Simple-to-Use Paywall System Signs First Publishers

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 5 Comments
Metal slot machine sign for nickels & dimes

TinyPass, the simplified paywall/micro-payments startup, launched at the beginning of the year, has signed its first four publishers.

Tinypass is trying to simplify the whole ‘charging for content with small payments’ issue from the publisher’s end, and from the user end.

Publishers have a flexible range of customised options for charging for their content, through plugins (Drupal, Joomla, or WordPress) or customised code:

A La Carte Access and Bundles: Charge for an article, a video, an issue, an Continue Reading

Facebook Timeline is Launched

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 1 Comments
Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook has finally rolled out its eagerly anticipated awaited new format, “Timeline”.

Soon all (800+ million) Facebook users will get a notification that they can switch to the new format, or they can wait till it happens automatically. If you want to try it now, then you need to go to www.facebook.com/about/timeline. It is also available on touch devices using m.Facebook.com and Facebook for Android.

Timeline coverts your posts and photos into a continuous log of everything you’ve Continue Reading

New Startup TripFab Promises Inadvertent Awesomeness-Induced Defecation

by John O'Nolan RSS 5 Comments
tripfab

What if you could book a trip, or even an entire holiday, in a single place… without paying any commission to an agent or booking service?

Straight out of… Costa Rica… TripFab is a new startup promising to make some waves in the travel industry. Their first promotional video (below) gives you a rundown of the general aim of the site. Effectively they want to cut out the middle man, by becoming the middle man. The difference Continue Reading

Expedia Everywhere: President Scott Durchslag Says They’re Open For Business with Travel Bloggers

by Rich Whitaker RSS 22 Comments
expedia headquarters

This past Monday, Expedia hosted Blogger Day 2011 in Seattle which was designed to bring a group of travel bloggers together with a group of key executives from Expedia in order to delve into a range of topics and discuss how some of Expedia’s recent initiatives could be beneficial in tackling some of the bloggers’ own challenges.

After meeting up for an informal lunch, which served as a bit of an ice breaker, the group Continue Reading