Phil Butler

Phil Butler

Microsoft and Nokia announced today that they will be opening their own variants of Apple's App Store. Many never believed MS would ever again emulate Apple, but never say never. Read More
According to a recent AP story, confidential documents from Facebook's court settlement with ConnectU confirms the company's own valuation is $11.5 billion less than 2007 projections. Is Facebook... Read More
This latest news via Yahoo!, amplifies what may become a huge problem for Twitter in the weeks and... Read More
With a search startup on every corner, and none beating Google’s ramparts down yet, why would anyone develop another variant?Read More
 
Twitblogs is an interesting development, now in alpha testing, designed for “long winded” Twitter life streamers. It allows any Twitter user to either tweet normally, or opt for more "macro"... Read More
Entertonement raised $5 million in venture capital money for their sound clip database, and has grown steadily over the past 5 or 6 months. How have they done it with little to no advertising or... Read More
Testing new web apps can be akin to dining on an exquisite feast ... but then there are “the leftovers”. Phil has been gorging on some of the newer web apps popping up lately, and gives us the... Read More
Researching information online should be both efficient and accurate, and browser tools are perfectly poised to assist the process. Phil takes a look at the latest offering in this space, WebNotes,... Read More
 
Through photos, video, blogging and social interaction, thisMoment creates a user experience unlike any I know of. Imagine Twitter, Friendfeed, Flickr, Delicious, Facebook, MySpace and more, all... Read More
Keeping kids safe on the Internet could turn out to be a multi-trillion dollar industry. At least, that's what the makers of a kids-only web browser, KIDO'Z, are banking on. Phil reviews the browser... Read More