Amazing but true: as spotted by Marco, Google has hidden a mini flight simulator within Google Earth. To access it for the first time, hit CTRL+Alt+A in Windows or Command+Option+A on the Mac. You need the latest version of Google Earth, and I needed...
Aaron Greenspan is so important that at age 24, he has already written an autobiography. In it, he explains how he - not Mark Zuckerberg or the ConnectU founders - was the original creator of Facebook, a site now worth many billions of dollars. "This...
We recently covered 20 Ways To Aggregate Your Social Networking Profiles. Well, make that 21: Readr is a very simple tool that lets you add all your feeds from around the web and list the updates in one place, known as the "News Feed". Plenty of Web ...
Notifir, the "Digg tracker" that Kristen reviewed earlier this month while it was in private beta, is launching publicly today. So if you were keen to test it, you can now. From her original Notifir review: Notifir is an upcoming service that lets yo...
In light of recent controversies over who exactly invented Facebook, I think now is the time to come clean: I did. Not Mark Zuckerberg, not the ConnectU folks and certainly not the latest claimant to the idea: Aaron Greenspan. It began back in 1997, ...
Happy September 1st. Here are the latest listings from the Web 2.0 Marketplace. New Today Wanted: Talented Developers - Web 2.0 Startup Does the prospect of building a really cool web service used by millions of people excite you? Do yo... Recent Lis...
Spike Lee, noted filmmaker of such films as Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X, is lending his name and talents to Babelgum's online film festival. Starting today, and running through February 15th, 2008, filmmaker's can submit their works to Babelgum....
Pic To Game, the service that allows users to create their own Flash games, has launched their first Facebook app, a game called "I Kick You". The app combines Flash technology and the social networking aspects of Facebook to allow you create a game ...
Are four columns too much? Not if you have a really great Wordpress theme that'll really use the space well. If it also manages to be pleasing to the eye, you've got a winner. Unfortunately, these themes are quite rare and hard to find, but not any m...
One controversial issue among social networks is how hard they should push for user acquisition. Most social networks these days let you to import your email address book in some way (Twitter is the latest), but most make it clear if they're about to...
Free invites to Web 2.0 sites. You can request more sites to add at invites.mashable.com. New Today Mogad Invites Mogad allows people to share information on what is consuming their attention. It depends on a brows... Freebase Invites Freebase.com is...
CNET has created a Facebook application for one of its subsidiaries, TV.com. With this application you can rate and review television shows. Check out the shows that have been reviewed by others, read comments, add your own two cents, and find new fr...
BlipBack is a new site that lets you offer video comments on your website, blog or social networking profile page. This service integrates with your webcam to enable video comments. The widget player is very similar to what you'll see with most video...
LazyLibrary, which will launch on Monday, is a niche search engine that looks specifically for books that are 200 pages and less. In order to help you find the most concise and effective books, LazyLibrary provides a resource for books that aren't to...
Nirvanix, which will announce its launch of Wednesday, is a new company that's looking to offer online storage applications specifically for the developer community, and small businesses needing storage options for web-based services. Whether you're ...
Whether you've just arrived at college, or moved to a new city for your first job, after the dust settles, you need to know how to cook for yourself, make reservations, or even how to pick a nice wine (if you are of legal drinking age). For the Labor...
Amid ongoing problems with Paypal's subscription service, a Google patent has come to light related to mobile payments. The so-called "GPay" patent doesn't propose a direct Paypal competitor, however: instead, it covers a text message-based payments ...
Social network Multiply is set to launch a browser toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox. MySpace, Facebook and other large networks have toolbars already (Facebook's is official, MySpace's isn't), and Multiply's will do much the same thing:let y...
Microsoft's much discussed attempt to connect cloud storage and services with the desktop may finally come together this week. The NYTimes reports that the company will launch an optional unified installer that provides access to many Windows Live se...
Pownce announced a series of new features today. Among them, upcoming event notifications ("see the next five upcoming events you’ve been sent"), automatic video embedding for YouTube, Google, Metacafe, Revver and Vimeo (add a link and an embed will ...
San Francisco's Wi-Fi plans may have gone off the rails, but there are plenty of ways to find Wi-Fi hotspots. Here are more than 30 tools that can help. Community and Location-based Sites BT Openzone - Users can surf broadband internet with their Wi-...
Jotspot, the wiki service that was acquired by Google nearly a year ago, looks to be moving towards completion in the process of becoming a Google Application. As of yesterday, JotSpot is a Google Apps service code name, and its help and support page...
ContactOffice, a web office suite, is announcing that it has upgraded its online office suite to version 2.0 after months of development. It launches at the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. The newly upgraded platform is completely powered by ...
FuelMyBlog is a community for bloggers looking to get more traffic by participating in this UK-based network. Similar to Technorati, FuelMyBlog is a hub for blogs. Adding your blog to the network lets you participate in the community in hopes of incr...
Joost has reportedly acquired OnTheToob, which is a programming guide keeping users up to date on Joost's Internet television shows. Created by a Joost beta user, there are pre-determined RSS feeds as well as customized channels and RSS feeds for Joo...
From the guy that brought us Reddit Media, there's now a similar offering for Digg, called digpicz. Unlike Reddit Media, digpicz's focus on images only, since Digg already has a dedicated video section. The site is of course an answer for the large D...
Opera is getting ready to launch its alpha version of Opera 9.5 tomorrow, and some of the new features indicate that this upcoming release will prove to be significant. The rendering engine for Opera 9.5, nicknamed Kestrel, has been greatly improved,...
Propertyqube is a new community for people interested in all aspects of property. From contractors to renters, home owners and landlords, propertyqube has created a network for conversations to be started between all of these aspects of property. For...
CountryBook, a UK-based online store for local books, has launched a social network for its service, in an effort to connect the various aspects of book buying, selling, recommending, and promotion. With the new network, entitled BooksConnect, you ca...
Clearspring, the widget creation and distribution platform, now supports distribution to Facebook. The application wizard lets you create flash widgets for Facebook applications, along with the other networks like MySpace, Netvibes, etc. As Clearspri...
