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Review: IDC Web 2.0 Digital Marketplace Conference Singapore

24 Jun 2008 20:40:18 PDT

Written by aplink
Next up was Brad Garlinghouse SVP Communications & Community, Yahoo - Yahoo were the diamond sponsor for the event and Brad discussed the over whelming noise that social media presents (don't i know it) Of course the solution is YAHOO and how Yahoo is redefining email and services...

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Opinion: How the intelligent web can plan the perfect holiday

23 Jun 2008 17:05:02 PDT

Semantic Web technology uses data portability to channel disparate data into one application. For example, a friend of a friend on a social networking site like Facebook might have very similar interests to you and has already travelled to Cuba, where you are planning to go this summer.

Original story at Silicon Republic .

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Opinion: Everybody must get Flocked

16 Jun 2008 17:10:00 PDT

Written by slim
Hey you gotta check out Flock. It's maintained on Firefox core (check out the 2.0 beta - based on FF3 which comes out tomorrow) so it's great browser technology - but the added social networking functionality is inspired and quite awesome. I hereby declare Flock to be the first truly Web 2.0 bro...

Original story at slimpickens (WordPress) .

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Opinion: Startups for Newbies

14 Jun 2008 14:36:46 PDT

Written by gregorus
The business model of some of the biggest and most powerful startups involve storing lots and lots of user data. It takes a lot of servers and disk space to accomodate these type of startups, so just developing cool software and marketing is not enough. Everyone knows about these types of ser...

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Opinion: Government as platform vs Government as Web Publisher

11 Jun 2008 08:09:24 PDT

Written by Peter
Image source: Unhindered by Talent on Flickr) But to suggest that Govt should get out of the Web business altogether is absurd. Other reporting on this can be found here, here, here and here. (Image source: Unhindered by Talent on Flickr) My trusty Google Alerts on all things Govt 2.0 have

Original story at spaghettitesting (WordPress) .

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Opinion: I love Ariel Hyatt and Cyber PR: Goddess of music PR 2.0

07 Jun 2008 19:28:23 PDT

Written by Matt Turner
Our Affordable Music Publicity & Internet Music Promotion Campaigns place you on Internet Radio Stations, Social Networking Sites, Podcasts, Online Magazines, Blogs, Vlogs, Audioblogs, Zines, Music Directories, Video Sites & Lifestyle Sites. We also handle tour publici...

Original story at kurbpromotion (WordPress) .

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Web 2.0 news and blogs - July 06, 2008

06 Jul 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Web 2.0 news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Opinion: How To Take Advantage Of Web 2.0 -- by sibii from web-20 « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Yahoo Was Right to Turn Down Microsoft Offer -- from RedOrbit
• Opinion: When Enterprise Software and Web 2.0 Mix -- by miklernout from Icerocket blog search: Web 2.0
• Opinion: EditGrid spreadsheet mashes up your numbers with online stats -- by Rafe Needleman from Webware.com
• Opinion: Medicine 2.0: The show goes on -- by Bertalan Meskó from web-20 « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Earn Your First Dollar From Blogging In 7 Days - Guaranteed - Web 2.0 Wealth System Review | Infusio -- by wpspotter from Icerocket blog search: Web 2.0
• Opinion: Good Morning from Web 2.0 Strategies -- from Information World Review
• Opinion: Retaggr is Cool - business card 2.0 -- by dylanfuller from web-20 « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: mm406: Boston, Day 2 -- by mudge from web-20 « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Supporting the UBC Farm struggles through Web 2.0 -- by Raul from web-20 « WordPress.com Tag Feed

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Opinion: The Growth of Open APIs: More Evidence That Web Services Drive Network Effects

21 May 2008 02:59:00 PDT

Written by Dion Hinchcliffe
Figure 2: As new sites offer APIs closer to initial launch, stronger network effects can form earlier Sidebar: An approach called Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA) is an emerging best practice method for turning next-generation Web 2.0 applications into platforms.

Original story at Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 .

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Opinion: Web 2.0 and Indian Matrimonial Sites ? A Marriage Made in Heaven?

20 May 2008 01:27:03 PDT

Written by Harshil Karia
Latest Internet & Tech Jobs on WATJob.com Related PostsSpam Gets Older. Turns 30 On May 2nd!Tech, Sex And Romance!A Tribute To RSS Day!Exclusive WATShow: Rediff VP Marketing Speaks About iShare, Local Content & Web 2.0!itimes.com - Indiatimes Tries To Launch A Social Network..YAW...

Original story at WATBlog.com .

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Opinion: Where've You Been, Enterprise? Part I: Eastman Kodak Company

07 May 2008 22:00:00 PDT

Written by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
Is there anything Kodak isn't doing right now in the social media space you'd like to see them doing? I think it would be great if we could get a social network going where we can get more user generated content. I can see that happening in the future for us.

Original story at Profy.Com .

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Opinion: Confessions of a late adopter

01 May 2008 20:44:17 PDT

Written by Rafa Vargas
Feeds are the basic foundations for Web 2.0. However, I am very conservative about adopting new extremely popular things people like. Nor I like fashion, nor being in. That is the reason why I never used a feed reader until last week. Yes! I read blogs at any time of the day. I don't watch TV :P

Original story at rafavargas (WordPress) .

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Opinion: 844 Campus Technology, 15 de abril de 2008

16 Apr 2008 13:31:37 PDT

Written by octavioislas
In the world if IT security, it's a well known secret that end users in Windows processing environments put themselves at risk whenever they check their MySpace and Facebook pages, or shop for plane tickets, computers and other goods and services--all while at the workplace.

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Opinion: Science 2.0: Great New Tool, or Great Risk?

20 Mar 2008 10:53:56 PDT

Written by identityandconsulting
Meanwhile, Hannay has been taking the Nature group into the Web 2.0 world aggressively. "Our real mission isn't to publish journals, but to facilitate scientific communication," he says. "We've recognized that the Web can completely change the way that communication happens." Among the...

Original story at methainternet (WordPress) .

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Opinion: 10 Basic Web Tools for Freelancers

11 Mar 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Written by Michelle Rafter
Google Desktop - Interviewed somebody but can't remember where you stashed the notes? Can't find an email address any of the obvious places? Google Desktop can sniff it out. It's a search engine for the files stored on your computer. Download it for free.

Original story at michellerafter (WordPress) .

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Opinion: Lead, Follow, or Get Out of The Way: Library 2.0, The Concept of Authority, and Social Scholarship

09 Mar 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Written by theunquietlibrary
Over the last year, I have been focused on trees. Those trees have consisted of web 2.0 tools and how to incorporate those web 2.0 tools into my library program and information literacy instruction. Those trees have included things like social networking (del.icio.us), RSS, wikis, Google S...

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Opinion: Media In Medicine: Bertalan Mesko's Scienceroll and More Medicine 2.0, an Interview

09 Mar 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Written by timelessboulevard
1. How did you get started with your takes on Web 2.0 in Medicine? 3. You recently presented at The Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, would you care to share that experience from a professional, cultural, and general standpoint?

Original story at ksdescartin (WordPress) .

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Opinion: In Miami, Digg's Kevin Rose gets social

28 Feb 2008 11:55:00 PST

Written by Caroline McCarthy
MIAMI--If you believe the blog rumors, Digg founder Kevin Rose is constantly dealing with a community that threatens mutiny at the drop of a hat, perpetual acquisition offers from companies such as Google and News Corp., and the aftermath of that thumbs-up BusinessWeek cover that made h...

Original story at Webware.com .

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Opinion: Removing the "fog of war" from Expression Web 1.0 & 2.0

25 Jan 2008 20:37:35 PST

Written by scbarnes
Two guys at Microsoft that I'll be meeting in a couple of weeks have done a great blogcast over at "The Signal". In this cast they remove what I call the "fog of war" away from not just Expression Web but Microsoft's focus overall on design.

Original story at MSDN Blogs .

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Opinion: In search of micro-elites: how to get user-generated content

14 Nov 2007 20:14:59 PST

Written by Andy Oram
Even Wikipedia follows this rule in some cases. There are some subjects where everybody in the world holds an opinion and a huge number actually know some facts. But other subjects would never see articles unless a couple of the few dozen experts in the world took time to write it.

Original story at O'Reilly Radar .

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Opinion: Tim Bray: Tell the Story, Write the Book, Sing the Song, Ride the Wave

23 Oct 2007 23:32:50 PDT

Written by carlaking
We look at the O'Rielly book sales to see what's coming. JavaScript and Ruby are growing. JavaScript is growing because of Ajax. Web 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, has to have an Ajax interface these days. So we are all required, unfortunately, to learn JavaScript. Ride the Web 2.0 wave

Original story at Sun Bloggers .

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Opinion: Zude Beta: Start Page on Steroids

28 Jun 2007 23:10:59 PDT

Written by Phil Butler
Note: at the end of this review, we give you a link and access code to test out this private beta. 5g and Zude File Manager - Add Widgets and gadgets from Zude, Google, Yahoo etc. Simple drag and drop does it all without the need to write a line of code (unless you want to).

Original story at Read/WriteWeb .

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Opinion: Yumondo Brings "Urban Stylesharing" to Social Networking

31 May 2007 02:10:15 PDT

Written by Phil Butler
Yumondo is a social networking community of the next order. The developers have termed their refinement of an established idea "urban stylesharing". I suppose this is as good a tag as any, for a great place to mirror our actual communities. The simplicity and familiarity of the tools and ser...

Original story at Read/WriteWeb .

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Opinion: Crowdsourcing: A Million Heads is Better than One

22 Mar 2007 01:48:49 PDT

Written by Josh Catone
Perhaps the best exponent so far of Web 'wisdom of crowds' is Google, which organizes websites based on how they link to each other. Google sees links as votes for the relevance of a page. It is of course more complicated than that, but one can make the argument that Google works by utilizing th...

Original story at Read/WriteWeb .

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Opinion: Future Of Web Apps, Day 2

21 Feb 2007 13:33:54 PST

Chris Wilson from Microsoft, who has worked on Internet Expolorer from version 3 up, was here to talk about the future of the web browser. He looked back at the days when Outlook Web Access was one of the most advanced web apps around and was using AJAX before it was even called AJAX. He talk...

Original story at Read/WriteWeb .

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Opinion: 2006 Web Technology Trends

11 Dec 2006 15:18:02 PST

Undoubtedly 2006 has been the year of the social network. MySpace, YouTube, Facebook have been the three outstanding success stories - but also impressive was Bebo (in the UK particularly) and there was strong growth in existing web 2.0 networks like Flickr and del.icio.us. The zenith of thi...

Original story at Read/WriteWeb .

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Opinion: Web 2.0's Real Secret Sauce: Network Effects

15 Jul 2006 12:37:00 PDT

I wrote recently about the trend of Web 2.0 reductionism that is helping us get to Web 2.0 fundamentals and helping us understand why it's such a game changer. If you're not really sure about all of this, however, you have only to look at the example of MySpace. MySpace is as pure a Web 2.0 play as y...

Original story at Web 2.0 .

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