While the legal merit of this suit is up in ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/11/google-being-sued-by-a-university/feed/ 2 http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/10/web-version-of-photoshop-coming-soon/ http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/10/web-version-of-photoshop-coming-soon/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:21:26 +0000 Jason Jennings http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/10/web-version-of-photoshop-coming-soon/ Adobe, one of the leading providers of professional software, is binging one of their most popular applications to the web. Photoshop Express is a web based version of their desktop software Photoshop which will be shipping a beta version by the end of this year. It was demoed at Adobe MIX in Chicago last month and featured more consumer orietned features to altering photos like getting rid of red eye, cropping, getting ready of blemishes, and adjsuting color tones.

With the advances in web technologies and the ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/10/web-version-of-photoshop-coming-soon/feed/ 5 http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/08/digg-being-aqcuired/ http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/08/digg-being-aqcuired/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:39:42 +0000 Jason Jennings http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/08/digg-being-aqcuired/ Valleywag is reporting that Digg is close to be acquired for a sum of $300-400 million. Sources close to the company have leaked the information, but no concrete evidence has surfaced. The company has been growing in traffic steadily and given Digg’s history of almost-acquisitions, I will believe it when I see it.

TechCrunch had the following time table of Digg “acquisitions”:

• Blogger Kevin Burton was infamously firsthttp://www.rev2.org/2007/11/06/opensocial-hacked-for-the-2nd-time/ OpenSocial, the attempt by Google and the tens of other social networks, has been hacked twice within a few days. The first OpenSocial application to be hacked was the RockYou application on Plaxo called emote. Now, it seems the same hacker has compromised another OpenSocial application on Ning called iLike.

  The hacker claims to be able to add and remove songs from user’s playlists. According to TechCrunch, you can “Give him a Ning username and he can give you details on their friends: relationship to user, ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/06/opensocial-hacked-for-the-2nd-time/feed/ 0 http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/06/meebo-to-power-joost-chat-rooms/ http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/06/meebo-to-power-joost-chat-rooms/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:42:10 +0000 Jason Jennings http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/06/meebo-to-power-joost-chat-rooms/ Joost, the online TV-on-demand startup from the founders of Skype, has chosen Meebo to power their chat rooms. Joost and Meebo, arguably the best in their respective fields, make a great combo in my opinion. Other internet TV startups such as WiTV have already integrated other chat solutions like Skype into their product.

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  Meebo recently released its developer platform in an effort to ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2007/11/06/meebo-to-power-joost-chat-rooms/feed/ 3 http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/23/im-in-the-thick-of-it-google-maps-keeps-me-up-to-date/ http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/23/im-in-the-thick-of-it-google-maps-keeps-me-up-to-date/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:11:25 +0000 Jason Jennings http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/23/im-in-the-thick-of-it-google-maps-keeps-me-up-to-date/ San Diego County in California is facing some fierce fires that are ripping through neighborhoods and have forced more than 500,000 people to evacuate. The 4 different fires have burnt 263,000 acres and destroyed or damaged 1,750 homes and 100 businesses. I’m in the middle of the fires. No, not in the middle of an actual fire zone, but sandwiched between two fires. While I ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/23/im-in-the-thick-of-it-google-maps-keeps-me-up-to-date/feed/ 5 http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/19/apple-opens-iphones-to-software-developers-yay/ http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/19/apple-opens-iphones-to-software-developers-yay/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:38:31 +0000 Jason Jennings http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/19/apple-opens-iphones-to-software-developers-yay/ The Apple iPhone, one of the, if not the best, mobile platforms has a few issues for me. The biggest one is not being able to install applications on the device. You can only use web apps to add more functionality to your phone. Not anymore! Apple has announced an official SDK will be a vailable in Feurary. Boo! Give it to me now!

  Apple states that the SDK will not be released until February so they can help beef up iPhone security and protect users against viruses, malware, ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/19/apple-opens-iphones-to-software-developers-yay/feed/ 2 http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/17/mint-receives-47-million-in-funding/ http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/17/mint-receives-47-million-in-funding/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:53:50 +0000 Jason Jennings http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/17/mint-receives-47-million-in-funding/ Mint, the personal finance manager, has announced a $4.7 million round in funding. Mint recently launched publicly and was awarded the Tech Crunch 40 best of show. This round was invesed by a plethora of investors including big VC firms Shasta Ventures and First Round Capital. Also many angels including Ram Shriram, and executives from eBay, Intuit, Google, Yahoo, Charles Schwab, Wilson Sonsini, Reuters, Adteractive, and Weblogic.

  Since launching in September, Mint is organizing more than 2 billion of people’s money. I personally use Mint and ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/17/mint-receives-47-million-in-funding/feed/ 5 http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/09/google-aquires-jaiku-the-social-mobile-startup/ http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/09/google-aquires-jaiku-the-social-mobile-startup/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:17:22 +0000 Jason Jennings http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/09/google-aquires-jaiku-the-social-mobile-startup/ It was announced today on Jaiku’s homepage, that Google has acquired the social mobile startup. Jaiku is similar to Pownce (Kevin Rose’s other startup) and market leader Twitter. This service allows you to create an activity stream, or micro-blog, which can be updated via a mobile device and allows you to follow what your friends are doing.

  So why did Google buy Jaiku over the competition? It would seem Jaiku is positioned between Twitter and Pownce in market share. Allen Stern at Center Networks ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/09/google-aquires-jaiku-the-social-mobile-startup/feed/ 1 http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/08/yield-software-marketing-seo-for-the-rest-of-us/ http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/08/yield-software-marketing-seo-for-the-rest-of-us/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:27:49 +0000 Jason Jennings http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/08/yield-software-marketing-seo-for-the-rest-of-us/ One of the most frustrating things for me, as a business owner, is online marketing. Purchasing search engine keywords and optimizing my site to obtain higher search rankings have both been equally painful. I understand the basics, but I truly am horrible at implementing changes. I have tried doing search engine optimization (SEO) or using Google Adwords, but I have never seen great results. While I may not be good at either, I do recognize the importance of succeeding in both. Having a full time employee to manage ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2007/10/08/yield-software-marketing-seo-for-the-rest-of-us/feed/ 6