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Find Out Who Is Sick

Who is SickEvery wonder if you are the only one who has an awful cold? Every fall ill with a stomach bug and wonder if you are not alone? There is now a website that attempts to answer these questions. Who is Sick? provides data about sick people and illness outbreaks near where you live. If you are sick you can also submit your symptoms. Who is Sick? says submissions to its website are kept anonymous.

Web 2.0 sites are only as good as the data provided. This particular site looks to have a pretty active user base. The more people that use the site the easier it will be to spot outbreaks.

Posted on May 28, 2007
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New Website Reports Rumors

TruemorsA new website called Truemors allows people to submit rumors over the Internet or with an SMS message. TechCrunch reported earlier that popular rumors can make it to the homepage of the Truemors website in a Digg-like fashion.
The company has partnered with Spinvox to allow people to leave rumors by voice. Spinvox then converts them to text for posting on the site.

You can call 1-650-329-2020 and leave your own rumor, if you wish. Text messages should be sent in the following format: Text "2020" to 55022. Rumors can also be posted to post@truemors.com.

Once rumors are on the site, other users can leave comments and vote it up or down. Like Digg, all new postings are listed for people to review and vote on. If enough people think a rumor is interesting, it makes it to a top list (the equivalent of the Digg home page).
Truemors also has categories for the rumors posted to its website including politics, business and even crap. Truemors was launched by blogger Guy Kawasaki.

Posted on May 21, 2007
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Orgoo Integrates Your Email, IM, SMS

Orgoo TechCrunch is blogging about a new Ajax-based service called Orgoo. Orgoo claims to integrate your email, IM, chat, SMS, video messaging and other web communication accounts all in one place.
Los Angeles-based Orgoo is a new webmail service that is going to be a popular application for some users. Not only does it emulate Outlook-style desktop mail applications extremely well, it also integrates instant messaging from all of the major IM providers directly into the interface. If you are looking for a service-independent webmail/IM service, you'll want to check this out.

If you've been around long enough to remember Oddpost, which launched in 2002, you'll see similarities with Orgoo. Like Oddpost, Orgoo is an Ajax webmail service that lets users access their favorite email accounts via POP or IMAP access. Evolution of the Oddpost service stopped, however, in 2004 when it was acquired by Yahoo. Much of the Oddpost engine has now been integrated into Yahoo mail.

The key difference between Orgoo and the major Internet webmail services (Gmail, Yahoo, Live Hotmail, AOL) is that it also integrates instant messaging from all major providers.
TechCrunch says Orgoo is offering 3 GB of storage for free. Competition includes Goowy and Foldera. These kinds of services will probably be of interest to people who like to try lots of different email and IM providers.

Posted on May 14, 2007
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2007 Webby Award Winners

This year's Webby Award winners have been announced. Flickr picked up three Webby awards in the Best Practices, Best Visual Design and Community categories. Jonathen Yuen also won three awards including the Best Personal Website webby. Other winners included Last.fm (Music), Zopa (Banking), Yelp.com (Guides), LinkedIn (Services) and OwnYourC (Youth). Sony.com won the Webby for the best home/welcome page.

You can read some blog posts about the Webby winners in these specific categories: blogs, games, health, retail, science, media, employment and automotive. You can also read the full winners and nominees list here.

Posted on May 2, 2007
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