HackDay TV is a video treat from Y! UK Hack Day. We present a new way to watch long-form video on the web -- in snack-bite sizes. You can see a list of all the hacks (including which hacks won the judges' awards), you can launch URL demos for many of the hacks, and, best of all, you can jump to any hack instantly to watch it
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Hack TV: Watch the demos here, hackday.blorg, by Matt McAlister
"The Yahoo! Research Berkeley team built a handy hack demo viewer..."
Popularity: 14% [?]
TagMaps is a toolkit that gives you new ways to visualize text on geographic maps. TagMaps can be used to communicate key characteristics of location-based data in an easy-to-understand interface. Check out the sample applications, where we use Flickr tags on a map to build a world exploration tool.
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TagMaps - Mapping and Photo Visualization, Design Demo, Max Kiesler
"Whenever I'm getting ready to travel somewhere I spend an inordinate amount of time looking at images and maps of the location. I usually go to about 4 of my favorite sites for photos and 5 different mapping sites to get ready for the trip. TagMaps lets you do both at the same time and much more."
TagMaps makes geo-tagging useful, Webware, Josh Lowensohn
"TagMaps is a project with a lot of promise. It has the casual, exploratory feel you get from Google Maps, but it also mixes in a dash of visual appeal with the Flickr shots. I could easily see this becoming a mobile-phone app or surfacing on blogs and social-networking profiles."
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TagMaps Toolkit, 7.5th Floor, Fabien Girardin
"Based on their first experiment to Visualizing the Crowd’s “Mental Map” Using Flickr Geotagged Images, Yahoo! Research Berkeley has now introduced their TagMaps toolkit..."
New callback function in TagMaps, Yahoo! Developer Network blog, Shane Ahern
"So, today, we are releasing an update to the embeddable TagMaps badge. Using the updated module, you can implement a JavaScript callback function on the page where you have embedded TagMaps. On that page, then, you can create any service you can think of that takes advantage of knowing what tag the user is interested in, and where in the world it is located."
Popularity: 14% [?]
ZoneTag is a research prototype from the scientists at Yahoo! Research Berkeley that aims to leverage context from cell phones to create new mobile photography experiences. The application allows you to quickly and easily upload images from your camera phone to Flickr. The photos uploaded can be automatically annotated with the location (usually based on cell tower) in which they were taken. One of the challenges of this prototype is generating tag suggestions that are both concise and accurate enough to be easily handled on a phone interface.
Both the automated location tags and the suggested tags already help users find photos and organize their collections.
ZoneTag should work on most Nokia Series 60 v2 and v3 phones, but your mileage may vary. It also runs on the Motorola RAZR V3x. It may work on other phone models; try at your own risk and let us know how it goes!
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Finally flawless photos geotagging with your N95, Nokia N95 Users, SuBmArU
"...searching for a solution I discovered ZONETAG, a wonderful service offered by the guys behind Yahoo and Flickr: Zonetag claims to work with my N95, giving the opportunity to geotag a photo and to upload it to Flickr.
I gave it a try: I downloaded the client and installed in on my N95 ... and my jaws dropped down! IT WORKS flawlessly!"
Geo-hackers - The Zonetag API Goes Public, Yahoo! Developer Network blog, Dan Theurer
"ZoneTag is a little prototype that was developed by Yahoo! Research Berkeley. A look under the hood shows that it's built on top of a couple of interesting APIs that we're opening up. Anything that ZoneTag can do, you could do as well. "
Hands-on Hands on with Zonetag v3.0 for Symbian, Yet Another Symbian Blog, Ray Masky
"I would say this app totally Rocks !! Uses very less memory , very stable ..and very very useful !! "
Yahoo! ZoneTag 2-click-uploads location-tagged photos to Flickr, Engadget Mobile, Evan Blass
"Yahoo! has built an evolving database that relies on users manually tagging their stamped-photos with ZIP codes or GPS coordinates to provide a correlation between tower IDs and real-world locations, so the service will get more accurate over time."
Popularity: 12% [?]
Zurfer is a location-based photo browser for your shiny phone. Zurfer shows you photos taken around you, and exposes interesting local highlights. It gives you a way to follow your Flickr friends, follow comments on your Flickr photostream, and access your photos wherever you are.
Zurfer should work on most Nokia Series 60 v2 and v3 phones, but your mileage may vary. It also runs on the Motorola RAZR V3x. It may work on other phone models; try at your own risk and let us know how it goes!
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10 Of The Coolest, Free Applications For Your GPS-Enabled Nokia N95 Smartphone, GISUser.com, Glenn Letham
"Zurfer is one of those addictive social networking applications that you MUST have! This one actually comes out of the Yahoo! research labs and takes advantage of your position to share photos, see other photos around you, and take advantage of you flickr photos."
Yahoo's Zurfer joins Flickr, mobile phones, CNET News Blog, Stephen Shankland
"The software, which requires a "beefy smart phone," shows photos taken recently in a mobile phone user's vicinity, an example of a so-called location-aware service... Zurfer is one application based on the nascent "geotagging" concept in which digital photos are labeled with location information such as latitude and longitude."
Yahoo! Zurfer – Flicker for Handheld Devices, GPS Technology Reviews
"Zurfer is ideal travel companion as it can show you photos that have been taken around your location providing an opportunity search Flickr and discover what local highlights there are to see. Its possible to access the latest photos posted by Flickr friends and check on comments on your own Flickr photos."
Popularity: 12% [?]
Zync is a plug-in for Yahoo! Messenger, first developed as a research prototype from Yahoo! Research Berkeley. Zync lets you watch videos with your friends, in sync and in real time. Instead of just IMing URLs and waiting for your friends to watch, Zync allows you to chat about a video (pausing, jumping back, and watching simultaneously with a friend). Both videos stay in sync.
Zync works with most all Yahoo!, YouTube, and Google videos. Sweet. :).
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ABC23 Talks To Yahoo About New Web 2.0 Products, ABCTV23 (video)
"Nick Belardes of ABC23 was at the Wired Nextfest in Los Angeles, and spoke with Cynthia Johanson of Yahoo about new products."
Share Videos In Sync With Zync, Startup Meme, Bilal Hameed
"Yahoo Research Berkeley, has launched a really handy plug in for Yahoo Messenger, Zync. Zync lets you share videos with your friends without waiting for them to see it, or worrying if it loaded properly, where is he now and so on."
Plug-in to easy video sharing, Yahoo! Messenger Blog, Sarah Bacon
"The best part about Zync is that when the video is playing, you and your friend see the exact same thing at the same time. This makes it much easier to talk about the video, either over IM or during a voice call."
Zync, una nueva forma de compartir videos a través de Yahoo Messenger , techtear.com, Rafael Piñero
"Zync permite a los usuarios conversar sobre el vídeo en cuestión (pausarlo, volver atrás, en definitiva, ver el vídeo como si estuvieses realmente junto a tu amigo). Cualquiera de los dos puedes tomar el control del vídeo, y zync se encarga de sincronizarlos."
Popularity: 10% [?]
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