IS it people who won’t shut up in theaters during the movie, or those who talk loudly in public? Whatever it is, everyone has a pet peeve, and MyPetPeeves is not only tracking what these are, but helping people “fight back.”
Here’s an excerpt from the Associated Press story:
“We’ve had over 100,000 from people all over the world,” since MyPetPeeves began tracking them, he said.
GOT this from Janette Toral. The winners of the DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards, which is being held in cooperation with the APEC Digital Opportunity Center (ADOC), will be announced on April 27. The awards ceremony will take place at the penthouse of the Board of Investments from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For the list of finalists, click here.
Winners in 31 categories will be announced, each representing best practices in e-commerce. From these 31 winners, three ADOC awardees will be chosen to represent the country during ADOC Week, which will be held in Taiwan from July 24 to 27.
HERE’S another reason to give up the boob tube a.k.a. noob tube.
Check out kyte, which allows you to produce your own online shows and chat with your viewers. As this Webware.com article puts it, it’s like live blogging meets social networking.
What’s even cooler is that you can also create the interactive channels on your mobile phone, as kyte supports certain Nokia and Sony Ericsson models. Click here to find out if your phone supports kyte mobile and to download the mobile app.
Here’s an excerpt from the Webware article:
Each Kyte.tv channel owner can create as many channels as they want and add music, photos, videos, polls and text. A channel consists of a display screen, a playlist, and integrated chat room. Each channel also gets its own custom URL and branding, which is chosen by the channel owner. Alternately, there’s embed code to place the entire Kyte.tv experience on a social networking profile or blog post (like we’ve done after the break).
One thing to note about adding music: you can’t upload your own tracks. Instead you have to pick from a small selection of music from indie music service IODA. It’s a lot like the music integration you get with Photobucket’s video Remix tool.
What Kyte.tv has done really well is the live chat room. While it’s lacking admin controls, and private conversation options, you’re getting the same chat experience on your computer and your phone. It’s also really easy to use, as long as you’re handy with your phone’s keypad.
TEXTING is common in the Philippines and other Asian countries, but it took some time for Americans to discover SMS.
Check out this an amusing Agence France-Presse story, “FYI, 13yo skool grl nu US txt chmpN.”
In the end, 13-year-old Morgan Pozgar faced off against Michael “Cheeser” Nguyen in the east coast final, with Pozgar slipping past her challenger to face west coast champion Tirosh, a law student from Los Angeles.
GOOGLE is willing to pay $3.1 billion for DoubleClick, but privacy groups are now seeking to block the deal.
Here’s an excerpt from the Red Herring article:
The Electronic Privacy Information Center said that Internet search leader Google and advertising giant DoubleClick have not taken the necessary steps so far to protect the personal data collected by the two companies.
“Google’s proposed acquisition of DoubleClick will give one company access to more information about the Internet activities of consumers than any other company in the world. Moreover, Google will operate with virtually no legal obligation to ensure the privacy, security and accuracy of the personal data that it collects,” EPIC said in the filing sent to the FTC.
