Videorix (www.videorix.com) is a fresh incarnation of Brandfame, a start-up I reviewed back in September 2007 which offered product placement in online videos - a concept I didn’t exactly welcome with open arms, but Founder Nadim Elgarhy hopes that this time around Videorix will be much more accessible and concentrate on sponsored ad-slots, rather than [...]

I need to get this off my chest before I embark on a killing spree. The websites mentioned in this list are some of my favourite sites, which are ruined by completely useless features that either need to be fixed or removed completely.
1. Twitter’s Public Timeline - Brilliant, I mean who doesn’t want to see [...]

I don’t mean to be alarmist, but I do love a catchy headline, and nothing beats scaring the crap out of your readers. I enjoy it.
But on a serious note, these dangers are real - and they’re approaching fast, so if you want to avoid the top 5 web startup hazards of 2008, read on.. [...]

For those who’s been under a rock for the past few months, the internet was recently awash with angry bloggers and confused web users over the scandalous arrest of tv-links founder, and the closing of the site for “providing links to copyrighted material”.
Many hundreds of comments included “If linking is illegal, why don’t they shut [...]

I know, YouTube is definitely not a startup, but it used to be - and I wanted to examine the kind of things that can go wrong when you get too big for your boots, and youtube is a classic example of what not to do (if you want to keep your users happy).

I know [...]

BrandFame (www.brandfame.com) is a meeting-place for advertisers and video publishers, who want to match online video with product placement in an attempt to make money and ruin the internet for everybody.
Ok, let me expand on that negativity, because I wouldn’t be writing about this startup if I didn’t think it was a good idea, it’s [...]