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It's bearing the ubiquitous "beta" tag, and contrary to what many expected from Microsoft, the search is decent. But it's also strangely familiar. Is it decent enough to compete with Google? Read on. Anxious to see what Microsoft has in store for us, I've fired up a couple of usual examples: "Mashable", "Stan Schroeder" (the standard vanity searches), "MSI megabook 677" (some random piece of hardware), "Star Trek" (new movie, old series, let's see which will get prioritized) etc.
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Weekly Wrapup: Google Wave, Microsoft Bing, What's New in & In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week, we report on Google's announcement of a new communications and collaboration platform called Google Wave, look at Microsoft's latest challenger in the search market with Bing, analyze the current trends we're seeing on the Web, look at the latest smartphone statistics, and more.
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The recent anxiety about business models for news has got me thinking about some of this blog's old subjects.
Let me start with three recent quotes: The medium does not matter. [...] It doesn't matter if they want to print the Wall Street Journal on salami and people want to eat it. [...] IAB UK : trade association for the internet marketing industry. Simon Banoub’s Marketing Blog. 44 Must Learn Web Design Layout Tutorials in Photoshop. Most Web Design Layouts are normally done in Photoshop and since its the most overused application on creating web layouts, I list down some of the most helpful and nice photoshop tutorials on how to make a good web design layout to enhance your experience and ideas.
Here is a collection of 44 Web Design Layout Tutorials in Photoshop to teach you create your own layout for your website. Check them out, learn and enjoy the tutorials. Interview With Andrew Keen At The Next Web 2009: “Web 2.0 Is F*C. TechCrunch Europe’s Mike Butcher and I just finished conducting a short video interview with entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen about the end of Web 2.0 and the dawn of a new age of individualism, driven primarily by Twitter. [Mike Butcher writes] The controversial, anti-Web 2.0, figure of Andrew Keen spoke at the Next Web in Amsterdam and outlined some of the themes that he is developing for his next book. Keen is most famous for deriding the ‘cult of the amateur’, as he calls it, or rather the explosion of social media which arose with the new platforms to emerge alongside what became known as Web 2.0.
In a long speech – without notes – he talked about a new age of individualism. With the end of the industrial revolution, “we”, essentially are now “the product”. 11 Useful Twitter Tools That Don’t Require Your Password. By Alexander Moya Barquero of Tecnovits (Spanish).
Follow him @twivits. Image by respres Twitter tools have emerged all over the web, as this great service offers many ways to get in touch with people that really matter to you. However, safety is another of those things that matter and not all Twitter tools are trustworthy. How to Become a Freelance Web Developer - Nettuts+ Have you ever wanted to be a freelance web developer?
Whether you're working for the man or developing as a hobby, there are some tried and tested tips you can use to ease yourself into the life of a freelance web developer - even if you only do it part-time. By working with many and varied clients, your web dev and business skills will grow at a rapid pace. If everything goes right, you should be able to make a good living doing something you love. So today we're going to go over how to actually become a freelance web developer, and all that goes with it. Just Starting Out Starting is an incredibly hard thing to do for many web developers who don't have any clients. I've found that starting in a niche area is the best way to begin building a successful freelancing business. How to Revise an Email So That People Will Read It - David Silve. By David Silverman | 4:35 PM April 14, 2009.
