http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:12:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alexandre's blog kept me busy enough I have to say. I have the feeling the internet has changed so much since I last dropped thoughts on this page... New Yahoo! homepage, new Yahoo! Mail released, new Yahoo! Messenger with Plugins Google acquiring YouTube...that was huge! Microsoft releasing IE7 and pushing on Vista What an ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=31 I recently found this page, while searching for potential impact of leaving too close from the world's 4th busiest airport (LHR). I live in Putney: although we certainly see a bunch of planes flying in our sky, I would think the noise pollution is fairly limited here. Anyway, I found that ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=29 http://preview.local.live.com/ MSN (Live.com) has just released a new web application pushing the concept of Google Earth to the extreme Mixture between video game, map, and Google Earth really. It does look very cool. (in a nerd way I mean). In other words, your first impression is that this is going to change ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=28 Time has come for Jeeves to withdraw The Daily Telegraph (Business), 27 February 2006, p.1, Tom Stevenson Following its $1.9bn acquisition by IAC/InterActiveCorp last July, Ask Jeeves is dropping its Woodhouse-inspired Butler, becoming simply Ask.com as it seeks to compete with Google and Yahoo. Now, what difference does it make for the ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=26 Designtechnica.com has just published its short list (a list of 10 is short!) of la creme de la creme in terms of web 2.0.  Actually no major surprises (almost disappointing...) I am pleased to see that netvibes got such a nice review. Netvibes is a very slick interface, but somehow I did ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=25 You can't have it all, can you? Great communication tools, fast communication tools but no abuse? We are all aware of spam. Less aware of spit. Abusive emails cost key players such as Yahoo!, AOL or Hotmail a real fortune each year. The recent announcement from Yahoo! and AOL to partner ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=24 Google have just released a new tool called Page Creator. Simple interface to help end users build their own "website". A sort of streamlined version of blogger or wordpress...obviously much simpler. As usual, Google are producing a very simple interface which is likely to satisfy users who could not be ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=23 wikio.com is very much expected by end of Feb early March 2006. Why is that? Probably because its father is the famous Pierre Chappaz, founder of Kelkoo.fr - the successful French shopping engine (price comparison) which was acquired a year or two ago. I have requested a beta account, just waiting for ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=22 It is always a positive feeling to check around my work floor space and suddenly realize that the genius who invented the Nokia mobile navigation interface is sitting less than 3 desks away from where I sit. "Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's largest daily newspaper called me the 'godfather of mobile phone users', ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=21 netvibes.com could use that common slogan : "it does what it says on the tin". So what does it say on the tin? Well, netvibes is a very simple site which works just like a myYahoo! or a myGoogle: it aggregates several sources of information (news, photos, email accounts, your del.icio.us ... http://www.mascaridumont.com/frimr/?p=18