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101 KLOL documentary Runaway Radio Houston screening
WATCH: Mike McGuff's "Runaway Radio" 101 KLOL documentary - now streaming!

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Electric cars, Web 'Synth' For 3-D Photo Tour and way more

The Electric Car Is Alive And Kinda Well In Houston
The electric car is making its way to Houston, and we're not talking about gas-guzzling, 45 miles per gallon hybrids. We're talking plug-in-the-wall, no-gas-required electric cars.

Want Google Search Results Without Google Sites?
If there is too much of Google in Google’s search results for your taste, you could always try Google Minus Google.

A landscape of failed ventures
Valleywag has a piece titled “5 ways the newspapers botched the web.”
 
Microsoft Live Labs Creates Web 'Synth' For 3-D Photo Tour
Microsoft Live Labs is releasing its first broad consumer Web service, called Photosynth. This service turns multiple photos of a scene or site -- say, an art gallery or a building -- into a 3-D scene you can virtually "walk" through on the Web.

Internet Visits With Doctors Can Beat Office Appointments
Doctor writes in WSJ the practice of medicine online would improve health care on all three counts.

Mapping Your Digital Photo World
The Eye-Fi Explore Card (EyeFi.com) is a special two-gigabyte memory card that adds a photo geotagging feature to Eye-Fi's original functionality: the automatic wireless uploading of photos, straight from a digital camera to a home computer or photo-sharing service.

New Service Applies Social Networking to App Testing
Massachusetts startup uTest is launching an on-demand service that weds application testing to social networking through a community of more than 8,000 professional testers in roughly 130 countries.

Why are online TV-like shows foundering?
Web serials - no matter how revealing, provocative or moving - seem to be a misstep in the evolution of online video. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here