Category: software

  • Fourth Wave auction software

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    Aaron Traffas
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    Fourth Wave, LLC, a vendor of auction clerking and cashiering software, has apparently closed its doors. On May 13, we received an email from an auctioneer claiming that he had purchased the software and needed to contact Fourth Wave but was unable to do so. We noticed that the website, fourthwave.net, was indeed down and…

  • Acceptance of real-time Internet bids

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    Aaron Traffas
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    Real-time Internet bidding is a process that allows an auctioneer to accept Internet bids during an auction. A bidder downloads client software, usually either Flash- or Java-based, and can hear the auctioneer and place bids until each individual item is declared sold. There are several prominent real-time bidding service providers competing in this space, each…

  • Wakoopa makes a game out of using software and web apps

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    Aaron Traffas
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    Tech startup Wakoopa this week released some intriguing findings regarding software trends. They have relatively-real-time data on the usage of apps like Facebook, Outlook and Firefox, for example, throughout the day. They claim to have logged over 525 million hours of software usage from their 75,000 users. How do they get their data? Why is…

  • Twitter clients

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    Aaron Traffas
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    Image by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten via Flickr It’s no secret that we’re enamored with Twitter. Our AuctioneerTweet site has over 45 auctioneers listed and it seems we’re continuing to add several each week as more and more auctioneers join Twitter. Twitter is useful. It’s replaced instant messaging and reduced our use of email and…

  • Internet Explorer 8 officially released

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    Aaron Traffas
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    Image via Wikipedia Microsoft officially released Internet Explorer 8 yesterday.The first Internet Explorer to pass the Acid 2 test, a test to verify that a browser renders web pages correctly, it boasts improved speed, better security and a few new features. Unfortunately for Microsoft, pre-release versions of Opera and Safari are already bragging a perfect…