1. Are you aggregated? Several major companies have launched new data portability sites recently, all in the hopes that you will use them as your…
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4Cast #88: Microsoft/Yahoo, New Google Views, Amazon/Audible, Going Green
Posted in 4cast, Amazon, blogs, Cinematic Internet, Google, Google Maps, Google News, Google Reader, Internet, Microsoft, Photo Tagger, StumbleUpon, and Yahoo!
This week’s 4cast: 1. “Microsoft + Yahoo = ?” Microsoft’s bold and unsolicited $44.6B bid for Yahoo shocked many and even appalled a few bloggers. …
4Cast #84: 2008, Wikia Search, Netscape, Teens
Posted in blogs, Cinematic Internet, Firefox, Google, GoogleVoice, social network websites, Tweetmeme, VirtualBox, Web 2.0, web browsers, and Wikipedia
This week’s 4cast: Library/Web 2.0/Tech Predictions for 2008 It’s officially 2008, and along with the New Year come predictions of the technologies (web, library, otherwise)…
4cast #82: SAFE Act, Broadband, Search Trends, Beyond Google
Posted in Boxee, Cinematic Internet, Google, iPhones, Reference Extract, TouchGraph, Valve, and wireless
This week’s 4cast: 1. Good Guys, Bad Guys & Wi-Fi When the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAFE Act last week, it sent a…
4cast #80: Kindle, Firefox, Manifestos, SEO
Posted in Cinematic Internet, Firefox, GoogleVoice, Obama, and Social Networks
This week’s 4cast: 1. Amazon’s Kindle Starts a Fire The Kindle (Amazon’s new wireless, handheld eBook device) was released this week, followed by lots and…
4cast Podcast #25: Library Web Presence
Posted in 4pod, Add new tag, blogs, Cinematic Internet, Let Simon Decide, social network websites, Video searches, and Wikipedia
For years, libraries have been issued the challenge of creating an effective (but not overly invasive) web presence. For many libraries, the extent of this…
OPLIN 4cast #67
Posted in Boxee, Cinematic Internet, filtering, Internet, iPhones, privacy, social network websites, and TwitterThoughts
This week’s 4cast: 1. Don’t Be Afraid of the Internet… A new report from the National School Board Association finds that in spite of widespread…
OPLIN 4cast Podcast #22: Database Search Terms
Posted in 4pod, Cinematic Internet, and Research databases
OPLIN recently revised the research database access page on our website to allow us to also provide lists of databases purchased by individual libraries. Previously,…
OPLIN 4cast #62
Posted in Aggregator, Cinematic Internet, eBooks, iTunes U, and Photo Tools
This week’s 4cast: 1. iPhone Arrives, People Go Bonkers Last Friday, after months and months of intense hype, Apple finally released the iPhone into the…
OPLIN 4cast #59
Posted in AOL, Cinematic Internet, copyright, digitization, Google, Lifestreaming, StoryTlr, and VMware Server
This week’s 4cast: 1. Ask Goes 3D (Funny Glasses Not Required) Does any other search engine stand even a remote chance of becoming as popular…