August 2008
As “The Ultimate HTML Reference” author Ian Lloyd puts it, “blockquote has been around a long time, but it hasn’t aged a day.” Let Kevin show you how to make use of a largely-forgotten... Read More
Many people believe that the Web will replace the computer operating system. But as more applications move to the cloud, we're finding that it is the platform providers who hold all the power, and... Read More
Analysts are predicting that the Kindle eBook reader will be a $1 billion business for Amazon. But could Apple's iPhone usurp the popular device as the eBook reader of choice? Could the rumored... Read More
The Beijing Olympics are the most digital in history, with thousands of hours of online streaming video. In the US, NBC's initial number suggest a modest hit for their online coverage, but they... Read More
John McCain is encouraging his supporters to leave comments on political blogs. That's fair game. But is he taking it a step too far when he is essentially paying them to leave those comments? Now... Read More
In response to a letter sent by the US Congress to major web firms regarding the tracking of user behavior for ad targeting, both Yahoo! and Google had added blanket opt-out buttons for their ad... Read More
According to Forrester Research, the vast majority of corporate blogs are utter failures, and the reason is that companies just don’t get blogging. Take inspiration from this list of 15... Read More
A new study of UK youths found that social networking is no longer the cool thing and that many 13-17 year olds prefer face-to-face communication. As this so-called "Realtime Generation" grows older... Read More
The web has a new startup valuation tool today: the YouNoodle Predictor. The tool predicts that value of startups 3 years into the future, but how does it come to its conclusions? Are they worth... Read More
Our Buy One, Get One Free 10th Birthday Sale was so popular that we thought we’d bring it back. This time — book style! For the entire month of August, when you order ANY top-quality... Read More
The McFarlane Prize for excellence in Australian web design is on again, with the winners being announced at the Web Directions South conference in Sydney in September. Who will be crowned the best... Read More
8tracks, which will launch to the public on Friday, is a new service from the former GM of web radio station Live365 that aims to allow users to create 8 song mix tapes and share them with one... Read More
Google is famous for letting engineers spend 20% of their time on side projects. Now Microsoft is doing something similar by encouraging all employees to work on ideas for new software prototypes... Read More
If you have a web app idea, but don't have the coding or design talent to realize it, you basically have one option: raise money and hire help. Australia's WebEquity offers another way by bringing... Read More
