Pageonce – A Great New Service For JAJAH Customers

Pageonce is a Personal Internet Assistant that gives you access to all your accounts via one simple page (hence the name). It already has finance, shopping, social networks, travel and email, and now it also has JAJAH.

Simply go to Pageonce.com and add your JAJAH account details. Then, when you want to check your balance, top up your account or see your recent calls, you go back to the page and it’s all there. And while you’re at it you can also see the activity on all your other accounts – see your bank balance, update your frequent flyer miles, skim your emails, all without having to go to different sites and enter your passwords countless times – you just enter your accounts when you sign up and Pageonce securely stores your details.

“Pageonce is an innovate service that enables consumers to manage their entire Internet life from one simple and easy to use page," says Roman Scharf, co-founder of JAJAH. "We are very pleased to be able to offer the more than 10 million JAJAH users access to Pageonce’s Personal Internet Assistant for free. We believe that Pageonce is a great way for our customers to keep track of their JAJAH account on an ongoing basis and login to JAJAH at anytime directly from Pageonce, securely and password-free.”

"The JAJAH widget is a welcome addition to the constantly growing Pageonce Provider Network and we're excited to be able to offer millions of JAJAH users the Pageonce Personal Internet Assistant to help them manage and optimize their online life and their JAJAH account,” says Guy Goldestein, CEO and co-founder of Pageonce. “JAJAH is a thought leader in value added telephony solutions for consumers. We are proud to partner with JAJAH and bring additional value to their customers on a daily basis.”

Read more...

Photobucket Announces iPhone Application

Photobucket, the world's leading standalone photo and video-sharing site, recently announced that its new application developed exclusively for the iPhone which is available on Apple App Store. Photobucket for the iPhone grants users full access to their Photobucket accounts directly from their iPhone, enabling one-click photo uploads, as well as full viewing options for albums and other Photobucket content.

“Photobucket is thrilled to have an application available at the launch of the new Apple App Store, and to extend the Photobucket experience to users of the iPhone and iPod touch,” said Alex Welch, President, Photobucket.  “Photobucket provides an easy way for consumers to store and share photos on the Internet, and this new application allows us to deliver that same, industry-leading experience wirelessly to iPhone users.”

The new Photobucket application is available for download for $4.99 from the Apple App Store.

Read more...

WordPress for iPhone Available Now

Wordpress for iPhone is now live. WordPress for iPhone just launched on the App Store. Download it now and get to blogging.

If you run into issues while using the app, you can report them here. Please note that the App works with WordPress.com and self-installed WordPress 2.51 or higher including the latest WordPress MU. It supports new iPhone 3G, the first generation iPhone, and the iPod Touch.

Known Issues

• Accented characters not encoded properly
• Blogs with Twitter Tools plugin installed sending Twitter links to posts that don’t exist
• Display problems with toolbar for some iPod touch users
• Unable to add a blog using a custom uploads location
• Intermittent errors when adding blogs for some users
• Some theme previews not available for public blogs

Before you do, please check out a few frequently asked questions.

Read more...

Propeller 2.0 Is Out

Long awaited upgrade to Propeller, a social news site, was released today. Propeller incorporated a new design, new technology powering the site, and new features.

This new design has a deeper integration with AOL News and AOL.com (where Propeller posts have begun popping up in the top box). The new design is likely to be noticed first. The logo has changed which shows it’s community and stories as moons orbiting the Propeller planet. Also they redesign the propeller engine to improve the performance.

Here are some other changes you will notice:

• New Ranking Scale: Instead of seeing an absolute count of votes next to a story, you will now see a Popularity Rating from 1-10. The scale is based on a new set of ranking algorithms, which take into account many more aspects of participation when determining popularity.
• Prop It!: "Vote It" is changed to "Prop It" as they find that "Vote" seemed too serious, especially with the elections coming up.
• Groups: Users now have the ability to join groups and form groups of their own. Groups can be open to the public, or membership can be limited. Once you have joined a group, you can share stories and start conversations on topics of interest.
• Help!: There is a new Help Central area, where it consolidates Frequently Asked Questions and explain a bit more about Propeller.
• New and Improved Search: Not only has searching for stories returned, but new features allow for searching members and groups. Looking for that long-lost Propeller friend, or for some esoteric group? Now you can find them!
• Featured Groups and Members: To reward the movers and shakers in the community, members and groups will be featured on the homepage. This is an improvement on the old Top Propeller Contributors, since the featured member will have his or her avatar and biographical info displayed front and center!
• This Just In: The Propeller Tracker has a new name, This Just In.
• No More On Shift Icons for Editors and Scouts
• Category Consolidation: Categories are now Arts & Entertainment, Business & Finance, Family, Humor, News, Science & Technology, Sports and Style.

Read more...

NSC and AideRSS Deliver Innovative Mobile News Solution

NSC today introduced FetchIt 1.2, a free news reader and media player for Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Smartphone devices. FetchIt is blazing fast, easy to use, and features an elegant user interface that is designed to help mobile users access and share news, podcasts and weather information.

The latest version of FetchIt includes AideRSS's PostRank™  technology, which streamlines navigation and helps users save time by finding the most interesting news stories.

"FetchIt is the most powerful, innovative and easy to use mobile news reader available," said Jeff Preston, NSC's CEO. "We are redefining the way people find and digest information on their mobile devices.”

The incredible performance of FetchIt, combined with its easy-to-read user interface and super-threaded design, lets users download RSS feeds, listen to podcasts, view weather forecasts and read news all at the same time. FetchIt includes innovative features like the Speed Reader, Real-time Search and Channel Radar that simplify navigation and help users find and read news faster with improved comprehension.

FetchIt is also the first mobile software application to include AideRSS's PostRank technology that lets users personalize and visualize their news. PostRank filters news feeds and ranks each story, helping users find the most relevant information, and dramatically reduces the bandwidth and storage requirements of the application, which can save users time and money.

"We were extremely excited to work with FetchIt and integrate PostRank with the latest release," said Ilya Grigorik, CTO of AideRSS. "Users are going to quickly realize how powerful a mobile news reader it is, and how they can enhance the experience further with PostRank".

Pricing & Availability

FetchIt 1.2 is available immediately as a free download at www.nsctech.com for all Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 & 6 Pocket PC and Smartphone devices. The software requires a minimum of 16 megabytes (MB) of RAM, 4 MB of storage space and a network connection. Existing users will receive updates seamlessly through FetchIt's Software Update feature, which automatically checks for updates.

Read more...

Opera Mobile 9.5 beta is released

Opera Software today released the much-anticipated, first public version of Opera Mobile 9.5 beta. A powerful foreshadowing of what is to come, this beta takes mobile browsing speed and features to a new level, complete with visual effects and a new look. Download the new beta from http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/.

Opera has changed the face of its mobile browser in this beta release. As with the latest version of Opera Mini, Opera Mobile 9.5 beta now defaults to page overview mode, allowing the user to view the entire Web page and instantly recognize the Web site. With panning and zooming options, the user is able to focus on specific page content. Opera also introduces a sleek, new user interface for easier navigation.

“Our fans have been eager for the release of Opera Mobile 9.5 since it first appeared at the Mobile World Congress this year,” says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “We are now answering the call of the people and delivering what we proudly proclaim to be our best Opera Mobile browser to date. It is a totally new user experience.”

Developers go cross-platform

With developer needs at the heart of this first beta release, Opera Mobile 9.5 includes several features to enable easier development on the mobile platform.

Opera Dragonfly, Opera’s developer tools, officially goes cross-platform with this release. It allows developers to debug JavaScript, inspect Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and the Document Object Model (DOM), and view any errors, making development for the mobile phone even easier.

Your quick reference guide to new Opera Mobile 9.5 beta features

Faster — Opera has always been among the fastest browsers — if not the fastest — available. Opera Mobile 9.5 beta continues this fine tradition with improved performance over Opera Mobile 8.65.

Pan and zoom — Just like Opera Mini, Opera Mobile 9.5 beta defaults to full Web page viewing and allows users to pan and zoom into their desired content easily.

Improved user interface — Opera has completely renovated its mobile UI. Cleaner and more intuitive, the new UI is designed for quick and easy navigation.

Opera Dragonfly — Use your Opera desktop browser to debug sites on your mobile phone through the Opera Mobile 9.5 debug menu.

Improved standards support — Opera Mobile 9.5 is the most standards compliant browser available, and the company remains steadfast in its commitment to make the Web accessible for all.

Save pages and/or images — With a click, simply save pages to your phone.

Review Opera Mobile 9.5 beta 1

A comprehensive reviewer’s guide to Opera Mobile 9.5 is available at :

http://www.opera.com/press/reviews/mobile/.

Related Article :

Firefox Is About to Set A World Record, Opera Did It. 4.5 Million Opera 9.5 Downloads Within 5 Days.

Read more...

AOL Launched a Personal Finance Site WalletPop.com

AOL announced the launch of WalletPop, a new personal finance site and a spin-off of AOL Money & Finance, http://money.aol.com. The new site will help consumers survive and thrive in today’s economy by focusing on all aspects of consumer and personal finance, while AOL Money & Finance will continue to focus on business and investing news, tools and analysis.  AOL Money & Finance is one of the most visited finance sites, with more than 15.2 million unique visitors each month and more page views than any other financial site. (source: comScore MediaMetrix, June 2008)

In addition to WalletPop, AOL Money & Finance recently launched real-time quotes on its stock pages, a new financial video hub and has upgraded many of its investing and portfolio management tools. AOL Money & Finance currently features CNBC video content and continues to add more video content partners.

“WalletPop provides consumers something they increasingly need: a comprehensive, accessible, and community oriented site focused exclusively on the money matters of real people, such as debt management, finding the best deals, saving, retirement, insurance, mortgages, banking, taxes and more,” said Marty Moe, Senior Vice President, AOL Money & Finance, Weblogs, News, Sports and KOL. "With the launch of WalletPop, along with the new features on our main AOL Money & Finance site, there is no more comprehensive and useful group of financial sites available." 

The growing stable of WalletPop bloggers includes well-known consumer finance experts, and the lineup of original features will offer a compelling vehicle for advertising partners to reach an engaged and targeted audience. 

WalletPop and Money & Finance are supported by AOL’s digital advertising business, Platform-A, http://www.platform-a.com, which will continue to offer relevant advertising opportunities in both display advertising as well as content-targeted links on the Web site, with ad-rich areas including taxes, mortgages, insurance, banking, debt management and retirement.

New features and tools include:

Latest Deals from the Web: Powered by Relegence, this will provide real-time information on deals aggregated from sites across the Web. For example, WalletPop users will know within minutes if a deal site reports a heavily-discounted item, http://walletpop.aol.com/deals.

Q&A with Experts: Consumers can enter a question and experts, as well as community members, will answer.  WalletPop marks the first major AOL site integration with Yedda, a question and answer platform acquired by AOL last year, http://walletpop.aol.com/community/money-experts.

The Economizer: The Economizer is AOL's hub for surviving and thriving in today's economy. This section will pull money-saving content from across the AOL network and provide it in one convenient location to help consumers cut costs, get deals, make more and beat debt. It is filled with tools, tips and the latest information from WalletPop, AOL Money & Finance, AOL Small Business, MapQuest, AOL Travel, AOL Autos, AOL Health and more. For example, MapQuest’s gas portal provides information on gas prices for more than 100,000 stations around the country as well as stations offering diesel and alternative fuels. Users can input a zip code and see a comparative list of gas prices in a specific area, http://walletpop.aol.com/economizer.

Daily Deal: Each day, WalletPop bloggers will identify a great money saving deal either online or offline for users to take advantage of and to share, http://www.walletpop.com/category/daily-deal/.

Ask the Dolans: In addition to regular blog posts, each Friday, renowned money experts Ken & Daria Dolan will answer a money question via video posed by a reader and chosen by the WalletPop editorial team, http://www.walletpop.com/category/the-dolans/.

In addition to the above, WalletPop, which was originally launched as a consumer blog last year, will include daily and breaking news feeds, personal finance tips, photo galleries, video, quizzes, blog posts on consumer and personal finance and more.

via PR

Read more...

Last.fm Launched For iPhone and iPod Touch… It’s FREE

Last.fm announced the launch of Last.fm on the iPhone and iPod Touch! Go to the music category of the iTunes App store (in iTunes or on your iPhone/Touch). Find the Last.fm app and download it for free. Log in or signup to Last.fm and you’ll be presented with a fairly obvious selection of Last.fm functionality. Things with the red circle icon start streaming. You can navigate through the menus and go back with the button in the upper left.

Last.fm iPhone Demo from Toby on Vimeo.

Once you start streaming something, you’ll have access to the familiar Last.fm contextual items (love, ban, skip… tagging will be in the next version). You can also check out the artist bio, similar artists and events (particularly cool). If there are current events for the now playing artists, you can specify if you’re attending or not and go to a Google map for the event location.

There’s a lot you can do in this app, but the interface is pretty slick so hopefully it will all be pretty discoverable.

There ARE a couple caveats…

First of all this application is available in the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany and Spain. However you will find it for other countries soon.

Secondly, there are no background applications allowed on the iPhone/Touch. There are several implications to this, but what it mostly means is any time you click a link that loads Safari, the music will stop and you’ll have to restart the app. This means event maps, and bio links. Last.fm team is looking at alternatives, but for now that’s the breaks.

To end with a bit of icing, the app knows how to read lastfm:// links. That means if you’re browsing the Last.fm website on the iPhone and click a “play in software” link, the app will start streaming for you! It’s neat, you’ll see.

This is version 1.0, so you will expect some cool stuff in the next revisions.

Read more...

bit.ly : Amazing URL-Shortener

URL Shorteners are not new and there are already many websites that provides such service. However http://bit.ly/ is a new service that makes difference among all others. It’s a URL-shortener with lots of new stuff designed for an app developer who needs everything and more!

List of major features are as below:

1. History - It remembers the last 15 shortened URLs you’ve created. They’re displayed on the home page next time you go back. Cookie-based.

2. Click/Referrer tracking - Every time someone clicks on a short URL, it will add 1 to the count of clicks for that page and for the referring page.

3. There’s a simple API for creating short URLs from your web apps.

4. It automatically creates three thumbnail images for each page you link through bit.ly, small, medium and large size. You can use these in presenting choices to your users.

5. It automatically mirrors each page, never know when you might need a backup.

6. Most important for professional applications, you can access all the data about each page through a simple XML or JSON interface. Example.

More over it supports all the standard features you expect from serious url-shorteners.

As this is just the beginning, you can expect more features soon.

Read more...

Pownce Added Lots Of New Feature To Desktop 2.0 (alpha)

Pownce (web-service that helps you to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends) had a massive upgrade to it’s desktop software! The new application has been rebuilt from scratch and has a ton of new features that are already available on website and there are few new features that pownce has introduced first time.

With this version, you’ll get:

• Embedded media. Images, videos, audio files, and now Digg stories will appear inline!
• Pagination. See lots of notes going back in time.
• Favorite notes! Want to bookmark a note for later reference? No problem, just click the heart icon.
• Manage friends. See your friends and manage friend requests. This even has a friend search!
• Notification alerts. Get notified of new notes with audio alerts.
• Simpler Interface. The new UI is more native and generally more clean and simple.

You can download it from here.

Read more...

Scribd's Desktop Uploader For Mac OSX Is Now Available

Scribd's desktop uploader is now available for Mac OSX! Now Mac users can :

• Upload many files at once from your desktop.
• Edit titles, tags, and other metadata before uploading.
• Quickly and easily manage bulk uploads, straight from your desktop.

You can download both the Mac and Windows version of the uploader from Tools page.

Read more...

Pownce iPhone and iPod Touch App!

Recently Google, AOL and NewsGator announced their applications for iPhone and iPod touch. Today Pownce announced the new official Pownce iPhone/iPod Touch app. It’s available for download soon from the iTunes Application Store.

The Pownce iPhone/iPod touch app lets you get all the latest notes from your friends right away on your mobile device. You can also send messages, links, events and photos.

Nice thing about the iPhone version is that you can instantly take a photo from your phone and send it to all your friends.

Read more...

AideRSS launches PostRank.com and Thematic PostRank™

PostRank, a scoring system developed by AideRSS to rank online content, such as RSS feed items, blog posts, articles, or news stories, has launched a whole bunch of things that will make the AideRSS experience even better!

1) PostRank.com website

Now PostRank is an independent of AideRSS. Any developer can now integrate PostRank into his/her application to take advantage of it’s social engagement analysis. On the PostRank site, you’ll find a lot of material that exposes how it tracks engagement: the AideRSS model of the 5C’s of engagement, which sources they track, etc.

2) Thematic PostRank™

Any user or developer can now use PostRank platform to rank any arbitrary set of online articles, i.e. they don’t have to come from the same feed like before. It will still support the Feed-based PostRank model, but now you can also define your own context, e.g. a folder in Google Reader, a collection of technology articles — e.g. articles about Microsoft from ZDNet, TechCrunch, Mashable, etc.

3) Google Reader Extension with Thematic PostRank

To showcase Thematic PostRank, company has officially launched it’s Google Reader extension with the new built-in ranking mechanisms and a collection of other speed improvements. As a user, you will get Feed-based PostRank whenever you are browsing a single feed, and when you switch to a folder or All Items view, you will be using Thematic PostRank, which will help you find the top articles in that context.

4) New APIs and more data sources

Rebuilt from the ground up: faster, more sources, and no caching delays. Plus, it is now tracking clicks and views from Google Reader through it’s widgets and through partners. In other words, if you install this widget on your page, PostRank will take into account the number of pageviews for each page, as well as clicks on the links. Last but not least, company also announced live tracking of Ma.gnolia bookmarks and Pownce messages.

Read more...

VideoEgg Introduced New Ad Feature

VideoEgg, the rich media ad network that guarantees brand engagement, introduced new features to give advertisers more effective engagement with users inside social environments at a guaranteed engagement price. The new features offer the following benefits to marketers:

• LIVE: Use real-time RSS feeds to continually update the ad experience
• LOCAL: Deliver zip code-specific messaging
• RICH: Easily deploy and track a rich multi-video ad experience to increase user interactivity
• SHOP: Bring the browser to the user, merchandising multiple items in a single real-time ad experience
• SHARE: Viral capabilities help spread the message through virtually any communication or social channel

The new features also enable marketers to better target vertical sectors, beginning with the automotive, entertainment, retail and wireless industries. VideoEgg’s automotive solution, for example, allows an ad unit to display nearby dealerships in interactive maps, while the entertainment industry can target local consumers by adding nearby movie listings to theatrical previews.

Leading brands such as Sprint and Puma are using VideoEgg’s network to connect users with brand content and encourage sharing across many social environments, such as Facebook, MySpace and Digg.

"VideoEgg provides an extremely rich ad experience with viral tools that let consumers accelerate and perpetuate our media buys," said Edward McLoughlin, Media Director at Mindshare Interaction. "The VideoEgg pricing model also provides accountability as it guarantees engagement with our target audiences."

VideoEgg offers brands an unprecedented approach to advertising, with a pricing model based on cost per engagement (CPE) that delivers accountability and unmatched insight into ad effectiveness. Ads are served for free, and advertisers pay only when a user engages with their brand content, providing a risk-free method to distributing highly targeted rich media content. In just four months since launching its CPE engagement model , over 50 leading brands including Hershey’s, Fox, Adidas, Nike, Comcast, Disney, GM, Mazda and Microsoft have advertised across the VideoEgg network for guaranteed engagement.

"The ad experience is ripe for innovation," said Troy Young, chief marketing officer, VideoEgg. "We need to replace the banner with portable media experiences that leverage the power of video, feeds, maps and localization. We can get consumers to engage—we just have to make online advertising more interesting."

To see how VideoEgg is changing brand marketing online, check out the demos at http://www.videoegg.com/adlabs

Read more...

Real-Time Quotes on AOL Money & Finance

BATS Trading Inc., an innovative and technology leading U.S. market center, announces its real-time U.S. market data is now available free of charge on AOL Money & Finance, http://money.aol.com, one of the leading financial sites on the Web with over 15.2 million unique visitors each month.*

AOL will initially offer free last-trade data from BATS with plans to incorporate free real-time bid/ask quotes and BATS' full depth of order book later in 2008. Since its inception in January 2006, BATS has never charged participants for the receipt of its market data.

"This agreement with AOL, one of the most respected names on the Web, further validates the quality of the BATS market data product suite and is indicative of the strong demand from internet users for real-time market data," said BATS Chief Executive Joe Ratterman. "We are pleased to partner with AOL to provide vital price discovery information for their users."

"With the integration of free real-time quotes, AOL Money & Finance is providing the most current and relevant information for both NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed stocks and helping to level the playing field between individual investors and Wall Street," said Marty Moe, AOL senior vice president, Money & Finance, Weblogs, News, Sports and KOL. "Real-time market data from BATS, coupled with our real-time news feeds with over 3,000 news sources powered by Relegence, ensures that our investors have, free of charge, the most up-to-date and comprehensive information affecting their investments."

The data will also be available on select mobile phones, via a link through the AOL Money & Finance full quotes page. Full mobile integrations for other mobile devices will be coming later this summer.

*comScore MediaMetrix, May 2008

Read more...

NewsGator Announces Native NetNewsWire Application for iPhone on Apple App Store

NewsGator Technologies Inc. today announced the availability of NetNewsWire for iPhone and iPod touch, a free native application based on the market-leading, critically-acclaimed RSS feed reader for Mac. NetNewsWire for iPhone will sync with NewsGator’s suite of RSS readers, including NetNewsWire for Macintosh, FeedDemon, Inbox, and NewsGator Online - providing users a lightweight, easy application to keep up with feeds on the go.

The application is extremely easy-to-use and features a simple, clear user interface that complements the iPhone and iPod touch experience. NetNewsWire for iPhone makes it easy for users to cycle through all their news by using the “Next Unread” button, which goes from story to story with a quick tap of a single button. Users can also save items to read or blog about later via clipping, and saved items also sync with the desktop and browser-based RSS readers.

“With NetNewsWire for iPhone, we wanted to create a reading experience that goes hand-in-hand with the iPhone’s intuitive ease-of-use,” said Brent Simmons, creator of the NetNewsWire family of products. “People are increasingly realizing that RSS is the fastest, most efficient way to read their favorite news and blogs from wherever they are. The popularity of the iPhone and iPod touch makes it the perfect platform to create an outstanding mobile application that can become a part of people’s everyday experience.”

NetNewsWire for iPhone is  available for free beginning today from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/

Read more...

TweetDeck Enables Users to Split Their Tweets Into Topic Or Group Specific Columns

TweetDeck is a new service build for twitter. It is an Adobe Air desktop application that is currently in private beta. It aims to evolve the existing functionality of Twitter by taking an abundance of information i.e twitter feeds, and breaking it down into more manageable bite sized pieces.

TweetDeck enables users to split their main feed (All Tweets) into topic or group specific columns allowing a broader overview of tweets. To do this TweetDeck saves all tweets to a local database. The far left column will always contain All Tweets. The GROUP, SEARCH and REPLIES buttons then allow the user to make up additional columns populated from the database. Once created these additional columns will automatically update allowing the user to keep track of a twitter threads far easier.

Being database driven TweetDeck allows the user to continue twittering even when offline. Tweets and direct messages are queued and then sent automatically when back online. This offline functionality also applies if Twitter is down.

Additional Features

• Catch up with overnight global twitterings as TweetDeck stores all updates whilst running
• Continual status updates of TweetDeck and Twitter
• Resize TweetDeck as either an unobtrusive column, full screen or anything in between
• Especially useful running full screen on a separate monitor
• Filter tweets from up to 1 hour to the last 7 days using the Timeframe bar
• Auto updates from the Twitter API

Read more...

Another Micro-blogging Service : Identi.ca