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New Web Design/Development Community Forrst Blows up Across the Web

July 5, 2010 By 6 Comments
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Since the major success of Dribbble designers and developers have been looking for such amazing communities to share resources. Because of this, Forrst.com isn't really a totally new idea in and of itself. However the implementation and UI features are so unique, the community has exploded over the past few months since launch. Forrst allows you to register an account and run your own profile, similar to a Twitter or Foursquare profile. You can follow other designers/developers in the … [Read more...]

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Grooveshark Hands out 1 Month Free VIP for Former Lala Users

June 4, 2010 By 3 Comments
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It was announced on a page through Grooveshark's VIP Area that all previous members of Lala will be getting a free 1 month pass into Grooveshark's VIP program. You simple go to the address above and enter the special VIP code given to you by Grooveshark. A few months ago it was announced that huge music site Lala was closing down. It appeared to be heading on a great track, as many search results would pop up in Google through Lala when somebody would search for a song name or artist. … [Read more...]

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GeoTagging Network Foursquare Nears 1 Million Checkins Daily

May 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The hugely popular social networking and geotagging solution FourSquare has been rising through the ranks over the past few months. Skyrocketing into popularity, the company's official Twitter account @foursquare posted an update yesterday regarding the massive influx in updates. In their excited tweet, it is mentioned that Foursquare is now passing a huge turning point in their success. Clearly more people are hopping on the geo-network bandwagon, and it's catching on fast. Even with … [Read more...]

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Why is Mashable so Quick to Promote Google Buzz?

February 22, 2010 By 14 Comments
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Mashable is one huge blog, a very large competitor to Inside the Webb and what I wish we could be someday! They run some amazing articles about social networking, social media, tech news, and everything internet related. They usually have articles hitting the front page of Digg and Delicious, gaining well into 1500+ ReTweets and tons of Stumbles: bottom line, their blog is huge! What I've noticed recently is how much they're started to endorse Google Buzz. Now this isn't anything new, as Buzz … [Read more...]

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The Web’s Cutest URL Shortening Service Moourl.com

November 8, 2009 By 6 Comments
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I know I know, I'm a guy and the word "cute" shouldn't be in my vocabulary. Well if I ever needed to use the word cute to describe anything, it would have to be moourl.com. It's a URL shortening service with an actually bearable design to it. Beautiful vectors and color scheme, I love the site! It offers some of the most basic features you would expect - forwarding to a new page, creating custom URL's, etc. It doesn't seem to have any tracking stats or clicks from what I can tell, which is … [Read more...]

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Interview with is.gd URL Shortener

October 26, 2009 By 10 Comments
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New URL Shortening services hit the web every week it seems. I can remember not too long ago when TinyURL was just starting up, and that hit with a huge bang. Ever since then, there have been countless creations of URL shorteners (where some even provided stats). However, only a select few have really succeeded to hit mainstream popularity and be of any use. I got an interview with the creator of is.gd, another very popular URL shortening service with many key features. Allowing you to track … [Read more...]

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The Inside Scoop on CoolROM’s.com with Founder Edward Chang

October 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
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Digging through the internet for your favorite ROM can be a frustrating process. Some sites can't be trusted, others just throw you around in loops to find exactly what you're looking for. I have recently gotten a short, sweet, and to the point interview with the founder of CoolRom.com Edward Chang. In it, he discusses revenue streams from the site, traffic stats, and how he built and created a Emulation and ROM empire. … [Read more...]

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