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Microsoft has a really cool new technology they showed off at the TED conference.

For more information go to http://labs.live.com/photosynth/

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We (Media Components) are involved with Podcamp this year, helping organzing & promoting this free unconference for both the pod-curious and the pod-enthusiastic.

Are you part of a corporation wondering how new media can be used as an internal tool and or as external marketing? Are you a venture group thinking about whether to invest in this new media space? Are you an individual, school, or library wondering how to incorporate podcasting into projects and community events? Are you interested in citizen journalism? Do you want to know more about new media monetization?

Podcamp is for people interested in all aspects of new media. Bloggers, Podcasters, Video Bloggers (Vloggers), and those interested in using these new media tools are the people the conference serves best. If you’re interested in doing something with new media, you’ll want to attend.

10 Reasons to Attend PodCamp Philly

1. To Network and Forge Valuable Connections

At any point during PodCamp Philly you’ll share the room with at least one person (if not a dozen) who can offer you huge value or solve a significant problem for you as a podcaster. It may be a sponsor. It may be a promotional opportunity. It may be someone you can interview. Bring lots of business cards and be ready to network.

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Media giants pooling resources to create an online video site that will take on Google’s YouTube.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Media giants News Corp. and NBC Universal announced Thursday that they will create an online video site that will rival the popular YouTube.

Read full story here.

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We received a very nice testimonial from one of our clients who is using ProPageBuilder Website Builder system to maintan and update their website. We thought we would share this:

ProPageBuilder is simple and easy to use.  I use it on a weekly basis to make changes and to update any web specials that I may have.  I enable the mailing list option to my site to email my customers and visitors with any news, information or deals.  With a click of the mouse, you can view how many visitors came to your website, how many pages they viewed and who referred them to your site.  I definitely have an advantage over my competitors by using ProPageBuilder.

Ed Portley

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Google has acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in an all stock transaction.

Read the entire article at Techcrunch.

Listen to the Conference call with Google & YouTube Ceos.

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We came across a great video discussing Web 2.0 and the hype that’s going on with all the new technologies like AJAX and Flux. One of our favorite blogs, Techcrunch sat down with a number of startup CEOs and executives to video their feedback about this new “bubble” that’s growing rapidly. Participating in the discussion were Aaron Cohen (Bolt), Scott Milener and Steven Lurie (Browster), Keith Teare (edgeio), Steven Marder (Eurekster), Joe Kraus (JotSpot), Jeremy Verba (Piczo), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), Chris Alden (Rojo), Gautam Godhwani (Simply Hired), Jonathan Abrams (Socializr), David Sifry (Technorati), Matt Sanchez (Video Egg) and Michael Tanne (Wink).

We like the metaphor Aaron Cohen from Bolt.com gave, all of these new web 2.0 startups such as YouTube, Myspace, Technorati, Flickr, are like the Republic in the Star Wars movie. They are all working together to take the advertising money away from TV Media which he compared to the Empire. More and more startups are expanding the web 2.0 sphere and taking away the spotlight of primetime TV. Where will the web 2.0 take us? We shall see, lets just hope that Tom Anderson does not become the Darth Vader and start charging for MySpace!

Here is the video compiled by TechCrunch

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Another great innovation from Microsoft Windows Live!

With this new Windows Live Local tool you can map your appointment and meeting locations directly from within Microsoft® Office Outlook®. Get driving directions, print detailed maps, find optimized trip routes, and estimate travel times. Receive reminders based on the estimated travel time. Even save details to view when you’re offline.

We recommend this for any professional.

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Recently the buzz is going around the web that Google has redesigned their Gmail and Google Logo. Several sightings have been spotted on Flikr and we are posting it here.

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Google has invented, innovated on, acquired or purchased a number of technologies over the past two years to bolster its online advertising business. AdWords is arguably the most successful advertising program ever and Google is obviously not content to focus solely on Internet advertising.

Google acquired dMarc in January to bring “radio advertising to Google AdWords advertisers.”  The CEO of Google,  Eric Schmidt shared his vision in a recent news article that  when he is driving in his car, the radio ads should address him personally about his needs. If he is hungry, it would suggest his favorite cafe or pizza place near by.

Using dMark’s technologies and GPS systems the Google Ad’s would streem directly into your car depending on your Geographic location. Google predicts this technology  to  be available in a year  or two.  We shall wait and see…

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Microsoft is serving up some new gear as they get closer to the Vista release.

The release of Windows Live Messenger is here! This is the next-generation MSN Messenger. The name is new, but it is still free to download Messenger and use most of its features. And there are some remarkable new ways to instantly share and connect with friends.

This is another idea from Microsoft, it came out just few days ago and already over 2 million downloads. There are plenty of unique features like sharing folders, Live Call which allows you to ring ordinary phones from your PC, full screen video calling and Live Contacts that self-update when details change. You can read more information at their new site: http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

I believe all of these feature packed applications that Microsoft are working on will be bundled up in their upcoming new Operating system: Windows Vista , but only time will tell and we shall see.

Windows Live Ideas is where you can check out the very latest Windows Live products—so new that they’re not even finished yet. So give them a try and then tell us exactly what you think. And don’t hold back. We need your help to make these products the best they can be.

This website reminds me of Google Labs, and their beta applications that are currently available for everyone to download and try out for free. I predict that Google will split into two sectors of their company, one will focus on their main revenue producer which are google adwords, adscense and the other will continue developing software applications and might even take on Microsoft in their battle of taking over today’s corporate environment.

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