Video, Music, Photos: The Next Phase in Online Applications

The availability advanced applications over the web is changing, improving and becoming more user centered and easier to use. If you use a AJAX, Javascript, etc. you know that widgets and neat little applications aren't very hard to build. But, the main objective is to build something that is EASY to use and is applicable to consumers, making them WANT to use them.

Fliptrack.com has taken the next step in creating cool ajax style user web applications, by allowing anyone to build music videos, slide shows, store photos and music and manage all of your media files using nothing more than their photos and music files. You can watch videos, listen to music by other members, and don't forget the best part...Submit your own! All of these tools are available to any member of the site, and completely customizable and useful right over the web!

What Makes FlipTrack so innovative, useful and well...better than most APIs?

• EASY to use for anyone, complete Web 2.0 style interface with AJAX style apps that make any media you create with their website instantaneously created
• MUSIC VIDEOS. As far as I know, there haven't been any API's that let users create music videos with as many options, customization tools and easy interface options than Fliptrack
• Fliptrack has taken their great applications even further by integrating the ability to create interactive media with MySpace, Friendster, Blogger, Piczo and Xanga.
• Cool music video contests and games
• Watch music videos by other users and get inspired
  
• FREE!
  

With their all-in-one media management tools, there is no need to switch back and forth from photobucket and slideshow tools. Flex your creative muscles with Fliptrack and create music videos, slide shows, and more.

Everything is available through their programs, and it is free!

Tired Of Played Out Pop Music?

Remember the days when MTV actually played music videos? When you could watch music videos for hours, while jotting down every new and upcoming artist you heard so you could go buy their album next time you went to the store?

I do! Sometimes it's so hard to find new music, good music, soulful music, listen to the acoustic guitar and powerful words by yourself good music. Sometimes I find myself having to distinguish between what I like and what I think I should like, just by testing to see if I can bear the artist when I'm alone in my car.

Look no further, I have found hours of incredible music, by aspiring unsigned artists at www.unsigned.com

The acoustic artists genre is incredible, and has tons of great musicians singing soulful, written lyrics and acoustic guitar backing. It's so refreshing to hear music you know wasn't written by some fat old man trying to sell records in a studio.

All the music is new, genuine and powerful. If you're looking for good music in any genre from Hard Rock Artists to emo artists to christian music you have to check out unsigned.com

Probably the perfect place to find a band to fill a venue, and offer new artists their chance at stardom.

Taking Offline Business...Online!

When new ideas, businesses and website emerge everyday, it's difficult to distinguish between the innovative ideas, the mockery ideas, the emulations and the frauds. But, it's often easy to spot a truly different method, idea and easy to use website. Globalbx.com has taken the business directory to an entirely new level, while also integrating the idea of owning your own business and making it easy to do...Online!

Globalbx.com is the internet's business listing resource. You can find any business in any industry listed in their directory with not only the basic information about these companies, but also how YOU can find business opportunities in construction, real estate, tourism retail, manufacturing, internet, finance, and more!

If you're interested in starting franchise business, look no further! The listings run deep through every franchise opportunity you might be interested, while giving you the information you need to make a decision about your business goals. You can find unlimited businesses for sale, all over the world, while the site also hosts a confidential forum area so that you can discuss the opportunities, collaborate and make educated business driven decisions!

Are you a business seller? Globalbx.com is not only the premiere place to list your business, but also the place to get comprehensive business statistics and other business selling services in a one stop business marketplace fashion.

Great site, innovative idea, new spin on a business directory and much needed while being extremely useful! Check it out!

Wanted: Geek Blogger To Take Apart Electronics

TechRepublic is holding gadget-geek tryouts. If you make the varsity squad, we'll give you money–and free tech. TR has a shortage of time and talent available to dissect home electronics and document the carnage, which we gleefully refer to as Cracking Open. If you think you can create a Cracking Open gallery as good or better than the TR pros, we'll sign you to a paying contributor gig and arrange for a steady flow of free gadgets and gear that you can lovingly deconstruct.

Here's the deal: Submit your own Cracking Open gallery to TR editor Bill Detwiler (use the Send Private Message link on his contributor page). The gallery must include digital photos of the disassembled tech, along with captions explaining what is shown and how you took it apart. Extra points for flair, verve, and entertaining geekiness in both the visuals and text. The best submissions will be converted to galleries on the TR Web site, with the contributing members paid for their featured work. The best overall contributor(s) will be offered a regular gig creating Cracking Open galleries for TR–a deal which includes access to TR-purchased gizmos and gadgets.

A few words of caution: This must be original content, you can't copy the photos from someone else's Web site and make up your own captions. The captions must be original, too. Also, we'd prefer it if you didn't crack open a gadget we've already done. And for all you Brits, Aussies and Canucks out there, yes, this offer is open to persons residing outside the United States. If you can speak and write reasonable English, you're eligible. (This will obviously rule out many candidates, Americans included.)

Questions or comments? Contact Bill or leave a reply to this blog post. Otherwise, get crackin'!

Bank Online, Organize Online, Invest Online!

Futures and Forex trading is a great investment for the internet savvy individual, looking to trade online, invest online, manage investment growth and invest in the future of technology and the internet. They have a lot of options through their online investment opportunities, and you can view all the information, stats and overviews with no hassle or commitment.

Forex and global futures Trading is one of the largest independent introducing brokerage firms offering futures, options and foreign exchange services on all major exchanges around the world. Their advanced online structure and management makes it a perfect options for anyone who wants to invest in a stream lined process, and with ease.

Some important things to consider when deciding on an investment strategy is customer service and customer oriented strategy. Futures and Forex offers the option to name your quote and commission through an online form submitted directly to them. Also, they have customer service and support 24 hours a day via phone or online.

DISCLAIMER:

"There is risk of loss trading Futures, options and forex"

Top 25 Web 2.0 Business Online: Most Likely To Succeed

This information is taken straight from the "Business 2.0" magazine, which is an awesome magazine, if I don't say so myself. With all the so-called "Entrepreneurial" magazines out there, filled with mostly advertisements and web nonsense written by non-professionals, Business 2.0 Magazine is a great haven for those who are internet savvy and want the latest, most exclusive, highly educated information regarding web 2.0 business and the internet.

Their recent issue, with an article: Top 25 Web 2.0 start ups most likely to strike gold in 2007

Each list is categorized by genre, and gives a lot of insight for aspiring internet moguls, and web 2.0 business endeavors.

Social Media

1. StumbleUpon.com

I was a part of stumble upon before it offered the services it does now. They were great for bored internet nerds, looking for new websites and cool stuff on the web

2. Slide.com

Customize and easily assemble slide shows of photos that you can put in your MySpace page, RSS feeds, desktop or screen savers.

3. Wikia.com

Hosting service for ad-supported community sites. Offers software for collaboration.

4. Bebo.com

A MySpace like social network, over 30 million members who can keep their pages private and share streaming media

5. Meebo

Manage multiple instant messaging services...Great if you don't have room on your hard drive to download more than one!

VIDEO

6. Joost.com

Broadcast 30 minute high quality movies in full screen.

7. dabble.com

For organizing videos into playlists and favorites

8. metacafe.com

Ranks uploaded videos by popularity and feedback, a community site with over 17 million monthly visitors.

9. Revision3.com

Production studio for geek oriented shows.

10. blip.tv

platform for syndicated serialized online shows.

MOBILE

11. fon.com

sells wireless routers, hook it up, register your node, and share with broadband or other freeware.

12. mobio.net

widgets and gadgets for your phone, like movie listings

13. soonr.com

Home or office access to your PC from your mobile.

14. tinypictures.com

Flickr anywhere on your mobile.

15. loopt.com

friend tracking through your wireless phone.

ADVERTISING

16. turn.com

advertisers enter the prices they're willing to pay for exposure and turn takes care of the details.

17. spotrunner.com

Buy low cost T.V. ads from networks.

18. virtue.com

platform that lets corporate customers use generated video to promote products

19. admob.com

a place to bid and buy ads for mobile phone advertising.

20. adify.com

online marketplace for highly targeted ads.

ENTERPRISE

21. successfactors.com

Sells simple web based tools that automate and manage previously paper driven tasks for businesses.

22. reardencommerce.com

"virtual personal assistant"

23. simulscribe.com

voicemail rendered as scannable text

24. logoworks.com

automated design of logos, business cards, websites, etc.

NOTE: I have checked out this site....IT SUCKS. Their websites are almost all graphic drive, that are not professional looking and most of the demos they had of their previous customers and examples, when I checked out the actual URL, their customers had already changed their websites!! lol. Please don't use this company, they don't know what they're doing, how they got on this list I'll never know.

25. janrain.com

manage multiple passwords with a single online service.

....26.... :) I added this one!

www.leniche.com

Freelance online community, where the ever growing freelance media professionals can share, collaborate, find freelance job openings, write and rave about their "niche" and even showcase their work through their freelance portfolio!

Top Picks For FREE WireFly Phones

Don't pay for a phone, get it for free! And hey, don't get a typical phone for free, get a Blackberry, get a RAZR, get a Nextel.

Wirefly offers all of these phones free of charge and packaged with the cheapest phone rates you can find. I have never seen such a large collection of absolutely free cell phones that are absolutely VERY EXPENSIVE anywhere else!

Wirefly's collection of cell phones is so large, they have it all organized in a directory, by manufacturer and then by specific model. You are sure to find the exact cell phone you were looking for, and hey, even get the cell phone you never thought you could afford!

For example, their Tmobile phone models include:

Blackberry Pearl

RAZR V3 (in multi-colors)

RIM Blackberry

T-Mobile Dash W/ My Faves

Motorola RAZR V3i


These are among many others, of course I just picked out my favorite free cell phones from Wirefly.

Wirefly gives you a great opportunity to get the phone YOU want, dreamed of, never thought you could have, for a price you never thought it would be!

Cell phones are coming with some pretty powerful utilities, like mp3 players, e-mail, video players, camera phones, voice activated phones. Now you can get all of these great features on your cell phone, for the same price if not cheaper than the retail price of a plain old phone with nothing special added to it.

Why NOT to Purchase a Cell Phone From Retail Store:

1. Not much of a selection
2. Sales person trying to convince you to buy a phone that you didn't want
3. EXPENSIVE, retail stores have the most expensive prices for cell phones
4. Because WIREFLY has the Cheapest prices, best plans, and an incredible selection of all the newest, coolest cell phones out there.

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