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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Wayback Machine Wednesdays

Youtube was created in 2003. This is what it looked like two years later, and a year before it was bought by Google for $1.65 billion.

2005 vs. 2010...


Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Easy Postcards


Nobody sends hand-written letters anymore; except for inept grandmas who refuse to learn "electronic mail technology." I have, however, sent post cards during my recent vacations (or at least considered doing so because I'm too cheap and lazy). It's easy to do and a nice gesture, a reason why they are still alive at every tourist spot in the world.

Postagram ultra-simplifies (and even improves) postcards. By integrating with Instagram, a picture sharing mobile app, Postagram lets you use a picture you have taken to create a postcard and send it with just a few clicks. The price: $0.99. I'm assuming this pays off for the company. If so, yet another "why-didn't-I-think-of-that" genius idea.

Founded: 2011

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Short And Sweet

twitter ask or answer

Facebook Questions was a pretty good idea. There is no doubt that it has sparked some uneasy conversations in the Google offices as it "threatens to threaten" the search business. Now, as you may have guessed by the company logo the business here is plain and simple: 140 character questions, 140 character answers.

TwitQA provides an online platform for asking/answering questions and delivers them through Twitter. Users can choose a category and find simple to simple questions. This is what should differentiate this site. But they better move fast before Twitter likes the idea too much (and I'm not talking about becoming a fan on their Facebook page).

Founded: 2011