the company i work for has just launched whatstheplan.com. the idea is to fill the niche of actually planning events, promoting them and inviting people to come to them. since a lot of these apps have the ability to sync up with vCalendar feeds we can actually integrate with them. it seems like a lot of these calendaring apps aren't too focused on making a really high-quality event planning system. check it out and give it a try next time you plan a party or something.
google video is a great platform for video distribution, but it is lacking when it comes to finding content that is watchable/interesting. Our site http://jimmys.tv/ is intended to solve this - we've created a free social video catalog, sort of a slashdot for video.
Many comments here have indicated that $15/mo is really nothing, less than a movie, etc. All that seems fair. For me the barrier to starting an online game is setting up the recurring billing and then the whole process of CANCELING the account when you are sick of the game/don't feel like playing it anymore/think it sucks.
I would be more inclined to try a game that won't bill me if i don't log in, even if it's a $10-15 hit when i do.
I don't understand why Firefox is blowing 50K to put an ad in the NYT. A single ad is not going to cause anyone to adopt the browser - it is well known that ads take a lot of impressions to get someone to get action on it.
As a "thank you" to the community it is pretty weak as well. It thanks only the NYT bottom line.
A well-hyped $50K 1.0 launch party would be a better way to generate press and motivate people to switch to the browser. It would get far wider coverage than a single page in one edition of the NYT.
Instead of waiting for GoogleIM to come out (if ever)... try ubergroups.com. We've been building this service for nearly a year now, and we're not launching until next month but in the mean time you can sign up and check out the technology preview of our service.
Instead of person-to-person messaging, we have built this service around the concept of private IM groups (hence the name) that people can join or be invited to. Once you're in a group you can see everyone who's in that group - no screen name swapping or awkwardness. Everything's secure and logged, and you can go back and search through your old conversations or file transfers. You can also share files and thoughts with other group members through private blogs.
Already it's become a core way of operating for us internally. It's very useful for any type of project team or development group.
On the tech side, we've built this IM service on top of XMPP/Jabber so you can use any client you want (iChat coming soon), or you can use our Java client, which is pretty nice and loads through Web Start.
The basic service is free and we'll be rolling out some cool for-pay options down the road as well.
Bottom line: no need to wait for Google to do this. Try ubergroups.com for yourself and see why.
At our startup we're working on a new take on the instant-messaging space. Our new product ubergroups.com is currently in beta. It's a team based, on demand IM service for users who need security and want to get past the limitations and consumer-oriented nature of AIM/Yahoo.
We've based it on XMPP so you can use whatever client you want to send IMs... including iChat in the next OS X release!
We picked XMPP because of the wide array of client software available that implements it, and because it can handles complexity and additional (optional) protocol features well. It's a good basis for a first-class IM service.
If you're curious please give it a shot and send us any feedback or ideas you have! Thanks.
We've been developing something along the lines of what a geek would dream Google IM to be like - ubergroups.com, a secure team-oriented IM/Blog web service. (Please check the service out, we're in beta, launching in October, and welcome your feedback!)
We've chosen XMPP as the protocol of choice for our service because of the wide range of client software, and because it was easy for us to implement our own client and server software.
Naturally this is great news for us since iChat is perhaps the nicest consumer IM interface out there. It gives us instant access to the entire deployed base of OS X users. Apple users are very interested in staying ahead of the curve and are early adopters of new technologies. It's very exciting to know that every Mac user will have a great experience with our service.
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the company i work for has just launched whatstheplan.com. the idea is to fill the niche of actually planning events, promoting them and inviting people to come to them. since a lot of these apps have the ability to sync up with vCalendar feeds we can actually integrate with them. it seems like a lot of these calendaring apps aren't too focused on making a really high-quality event planning system. check it out and give it a try next time you plan a party or something.
google video is a great platform for video distribution, but it is lacking when it comes to finding content that is watchable/interesting. Our site http://jimmys.tv/ is intended to solve this - we've created a free social video catalog, sort of a slashdot for video.
Many comments here have indicated that $15/mo is really nothing, less than a movie, etc. All that seems fair. For me the barrier to starting an online game is setting up the recurring billing and then the whole process of CANCELING the account when you are sick of the game/don't feel like playing it anymore/think it sucks. I would be more inclined to try a game that won't bill me if i don't log in, even if it's a $10-15 hit when i do.
The best use of BT for me is getting recordings of live shows on etree: http://bt.etree.org/
I don't understand why Firefox is blowing 50K to put an ad in the NYT. A single ad is not going to cause anyone to adopt the browser - it is well known that ads take a lot of impressions to get someone to get action on it.
As a "thank you" to the community it is pretty weak as well. It thanks only the NYT bottom line.
A well-hyped $50K 1.0 launch party would be a better way to generate press and motivate people to switch to the browser. It would get far wider coverage than a single page in one edition of the NYT.
Instead of waiting for GoogleIM to come out (if ever)... try ubergroups.com. We've been building this service for nearly a year now, and we're not launching until next month but in the mean time you can sign up and check out the technology preview of our service.
Instead of person-to-person messaging, we have built this service around the concept of private IM groups (hence the name) that people can join or be invited to. Once you're in a group you can see everyone who's in that group - no screen name swapping or awkwardness. Everything's secure and logged, and you can go back and search through your old conversations or file transfers. You can also share files and thoughts with other group members through private blogs.
Already it's become a core way of operating for us internally. It's very useful for any type of project team or development group.
On the tech side, we've built this IM service on top of XMPP/Jabber so you can use any client you want (iChat coming soon), or you can use our Java client, which is pretty nice and loads through Web Start.
The basic service is free and we'll be rolling out some cool for-pay options down the road as well.
Bottom line: no need to wait for Google to do this. Try ubergroups.com for yourself and see why.
At our startup we're working on a new take on the instant-messaging space. Our new product ubergroups.com is currently in beta. It's a team based, on demand IM service for users who need security and want to get past the limitations and consumer-oriented nature of AIM/Yahoo.
We've based it on XMPP so you can use whatever client you want to send IMs... including iChat in the next OS X release!
We picked XMPP because of the wide array of client software available that implements it, and because it can handles complexity and additional (optional) protocol features well. It's a good basis for a first-class IM service.
If you're curious please give it a shot and send us any feedback or ideas you have! Thanks.
We've been developing something along the lines of what a geek would dream Google IM to be like - ubergroups.com, a secure team-oriented IM/Blog web service. (Please check the service out, we're in beta, launching in October, and welcome your feedback!)
We've chosen XMPP as the protocol of choice for our service because of the wide range of client software, and because it was easy for us to implement our own client and server software.
Naturally this is great news for us since iChat is perhaps the nicest consumer IM interface out there. It gives us instant access to the entire deployed base of OS X users. Apple users are very interested in staying ahead of the curve and are early adopters of new technologies. It's very exciting to know that every Mac user will have a great experience with our service.