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Regular folks find fame on Twitter

Posted on: Saturday, August 8th, 2009 in: The Internet, Tools

They’re so popular on Twitter that it would take a football stadium, or several, to accommodate everyone who follows their posts.
No, they’re not Hollywood A-listers like Oprah or Ashton Kutcher, who have collected more than a million fans on the micro-blogging service.
Rather, they’re three relative unknowns from Northern California who, through tireless hobnobbing, nonstop posting […]

Focus on failure: Loseitback.com

Posted on: Monday, May 5th, 2008 in: The Internet

Loseitback.com was an idea I had around 7 years ago. Working as a 20 year old telecommunications engineer for Vodafone I was always dreaming up ideas for the next big thing within mobile communication. With a friend we had a side business called Evolve Creations that started out when we were 16 respectively and started doing […]

Ian Wallis becomes editorial director and head of Entrepreneur TV for cmypitch.com

Posted on: Sunday, April 27th, 2008 in: TV, The Internet

Ian Wallis has been appointed editorial director and head of Entrepreneur TV for cmypitch.com.
His role on the soon-to-be-launched website for entrepreneurs will see Wallis conducting video interviews, as well as being responsible for the community aspects of the site.
Commenting on his new role, Wallis said: “There’s nothing like cmypitch.com out there at the moment, which […]

The most weird things ever sold on eBay

Posted on: Monday, April 21st, 2008 in: The Internet

These crazy ten things that were either put up for sale or sold will blow you away and will leave you wide eyed and astonished. The following ten objects are in no specific order and are all considered to be pretty weird.

A Serial Killer’s Fingernails

One of the weirdest things ever sold was a serial killer’s […]

WooMe.com

Posted on: Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 in: One to watch, The Internet

 
George Berkowski and Steve Stokols had a brainwave last year. What if they created an online version of speed dating, but took away the sad, lonely heart, dating bit? Now, Woome.com is the latest social craze to sweep the internet.
“The site isn’t pink. There are no love hearts scattered on the homepage. This is not […]

What happened to designthetime.com?

Posted on: Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 in: Social Networking, The Internet

 
I came across this article about a web 2.0 from back in 2007and thought what a great idea it was, but can’t seem to find out what has happened?
The story:
When Oxford student Thomas Whitfield put forward his idea in the university’s own version of the BBC’s Dragon’s Den, he hoped for nothing more than encouraging […]

Property price drops!

Posted on: Friday, November 9th, 2007 in: The Internet

 
As most people dabble in propertty as well as working full time, and with the current property price slump and credit crisis here is an excellent way to seek out those properties that have not only been on the market for ages but have also dropped in price:
UK startup Propertysnake, which helps buyers find properties […]

Domain is everything!

Posted on: Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 in: News, The Internet

 
We have gone from domain names that say exactly what they do, e.g. cheaplaptops.com or asbestossurveys.com to quirky four letter names!
Andrew Frame had several criteria for the name of his Voice over Internet Protocol startup. It had to be universally pronounceable, memorable, and short—ideally, no more than four letters and two syllables. Of course, the […]

Mums rely on search for buying

Posted on: Thursday, September 6th, 2007 in: News, The Internet

 
Mums rely heavily on search engines for both online and offline purchases, and when coordinating travel and planning a host of other activities, according to a study unveiled by DoubleClick Performics last week, reports MarketingCharts.
“Of the nearly 1,000 moms surveyed, 89 percent use the internet at least twice per day, and 90 percent have been […]

Video Email - will it catch on?

Posted on: Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 in: Innovation, The Internet

Video Email is a revolutionary new way in how we communicate with one another. In our personal lives, we send out an average of 15 emails per week. In our business lives, the company as a collective group sends out hundreds if not thousands of emails.
The pre-existing emails encompass two methods to communicating: text and […]