Posts tagged with 'Web 2.0'
In a post more than a year ago, I discussed the commoditization of social networks.
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by Drama 2.0
24 September 2008 17:04pm
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Blog search engine Technorati has just released its annual State of the Blogosphere report and, if the figures are correct, the number of blogs is still growing. In fact, the blogosphere has almost doubled in a year.
According to the report, Technorati has indexed 133m blogs since the company started in 2002. The same figure in last year's report was just 70m, which suggests some impressive growth. Can it be so?
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by Graham Charlton
24 September 2008 11:55am
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Snooth, launched in the US last year, is a social wine recommendation and price comparison site which aims to be the world's largest wine site.
In the same way that music sites like Last.fm help you discover new music, Snooth recommends wine to users based on the bottles that users with similar tastes enjoy.
We caught up with
Snooth CEO Philip James to talk about the site...
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by Graham Charlton
23 September 2008 12:06pm
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The second
Seedcamp
contest for internet startups came to a close on Friday, with seven winners announced.
These seven startups will each receive 50,000 Euros in return for an equity stake (last year it was 10%). They will also take part in a three month mentoring programme to get them started.
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by Graham Charlton
22 September 2008 16:19pm
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Twitter's popularity is growing and regardless of the skepticism that exists about it, marketers and businesses are taking notice.
If you're thinking about giving microblogging on Twitter a try or are already using Twitter, here are 10 Twitter tools that you can put to work.
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by Patrick Oak
22 September 2008 13:30pm
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Having come to the realisation that its standalone player was not attracting enough users, Joost decided to launch a web based version of its video player.
The beta version of this desktop player was launched yesterday, so I've been taking a look to see how it performs...
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by Graham Charlton
19 September 2008 10:54am
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There's been quite a bit of fuss recently about Tynt, a new web 2.0 site which many accused of scraping content. But how much should anyone worry about a site with no apparent business model?
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by Ciaran Norris
18 September 2008 15:57pm
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Launched earlier this year, Globrix is a property search engine which claims to have nearly every property on the market in the UK listed on its site.
Rather than charging estate agents a fee, as sites like Rightmove do, Globrix scrapes listings from estate agents' websites, hoping to make the site more comprehensive than its rivals.
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by Graham Charlton
18 September 2008 11:09am
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LeadVine is a social networking site which aims to generate leads online by enlisting the help of the general public.
Rather than spending time cold calling, businesses can post their requirements on the site and wait for members of the public to provide useful leads and earn themselves a referral fee.
The site was launched in August, and we have been talking to co-founder Allan Margate...
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by Graham Charlton
17 September 2008 16:03pm
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The latest update of iTunes (version 8) contains a new feature called Genius, which creates playlists from your library of music, as well as recommending songs for you to download.
With the popularity of music recommendations provided by sites like Last.fm, Pandora and the recently launched Filter, this seems like a smart move by Apple, so how does it perform?
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by Graham Charlton
17 September 2008 11:13am
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