iHype.com launches

Welcome another player in the online advertising industry. iHype.com launches. Feel free to spread the word about this new income opportunity for bloggers and buzz maker for advertisers.

It has the typical look and feel bloggers and Internet advertisers are pretty much familiar with. Well...except for the new slogan (Online Social Sphere Marketing) and greater promises of rewards. iHype.com aims to empower advertisers with the chance to boost word-of-mouth marketing, branding, online buzz, traffic, public awareness, and even search engine rankings. For bloggers and webmasters, $10000 should be attractive enough a potential amount of monthly earnings derived from posts, links, and personally written reviews.

Monetize your blog or website, advertise online and get linked -- these are very common lines in Internet advertising and are also very descriptive of iHype's thrust. iHype enables advertisers to reach a greater audience and for publishers to earn. Not to mention the search engine benefits. Where there is linking, there's an expected improvement in the search engine rankings. Advertisers launch campaigns while publishers help or facilitate the movement of such campaigns. Advertisers get known and publishers get paid.

iHype is considered a "free" service. It connects publishers with advertisers and advertisers with publishers, vv. Certainly, iHype finds some way or ways to derive benefits from this process. It is worth noting though that the common Joe publisher can rest assured he ain't getting himself enslaved by some iHype strings.

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Solar technology for consumer products

Hoping to speed up the implementation of solar energy technology in everyday products, a a Lowell, MS, based company, Konarka, plans to embed an organic type solar energy in clothing, windows, and building facades.

Konarka says it is ready to distribute its new solar power technology on consumer products after Summer. The company will initially market a product range consisting mainly of gadgets, smart cards, and lights. It has implemented the technology into inkjet printer products.

Swiss academic Michael Gratzel is the original inventor of the dye-based solar technology mentioned here. The solution is more robust than regular photovoltaic panels, Gratzel claims. The dye cells are composed of titanium oxide nanochrystals that absorb light. Subsequently, the dye is immersed in electrolyte. This releases electrons as soon as light is cast on the surface. The electrons create positive charges as a result of lost electrons. The titanium dioxide transfers this electricity to an electrical circuit.

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Photoshop Express

Adobe recently released its online Photoshop Express application (on public beta). This isn't GIMP but it's a free web-based application that is also cross-platform available. Installed with Adobe's Air technology, Photoshop Express could readily serve the needs of MySpace users and educators who upload illustrations and images on the web.

This new online Adobe service features all the basic photo manipulation features including red eye reduction, retouching, and cropping. Adobe is looking into the possibility of monetizing the service but for now, it appears Photoshop Express will be available for free in its present form.

Photoshop Express offers a variety of features in an easy-to-use package with 2GB of web storage and sharing for photos. One minor drawback though, there is no Linux support for Adobe Air yet. Moreover, Photoshop Express may not be satisfactorily considered as an online extension of the image editing heavyweight. Seems a disappointment: How can Adobe let itself lose to Splashup and the extensive design suite Aviary.

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May be the best web hosts...

I'm a Blogger-loyalist but I happened over this site dedicated to Wordpress themes and resources. The site is called Kaushal Sheth and I was able to reach it while looking for my future web hosts.

Yes, this author is loyal to Blogger but he has a few other websites that may need to migrate from free web hosts to serve better purposes. Webnode and Weebly aren't long-term options for one who intends to launch bigger or commercial websites after all.

Finding a good web host is somehow synonymous to finding one that is reliable and affordable. Basically, a web hosting company's measures of reliability are age, feedback, and reviews. The bad thing about feedbacks is they usually lead to various directions that it's quite impossible to find the best web hosting services with them. The same goes for reviews. With age, on the other hand, determining the most reliable web hosting service provider based on longevity is an easy task. A company with over a decade of experience in providing web hosting services has--most probably--already built a reputation and foundation of expertise and sufficient capabilities to provide excellent service.

Kaushal Sheth's selection of the best web hosting services has the following:

1. Host Monster ...picking it for its low price, Cpanel, and knowledgeable tech support (that's what Kaushal Sheth states)
2. Host Gator ...putting it on the list for the reputation
3. Yahoo Host ...highlighting its ability to greatly satisfy webmasters who value branding

Oh well--these top three picks from somebody with the experience are worth considering. May be the cream of the crop. Sorta.

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Reason to buy PS3 console as Blu-Ray player

Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console was the cheapest Blu-Ray player on the market when it was launched. Recently, an announcement of a firmware upgrade seems to give consumers a reason to buy the console a little beyond it Blu-Ray capabilities.

Sony says the new firmware enables users to take advantage of something called BD-Live, and to dynamically download "additional content and special features" associated with movies on Blu-ray. This means (as Sony adds) that BD-Live "will keep your (Blu-ray) discs fresh with new content and in some cases exclusive content only accessible to owners of BD-Live enabled discs." "With this update, the PlayStation 3 becomes the first Blu-ray player on the market with BD-Live functionality."

The PS3 appears (for the video gamers' community at the least) to be that illegitimate child that has been always outclassed by Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360. This recent--shall we call it smart--move from Sony could bring up sales for the machine. And as how a CNET article puts it "After all, they say, when faced with lemons, make lemonade."

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Bad credit offers on the web

The number of consumers of bad credit loans in the United States is growing each day. For this, BadCreditOffers.com offers some form of assistance. BadCreditOffers.com is a free consumer resource created to help consumers with not so attractive credit ratings in making the right choices. Practically providing temporary financial aid, the site allows visitors to compare several bad credit offers from major providers and enables them to find the offer that best suits their needs.

Aimed at those with a less-than-perfect credit ratings, BadCreditOffers.com monitors the credit marketplace to bring to consumers the best "bad credit" offers they can avail of. It serves as a convenient online guide and knowledge resource where consumers need not worry much about bad credit history. Made up of enthusiastic staff with years of experience, BadCreditOffers.com presents a variety of options for credit cards, auto loans, home loans, personal loans, and more.

The credit offers featured in the site are selected on factors such as interest rate, ease and speed of approval, and other key features. The site is also designed to empower consumers to learn more about their credit standing, rating, and history. It provides the significant insights, reports, and credit counseling sections. Furthermore, by encouraging consumers to make on-time payments, BadCreditOffers.com promotes better credit and financial futures.

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Windows Mobile to get Flash support

Microsoft has Silverlight, its own mobile video-viewing software, but it has still decided to license Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader software. What does this mean? Simply put, future generations of Windows Mobile devices will be able to view and interact with a wider range of mobile websites.

This development between Microsoft and Adobe provides Microsoft's mobile browser an advantage. IE for mobile devices is fine but other mobile browsers that perform better -- Opera Mini, Opera Mobile, the S60 browser, and the iPhone's Safari. The iPhone browser has no Flash support.

Devices that offer users greater web experience are definitely welcome. There is a prevailing perception that Apple's products are better and more user-oriented. And Microsoft seems to be hell-bent on changing that. If for Apple, less is better; Microsoft thinks otherwise. Undoubtedly, Flash is the hot and dominant item Microsoft would find hard to topple. Microsoft's move here is a welcome one. Definitely benefits users!

The financial terms of the agreement weren't disclosed, and Microsoft didn't provide any details on when or the software support would become available to users.

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