Archive for the ‘web 2.0’ Category

I have just read a very interesting post on the Google vs Viacom lawsuit on Mashable.com (a leading social networking blog).

(N.B. If you are new to the topic check the previous post on this blog for background info).

The Mashable article is very condemning of Viacom in making their requests for logging history, and also critical of the US judge who ruled in their favour on the action, mainly out of anger that Youtube users might now be at risk from facing potential (and probably successful) copyright violation lawsuits from Viacom.

To draw a parallel with another similar high profile case – it is as if Metallica (the famous heavy metal band), who sued Napster over enabling illegal filesharing of their music a few…

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EtonDigital’s experimental property portal bgnekretnine.net is currently performing extremely well in online searches – entering in the top 3 Google results for searches using ‘nekretnine’ (meaning ‘property’ in Serbian/Croatian). Considering the overwhelming number of competitors from other Serbian, Croatian and especially Montenegran property business, this represents a significant success in achieving prominent online exposure in a busy sector. Search Google to see for yourself…

Bgnekretnine.net is a free self-service property advertising portal, offering users the means to publish their own ads with contact details for interested buyers or sellers. The portal features an innovative method of automatic self-maintenance whereby ads are automatically removed after three months, minimising the portal’s running costs, and maximising the accuracy of the portal’s ad database.

The popularity of bgnekretnine.net…

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Prominent web commentator Seth Finkelstein is no fan of Wikipedia – and even less so of its founder Jimmy Wales. Finkelstein’s Infothought blog regularly features sharp criticisms of both, and while sometimes it can be perhaps overly negative about Wikipedia itself (he likens its functioning to that of a sweatshop, due to the ‘exploitation’ of unpaid contributors), I cannot help but feel that when he is critical of Wales he is sometimes right.

Wales is partially responsible for attracting some of criticisms leveled against him. The rather extravagant use of the Wikimedia expense account, that has been both widely documented and criticised (he once, unsuccessfully, attempted to charge a $1,300 dinner for four to the account) is one factor. It has long…

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There was a time in the history of the gaming industry when the barriers to entry were pretty massive, verging on insurmountable for most, other than a few select companies. Games typically took three years to develop from initial concept to shelf title; required hugely talented and skillful teams of programmers and designers behind them; and all at a cost of many thousands if not millions of dollars.

It was hardly an enticing field for creative DIY developers to enter on a casual basis – but arguably this ensured a certain level of quality was maintained across much of the industry’s output (and rightly so; with new games typically averaging somewhere between £29-49 it’s only to be expected that a high…

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EtonDigital’s recent design for Premier French Property has been receiving excellent reviews, since its launch a couple of months ago.

The latest review, from Clarke Design, had this to say about the EtonDigital design;

‘First Impressions; Outstanding – What a superb looking website. Well laid-out, clean and tidy, using the latest style. The colour scheme works well and is easy on the eye.

The search bar is by far the most important item on the site and it is bold, clear and so easy to use.

Searching for property; Searches work well, results are well presented and sortable. The detail pages are excellent, quick loading and very easy to read with lots of information.’

We would like to thank Clarke Design for their excellent feedback…

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