Startup Hiring Pointers

Usability Makeover – Twiddy

With just a shade under 50 submissions for the first round of the Usability Makeover Series, I had a hard time with the selection process. I ended up selecting Twiddy Outer Banks Rentals because I could tell they had already put a lot of effort into establishing user trust and usability. I think with a few tweaks the site could go from medium usable to…

Google Stuff Doing Stuff w/ Other Stuff & Other Stuff

What? I had more than one story about integrations and such, and that was easily the worst title I could think of. Who would have thought there was a way to include “stuff” in a title four times, and have it vaguely make sense?

Video Streams And Ads

Close to 25 billion media streams were shown in 2006, according to a new report by Accustream iMedia Research. The study focused on all entertainment and media sites, including ad-supported and subscription services. It did not include user-generated video.

Vonage Has To Pay Up

Verizon wasn't able to milk almost $200 million and 19 percent royalties from Vonage, but the troubled VoIP provider will have to fork over some cash for being in violation of three Verizon patents, a jury said yesterday.