yourminis

widgets for your blog, website, startpage, and desktop!

yourminis is a widget platform which simplifies the development, syndication, and measurement of widgets for content owners and 3rd party developers, offers a social library of widgets for end user discovery, and provides advertisers with a new way to engage the consumer with their brand and message.

This was launched by a startup called Goowy, which created a flash-based productivity suite (email, calendar, IM, etc.) last year.

yourminis also has a browser extension that makes it easier to add information to the site. Videos, photos and RSS feeds can added to a user’s YourMinis page by simply clicking on a button added to the browser. This is particularly useful for subscribing to RSS feeds - a module is automatically added to YourMinis based on the auto-discovered feed.

AOL acquired Goowy. Goowy offers widget-based ad solutions, as well as a platform called Yourminis.com, which is a widget creation platform for developers. AOL had previously used the small startup to provide widgets for MyAOL.

"We are excited about joining the AOL family. The platform and services we've built are an obvious fit with AOL's ad-supported web strategy, and we look forward to expanding our widget offerings across the AOL network," claims Goowy CEO Alex Bard.

yourminis has been selected by the editors of Webware, a CNET site, as a finalist in this year’s “Webware 100” Awards for "Browsing". The Webware 100 Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Finalists are selected by the editors of Webware, but the ultimate winners will be picked by the public. Winners will be announced on Monday, April 21, 2008.
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PicLens

PicLens, a photo viewer tool creates a cool experience for viewing images on the web.

It instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen a 3D experience on the web. Photos will come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes well beyond the confines of the traditional browser window. The animation of the images looks so cool and smooth.

With PicLens, browsing and viewing images on the web will never be the same again.




From Picasa to AOL Images, and even Facebook and Hi5, PicLens works with a growing number of our favorite websites.

Photo Sites: Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums, DeviantArt, Smugmug
Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster
Image Search: Google Images, AOL Images, Yahoo Images, Ask Images, Live Images

PicLens is free to download, free to use, and does not contain any adware or spyware whatsoever.