Popfly Goes Public!
Popfly Goes Public!
Popfly, www.popfly.com is the first of a new generation of web tools that enables users of all skill levels to create or edit their own mash-ups for use within applications or to simply spice up their web sites or socials sites.
On Thursday November 18th at 8:30 am PST, Steve Ballmer will officially disclose that Popfly is an open beta at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
Popfly Key Messages
· Popfly is a tool that enables you to easily build and share mashups, gadgets, and Web pages
o Free Web-based tool built with Silverlight
o Build applications using popular services (Flickr, Halo, Twitter)
o Share your applications almost anywhere (Facebook, Live, Blogs, Web pages)
o Connect with other creators
Why Popfly
· Add some fun to your Facebook profile, web site, or Windows Live Spaces page
1. Custom Games – Asteroids, Whack-a-mole
2. Quizzes, tests – Who’s more popular
· Build a home page
1. Organization or Club site – schedule, photos, videos, roster, maps and directions
· Mix and re-mix photos and videos
1. Take pictures from Facebook, Flickr, Windows Live Image Search, or Windows Live Spaces
· Unify your online personality
1. Show what you dug on Digg, what you buy and sell on eBay, your Halo 3 game scores, and more
Windows Live and Popfly
Popfly includes blocks for Windows Live APIs including search, images, maps, photos, contacts, Spaces, news, and more as well as 1-click publishing to Windows Live Spaces. Popfly will soon also enable you to publish gadgets directly to Windows Gadget Gallery.
..... take a minute to customize your personal blog by adding any of the custom gadgets below:
· Sunset Photos from Flickr on Virtual Earth