Archive for May, 2009

Just last week, the keyword 'Cibai' has been a trending topic on Twitter for a few hours during Americans' sleep period of the day. Some Americans or Europeans were wondering what's so special about this word. Well, for those who don't know the real meaning of the word 'Cibai', it's actually means vagina in Hokkien (a Chinese dialect) and also a popular vulgarity used by Singaporeans and Malaysians to vent one's displeasure towards others. But the humor comes in when the folks at Microsoft use it as a research project title! Sounds funny and odd right?" title="Why does Microsoft always comes up with odd projects names such as Cibai & Bing?" />

All thanks to Twitter, FriendFeed, OneRiot and other similar platforms, real-time web has been a popular concept since 2006. It is not only a main focus of the Internet, but also a trend too. So what does a real-time web looks like? Check it out below... Objectives Present: Real-time Web has provided Internet users an easy way to get a specific thing at once, and this can be anything, be it 'What are you doing?', 'What's in your mind', 'What's the answer of...?', 'How do you think about...?', etc. Besides that, real-time web also offers a quick way for communications, and satisfies curiosity of people about following others. Future: Real-time web will be filled with instant data; it can provide a trend of 'What has happened just now?', 'Does the world change?', 'What's the latest...?'. Also, Real-time Web can be used to let people get what they want at once, such as answers, solutions and ideas." title="#[Present & Future] of the Real-Time Web" />

Living in a technologically-advanced world, many people nowadays flock to dating sites rather than the traditionally way of finding romance using match-making companies. Some even head to popular social networking platforms such as Facebook and MySpace to look for their perfect match online. This has been further encouraged by the launch of IamFreeTonight.com, a Facebook application that allows users to potentially meet people online who they are interested in dating. With the exponential growth of Twitter, many developers are racking their brains to create Twitter applications to attract more users to use them. Most of the applications are pretty beneficial whereas some of them are just odd and useless." title="Twitter to Become a Dating Site For Some Users?" />

The Vacationeers, a four person comedic film group based in Los Angeles, have struck viral and comedy gold with Google. They have been hired by the Internet giant to write and produce a series of short videos, the first of which launches today at youtube.com/thevacationeers. The Vacationeers, comprised of Todd Berger, Blaise Miller, Jeff Grace and Kevin M. Brennan made over 30 short films between 2006 and 2008 including one that poked fun of the paranoia surrounding the "street view" feature of Google Maps. This short, aptly called "Google Maps," received millions of views, coverage on CNN, and garnered the guys a revenue sharing deal with YouTube." title="Google Hires The Vacationeers to Start ‘Googling’ Themselves Again" />