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Useful Google Talk Bots That You Must Add as Friends (227)
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You can do lot of interesting stuff with Google Talk like get alert notifications, save bookmarks to delicious, manage web calendars, set reminders, write blogs, and so much more. Such features can be easily integrated into Google Talk through ‘bots’ which, in simple English, are like virtual friends who are online 24×7 and will always respond with a smile to your questions or requests. Here are some of the most useful ‘bots’ that transform Google ...Shared by 4braham (1) Aaron Bird (5) AaronTN (34) Abdul Jaleel (28) adam (972) Adam McDonald (28) Aditya Kavoor (2) AJ Hawks (7) Alec Clews (13) Alessio (0) Alireza (22) alison (5) Andrei Vladescu-Olt (15) Andréia Bohner (5) Ange (11) Angela (9) Archimedes Trajano (13) Art (22) asblogger (28) ashwin.nath93 (8) atul (75) Awab (23) baardoa (29) Bart Muskala (19) Ben (13) Ben (15) Ben S (39) Ben Shoemate (23) Benjamin (1009) bhagwat (11) Bill Stevens (4) bittin (194) Bob (8) Brian (80) Brian Cuban (1084) Brian Edelen (17) brokekid (134) Bwana (71) caoxg (3) Casper (71) Ch (107) Chetan Thaker (41) Clay (41) clementi (18) Cody Carreras (11) Dan MacTough (4) Dan Seaman (0) Daniel (24) Danielle (35) Danielle Brigida (182) danliebke (53) Dave (36) davemac (13) david miron (129) Db0 (32) Del (12) Denis (2) Diabolic Preacher (1) Diana (20) Digg Boss (641) digits12 (703) dobata (366) Don Ortega (0) Doni (50) Dwight D (1) Earl E Morningwood (59) Edney Souza (56) Eduardo (22) Eduardo Coutinho (8) Eduardo Cruz (4) eLd0raDo (11) embee (61) erdal (5) Eric Herberholz (31) fatihturan (67) Fenng (46) Florian Fiegel (10) Francesco (3) Gabriela (7) Geeee (1) George Syson (15) gisc (24) graywolf (33) Guy (702) guy (624) Håkan (14) hasamba (36) Hassan (26) Havaslash (31) hikbi (109) Igor (4) Inthedoghouse (181) ixfx.dengmy (7) j1m (8) Jacob (15) jacobo (5) János B (11) Jansen Lu (1) Jason (10) Jason Delport (4) jason vancleave (1) Jeffrey Blais (45) jeremiah (25) Jill (70) Joe (102) Joe D'Andrea (20) Joey Gibson (17) John (0) John (0) John Engler (2) John Massaglia (14) Jorge (21) Juetic (6) Julia (2) Justin Laramée (4) kamicollo (5) kashkool (29) keith (56) kerim (13) Kevin Federline (235) krisnelson (0) Kristen (218) Kwebble (12) La Cognithèque (18) Larsen (1) Le prof. (12) Leo Carbonell (12) Leximo (403) luckymurari (127) mahdi (22) Marc Nathan (15) Marco (8) Matt Albiniak (3) MeghnaK (307) Michael Bartnett (43) Michel Pereira (9) Mike F (450) Mike Nayyar (178) Mike Wilson (1) Mona N (71) Mr. Seaver (14) n8dude (24) Navid (71) Neil (13) Neo Lee (13) niels (10) Niklas Pivic (7) Nipul (0) Olivier (48) onefish2 (16) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (20) Paul (19) Peter Norris (2) philco (2) Philip V. (3) Prof (22) ProfVegas (167) prp (11) Rahul Narula (2) Ralph Poole (20) Ras (2) Richard Akerman (10) Riku (8) Ritu (619) rjhintz (35) Robert Birming (33) Robert DeBord (11) Roberto (66) RodPS (32) Rom (3) Ruben Llibre (12) Ryan (13) rzklkng (104) sadiq kassamali (41) Sai Prasad Kothapalle (8) Sam Sethi (16) Sam Tingleff (1) sarahintampa (97) Saren (0) satbir (7) Sathya (2) SD (5) sekihin (3) Seshu Karthick (9) Setu (4) Shankar Ganesh (59) sharonhurleyhall (15) Shoshannah F (40) Siva (0) skyler (4) Stefano Mainardi (19) Stephanie Hicks (129) Sumesh (101) Tal Siach (472) Tanel (22) tante (10) tharik (36) Thinh (187) Tim (25) Tim (2) Todor Christov (31) Tomer Cohen (16) Travis (24) Trent Lloyd (4) Trevor Wermund (130) Tyson Williams (58) Ullash (23) Uzair (122) Vinay (14) waxattack (2) web (4) webtime (476) wellmobile (15) WEST (14) WindPower (28) xavierbkk (4) Xoost.com (10) Yann (26) yaos (24) Zac (8) zach (7) Zahra HB (81) Zaki (57) zsafwan (45) Zubin (7) مــــهــدی وی.کی (4)Explore read five notes- Tomer Cohen said: מישהו מחפש בוט? ;-)
- Sai Prasad Kothapalle said: Google Google Google...
- Jeffrey Blais said: I posted step by step instructions on how to use IM Feeds as an alternative to Twitters currently none functional tracking feature. http://jeffblais.com/2008/07/08/alternative-to-twitter-im-tracking-feature/
- Zubin said: Interesting!
- rjhintz said: some of these bots, for example twitter, aren't active. Not mentioned is the inactive plurkbuddy. I haven't gotten much use from imified, though maybe it's just me.
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Direct Line Saves iPhone Users From Automated Call Hell (69)
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Add this to your list of must have iPhone applications. Direct Line (iTunes link) is a service that helps you automatically navigate phone trees to get right to an operator (exactly what companies don’t want you to do). Install the application, browse of search the included companies, and select the one you want. Direct Line then calls the number and preselects the appropriate choices to get you to an actual person. The service operates much ...Shared by Aaron (19) AC Valentine (16) Adam (5) Alec Peden (7) Alex C (30) Alex Porter (4) Andrei (6) Austin (3) ayn (9) baardoa (29) bddemir (4) Ben (18) Bill (20) Brian McNitt (1) brokekid (134) Camtron 9000 (20) Charlie (2) Chuck Reynolds (20) Dan (23) Dave (1) David (9) Dennis' Library (3) dkastner (16) DOCBook Howto (110) giginger (33) glongman (8) Greg T (17) Haltse (17) Henry Webb (20) James Forbes Keir (19) Jeffrey Blais (45) JEP (12) Joe Schueller (16) Jonathan Washburn (3) Josh (16) Justin (6) JUSTIN (13) Kells Nollenberger (4) Kevin Etter (8) Kunal Ghate (3) Luke (11) Mark (2) Mark (9) Martin (5) Matt (25) Matt (10) Matthew (4) MV (22) Nick (3) Nick (5) OhCaptain (5) Ooble (26) Oren (15) Patrick (0) PJ Kix (6) potentato (25) Priyadarsan Venugopalan (17) puthali (12) Ramit Sethi (8) Rob (24) Roberto (21) Roger Åberg (14) Russ (6) Siva (0) Thomas Hochmann (1) Thomas Smith (32) TNLNYC (4) Tony (8) Will Cole (9)Explore read six notes- Roger Åberg said: Genialiskt! Någon måste göra en svensk version
- Ooble said: Great. Now I need an iPhone.
- Nick said: BEAUTIFUL! Another tempting reason to check out the iPhone.
- glongman said: neat idea. Incredibly difficult to keep the "maps" of company call tree up to date. I would venture to guess its harder than what we do at Overlay TV to import videos from sites like Veoh and Tudou - their sites change frequently.
- Austin said: I hate you iPhone, why doesn't Verizon love you?
- Haltse said: now that my friends.. is genius. I've been using a site to do this but Holy heck in a crap basket this is too freaking cool:) If it works:D
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We Need To Kill The Business Card Once And For All (64)
onThe business card needs to die, and everyone knows it. They’re clumsy, easy to lose, and virtually useless as one of the last bits of information that we pass non-digitally (they kill trees, too). The cell phone market could easily put business cards out of their misery, but instead of conforming to a single standard for contact exchange, handset manufacturers offer proprietary solutions or none at all. FriendBook, an iPhone application from Tapulous, looked like ...Shared by _dot_ (0) Abhilash (19) ack (17) Adam (5) Alec Peden (7) Alex (17) Aranyx (5) Barbara K. Baker (7) Brian (26) Chris (21) Chris J Guerra (25) Citizen K (9) Colide81 (36) colladude (1) Convoluted (15) Dave (9) Dave Saunders (16) David (64) Derek van Vliet (8) dkastner (16) Dolores Parker (15) DuctTapeMarketing (20) frjohnsen (10) Goktug (16) griflet (12) IanTW (17) InspireMedia (0) James (18) James Forbes Keir (19) Jason Nielubowicz (17) jetienne (20) jon bradford (16) Kerry (31) kidakaka (0) Kingsley (2) marxwang (43) Michael (13) Nathaniel (18) nikoleto (15) Patrick (16) PJ Kix (6) Rahul Gaitonde (15) Ralf Mueller (5) rchk (27) Robert Scoble (70) Ryan (1) Scott (20) Sean (14) Sean Blakey (12) sillyjw (10) Siva (0) Sonya Smith (5) Stanton (8) Stefan (19) steve (3) Steve (10) Steve Rubel (31) syllabub (6) Tim (43) Tommaso (3) tommyp (3) Trebel (15) Will Cole (9) zapnap (32)Explore read nine notes
- griflet said: This is interesting, but I like it better the 2d code embedded in a business card. Besides, everyone likes to show off their business card ;)
- Sean Blakey said: Hate business cards. Palm "cards" were a step in the right direction (remember the train ad?). An iPhone app is NOT a sufficient solution.
- Stanton said: I couldn't agree more.
- Ralf Mueller said: Yes!
- tommyp said: removed from appstore
- colladude said: why iphone
- Dolores Parker said: Instead of shaking hands, now you shake your iPhones.
- Sean said: Lets see, I usually pay a penny or less per business card... Could TechCrunch stop announcing things are dead? Last month it was voice mail, this month business cards, next month it will be the Internet because it's "outdated".
- Convoluted said: Neat Idea
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How Google Earth Helped Win A Gold Medal (89)
onGoogle Earth is getting a nice plug from Olympic Gold Medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong. When she did her time trials in December, 2007 in China, she took along her husband’s GPS unit to capture the elevation along the route. Then she used that data to find the best training route back home. In a guest post on the Google Lat-Long blog, she writes: After returning home to Boise, Idaho, I exported the GPS data to ...Shared by 4r1f (6) Aaron (3) Adrian (19) AJ (19) Alberto (2) Ali (31) Allen Thompson (14) Andrei (6) Andrew Trinh (34) Andy (10) Babychen Mathew (339) Bhavesh (36) Bridget (8) Chris Applegate (7) cmm324 (6) Dami (0) Dan (22) Daniel (5) Dave (9) Dave E. (3) Dave Fleet (10) David Feng (16) Deals (5) Dean (15) dedrick (10) dffrnt (27) dkastner (16) donlbe (22) Donnie Berkholz (5) Drew Olanoff (144) DVD (1) Edward K (14) Eebs (23) erhan (51) Fábio Ricotta (33) Felipe Hummel (7) fesja (13) Fred (1) GerardM (25) gergi (11) Gorman (0) Greg (8) haggaret (30) Haidong (0) Hokey (12) hyderabadblues (5) ilja (11) iomegadrive (6) James Argyle (8) Jayx (6) Jeff (2) Jeff (23) Jesús Zamorano (5) Josh (13) Josi (18) Kluzter (19) Kris (27) lmjabreu (26) Loyolny (3) MAlbano (8) Mark Gibson (3) Matt (25) mecki M@c (0) mfelkins (8) Michael Bekiaris (7) Mike Wilton (14) MV (22) nikoleto (15) Núria (20) Pablo (9) Pedro (13) Podcast Mike (5) pr1000 (15) rachna (6) Rudolf Olah (10) Sandaruwan (16) Satyajeet (0) Scott Cederberg (1) Sergey Kapustin (12) Shaun (16) Siva (0) Steve (5) symesc (8) tarmo888 (3) Toy (3) trevor (4) Vinay (2) Will (8) Win (4)Explore read nine notes
- Jeff said: I just love hearing these stories of people using freely available tools/data in ways no one initially planned.
- Jeff said: Cool story -- I love to hear about the unexpected collisions between athletics and technology.
- Fred said: Got to love this clever use of tech for training for cycling.
- Haidong said: very good try
- David Feng said: woah
- Kluzter said: De esto se trata... informeichon informeichon informeichon!
- Aaron said: I wonder if her gps maker has this info, and can also make light of this.
- trevor said: I didn't have much interest in the Olympics, but this story is too awesome not to pass on.
- haggaret said: This is kind of cool.
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No Matter How NBC Spins It, Olympics Web Strategy Comes Up A Loser (55)
onDespite its special Silverlight-powered Website and more than 2,000 hours of online video, it looks like NBC flubbed its opportunity to make its Olympics Web revenues more than a rounding error. NBCOlympics.com may have streamed 72 million videos and racked up 1.2 billion pageviews, but Yahoo Sports still edged it out with an average of 4.7 million visitors a day versus 4.3 million (source: Nieisen Online). And Yahoo didn’t even have video. NBC is spinning ...Shared by Adam (10) AJ (173) besighyawn (7) blakeneven (27) Boris (0) Brenton (5) Brooke Adcox (9) Bryan Person (24) Bryce (10) CannonGod (217) chrisbrogan.com (24) Christopher Gizzi (23) Dan (23) Dan (1) Danbrown (0) darrellsilver (19) Derek Lerner (1) elstudio (7) Eric Atkins (23) Eric Herboso (12) gavoweb (8) GP (36) IdoNotes (0) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (6) Jaime (13) Jay (5) John Magnus (39) jonezy (21) louisgray (142) Maria Reyes-McDavis (3) Mike F (450) Mike Reynolds (39) Mudiam (9) MV (22) Natalie (3) Nick (0) Nirav (28) Noah J (6) noahp (11) nybble (15) Oscar (12) Patrick (0) phillip (14) Rex (135) Rob (7) Ryan Kellett (13) Sam (4) sczizzo (5) Sean (10) Siva (0) Stanislav Shalunov (0) Sunil Garg (2) Tim (5) Vanguard (24) zeb (2)Explore read five notes
- MV said: stupid.
- Eric Atkins said: At the end of the day, I was satisfied with the offerings. Yes, it could have been better, but it was good enough. Also, many people said that these games had less attention than Athens. So, how can you expect such an event to compete with March Madness or anything else. Also, uh, China is 12 hours ahead of us. When we are asleep, NBC is streaming the games. People don't watch video in their sleep. And finally, I had 10 channels of Olympic coverage. That's never happened. NBC did that right. I had near 24-7 coverage on my TV, meaning I didn't need to go to the computer to watch the sports.
- nybble said: I was at times frustrated when I couldn't find something that I wanted to watch, and other times elated when I could find it.But none of these numbers attempt quantify the affect that nbcolympics.com had on driving more people to watch TV. If I recall that was sort of the driving goal of the website and to declare it a strategy failure without looking at its purpose seems odd. I mean, it may not be the strategy TechCrunch (or any other web company) would choose, but hey, that's life.
- chrisbrogan.com said: You tell 'em, Schonfeld!
- Danbrown said: NBC blew it. The Olympics might be the best possible content for online distribution: live, multi-channel, big brand sponsors. The comments in the original article are good, too.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/25/no-matter-how-nbc-spins-it-olympics-web-strategy-comes-up-a-loser/ (45)
onDespite its special Silverlight-powered Website and more than 2,000 hours of online video, it looks like NBC flubbed its opportunity to make its ...Shared by [Curtis W] (25) blakeneven (27) Boris (0) Brooke Adcox (9) Bryan Person (24) chrisbrogan.com (24) Christopher Gizzi (23) Dan (1) Danbrown (0) darrellsilver (19) Daver (45) Derek Lerner (1) Doc Chris (25) elstudio (7) Eric Atkins (23) Eric Herboso (12) gavoweb (8) Hamish.MacEwan (18) IdoNotes (0) Jaime (13) Jay (5) Kyle James (29) Maria Reyes-McDavis (3) Mario Hemsley (9) Mark Gibson (3) Mike Reynolds (39) Mudiam (9) Natalie (3) Neagrigore (14) Nick (0) Noah J (6) noahp (11) Oscar (12) Rob (7) Ryan Kellett (13) Sam (4) sczizzo (5) Sean (10) Siva (0) Stanislav Shalunov (0) Sunil Garg (2) Tim (5) Vanguard (24) Wesley Donehue (231) zeb (2)Explore read four notes
- Hamish.MacEwan said: NZ situation appears to be a loss to TVNZ.
- Eric Atkins said: At the end of the day, I was satisfied with the offerings. Yes, it could have been better, but it was good enough. Also, many people said that these games had less attention than Athens. So, how can you expect such an event to compete with March Madness or anything else. Also, uh, China is 12 hours ahead of us. When we are asleep, NBC is streaming the games. People don't watch video in their sleep. And finally, I had 10 channels of Olympic coverage. That's never happened. NBC did that right. I had near 24-7 coverage on my TV, meaning I didn't need to go to the computer to watch the sports.
- Danbrown said: NBC blew it. The Olympics might be the best possible content for online distribution: live, multi-channel, big brand sponsors. The comments in the original article are good, too.
- chrisbrogan.com said: You tell 'em, Schonfeld!
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10 Things To Look For At The Olympic Closing Ceremony (15)
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200,000 pizzas sent to “Chinese Taipei” Ceremonial lighting of the Tibetan monk Entire crowd replaced by more photogenic stand-ins New technology allows the "completely live" fireworks display to run backward Everyone looks under their seat to find a gift bag containing a DVD copy of Watchmen, one of those cans of Coke in a different language, and a female child Numerous mistakes by Chinese dancers (but no points deducted by judges) Bela Karolyi given Andy ...Shared by Allen Thompson (14) Chris (10) Chuck Lawson (6) elroy (14) Galtenbergs (19) Ishai (19) Jameson (13) Jen (12) Mookyjooky (20) Roger (9) Sherlock (9) Siva (0) Steve (30) Tim (13) Tsudohnimh (18)- Ishai said: I think they forgot:Activation of the secret "China Olimpics is a trap" plan...
- Allen Thompson said: Okay, the second one is just WRONG, also funny.
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Much ado about garbage (1)
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I am always on the lookout for ways to make my life a little greener. I clean my house with green cleaners, I compost food scraps, and I buy recycled-content school supplies. But there is one aspect of my daily life that leaves me in an environmental quandary ... the garbage bag. Back in the day (before I started using reusable shopping bags), I used the plastic shopping bags that I got at the grocery ...Shared by Siva (0)Contribute comment -
Make Your Video Less Ugly: Deinterlace (1)
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If you’re shooting video with a small camera (still digital camera, cell phone, or flip-camera), you can safely ignore this post. However, if you use a camcorder that is primarily designed for video, you should listen up! What is Interlacing? Interlacing is a clever hack, developed in the 1930’s, to avoid flicker on television sets. Many modern camcorders still record interlaced video, which is fine for television sets, but is ugly when viewed on a ...Shared by Siva (0)Contribute comment -
Use phweet to VoIP on American Airlines (4)
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This post is dedicated to my father, the late Master Sergeant Bernard Abramson, who in the USMC fashion taught me that "the impossible we do right away, but miracles take a little longer."He would be proud.- noattention said: Are you sure? I'm pretty sure he wouldn't give a crap.
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Best Time for Students to Buy Office 2007 as Ultimate Steal is Back (6)
onMicrosoft Office Ultimate 2007 normally costs around $700 but if you are enrolled as a student in any educational institute in the US, Australia, Mexico or Taiwan, you can buy the Office suite for $60 only. This is part of the “Ultimate Steal” scheme that was re-introduced today and will soon be extended for students of countries like Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Korea, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. Best Time for Students to Buy ...Contribute comment
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Get Free Airport Wi-Fi with a Simple URL Hack [Wi-Fi] (210)
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Blogger Felix Geisendorfer points out a clever URL hack that scored him free Wi-Fi at the Atlanta airport. I found that I could easily visit sites like slashdot, Google, or even this weblog, when adding a ?.jpg at the end of the url. The next logical step was to automate that. I downloaded Greasemonkey and wrote a 4 line script that would add ?.jpg to every link in a document. That way I was able ...
