What it does

Zootoo connects pet lovers to share useful information about pet services and products while helping pet shelters and rescue groups in the process. At Zootoo, every click helps a pet and every pet lover has a voice. Zootoo embraces all animals and the people who care for them every day. Zootoo was founded by pet lovers like you in response to the massive pet food recall in 2007. The primary goal is to allow people to make the most informed decisions for their pets using information provided by real pet lovers like them. As a "user-generated platform" every pet parent gets a chance to participate in providing valuable information based on personal experience, thus making it an unbiased and reliable source of information and interaction for the pet community.

In their own words

“Zootoo lets pet lovers rate, review and recommend pet products and services. You also openly and honestly speak up about pet new, issues and your own personal experiences with the pet world.”

Why it might be a killer

This site quickly surpassed most of online pet community which started years ago. It took this site 8 months to become one of the top 3 pet communities in America. 140 mil off-line impressions from Ellen Show, Usa Today, Today Show, Mike & Juliet show and NY Times also helped.

Some questions

Can anyone upload any content related with pets?

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Alas, as you may know, Polaroid is stepping out of the film business, and although I’m sure 3rd-party film will be available at a premium in the future, Polaroid has set the dates after which their instant film will no longer be available. Check out the link below for the info on when the film cartridges for your camera will die the true death. [via Geeksugar]

Product	Projected Availability Until*	Date of Expiration*
Integral Film:
600	Q1 09	Aug 09
600 Write-on	Q4 08	May 09
Spectra/Image	Q1 08 US	Aug 09
T990	Q1 08	May 09
Spectra Grid Film	Q1 08	May 09
T779	Q1 08	Jan 09
T100 Products
690 Single / Twin	Q4 08	Sept 09
PC100 ID UV Twin	Q4 08	Mar 09
T669 Twin Silk	Q3 08	Mar 09
T669 Twin – 10 frame	Q4 08	Mar 09
T611 Twin	Q2 08	Feb 09
T672 – Twin	Q4 08	Jun 09
T664 Twin 10 frame	Q4 08	Sept 09
Polapan Pro 100 – 10 bulk	Q4 08	Jun 09
T667 Twin 10 frame	Q4 08	Sept 09
4×5 Products
Sepia	Q2 08	Jan 09
T51	Q1 08	Aug 09
T52	Q4 08	May 09
T53	Q3 08	Aug 09
T54	Q3 08	Sept 09
T55	Q4 08	Dec 08
T57	Q3 08	Mar 09
T59	Q1 08	Sept 08
T72	Q4 08	June 09
T79	Q3 08	Feb 09
8×10 Products
T809	Q3 08	Dec 08
T804	Q1 08	April 09
T803	Q4 08	Sept 09
Other Products that have been discontinued prior to 2008 include: Commercial : T665, PC64, T661, Viva film and Type 80’s. Integral: T500/Captiva, izone, Notepad and Time Zero.

*Projected Availability subject to change depending upon demand. Date of Expiration is based on the last date of manufacturing which varies by product. As the Projected Availability Date approaches, the closer we are to the Date of Expiration.
Ganked from here.

Fancast, a Web video venture which had its official launch at CES earlier this year and is backed by Comcast, announced an expansion in programming this week, with streams to be provided of shows from several Viacom studios, including MTV and BET Networks. For those video fans who’ve been seeking free, ad-supported content in the form of full episodes of “South Park”, “The Colbert Report,” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” Fancast will soon deliver on those requests.

For a number of months now Viacom has presented free “Daily Show” clips through the program’s website, though only in unique segments. Complete episodes have remained absent from the official archive. So it is likely to come with at least some measure of critical acclaim that Viacom intends to release several of its most popular shows in complete form by way of Fancast.

A number of Web video viewers may of course prefer to see the television industry’s most noteworthy success, Hulu, which has yet to assemble a thoroughly comprehensive database of content, secure such debuts for itself, if only for convenience. If the divide weren’t strange enough, Fancast pulls content from Hulu to satisfy viewers’ desire for NBC and Fox shows, but the opposite cannot be said. Still, given the similarly appreciable video delivery system offered by Fancast, it’s likely to be a popular option nonetheless, particularly with Messers Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert to occupy computer screens in high-quality format.mashable109:http://mashable.com/2008/05/21/daily-show-video/

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Mashable has a Nokia N95 (value: $649.99) and 3 free tickets (value: $695 each) to give away for the Under The Radar: Social Media & Entertainment conference, to be held on June 3rd at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View. More details at the Under The Radar blog. The Nokia N95 and 1 conference ticket will be presented to the winner of this caption contest and 2 runners-up will receive conference tickets as well . To enter, simply provide a witty caption for the photo below, in the comments section to this post.

Also note there is a discount code available for the conference, for Mashable readers. Click here for that. A few folks from Mashable will be at the conference and would love to see you there.

Here is the photo, which I’m sure will provide many opportunities for being witty Put your suggested caption below, in the comments. Under The Radar and Mashable will be the judges, with final decision to be made by Mashable. The winner will be announced on Monday, 5/26.

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What it does

Hotwords lists the top 100.000 most popular searches on the web with trend and ranking reports. Hotwords has over 1.7 million keywords and phrases in the database and also holds historical reports for previous year’s top ranking words. Data is collected from various well known search engines and reports are generated many times daily so it’s easy to spot trends. This is a fantastic tool with endless possibilities. They are ranking the world’s most Popular Search Engine Keywords. In true web 2.0 style it’s a totally free service. They're still in very early beta and are running at about 40% throttle in terms of data collection. Hotwords doesn’t filter adult and offensive searches because they believe in displaying a truly accurate reflection of web searches. However they are working on an optional filter system that should be operational within the next few days.

In their own words

“We have partnered up with several search engines. we are currently only running at about 40% throttle in terms of data collection while in early beta testing.. (This amounts to around 2.5 million searches per day)”

Why it might be a killer

Hotwords is a free search engine keyword analysis on the web. Everything you'd normally find in a pay service you'll find at Hotwords.com including detailed reports ,comparison reports, related searches ,history information, Google information graphs and much more. A real stats junkies paradise. Hotwords is a great tool for webmasters helping to find rare yet popular terms (and misspells) to target your own website keywords for increasing search traffic. They are expanding everyday in terms of features and don't believe there is a similar product on the market right now.

Some questions

Is the data showed on these searches reliable? Are the results accurate?

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When you were shopping for waterproof and chemical-resistant mice for your lab computers, you were confused when you wound up with Apple's Mighty Mouse, right? That's what Man & Machine, maker of the other Mighty Mouse, believes is happening, and they're suing Apple and CBS over use of the product name, since their hospital and lab-friendly mouse came out a year before Cupertino's model. Turns out that CBS -- who have owned the cartoon of the same name since 1955 -- sold the name rights to Apple, but Man & Machine are contending that the name in the context of computer peripherals belongs to them. Man & Machine want money damages and a court order blocking Apple's use of the name. They should have just called it Danger Mouse. Oh, wait.

[Via The Inquirer]

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We’ve all been wondering what GH4 aka Guitar Hero World Tour would be like with drums, vocals, etc. and now we have video of it in action. This is huge. I’m not a fan of the axe in Rock Band and simply love GH for that reason alone, but the social aspect was obviously lacking and that will soon cease to exist. Activision is promising the largest set list and the ability to record and release your own tracks, which is something I caught wind of a while back. There’s even a battle of the bands mode! Once this is released, Harmonix/MTV/EA better watch out. This simply looks amazing. I might go and play GH3 right now!

I prefer to work in complete silence. “How can you work in complete silence all day?” my friends and family ask. “Be quiet and stop bothering me,” I tell them. That being said, I’d prop a couple of these little guys up on my desk for good measure.

Says MAKE,

“Flickr pool member Fungus Amungus made these chic speakers using Munny figures as enclosures. Not sure what level of hifi those little guys can deliver, but considering the cuteness factor - I might not even care much.”

I agree. Here’s a bunch of cool speakers from Jason Siu as well.

via MAKE