Total Pageviews

Friday 3 May 2013

With Over 15M Sites Built, Weebly Launches New Planner And Mobile Editor, Brings Website Creation Service To Android

1zI1XyZYtMmNXkvJmpoUm2eD4asrTf5z3lArZBjiox8

In this day and age, if you own a small business, you need a web (and mobile) presence. It’s just the way it is. Some might opt just to go for a social media approach, a Twitter account and a Facebook page, but the likelihood is that you want something a little more flexible, high-quality and something that gives you more control over the user experience. More and more, people are turning to Wix and Weebly. The two big “W’s” in the website creator world.


For those unfamiliar, Weebly is a service that lets you, your mom, grandmother, four-year-old cousin and anyone you know create a quality website for free. Launched out of Y Combinator in 2007, Weebly has had over 15 million sites created using its service to date, which collectively attract more than 100 million unique visitors each month. This week, Weebly has kicked its service up a notch with an all-new overhaul to its website builder — one that’s been a year in the making — and the launch of an interactive “Site Planner.”


This new site planner is designed to help give people ideas and a little lightbulb-style inspiration that will help them walk through the creative process and vision for the site. Plus, Weebly now offers an HTML5 site creator that offers new themes and pre-fab building blocks to customize their new site, and, most importantly, a new mobile new editor that helps them optimize their site for mobile devices, along with a now-globally available Android app.


In the lead-up to the big launch, co-founder David Rusenko tells us, Weebly surveyed several million consumers and found that about 56 percent of them, understandably, don’t trust a business that doesn’t have a website. And, yet, 58 percent of businesses don’t have a website. Pretty eye-opening in today’s world, when over a billion people are on Facebook and hundreds of millions have so much computing power in their pockets.


Ask the Weebly founders who their core audience is and they’ll tell you, proudly, that it’s entrepreneurs — people who are trying to build their own small businesses, across every industry, not just techies. And, regardless of technical proficiency, the problem that most small business owners struggle with is how daunting it can be to face that blinking cursor, the blank page. It’s the same issue we scribblers deal with in cases of “writer’s block.” When building websites, people want ways to test out their ideas, lay out their vision, and help bring it to life.


So how does it all work?


The new Weebly site planner offers people ideas and inspiration to help ‘em plan and think through the vision for their site, which is pretty cool, as it offers a step-by-step, interactive guide to help them identify goals, organize and layout their pages. According to the founders, 55 percent of people who visit Weebly have never built a website before, so the HTML5 site creator is designed to help make that process easy on n00bs and experts alike, give their site a personalized, unique design, photos, text and so on.


The new mobile site lets users customize how their site looks for their visitors on computers, phones and tablets, allowing them to create a separate design for mobile using a distinct theme, while editing their site in a mobile viewer. As they go, they can switch between different views to see how it will look on both Android and iOS.


In turn, the company’s new Android app basically brings everything that was already native to the Weebly experience to Android, including the ability to create blog posts on the go with drag and drop mobile blogging, add photos and text to their blog, social sharing, push notifications, commenting and analytics.


“For the first time, entrepreneurs around the world have a single place where they can easily

start a site that works across computers, phones and tablets,” said Roelof Botha, partner at Sequoia Capital who led Sequoia’s investments in YouTube, Square, Tumblr and more. “We believe demand for Weebly’s site creation tool is just beginning.”


Users can sign up for Weebly in a minute, pick their site address, whether or not they want to use the free service or a premium plan which starts at $4/month, and jump in. The service now helps you plan the layout, create the site, drag-and-drop-style and publish to the address of your choice. Weebly takes care of the cross-platform optimization and SEO, leaving you to do the rest. Pretty cool.









via TechCrunch » Startups http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techcrunch/startups/~3/v4L829AOXmk/

¿Qué sería lo más difícil de explicar a un viajero del tiempo de 1950 que llegara a nuestros días?

Que llevamos unos objetos en los bolsillos con los que podemos acceder a toda la información y el conocimiento humanos y que los usamos para ver fotos de gatos y discutir con desconocidos.


– nuseramed

(Vía Neatorama)


# Enlace Permanente







via Microsiervos http://www.microsiervos.com/archivo/frases-citas/viajero-tiempo-1950.html

We've Figured Out How To Make Robot Birds Fly, Up Next: Humans?

This week on gdgt: Panasonic's ST60 is a must-have HDTV



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/Co4kUB5V_DM/

Facebook 'Trusted Contacts' Needlessly Complicates Security



via Tech http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/oBjQCUXrAAs/

Editor's Letter: Welcome to May



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/tNEshjHjgto/

Teaser del trailer de El juego de Ender


Esto es ya rizar un poco el rizo, porque ya no es el teaser de una película, sino el teaser del trailer de la película de El juego de Ender , en la que Asa Butterfield interpreta a Andrew «Ender» Wiggin y Harrison Ford al coronel Hyrum Graff, pero es lo que hay.


El trailer propiamente dicho se estrena el 7 de mayo en Youtube; la película, al menos en los Estados Unidos, el 1 de noviembre.


Así que tienes tiempo para leer la novela antes, si así lo deseas. En cuanto a las secuelas, ya no estoy tan seguro de que merezcan la pena.


(Enderwiggin.net vía Víctor R. Ruiz en Facebook).


# Enlace Permanente







via Microsiervos http://www.microsiervos.com/archivo/peliculas-tv/teaser-del-trailer-de-el-juego-de-ender.html

Insert Coin: $250 Casetop turns your smartphone into a laptop (video)



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/V56v6mPJfa4/

Wikimedia's small-screen future



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/YUCfHs2KMHg/

Solar Impulse sets off on its journey across the US (video)



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/PK3XWNg8h60/

DabKick Will Change How You Share Photos and Videos



via Tech http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/cY16qLM8Tvs/

This Dead Space Plasma Cutter Blinds and Burns With Lasers Instead

La flotilla de sondas y rovers marcianos, listos para volver a trabajar tras la conjunción Tierra-Sol-Marte


Aproimadamente cada 26 meses la Tierra y Marte se colocan en lados opuestos del Sol, lo que hace que sea sino imposible sí poco recomendable intentar comunicarse con la flotilla de sondas y rovers que tenemos dando vueltas por allí.


No sólo los datos que intenten enviar pueden llegar corrompidos, sino que, lo que sería peor, las órdenes que se les enviaran también podían llegar mal, dando lugar a errores o incluso a accidentes irrecuperables.


Por eso lo que se hace antes de una de estas conjunciones es dejarles dadas las instrucciones para ese periodo, aunque signifique que trabajen menos de lo habitual, instrucciones que incluyen órdenes para almacenar y no retransmitir los datos que recojan durante ese tiempo.


Así que desde principios de abril Curiosity, Opportunity, la Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter de la NASA y la Mars Express de la Agencia Espacial Europea han estado «a su bola».


Pero pasada la conjunción, los cinco están de nuevo en comunicación con sus equipos y listos para seguir trabajando, tal y como se puede leer en Mars Armada Resumes Contact with NASA – Ready to Rock ‘n Roll n’ Drill


Curiosity lleva sobre la superficie de Marte apenas unos meses, a donde llegó en agosto de 2012, mientras que Opportunity lleva allí desde el 25 de enero de 2004, batiendo todos los récords y todo lo que se esperaba de él.


La Mars Odyssey, por su parte, lleva en órbita alrededor de Marte desde el 20 de octubre de 2001, lo que la hace la veterana frente a la Mars Express, que lleva allí desde el 25 de diciembre de 2003, y la Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, que lleva en órbita desde el 10 de octubre de 2006.


El próximo lanzamiento con destino a Marte es la de la MAVEN de la NASA, tras el lamentable fracaso de la Fobos-Grunt rusa.


# Enlace Permanente







via Microsiervos http://www.microsiervos.com/archivo/ciencia/flotilla-sondas-rovers-marcianos-listos-para-volver-a-trabajar-tras-la-conjuncion-tierra-sol-marte.html

Google Glass: The User Experience



via Tech http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/0X5vTOzOwhU/

PlayJam's Jasper Smith on Nokia's lineage and two-piece smartphones



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/4JhSDnrsci4/

Say Hello To The Inspirational, Feel-Good Side Of Russian Dash Cams

Tesla ups longest financing term from 63 to 72 months, claims highest resale value of any car



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/0VaeTtFDaFY/

Unannounced Acer Iconia W3 8-inch tablet leaks on Amazon, priced at $380



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/xbEn5B6Ipvg/

Motion Control Is Awesome for Surgeons (Or Anyone with Bloody Hands)

Square believes it can trump Foursquare in the local recommendations game



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/hMLU3ku1ios/

Vimeo to exclusively carry new Kristen Bell movie the same day as theaters



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/eHmAEGL7FZY/

Acer brings options galore to new Aspire V5 and V7 laptops (hands-on)



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/fY87q-GyTxg/

Envía tu nombre –y quizás un haiku– a Marte en la MAVEN

Impresión artística de la MAVEN en órbita alrededor de Marte

Impresión artística de la MAVEN en órbita alrededor de Marte


Si todo va según lo previsto el próximo 18 de noviembre la NASA lanzará la sonda MAVEN con destino a Marte para estudiar su atmósfera y, quizás, ayudar a averiguar por qué nuestro vecino la perdió.


Pero igual que muchas de sus compañeras, que llevaron otros nombres a Marte o caras al espacio, por citar un par de ejemplos, la MAVEN, además de su carga útil, llevará a bordo un DVD con los nombres de quienes se apunten a ello y con tres haikus.


Enviar tu nombre no tiene mayor complicación; para ello sólo tienes que apuntarte en Send your name & message to Mars! , aunque si eres menor de edad necesitarás que un adulto se de de alta por ti.


En cuanto al haiku, tiene que estar escrito en inglés, y los tres ganadores se escogerán por votación popular.


El plazo de recepción de nombres y haikus está abierto hasta el 1 de julio de 2013.


Además, si tienes entre 5 y 17 años puedes participar en el concurso para diseñar el dibujo que se estampará en el DVD, tal y como cuentan en Student art contest.


Si se cumplen las fechas previstas los nombres, haikus y dibujos de la MAVEN llegarán a su destino antes que las tres figuritas de Lego de la Juno, que van rumbo a Júpiter a bordo de esta sonda, aunque su llegada allí no está prevista hasta agosto de 2016.


(Vía Cosmic Log).


# Enlace Permanente







via Microsiervos http://www.microsiervos.com/archivo/ciencia/envia-tu-nombre-y-quizas-un-haiku-a-marte-en-la-maven.html

PSA: Samsung Galaxy S 4 now on sale at Canadian carriers



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/Na5hIXFeUck/

Super Thin Graphene Solar Panels Could Pave the Way for Powered Paint

US Cellular to offer Apple products 'later this year,' doesn't specify which ones



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/1GZOdLy26Tw/

Days App Will Change How You Share Photos With Friends



via Tech http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/1pEgoqRjavY/

Staples selling 3D Systems' Cube printer online, select retail availability starting in June



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/aUvP5Z6nlfM/

Acer Unveils New Breed of Windows and Android Hybrids



via Tech http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/XOFN7fkHaLM/

Engadget Podcast 342 - 05.03.13



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/3Y6sUS5-huE/

Google Glass to support GPS navigation, text messages without companion app



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/bpug8iwjXhg/

Acer announces the Iconia A1 Windows 8 tablet: 9.7-inch IPS display, will sell for $169



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/q3jT3r7Sn2c/

Acer unveils Aspire P3 Ultrabook convertible



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/io-EdjKxHEM/

ASRock Purity Sound motherboards come with better audio shielding, headphone amps



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/kXZOTPHq3sI/

Acer intros Aspire R7, a laptop with an adjustable display like an all-in-one



via Engadget RSS Feed http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/l7Cft8v8ICs/

Wander Launches Days App, Looks To Change Your Perspective Of Photo-Sharing Entirely

Screen Shot 2013-05-03 at 10.10.50 AM

You’ve likely heard whispers of a company called Wander in the past year. They nabbed $1.2 million, launched out of TechStars, and have since gone relatively quiet.


Until today.


Today Wander is launching a mobile app called Days, which aims to change the way you think of photo-sharing on every basic level.


To start, Days asks you to stop thinking of the moments that are “share-worthy.” On Days, every moment is share-worthy, because the idea is to share the normal, everyday routine of your life. The idea is that people can consume your whole day through photos, as opposed to picking up on little snippets throughout the day.


So as you go through the world snapping photos, Days automatically documents the time and puts them into the “Tuesday” gallery, or whatever day it might be.


Days also isn’t about taking beautiful pictures. It’s about taking a lot of them.


See, founder Jeremy Fisher believes there’s a huge disconnect between the best moments of people’s days and their Instagram feeds. He also feels that it takes far too long to share a single moment when you’re worried about making it visually appealing, as filters and captions pull you out of the moment.


On Days, you aren’t supposed to worry about how beautiful the picture is, but rather that you’ve documented as much of your day as possible.



But here’s the real zinger — nothing on Days is shared in real time. I know, right? Mind. Blown.


“I think people thought real-time was going to be a bigger deal than it actually is,” says Jeremy Fisher of most social and sharing services. “For things like friend-finders it’s a different story, but when you’re photo-sharing, real-time doesn’t actually make a difference.”


In fact, Wander studied Instagram photos tagged with #latergram (signifying that they were shared after the time they were taken) and found that these photos have the same level of engagement from other users as photos shared in the moment. For this reason, Days shows you a countdown clock within the app to the time you can share your day, starting at 5am each morning to ensure that party-goers late night photos don’t show up in the beginning of their Day.


Fisher explained that their beta testers don’t seem to be bothered by the fact that they’re catching up with their friends a day later. In fact, he said sometimes seeing someone’s daily story through pictures feels more real and meaningful than any narrative they might tell you when you ask the classic question: “How was your day?”


To keep your picture-snapping quick, and keep users in the moment, Days has implemented some restrictions.


One is that you must snap the pictures within the app, as you cannot import from the camera roll. The reason for this is that Days doesn’t want photoshopped, filtered, or edited photos on the service. They want you to feel like a photojournalist capturing each of the minute, but powerful, moments of your day.


Photos taken within Days are still saved to your camera roll, so you can share them through other social networks later if you feel the need.


Wander also picked up on the fact that users normally snap more than one picture of a certain event. This is to ensure you have multiple options for each instance.


But Wander doesn’t want you filling up your day with a bunch of throwaways and then having to go back and edit them out. So, to solve this problem, Wander turns all photos taken within ten seconds of each other into a gif. You have the option to go in and split the gif, delete one or two pics, or leave it the same.


Users can also add captions to all their photos after the fact, and go through and delete photos that they don’t want included in their Day. After that, you can share within the internal follow-model network, or push to your other social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.


But what about Wander?


Well, Wander is the umbrella brand behind a lot of lifestyle products the company is working on. Since Wander is focused on travel, and recording your experiences to be lived by others, Days has been released as a counterpart to that.


The app is available now in the App Store.








via TechCrunch » Startups http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techcrunch/startups/~3/7_9Tc6dmQTQ/