Comments on: Roundup: Amazon takes over reader social networking, IE8 to subtract ads, bad signs from China and more http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/26/roundup-amazon-takes-over-reader-social-networking-ie8-to-subtract-ads-bad-signs-from-china-and-more/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Adam http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/26/roundup-amazon-takes-over-reader-social-networking-ie8-to-subtract-ads-bad-signs-from-china-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-875457 Adam Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:12:38 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=96987#comment-875457 We launched <a href="http://travelmob.com" rel="nofollow">http://travelmob.com</a> the day before TripHub’s announcement. TravelMob will have the same core functionality, which is to give people a trip homepage, and manage RSVPs. <br><br>Here’s why we feel TravelMob will make it where TripHub didn’t.<br><br>-Integrated search and booking of air, hotel, car, and tours. We’ve baked this into the core of the site. Anytime you book a hotel, flight, or car through us, it goes into your trip’s itinerary. If a friend on the trip want’s to book the same flight or stay at the same hotel, there’s a “Fly with Me” or “Book Here” button next to your itinerary.<br><br>- Improved UI. We’ve really focused on making it easier to organize your slacker friends for a vacation. 100s of hours of real world testing on our slacker friends have paid off!<br><br>- Newsfeed. We’ve got a Facebook style newsfeed which keeps you updated on what people have booked, RSVPs, picture uploads, etc.<br><br>- Facebook/Open Social integration. In the coming months, we’ll be extending TravelMob to the FaceBook and Open Social platforms. You’ll be able to create a trip, invite friends, RSVP, from our site or your favorite social network.<br><br>- We walk the walk. Half of our team will be on the road taking an around the world trip starting in October. They’ll be using the site to plan, and will be blogging from the road.<br><br>You can see screenshots here <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/trav.....esentation" rel="nofollow">http://www.slideshare.net/trav.....esentation</a><br><br>Let me know what you think of the site, <a href="mailto:adam@travelmob.com" rel="nofollow">adam@travelmob.com</a> We launched http://travelmob.com the day before TripHub’s announcement. TravelMob will have the same core functionality, which is to give people a trip homepage, and manage RSVPs.

Here’s why we feel TravelMob will make it where TripHub didn’t.

-Integrated search and booking of air, hotel, car, and tours. We’ve baked this into the core of the site. Anytime you book a hotel, flight, or car through us, it goes into your trip’s itinerary. If a friend on the trip want’s to book the same flight or stay at the same hotel, there’s a “Fly with Me” or “Book Here” button next to your itinerary.

- Improved UI. We’ve really focused on making it easier to organize your slacker friends for a vacation. 100s of hours of real world testing on our slacker friends have paid off!

- Newsfeed. We’ve got a Facebook style newsfeed which keeps you updated on what people have booked, RSVPs, picture uploads, etc.

- Facebook/Open Social integration. In the coming months, we’ll be extending TravelMob to the FaceBook and Open Social platforms. You’ll be able to create a trip, invite friends, RSVP, from our site or your favorite social network.

- We walk the walk. Half of our team will be on the road taking an around the world trip starting in October. They’ll be using the site to plan, and will be blogging from the road.

You can see screenshots here http://www.slideshare.net/trav…..esentation

Let me know what you think of the site, adam@travelmob.com

]]> By: Roundup: Amazon takes over reader social networking, IE8 to subtract ads, bad signs from China and more http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/26/roundup-amazon-takes-over-reader-social-networking-ie8-to-subtract-ads-bad-signs-from-china-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-826922 Roundup: Amazon takes over reader social networking, IE8 to subtract ads, bad signs from China and more Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:28:11 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=96987#comment-826922 [...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAmazon buys social network for book lovers — Shelfari, a small social network for bibliophiles, has been acquired by Amazon.com, according to John Cook at the Seattle PI. Amazon also has a stake in Shelfari’s main competitor, LibraryThing. Internet Explorer to subtract some ads — A feature called InPrivate Blocking will stop tracking pixels that help advertisers see where you have been on the web, while another privacy feature will prevent information like cookies and browsing history from bei [...] [...] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAmazon buys social network for book lovers — Shelfari, a small social network for bibliophiles, has been acquired by Amazon.com, according to John Cook at the Seattle PI. Amazon also has a stake in Shelfari’s main competitor, LibraryThing. Internet Explorer to subtract some ads — A feature called InPrivate Blocking will stop tracking pixels that help advertisers see where you have been on the web, while another privacy feature will prevent information like cookies and browsing history from bei [...]

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