“We want to keep a good thing going.”™
Viral videos aren’t new, but one that hits this big is-and it’s pulling in big bucks for T-Pain. It’s a video that advertises T-Pain’s new iPhone™ app called “I Am T-Pain” and for only $2.99 it can record your own voice with the same auto-tune effect that T-Pain uses.
Who’s the biggest publisher in the world? Soon the answer just might be Google™. In a recent legal settlement with book publishers and authors, Google has the go ahead to begin scanning millions of out-of-print books and to make them available for reading and buying online.
Virtual learning centers are getting more and more popular, and in today’s economy this one makes sense. Dollars and cents. It’s called younginvestors.com and it contains just about everything you need to teach or learn about money and investing for kids and teens alike.
Life is getting more connected all the time–all because of Qik™. Qik is a tiny piece of software that allows your phone to stream video directly on the web. This is the Virtual Garden Wave in action and it is mighty exciting.
Polyvore, founded by an ex-Yahoo’er, is a virtual drag-and-collect site that allows people to browse fashion items, create outfits, or “sets” that can be viewed by others, commented on, rated, shared, or embedded into websites.
Think Wikipedia is hot stuff? Go look at the demonstration pages at www.eol.org. The Encyclopedia of Life is being developed as a resource for a broad audience, from teachers to media to scientists. What are called “species pages” will attempt to explain and visualize life in a wide range of languages.
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