All about iGoogle http://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/iGoogle+Full+Wiki+Text iGoogle Full Wiki Text .. information about iGoogle
iGoogle was originally named "Google Personalized Homepage" and "Google GI". It is a free and fully accessible Google application that serves as a personalized home page, similar to that of My Yahoo! and Netvibes.
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Favvys http://www.favvys.com Favvys features a customizable color scheme, sortable bookmarks, custom background images, RSS feeds and an easy url: yourname.favvys.com and lots more!
Feedly http://www.feedly.com/ Feedly weaves your favorite content into a fun, magazine-like start page.
Ginger : The new Netvibes http://about.netvibes.com/ Ginger : The new Netvibes
Ginger was the new release of Netvibes, your super-personalized startpage, that introduces loads of cool and essential new features.
Founded by Tariq Krim in 2005, Netvibes pioneered the personalized homepage as alternative to traditional web portals. Netvibes lets individuals assemble their favorite widgets, websites, blogs, email accounts, social networks, search engines, instant messengers, photos, videos, podcasts, and everything else they enjoy on the web - all in one place.
Today, Netvibes is a global community of users who are taking control of their digital lives by personalizing their web experience. Netvibes is also a widget platform that is used by thousands of publishers around the world. Netvibes (http://www.netvibes.com) has offices in Paris, London and San Francisco.
It looks like this upgrade has taken place automatically for Netvibes users ... with no mention of the 'Ginger' name.
Symbaloo ... Web 2.0 Start Page http://www.symbaloo.com/th/ Symbaloo ... Web 2.0 Start Page
Symbaloo is an ancient Greek verb meaning 'gathering' 'assembling'. It perfectly reflects the mission of the company.
Symbaloo is your personal online desktop.
Symbaloo is completely free.
myAOL.. Web 2.0 Start Page http://my.aol.com/ myAOL.. Web 2.0 Start Page
Create a personalized page with everything you want and nothing you don’t – all in one place.
Webwag http://www.webwag.com Webwag : Web 2.0 Start Page
Webwag provides a multiplatform widgets service, accessible from any connected device, enabling the users to stay in sync with their digital life, wherever they are.
Our iPhone version of webwag gives all the power of the Web edition in a very elegant and lightweight format, especially tailored for the iPhone.
Widgetop http://www.widgetop.com Widgetop ... web 2.0 Start Page
Widgetop brings Apple Dashboard widgets to the web so now you can access your own personal Web Desktop anywhere.
Widgetop supports an assortment of mini web applications or widgets which you can use to create your own personal Web Desktop.
You can display information such as news feeds, web services, pictures, weather, finance quotes, games, stickies, calendars and a whole host of other fun and usefull mini applications.
Drag and Drop widgets onto your webtop page to display just the information you want. Keep your favorite widgets in the handy widgets favorites bar. On your webtop page turn your widgets over to reveal their settings panel and change their appearance, content, configuration to customise them as you want.
BonzoBox http://bonzobox.com/ BonzoBox
BonzoBox is an interactive web tool that allows people to build their own customized "BonzoBox" home page with links to their favorite websites.
Just think, instead of typing in numerous web addresses, you can just click on your BonzoBoxes and refer back to your own customized page to navigate the web.
BonzoBox operates on a very simple Drag and Drop function. Just grab a Website from one of our specially tailored tabs and drag the site into your BonzoBox!
Addictomatic http://addictomatic.com/ Addictomatic ... instantly create a page on any news item.
Addictomatic searches the best live sites on the web for the latest news, blog posts, videos and images. It's the perfect tool to keep up with the hottest topics, perform ego searches and feed your addiction for what's up, what's now or what other people are feeding on.
Jimdo http://www.jimdo.com/ It's really easy to create your own JimdoFree-Page: just sign-up, follow the link to your own Page, integrate pictures, videos and texts in seconds, change the design with a click, add as many pages as you want...and show your swifty JimdoFree-Page to your friends (upgrade to JimdoPro for your own domain)!
Jimdo is free and really fun to use. So go ahead and sign up for your JimdoFree-Page!
Favoor Web 2.0 Start Page http://www.favoor.com/ Favoor Web 2.0 Start Page
Favoor.com is your personalized new start page. Collect your favorite internet addresses. Add notes.
Simply and elegantly, access your data whereever you are online !
eyeOS (software to download onto a server) http://www.eyeos.org/ eyeOS
Welcome to eyeOS, a web based operating system. With eyeOS you can access your data and your applications anywhere, anytime.
A virtual office in your hands, no need to install anything in the computer.
Everything lives in the browser, for you and your work colleagues. eyeOS is open source and free software.
Try the demo and if you like it, install it in your server. Make your life easier with the virtual word processor, calendar, file manager, messenger, browser and other applications. And if you want more applications, (e.g. spreadsheet) just visit the eyeOS Application Database!
Suprglu http://www.suprglu.com/ Do you already use services like del.icio.us, flickr, blogger, typepad, etc? SuprGlu is a new way to gather all your content from those sites.
In a nutshell, SuprGlu:
- gathers your content from popular webservices and publishes them in one convenient place.
- presents your content with simple, great looking templates which you can customize.
- is FREE to use!
Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com/ Pageflakes : web 2.0 start page
Your personalized startpage to the Web!
Read blogs and news, check your email, start Web searches, store notes, access your Del.icio.us bookmarks and much, much more.
Everything is conveniently accessible from any computer and from one page!
Add what you like, remove what you don't.
Click on "Add Content" (top left corner) and choose a feed or module. It's that simple!
Signup is free and takes less than 30 seconds.
Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/ Netvibes is a customizable web 2.0 homepage solution
This service is free and gives you the user the ability:
- to create a personalized page with the content you like.
- to put together data feeds and services from web 2.0 applications with a very simple interface
- to access your page anytime and from any computer.
Protopage http://www.protopage.com/ Protopage = personalized news + sticky notes + bookmarks + news feeds, all on one page.
Completely under your control ... content plus layout ... ALL done inside your web browser.