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Jim Muttram

Meta measurement

Xinu Returns is a new website just discovered by Communication Overtones which syndicates queries to all sorts of APIs to give an excellent snapshot of a site/page's performance. It includes a thumbnail, syndication, ranking, indexed pages and more - on many, many services. It was…

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Jim Muttram

AdSense for Video

AdSense for video is now out in beta. I had a chance to see the way Google was implementing this a few months ago and I must say it looked very elegant. Some criteria apply. Technorati Tags: advertising, video

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Jim Muttram

Podcasting from your phone

Robert Scoble, ex-Microsoft blogger, ex-Podtech vlogger and now heading off to Fast Company, tells of a new API from BlogTalkRadio which allows you to create a podcast directly from your phone and publish it in an RSS feed. Technorati Tags: mobile, podcasting

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Jim Muttram

Face detection for laptops

Interesting video about face recognition software which is now able to run on a standard laptop. The video talks about some potential uses for the technology, which would eventually be able to run on a mobile phone. Technorati Tags: research, video

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Jim Muttram

Those who get it and those who don't...

The Buzz Bin posts about the companies that get the purpose of social media (Dell, Southwest, GM) and those who don't (RIM - makers of the Blackberry, Apple, Facebook, Twitter). They are interesting (and sometimes counter-intuitive) lists. Technorati Tags: PR, social media

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