Yahoo Buzz Launches
February 26, 2008
Yahoo have today launched Yahoo buzz the Internet news and trends tracker. The service tracks content from around the internet and a story is ranked based on its Buzz Score. The score is derived from search term popularity, the number of times a story is emailed from Buzz, and the number of votes a story receives. Stories with the highest Buzz Scores may be published on the Yahoo! home page - you can impact what millions will see on Yahoo!
Check it out at buzz.yahoo.com
Empressr released to the Public
January 11, 2008
Empressr, the web application that lets you create, share and store flash-based presentations online has been released to the public with some improvements
The biggest change in the new version is the all-inclusive media library, where users upload and manage different media assets, with search, filter and keyword support to locate files quickly, users can also drag and drop the assets.
More Features an Improvements
- Snap to grid, object and guides
- Customise grid spacing
- Zoom to align objects with greater accuracy
- Use a different background for each slide
- Select transitions between slides including 3D effects
- Layer objects on the slide using drag and drop
- Copy and paste objects from slide to slide
- Drag and drop images, videos and Flash assets from your library
- Robust text tables and charts
- Add transparency effects on all objects
- Upload or link to images
- Upload video files
- Upload or link to flash files
- Capture images from your webcam into the library
- Tag media assets
Any existing presentations that were done before these updates cannot be converted but will be available by clicking on presentations made before December 4th.
