why...
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