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Author: jsean — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:38:07 GMT

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Widgiland on Facebook

Author: widgiland — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:29:45 GMT

We have published our Official Page on Facebook! If you like Widgiland and you are on Facebook now you can become a Widgiland's Fun! ;) ...We hope you'll invite your friends to become our fun too! :)

Thank you very much in advance to all our Widgilanders and users.

NBA Video and News iPhone Style

Author: facewolf — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:36:57 GMT

Hi guys! this widget is now available as Facebook Application! Add it to your profile!

Widgetbox and advertising inside widgets

Author: facewolf — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:58:29 GMT

Hi. guys,
Yesterday I submitted some of my widgets to Widgetbox. Today I recieved the answer. My widgets cannot be published in Widgetbox's gallery because they have too much adv inside.
I think adv in my widgets is not too much disturbing. I would like to know what do you think about it. So the only widget gallery really free is Widgiland! Here you can publish widgets with adv inside without problems. I think is good. Then the users will be able to decide if they like or don't like the widget and the inside adv. Bye

Finally, a good looking (and useful) map widget.

Author: mapme — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:31:37 GMT

MAPme.com, which entered the social mapping space in the 2nd part of this year has just launched their map widget which offers extra features that aren't available with regular Google Maps. To start with, the widget is a pure flash object (which means it runs smoothly) - you also can add your own images, or Youtube videos to your maps “Hotspots” which you can dress up with a bunch of map creative markers (pictured above). MapMe allows special interest groups to create and contribute information to maps by suggesting 'Hotspots' that other members of a map might be intested in... “Each community map is like a new post in a geographic forum”, says John McCann, who managed the development of the site. “We have given the map owners as much flexibility as they could ever need in terms of being able to moderate location data, but we've also allowed for options for public and personal maps – public maps are generally a free for all, and personal maps are for mostly private use”. While community mapping is relatively new concept and something that hasn't really taken the online world by storm (yet), MAPme.com is also excellent for creating travel or city guides that are useful in their own right. Take for example this guide to Tokyo's coolest Neighbourhoods; http://www.mapme.com/map/tokyoneighbourhoods At the moment, you can use the widget on any site where you can edit your html. A Facebook version is due for release in the next few weeks, as well as an iPhone app.

iPhanta. Il fantacalcio sull'iPhone

Author: macdevel — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:25:55 GMT

iPhanta è una applicazione web iPhone compliant che permette di vedere i risultati e le statistiche del Magic Campionato della "Gazzetta dello Sport".
Grazie ad iPhanta sei sempre aggiornato sui punteggi totalizzati dalle squadre che hai iscritto al Magic Campionato della "Gazzetta dello Sport".
Puoi vedere le statistiche dei migliori undici giocatori dell'ultima giornata oppure dell'intero campionato scegliendo tra vari schemi di gioco e, grazie alla funzione di ricerca, puoi consultare facilmente le statistiche di rendimento di qualsiasi giocatore. Inoltre iPhanta offre il login sul sito della "Gazzetta dello Sport" per consultare velocemente i risultati delle squadre che hai iscritto al "Magic Campionato". Tutto ciò è realizzato e proposto con un'intefaccia usabile ed elegante perfettamente conforme agli standard delle applicazioni per iPhone. iPhanta è realizzato da MacDevel, startup specializzata nello sviluppo di applicazioni web per iPhone.

Animation: Add Life to your Desktop Gadget

Author: jsplashindia — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:24:50 GMT

A few months back I wrote an article about adding animation to Google Desktop gadgets. Please do read it if you are a Google Gadget developer. You can find it at http://code.google.com/apis/desktop/articles/e7.html Thanks and Regards, Bijoy Thangaraj http://www.gdgadgets.com

What is a widget?

Author: widget — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:09:04 GMT

A Widget is a fancy new defined term, referring to a mini internet application that is offered by a 3rd party. Widgets can easily be integrated in a web page, blog or profile by inserting a small chunk of code that will be offered you at the site of your chosen Widget. This is not a new development webmasters be using widgets things like, placing scripts & banners on webpages since the beginning of the worldwide web. The benefits of widgets is that, everybody can use content without knowing anything of progamming such as DHTML, Java, Flash or software programming. There are 3 type of widgets: 1 Web Widgets Webwidgets can easy be used on webpages, blogs or profilepages, by simply copy a code. Most Widgets have a button option so you can place a widget by a click of a button on your content page. Some widget platforms are, Widgetbox , widgiland, Springwidgets , Yourminis or Gigya. 2 Desktop Widgets Desktop widgets are basically the same as web widgets the difference is that you can download it on your desktop some desktop providers are , Dashboard widgets of Apple Macintosh or Yahoo widgets. Widgets are downloadable interactive virtual tools that provide services such as showing the user the latest news, the current weather, the time, a calendar, a dictionary, a map program, a calculator, desktop notes, photo viewers, or even a language translator, among other things. 3 Mobile Widgets Mobile widgets ( cellular widgets) are special made to fit on a screen of a mobile phone. Mobile users can use widgets exact the same way as web & desktop widgets, for example weather widgets, game widgets, news widgets, chat widgets and many many more. Some providers are Widsets or Plusmo.

Tips and Tricks for your visibility on Widgiland

Author: widgiland — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:36:49 GMT

Hello Widgilanders! Here are some tips and tricks to give more visibility to your widgets and increase the number of share/get actions:

1) If you developed your widget using tools like Widgetbox or Clearspring remember to insert the "get & Share" button on your widget detail page using the provided code. This is a great way to increase the number of installations!

2) Title and description of your widget are really important both for the searchability inside Widgiland and, most of all, for the searchability and the ranking inside the most used search engines like Google, MSN or Yahoo... Think at the keywords you would use if you would have to search for your widget!

3) Be an active Widgilander is another great way to give visibility to your widgets and your website. Write interesting articles or post good questions on W-Space, look at the stuff from other Widgilanders, comment it, add fovourite widgets... All these actions give you visibility and contribute to build a real widgeters community!

4) Have your widgets at the top of our charts (top rated, most popular) gives for sure a great visibility. Increase your views and your ratings inviting your users to come on your widget detail page on Widgiland! You can do it in many ways: publishing links, buttons, badges on your website/blog or directly inside your widgets! For example look at Facewolf, one of our first time Widgilanders!

We wait for your comments!

The Widgiland team

Google launches online publishing service: Knol

Author: facewolf — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:29:59 GMT

Google Inc. on Wednesday launched Knol, an online publishing service that could go head to head with Wikipedia.
Mountain View, Calif.-based Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) new publishing and reference service lets users make money from articles they write on specific topics.
Knol will also let posters attach their names to entries, and they will have the option of running ads sold by Google with their entries and share any resulting revenue.
Knol will be user-policed, and readers can flag entries they think are inappropriate or copyright protected

From MSN Money: July 24, 2008 3:31 PM ET