Category Archives: Widgets

First Look at OutLoud – Subscription Based AdWords for Dummies

Posted on November 10, 2009 by JayMeydad

I am a big fan of Outbrain, a content rating and recommendation service, and have been using it on my blog since it just came out. I’ve posted about its usefulness on twitter and on the company’s financing round on … Continue reading →

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The New Yahoo Homepage Signals: We Are Back

Posted on April 28, 2009 by JayMeydad

Back in Oct 2008 Yahoo was testing a new homepage. This version of the homepage has not become live yet and probably won’t given the fact that Yahoo has now a new CEO, Carol Bratz, that has a very clear … Continue reading →

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How I Almost Scooped Outbrain’s $12M Round B Story

Posted on February 11, 2009 by JayMeydad

Several months ago Josh Kopelman announced a small side project called FundingSleuth. It is a free service that lets you track SEC filings made by US private companies and email alerts whenever different forms are filed, including form D that … Continue reading →

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I Actually Like YouTube’s Embedded Video Search Bar

Posted on December 4, 2008 by JayMeydad

It seems like there are mixed feelings about this new feature. I like it though. Why? Because it allows a video viewer to avoid the need of visiting YouTube.com to search for videos, and it keeps that users for a … Continue reading →

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Discovering Navigaya – An Innovative Start Page

Posted on November 13, 2008 by JayMeydad

I just discovered Navigaya and I like it a lot. What is it? Well, if you read their about page you will find something like “an innovative open multimedia platform”. But to me it is hybrid between the Mac widgets … Continue reading →

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Vote for Snap Shots on Mashable’s Open Web Awards

Posted on November 10, 2008 by JayMeydad

Rebloging what I posted earlier today on the Snap Blog. Nominations for Mashable’s Open Web Awards have officially opened, and we hope our faithful users, publishers and followers will help Snap Shots be voted the #1 Blog Plugin! To vote, … Continue reading →

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Testing PodiPodi – command line interface for a web

Posted on September 17, 2008 by JayMeydad

I am trying out a new service called PodiPodi, a command line interface for a website inspired by Enso from Humanized. Not sure yet how valuable it is, and how frequent it will be used, but I like the concept … Continue reading →

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A cool new Recent Readers widget from MyBlogLog

Posted on February 16, 2008 by JayMeydad

I like the new “Recent Readers” widget MyBlogLog released. The glossy design shaped as an iPhone, the simple configuration process (less is more) and the ‘flyouts’ – those little nuggest of information about a reader that appear when you point to a … Continue reading →

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Gizmoz re-launches

Posted on May 31, 2007 by JayMeydad

Just tried out the new Gizmoz that was re-launched today with a nice pinky skin and a new logo. Their technology is pretty cool and the animated avatars that you can create & share are sweet. It was a bit … Continue reading →

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Myspace vs. Facebook F8

Posted on May 30, 2007 by JayMeydad

Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital) posted a great one on the different approaches Myspace and Facebook have related to Widgets and their role in the new social economy. Too bad both environments still disallow a great utility such as Snap Shots … Continue reading →

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