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The Habits of Highly Effective Web 2.0 Sites

While the general understanding of Web 2.0 is improving all the time, we have a ways to go before we have a concise, generally accepted definition. My favorite is still networked applications that explicitly more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

Find potential mate in 3 mintues using speeddate

Similar to WooMe (which is still in private alpha) dates are short, (hopefully) sweet, and one-on-one. SpeedDate will match you up based on some basic personality and geographical preferences. And starting more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Mark Cuban: Facebook, and OpenSocial

Mark Cuban is, as usual, insightful when he describes the potential of Facebook profiles to be used as the basis for smarter social applications outside of Facebook. His call for a truly open Facebook more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Facebook Unveils Ad Strategy - Users Become Marketers

The company's approach to advertising boils down to an attempt at conversational marketing, where users become product promoters and are encouraged to spread the word about things they buy and use among more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Advertising  |  

How a Startup Inspired HP's Print 2.0 Strategy

Using Tabblo, you can mashup photos and add text, to create a kind of collage - which you then have the option to print out as a poster, book, card, etc. The collage is also available online, where other more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Services  |  

Corbis Acquires Stock Image Site Veer

With a mixture of licensed and original content under its control, Veer offers not just photos, but also illustrations, and fonts, as well as a collection of merchandise (clothing, decor, art supplies, more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

Google comming to a Gas Pump Near You

Google Maps are already winging their way across the skies courtesy of a partnership with jetBlue. Now Google and gas pump maker Gilbarco Veeder-Root have announced a partnership that will bring Google more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Search  |  

TrueKnowledge Demos Its Semantic Search Engine

TrueKnowledge combines natural language analysis, an internal knowledge base and external databases to offer immediate answers to various questions. Instead of just pointing you to web pages where the more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Search  |  

AOL Buys Contextual Ad Network Quigo

AOL has officially announced the purchase of Quigo, first reported this past weekend. Quigo is a provider of contextual advertising on third-party publisher Websites, much like AdSense and Yahoo Publisher more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Advertising  |  

Are Platforms the Web 2.0 eMall?

Over the past few weeks a variety of platforms have launched including: Facebook, Meebo and Google OpenSocial. At a basic level, each one of these platforms allows a company to set up shop within these more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Web 2.0  |