Posterous finally adds themes to make your blog look less boring
Posterous just announced an exciting-if-inevitable addition to its simple blogging service — themes that let users customize the look of their blogs.
The San Francisco startup has been around for a year now. Posterous’ main draw is its simplicity (first-time users don’t even have to create an account to publish their first post; they can just send an email), and recent improvements include better support for video viewed on mobile phones. Still, as the site has… Continue Reading
Startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
If you’re still using Internet Explorer 6 — the frequently criticized web browser that was first released in 2001 — the Internet is becoming an increasingly hostile place.
Popular sites like YouTube are telling visitors who are using IE6 that they need to switch to a “modern browser” like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, or Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer 8. There are even sites like Bring Down IE 6 devoted to getting web users off IE6.
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With the iPhone’s Flash limbo, Posterous finds a workaround for video
The question of whether videos and other media in Adobe’s Flash format will ever be compatible with Apple’s iPhone (and if so, when) has been a neverending source of speculation. While the world waits for a definite answer, other companies are finding workarounds – YouTube offers a standalone player with videos that have been converted to another format, Adobe vets are developing an iPhone format to compete with Flash, and now there’s blogging-for-the-masses startup Posterous.
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Embed a Posterous blog next to your real blog
Posterous has announced a new way to share the sites created using its simple blogging tool — users can now embed them onto other websites as a widget.
Let’s say a user posts short messages and media to their Posterous blog, but also runs a blog for longer posts through a service like WordPress or Typepad. Posterous co-founder Garry Tan cites the example of venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki, who uses Posterous for “all things longer than… Continue Reading
Posterous’ dead simple blogging adds dead simple bookmarklet
Posterous, the San Francisco startup that wants to simplify blogging, is making it even easier to share cool stuff you find online with its new bookmarklet.
Co-founder Garry Tan describes the bookmarklet as “throwing down the gauntlet” against competing service Tumblr. Posterous needed a bookmarklet — in other words, a tool in your bookmarks bar that lets you send stuff to your Posterous blog — to compete against Tumblr’s, and the team has done a great… Continue Reading
Simple blogging startup Posterous raises $725K
Posterous, a startup that simplifies the blogging process, has raised $725,000 of new angel funding.
The San Francisco company allows you to write and post blog entries any way you choose — through the web site, through email, or via SMS text message. You don’t have to create an account, or even post on the Posterous site itself. Instead, you can use it as a “middle man” for other blogging services like Blogger, WordPress, and TypePad…. Continue Reading
Posterous becomes a one-stop-shop for cross platform blogging
The current Internet landscape is filled with distractions such as email, Twitter, FriendFeed, instant messaging, feed readers, social networks and more. It can be hard maintaining a blog, even a micro-blog. Posterous aims to simplify the blogging process as much as possible. You can post to it through the traditional way of logging in and writing a post or you can post just as easily via email or even text message.
Think of it like the… Continue Reading