Awakened Voice

The folks over at DreamHost continue to impress me with the array of features that they offer in conjunction with their web hosting plans.
For a small monthly fee you can get copious amounts of storage and bandwidth. You get easy access to a variety of tools via ‘One-Click Installs’ (and upgrades) of applications like WordPress, [...]

There’s a lot of talk about a new service called SpringWidgets that allows people to create and use widgets for the desktop and the web.
Widgets are mini-applications that can sometimes be shared on other websites, blogs, social networks, etc. SpringWidgets (like the previously mentioned Grazr) offers an RSS feed aggregator widget that also supports [...]

Drupal is moving forward with the first release candidate for their upcoming 5.0 release. Sound like there are some excellent new features to look forward to.
According to their blog post, “It comes with many new features, including a web-based install system, improved administration tools, and a shiny new theme!”
I’ve pointed out Drupal before because there’s [...]

Blogger, the free web based blogging service that helped to popularize blogging, has announced a beta program to introduce a host of upgrades to their service.
As a Blogger user I can tell you that it’s been a while since a major upgrade so these features are very welcome. Unfortunately they are not open to every [...]

Steve Rubel reports that a new web based RSS aggregator called moQvo has launched a Beta.
The site makes heavy use of Flash technology to allow users to find, subscribe to and share RSS powered content. Content on the site includes audio, video and text powered RSS feeds.
moQvo also includes features that allow users to connect [...]

Netvibes is a fabulous online information aggregator. Some folks call it a start page but the term “start page” really doesn’t do the functionality justice. More on Netvibes from this earlier post.
Anyhow, Netvibes has quietly launched their own directory for Podcasts and RSS feeds. The directory is called the Netvibes Ecosystem. The Ecosystem is not [...]

I just received word on a Beta release of a service called xFruits. xFruits is an RSS management service that provides a variety of functions to allow people to port and redsitribute RSS feeds.
According to their website, “XFruits makes possible the Mashup RSS creation in a very simple way thanks to the Composer.
You can assemble [...]

Pluggd is a new podcast directory/community that has just opened up a beta.
The goal of the site is to allow users to discover, listen and share podcasts. Pluggd moves into a space already occupied by iTunes, Yahoo! Podcasts, Odeo, Podcast Pickle and others. As such, it will be interesting to see how they attempt to [...]

Steve Rubel informs us that AIM Pages has launched their Beta. Is there a difference between a launch and a Beta these days? That’s a discussion for another post.
I’ve heard people say that this is AOL’s attempt to “kill” MySpace. Fat chance on that. MySpace is a Social Media juggernaught and they have too much [...]

Internet telephony service Skype has just released a new beta version that adds more features that will appeal to businesses. One of the new features is called Skypecasting.
Skypecasts are moderated conference calls that can include groups of up to 100 people. The call can be moderated by the person who initiates the call so that [...]