I know I’m a little behind on blogging about this site, but I thought I would still share it for those who might not have heard yet. Launched last month on Dec. 8th Vevo.com is a website that’s dedicated entirely to music videos. So instead of having to search through hundreds or even thousands of duplicate videos on YouTube, with Vevo there is only one result for each music video from that particular artist.
I definitely like the look of the website, and also the fact that there is only one result per video per artist. The search filter features are nice as well, and make finding a particular video very easy. All in all I think this site is going to carve out a pretty nice little niche for itself. So after checking out this site the next time you want to watch a music video which site would you go to, YouTube or Vevo?
Posted by Matt | Posted in News and Info | Posted on 01-16-2010
Hope everyone had a happy New Years! I have a feeling 2010 is going to be a good year. But of course many things, mainly the economy, still has a ways to go. And unfortunately whenever the economy goes south, crime rates usually increases as a result, and 2009 was no different. So if you’ve ever wondered what crimes (and how many) have occurred in your city or neighborhood, you may want to check out this cool site. The site is called CrimeMapping and according to them their goal is to “provide the public with valuable information about recent crime activity in their neighborhood.” Seems simple enough, but it’s actually quite an ambitious task.
Using a GIS platform to display the crimes on a map, the site right now has information from roughly 100 cities mapped out (the map itself is pretty cool) from all across the U.S. They use easy to decipher symbols for each of the various crime categories, like Arson, Burglary, Vandalism, etc., so you can quickly tell what crimes were committed at a particular location. The overall look and feel of the website is really sleek and the navigation and map itself is very intuitive, which I like a lot. I think CrimeMapping has the potential to be a very powerful resource for the public. So what do you guys think, would you use this site?
