Our mashup Social graph for sites has been updated.
Lets you search sites associated with the given URL (e.g. other sites from the same author) as well as the links (recommendations) in the social networks.
You can directly set your URL and search type in the request too. For example:
mashable.com - more mashables
dzone.com - links to dzone
You can check out Google+ profiles with this tool. For example:
+Mike Butcher
P.S. check out also:
Whois for Twitter
Whois for Facebook
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Geo post - blogging with location info
Many modern blog platforms (most of them actually) let you publish data by email. You can just send an email to some service address and platform transforms it into a new post. For example, in Posterous you can send data to post@your_blog.posterours.com, in Friendfeed it was share@friendfeed.com, in Blogger you can set address in Settings->Email&Mobile tab, Facebook can update status by email too (see http://www.facebook.com/mobile/) etc.
Our updated Geo Post mashup helps you add location info to such emails. All you need is set an email address for update and get back a customized version of Mobile map mashup, that lets you send email updates to the provided address. Simply save short URL provided by GeoPost mashup in your mobile browser bookmarks or load it via generated QR code.
And just because Mobile map lets you share location info via SMS too (e.g. on Android platform), GeoPost lets you set also a predefined phone number for SMS. All in all – it is a configuration tool for Geo Messages.
P.S. mashup does not save your data on the external servers.
Our updated Geo Post mashup helps you add location info to such emails. All you need is set an email address for update and get back a customized version of Mobile map mashup, that lets you send email updates to the provided address. Simply save short URL provided by GeoPost mashup in your mobile browser bookmarks or load it via generated QR code.
And just because Mobile map lets you share location info via SMS too (e.g. on Android platform), GeoPost lets you set also a predefined phone number for SMS. All in all – it is a configuration tool for Geo Messages.
P.S. mashup does not save your data on the external servers.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Priced Ad Words
Where does Google get its money from? - a good source
The top 3 from priced AdWords list are probably predictable: insurance, loans, mortage. But see #20: cord blood!
The top 3 from priced AdWords list are probably predictable: insurance, loans, mortage. But see #20: cord blood!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Riga on Twitter
You are welcome to checkout a new local news mashup: Riga on Twitter. See the latest illustrated city news in the real time.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Twitter from London
London on Twitter mashup has been updated. See the latest illustrated city news in the real time.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Social network analysis
Supporting material for the tutorial "Graph and Network Analysis" by Dr. Derek Greene from the Clique Research Cluster, providing an introduction to social network analysis
Saturday, July 23, 2011
SMS services today
How to replace SMS services with Twitter bot. Carnival of mobilists about our t411 service
Friday, July 22, 2011
New HTML5 templates
It is actually the kind of stuff we constantly need for our mashups - free HTML5 templates.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Customized check-ins with QRpon
Our mashup QRpon has been updated again.
QRpon offers a specialized CMS (content management system) that lets any business create a special mobile web site. This web site lets users automatically, just after confirming the identity, post business-defined information on the Facebook's wall. In the exchange for this posting (action) mobile web site will show a confirmation for the benefits. E.g. coupon, discount info etc. In other words - anything that could be presented to the staff on the business side for claiming the benefits.
How to present that created mobile site for the potential users? It is where QR-codes help us. CMS lets businesses create mobile web site and an appropriate QR-code. Because it is mobile web (HTML5) application there is no need for downloading. Just scan QR-code and get URL opened.
Automatically, this approach obviously supports also physical check-ins. There is no way to mark you "at this location" being actually nearby (based on GPS location) or even far away (via API). QR-code should be scanned, and it is a physical action that could be performed on-site only.
So for the business this approach offered a mobile web site (sites – business can create more than one site, update them often etc.), presented on-site with QR-code sticker, that lets visitors exchange posting in the social network (e.g. Facebook’s wall) for some benefits. And all site's aspects (what is presented on the site, what should be posted to the social network, what should be presented as a confirmation) are defined by the businesses themselves. Another possible explanation – try to think about the current check-in system (e.g. Foursquare) and just replace the standard posting (notice) from Foursquare with your own text. Obviously your potential users do not need to download (install) mobile application and do not need to register in some new service (beyond their Facebook accounts). And another important difference from Foursquare (Facebook, Twitter etc.) check-ins – the need for the physical presence.
You can see also the description here
P.S. as per customized check-ins see also our mashup Places from Facebook
QRpon offers a specialized CMS (content management system) that lets any business create a special mobile web site. This web site lets users automatically, just after confirming the identity, post business-defined information on the Facebook's wall. In the exchange for this posting (action) mobile web site will show a confirmation for the benefits. E.g. coupon, discount info etc. In other words - anything that could be presented to the staff on the business side for claiming the benefits.
How to present that created mobile site for the potential users? It is where QR-codes help us. CMS lets businesses create mobile web site and an appropriate QR-code. Because it is mobile web (HTML5) application there is no need for downloading. Just scan QR-code and get URL opened.
Automatically, this approach obviously supports also physical check-ins. There is no way to mark you "at this location" being actually nearby (based on GPS location) or even far away (via API). QR-code should be scanned, and it is a physical action that could be performed on-site only.
So for the business this approach offered a mobile web site (sites – business can create more than one site, update them often etc.), presented on-site with QR-code sticker, that lets visitors exchange posting in the social network (e.g. Facebook’s wall) for some benefits. And all site's aspects (what is presented on the site, what should be posted to the social network, what should be presented as a confirmation) are defined by the businesses themselves. Another possible explanation – try to think about the current check-in system (e.g. Foursquare) and just replace the standard posting (notice) from Foursquare with your own text. Obviously your potential users do not need to download (install) mobile application and do not need to register in some new service (beyond their Facebook accounts). And another important difference from Foursquare (Facebook, Twitter etc.) check-ins – the need for the physical presence.
You can see also the description here
P.S. as per customized check-ins see also our mashup Places from Facebook
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
launch vs. tech
It looks like sometimes launch.is is really more interesting than techcrunch. And what is your favorite news source?
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Geo Messages
Our Geo messages project has been updated. Lets you share location info on the peer to peer basic as a signature to the standard messages (email, SMS).
Lets us highlight again the basic moments. It is well known fact that the question "where are you" is one of the most often asked in the world of mobile communications. 600 billion text messages per year in the US ask "where are you?" – as per Location Business Summit 2010 data. A huge amount of mobile services is actually being built around this question so their main feature is user’s locations exchange. In the most cases it is implemented as the ability for the mobile user (mobile phone owner) write down own location info in the some special place (special mobile application). But it means of course, that user must be registered in location-sharing service (e.g. download some special application). And what is even more important – everyone who needs this information must use the same service too.
Typically we have now two models for location sharing in services. At the first hand it is passive location monitoring and future access to the accumulated data trough some API. It is Google Latitude for example.
Possible problems are privacy - some third party tool is constantly monitoring my location and what is more important – saves it on the some external server as well as the shorted life time for handset’s battery.
Another popular model for location sharing is check-in procedure in the various forms. Check-in could be an active (e.g. Foursquare), when user directly sets his/her current location or passive (e.g. Twitter) when location info could be added to the current message (status). But here we can see not only privacy issue - all my friends/followers can see my location but also a noise issue – my location info could be actually interested only for the physical friends. For the majority of followers my location info (e.g. Foursquare status in Twitter time line) is just a noise.
Our idea of the signed geo messages service (geo mail, geo sms) based on the adding user’s location info to the standard messages like SMS or email. Just as a signature. So with this service for telling somebody "where I am" it would be just enough to send him/her a message. And your partner does not need to use any additional service in order to get information about your location. He/she will simply read SMS or email.
It is obviously peer to peer sharing and does not require any social network. Our location signature has got a form of the link to some mobile map with the marker at the shared location. And what is important here – the map itself has no information about the sender and recipient. That information exists only in the message itself. The map (marker) has no information about the creator for example. That is all about privacy.
There are several implementations for this approach: mobile web mashups (HTML5), mobile web widgets, Java Card applets for legacy phones, JME midlet for mobile Java phones as well as solutions for web applications.
See more details on Geo Messages page.
By the way, our Geo Message application for Android has been updated too.
P.S. here is a Twitter mashups that uses Geo Messages ideas: share location info via Twitter.
Lets us highlight again the basic moments. It is well known fact that the question "where are you" is one of the most often asked in the world of mobile communications. 600 billion text messages per year in the US ask "where are you?" – as per Location Business Summit 2010 data. A huge amount of mobile services is actually being built around this question so their main feature is user’s locations exchange. In the most cases it is implemented as the ability for the mobile user (mobile phone owner) write down own location info in the some special place (special mobile application). But it means of course, that user must be registered in location-sharing service (e.g. download some special application). And what is even more important – everyone who needs this information must use the same service too.
Typically we have now two models for location sharing in services. At the first hand it is passive location monitoring and future access to the accumulated data trough some API. It is Google Latitude for example.
Possible problems are privacy - some third party tool is constantly monitoring my location and what is more important – saves it on the some external server as well as the shorted life time for handset’s battery.
Another popular model for location sharing is check-in procedure in the various forms. Check-in could be an active (e.g. Foursquare), when user directly sets his/her current location or passive (e.g. Twitter) when location info could be added to the current message (status). But here we can see not only privacy issue - all my friends/followers can see my location but also a noise issue – my location info could be actually interested only for the physical friends. For the majority of followers my location info (e.g. Foursquare status in Twitter time line) is just a noise.
Our idea of the signed geo messages service (geo mail, geo sms) based on the adding user’s location info to the standard messages like SMS or email. Just as a signature. So with this service for telling somebody "where I am" it would be just enough to send him/her a message. And your partner does not need to use any additional service in order to get information about your location. He/she will simply read SMS or email.
It is obviously peer to peer sharing and does not require any social network. Our location signature has got a form of the link to some mobile map with the marker at the shared location. And what is important here – the map itself has no information about the sender and recipient. That information exists only in the message itself. The map (marker) has no information about the creator for example. That is all about privacy.
There are several implementations for this approach: mobile web mashups (HTML5), mobile web widgets, Java Card applets for legacy phones, JME midlet for mobile Java phones as well as solutions for web applications.
See more details on Geo Messages page.
By the way, our Geo Message application for Android has been updated too.
P.S. here is a Twitter mashups that uses Geo Messages ideas: share location info via Twitter.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Geo IP service
How to get geo data by IP address. It is client-side (JavaScript)solution, based on service from WikiMedia
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Deals API
Foursquare launched a new Merchant API that will allow developers and merchants to create specials using any technology - see details here.
Hey, our QRpon stuff lets you eliminate Foursquare at all - create deals right in Facebook for example.
Hey, our QRpon stuff lets you eliminate Foursquare at all - create deals right in Facebook for example.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Real time search for Google and Twitter
Our mashup GoT (Google + Twitter search) has been updated. Parallel search in Google Blogs and Twitter. Check it out for real time updates.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
XML processing in JSP
Some updates in our Coldtags suite related to XML processing right in your JSP and/or Coldfusion pages: how to read XML in JSP - XML Text read taglib and how to proceed data from your database via XSLT - XSQL taglib.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Places from Twitter
Yet another mashup has been updated - Location from Twitter.
Usually, Twitter + Maps always mean mapping twits and show them on the map. Yes, we have such mashups too (see for example, Photo map или Local twitter). But here everything is vice versa. It is just a reverse task.
Suppose you are reading a great geo-located twit. Just a status associated with some place (location). In Twitter's web client you can see that place and an appropriate icon just below the message. How to get that place info and save/bookmark it on your phone? It is what our mashup - Places from Twitter is for.
It is very similar to our Location bookmark, but with Twitter status instead of address. Mashup Locations from Twitter also creates QR code for mobile map. And mobile map describes a place from Twitter. And here we are using Geo Messages again.
The usage is simple. Just open in Twitter’s web interface any geo-enabled twit and copy its URL to mashup’s form. Also you can save the following link Place from Twitter in your bookmarks and simply select that bookmark on any opened page with geo-enabled twit (it is so called bookmarklet).
And of course, any QR code created with this mashup could be placed anywhere – on your site/blog, Facebook wall etc. You can even print it and place on the physical wall. Mashup provides HTML code you need for embedding QR code image.
Usually, Twitter + Maps always mean mapping twits and show them on the map. Yes, we have such mashups too (see for example, Photo map или Local twitter). But here everything is vice versa. It is just a reverse task.
Suppose you are reading a great geo-located twit. Just a status associated with some place (location). In Twitter's web client you can see that place and an appropriate icon just below the message. How to get that place info and save/bookmark it on your phone? It is what our mashup - Places from Twitter is for.
It is very similar to our Location bookmark, but with Twitter status instead of address. Mashup Locations from Twitter also creates QR code for mobile map. And mobile map describes a place from Twitter. And here we are using Geo Messages again.
The usage is simple. Just open in Twitter’s web interface any geo-enabled twit and copy its URL to mashup’s form. Also you can save the following link Place from Twitter in your bookmarks and simply select that bookmark on any opened page with geo-enabled twit (it is so called bookmarklet).
And of course, any QR code created with this mashup could be placed anywhere – on your site/blog, Facebook wall etc. You can even print it and place on the physical wall. Mashup provides HTML code you need for embedding QR code image.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Annotated links
Our mashup Annotated links has been updated. Lets you pack together some link (collection of links) and your comment in the form of post-it note. Mashup creates a short URL that you can publish on your site (blog) or share it via email, Twitter, Facebook.
Mashup also provides a simple REST API, so you can create your commented links programmatically.
You can use mashup either directly or via an appropriate bookmarklet from our collection.
Mashup also provides a simple REST API, so you can create your commented links programmatically.
You can use mashup either directly or via an appropriate bookmarklet from our collection.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Directory of mashups
Our mashups directory has been updated. A huge collection of applications: Twitter, Google Maps, LBS, QR-codes, mobile HTML5 etc.
The latest release includes our context-aware applications (WiFi Chat, for example)
The latest release includes our context-aware applications (WiFi Chat, for example)
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Friday, July 08, 2011
Password protected messages
Our mashup Protected notes has been updated. Lets you create and share (twitter, email, facebook) password protected text notes (remarks). The idea is to let you share private notes via the public sources. For example, update your Twitter status (public account) so the only selected readers will be able to read that. And authorized users can delete notes too.
You can attach some file to your note. So, the authorized users only will be able to download it.
This new version supports REST API also. Now you can create the password protected text notes right from your applications via the simple HTTP request.
Also you can directly add to your dynamic pages links to this mashup with the pre-populated text (a-la 'share this', 'twit this' etc.). The format for the hyperlink is this:
http://pn.linkstore.ru?here+is+your+note
You can attach some file to your note. So, the authorized users only will be able to download it.
This new version supports REST API also. Now you can create the password protected text notes right from your applications via the simple HTTP request.
Also you can directly add to your dynamic pages links to this mashup with the pre-populated text (a-la 'share this', 'twit this' etc.). The format for the hyperlink is this:
http://pn.linkstore.ru?here+is+your+note
Thursday, July 07, 2011
One time readable data
Our mashup Secure Notes has been updated. Service lets you create (and share via Twitter, email or Facebook) self destroyed text notes. Each note will be automatically deleted right after the first opening (reading).
You can attach some file to your note. It will be deleted automatically too after the first downloading. Additionally, you can protect your note with password.
This new version supports also REST API. So now you can create such notes right from your web applications with plain HTTP requests.
You can attach some file to your note. It will be deleted automatically too after the first downloading. Additionally, you can protect your note with password.
This new version supports also REST API. So now you can create such notes right from your web applications with plain HTTP requests.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Mobile ID Card
Our mashup Mobile Facebook ID card has been updated. It lets you create mobile identification card with your Facebook ID.
Mashup lets you create mobile web page with QR code that presents your name and photo from Facebook. This mobile web page could be simply bookmarked (saved) right on your mobile phone. You can present (show) this QR code (opened mobile page) on the some check-in point (gate etc). QR code could be scanned right from your phone and your ID could be checked. You can see screenshots for the process here: how to confirm your identity with Facebook.
ID Card (mobile web page) contains a link to your Facebook profile. So this mashup could be used also as a quick way for telling about your Facebook page to other people.
Mashup lets you create mobile web page with QR code that presents your name and photo from Facebook. This mobile web page could be simply bookmarked (saved) right on your mobile phone. You can present (show) this QR code (opened mobile page) on the some check-in point (gate etc). QR code could be scanned right from your phone and your ID could be checked. You can see screenshots for the process here: how to confirm your identity with Facebook.
ID Card (mobile web page) contains a link to your Facebook profile. So this mashup could be used also as a quick way for telling about your Facebook page to other people.
Edit files in your web applications
Simple text editor for your Java web applications - Notepad servlet
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Common interests for mobile users
What kind of object (real or virtual) can we use for joining together mobile users? We are not talking here about social networks members. We are looking a way for creating group chat. Here, for example, is a short list for several our applications:
City forum - discussions (forums) linked to places (POI - point of interest)
Geo forum - the similar to above (also mobile forums) but linked to location
Mobile forum - lets you add discussions to any physical object.
City chat - web chat linked to any POI (point of interest)
Geo chat - web chat linked to some location
And here is a new idea - WiFiChat. Forum and chat linked to some WiFi network. It is a mobile application that lets you see available (visible) Wi-Fi networks and link (attach) discussions and chats to them. We are not talking about connecting to WiFi networks. We are using WiFi network just as a sensor. If you can see it from your mobile, you are somewhere near. We can call it WiFi proximity. That is an idea. All people seeing the same network are in the some proximity. So, they could have some common points for the discussions.
Just one interesting remark – WiFi access point could be opened right on the mobile phone. And with WiFiChat application this phone will play a role of presence sensor uniting (combining together) local people for the communications.
Technically this application uses cloud forums from Disqus and web chat from Coldbeans.
You can load .apk from here:
http://servletsuite.com/WiFiChat.apk
or use an appropriate QR-code:
WiFiChat, actually, is a side project for our new development - SpotEx. This application lets you attach (link) your own data to WiFi access points. We will describe it separately.
City forum - discussions (forums) linked to places (POI - point of interest)
Geo forum - the similar to above (also mobile forums) but linked to location
Mobile forum - lets you add discussions to any physical object.
City chat - web chat linked to any POI (point of interest)
Geo chat - web chat linked to some location
And here is a new idea - WiFiChat. Forum and chat linked to some WiFi network. It is a mobile application that lets you see available (visible) Wi-Fi networks and link (attach) discussions and chats to them. We are not talking about connecting to WiFi networks. We are using WiFi network just as a sensor. If you can see it from your mobile, you are somewhere near. We can call it WiFi proximity. That is an idea. All people seeing the same network are in the some proximity. So, they could have some common points for the discussions.
Just one interesting remark – WiFi access point could be opened right on the mobile phone. And with WiFiChat application this phone will play a role of presence sensor uniting (combining together) local people for the communications.
Technically this application uses cloud forums from Disqus and web chat from Coldbeans.
You can load .apk from here:
http://servletsuite.com/WiFiChat.apk
or use an appropriate QR-code:
WiFiChat, actually, is a side project for our new development - SpotEx. This application lets you attach (link) your own data to WiFi access points. We will describe it separately.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Social Graph Directory for Facebook
Our mashup Social Graph Directory has been updated. Lets you present your Social Graph info (friend’s data) in the simple tabular form. Do you have contacts in particular company, city etc.? Also it lets you see additional info about your friends (WHOIS for Facebook).
The latest version lets you find classmates and common interests too.
The latest version lets you find classmates and common interests too.
Sunday, July 03, 2011
How to publish location data in Twitter
Our mashup Twitter location has been updated. It lets you publish geo-related information to Twitter. It is not about geo tagging in Twitter. Actually users do not need to geo-enable their accounts. Twitter location is just a way for publish messages (statuses) with some geo-related data. Click on the map and mashup will prepare for you a link to appropriate Google Map.
The goal is very clean – simplify Twitter publishing for messages (statuses) where location info (place) is important.
Mashup does not request any authorization, the actual publishing will be performed via the standard Twitter client.
You can pass the following optional parameters to the basic URL:
lat - an initial latitude (where to show the map)
lng - an initial longitude
zml - an initial zoom level
t - a message that will be added to any published status
For example, suppose we are creating some information system that collects information for discounts. We can choose a hash tag #discount and use the following URL for publishing locations with discounts:
http://twitloc.linkstore.ru?t=%23discount
(%23 – is just encoded #).
Etc.
A reference to the map will be published in the mobile-friendly format. We are using Mobile map here.
/via Geo Messages
The goal is very clean – simplify Twitter publishing for messages (statuses) where location info (place) is important.
Mashup does not request any authorization, the actual publishing will be performed via the standard Twitter client.
You can pass the following optional parameters to the basic URL:
lat - an initial latitude (where to show the map)
lng - an initial longitude
zml - an initial zoom level
t - a message that will be added to any published status
For example, suppose we are creating some information system that collects information for discounts. We can choose a hash tag #discount and use the following URL for publishing locations with discounts:
http://twitloc.linkstore.ru?t=%23discount
(%23 – is just encoded #).
Etc.
A reference to the map will be published in the mobile-friendly format. We are using Mobile map here.
/via Geo Messages
Text stats for JSP
Custom JSP tags library helps you count symbols (words) in texts. See Text stats taglib in Coldtags suite.
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Share location info via Twitter
Our mobile web-mashup (HTML5) Geo Twit has been updated. It lets you publish a link to your current location in Twitter timeline right from the phone (iPhone, Android, Samsung etc). In other words, without the changing your account settings (enabling location) you can simply publish once a link to your location. Some form of check-in for Twitter. Mobile site:
http://servletsuite.com/geotwit
You can use also the following short URL http://bit.ly/dCnvBj, or load it via the following QR-code:
P.S. You can share location info from desktop web too. See Location in Twitter mashup.
/via Geo Messages
http://servletsuite.com/geotwit
You can use also the following short URL http://bit.ly/dCnvBj, or load it via the following QR-code:
P.S. You can share location info from desktop web too. See Location in Twitter mashup.
/via Geo Messages
Friday, July 01, 2011
WHOIS for Twitter
Our mashup Info from Twitter has been updated. It lets you pickup from the social graph other resources, associated with the given twitter account. It is a dead simple way to discover who is your new follower and/or who you follow to in Twitter. WHOIS for Twitter.
You can directly type a name for twitter account on the mashup's page or pass it as a parameter:
http://tinfo.linkstore.ru?u=some_twitter_name
where some_twitter_name is a name for Twitter account. E.g.:
Jack Dorsey
Also here you can find an appropriate bookmarklet for this service.
P.S. see also:
WHOIS for Facebook - Social Graph Directory
Social Graph and Social links for sites
You can directly type a name for twitter account on the mashup's page or pass it as a parameter:
http://tinfo.linkstore.ru?u=some_twitter_name
where some_twitter_name is a name for Twitter account. E.g.:
Jack Dorsey
Also here you can find an appropriate bookmarklet for this service.
P.S. see also:
WHOIS for Facebook - Social Graph Directory
Social Graph and Social links for sites
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