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Panoramic Photo Sharing at ViewAt
A new photo sharing service called ViewAt allows users to share cool panoramic photographs. There are already lots of panoramic photographs on the website you can view. You can find the images by using the interactive map on ViewAt's homepage. You can also find photos by clicking on the author's name. Webware says the service uses the Flash Panorama Player.
The service employs the Flash Panorama Player, which manages to serve up a similar experience to the Quicktime VR functionality of yore, but uses the same plug-in you've got installed to watch YouTube videos. Each of the shots on viewAT is geotagged as well, letting you sort and browse through shots by country. There's also a mini map that opens up below each shot to let you see if there are others nearby. Other users can comment on the shot, as well as read up on the equipment and technique that was used to capture it.If you are interested in creating a panoramic view be sure to read the faq.
Posted on September 29, 2007
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Microsoft Upgrades Live Search in Battle With Google
Microsoft is phasing in an upgrade to Live Search. The company claims its search offering is now as good as Google.
"The core thing for us is to show user we made a quantum jump in search results," Nadella said while demonstrating Search at an invitation-only gathering at Microsoft's campus in Mountain View, California.Microsoft to the AFP that its updated search technology it loosely based on human brains. They have quadrupled Live Search's index.
"This time, we feel we can claim we are as good as Google."
Microsoft said it quadrupled its index of web pages from which search results are mined and refined software that figures out what people are seeking despite vague or misspelled queries.Microsoft announced some of the upgraded features here in the Live Search blog.
The search platform is "loosely based" on the workings of human brains so it can assess relationships between search words rather than just the presence of words on web pages, said Live Search team member Ramez Naam.
"Search is not a dark art," team member Sebastian Gard told AFP. "It is block and tackle stuff. You don't need wizards and wands."
Relevant charts, maps, video and pictures are displayed on search result pages.
ClickZ reports that Microsoft talked up its Live Search upgrades at an event called Searchification.Relevance, relevance, relevance. We've quadrupled the size of our index, which means we can return the right results for your searches. Improvements like enhanced ranking algorithms, auto-spell correction and better stop word handling help us return the best results. Speed. Pages load much faster than before. Streamlined look and feel. We focused on the end-to-end experience from the homepage throughout the site. For example, search results are now easier to read thanks to work on typography, contrast, colors and spacing. More high-interest content. You asked us for more in Entertainment, Shopping, Health, Local and Video search and we're happy to deliver it.
Posted on September 27, 2007
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People Need the Web to Feel OK
A new study has found that many adult Americans can't go very long without using the Internet. According to a Reuters article 15% said they would only feel OK without the web for a day or less. 21 percent could last a couple days and 19% said they could make it a few days. Only 1/5th of those surveys said they could go without the web for over a week and still feel OK.A survey asked 1,011 American adults how long they would feel OK without going on the Web, to which 15 percent said a just a day or less, 21 percent said a couple of days and another 19 percent said a few days.The good news (we hope) is that the Internet isn't going anywhere so we will all be OK.
Only a fifth of those who took part in an online survey conducted by advertising agency JWT between Sept 7 and 11 said they could go for a week.
"People told us how anxious, isolated and bored they felt when they are forced off line," said Ann Mack, director of trend spotting at JWT, which conducted the survey to see how technology was changing people's behavior.
"They felt disconnected from the world, from their friends and family," she told Reuters.
Posted on September 20, 2007
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Texty is a Simple Content Management Tool
If you need have some text on a webpage that you are always updating and you are tired of constantly editing and uploading the page you may want to give Texty a try.
Never open a HTML page again for a minor text change! Texty provides a quick way to adjust content on any webpageOnce you have pasted the Texty javascript code onto a webpage you can then continue to update your text on Texty -- doing this will automatically update the text on your webpage. Jeffro2pto has a more detailed explanation of Texty.
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Posted on September 17, 2007
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