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Saturday, June 30th, 2007Ever wondered why Toronto is the Facebook capital of the world? The Toronto Star explores this phenomena. Meanwhile, Mark Andreessen predicts in another one of his information but lengthy posts that Facebook traffic and applications will sky-rocket again when school starts in September.
Fireman 3.0 Does the Trick
Thursday, June 28th, 2007There are many different ways to burn data, audio and video these days so it’s challenge for any piece of software to impress these days. That said, Fireman 3.0 stands out. It’s loaded with features but perhaps what is most compelling about Fireman 3.0 is its user-friendliness. In fact, this is the reason why I [...]
iPhone Mania!
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007The Wall St. Journal runs a story on the iPhone and the blogosphere jumps hard on the bandwagon.
What’s an Internet Rock Star? Ask Will Pate.
Monday, June 25th, 2007Will Pate, who just agreed to come on board as the editor for b5’s new Internet rockstar channel, provides a lengthy - and colourful - explanation about the channel’s focus. My favourite sentence is this: “An internet rockstar is someone who doesn’t surf the series of tubes, they shred it. They have street cred. Their [...]
Simple Way to Find Web 2.0 Apps
Monday, June 25th, 2007I few years ago, I co-founded a company called Blanketware that aimed to make it easy to do things online as opposed to using the Web as a place to read stuff. Our original service was based on the tagline “I want [fill in the blank]“. Sadly, the business was ahead of its time - [...]
$400M for a Domain Name!!!
Friday, June 22nd, 2007In 1999, when Business.com was purchased $7.5-million, it was a shocking development. Imagine paying that much money for a URL. Well, the owners - Jake Winebaum and Sky Dayton - have put the domain name on the auction block, and they’re expecting to get $300-million to $400-million for it. Unreal! The list of potential buyers [...]
Wanted: Kick-Ass Music Bloggers
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007b5media will be launching a new music channel soon. If you’re passionate about music, head on over to b5media.com/jobs and tell us what you’d like to write about.
b5media’s New Look
Monday, June 18th, 2007Anyone who has checked out one of b5media’s 200 blogs recently may have noticed a new look and feel. The entire network now features a cleaner, more user-friendly template that has already drawn lots of praise from bloggers and readers. You can all the details from Aaron Brazell, b5’s director of technology.
InnerGolf on The Score
Friday, June 15th, 2007My good friend, Mark Walker, had The Score do a cool video on his business, innergolf, which operates a kick-ass golf simulation centre in downtown Toronto. If you’re a golfer and want to improve your game without having to battle traffic, check out innergolf.
Feldman and Huffington. Wow!
Friday, June 15th, 2007My favorite video blogger, Loren Feldman, is now going to be making videos for the Huffington Post. I wonder how Ms. Huffington thinks about him describing her as “Ivanna Trump of the Interweb”?
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