The Future of Computer Applications: Help Me or Entertain Me - ReadWriteWeb (36)
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In the introduction to his book, Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux operating system, wrote that life is about entertainment. He might seem the last person you'd imagine as focused on entertainment, until you realize that Linux started as a hobby. Entertainment is increasingly the center of our lives, and we also want work that challenges and entertains. With the rise of the Social Web and new forms of communication like Twitter, iPhone, YouTube and ...
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Devlin D said:
Great overview of the emerging trends in application themes. Definitely helpful when looking to identify a market or angle for a product/service.
Facebook Platform: The Fanfare Revisited (33)
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When the Facebook platform debuted last year it was touted as the next big thing. Media, VC, startups and big companies shared the enthusiasm for its future. And no wonder: Facebook enabled access to 50 million users. You no longer needed to bring the audience to your app. Instead your app could be delivered to one of the largest audiences around the web. And not just delivered, but injected into a massive social network. While ...
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Devlin D said:
If Facebook can make their mobile/iPhone application run Facebook applications that would be killer. In all honesty I think Facebook should allow developers to charge for their applications similar to Apple. That way you start to develop a real economy around the platform and at the same time kill off incredibly stupid applications. I bet there would be a high percentage of their user base that would be willing to pay 50 cents or 1 dollar for something like FunWall, and for a company looking to justify it's valuation it seems like an established stream which they could tap for some revenue that isn't advertising based.
iPhone: The New Personal Computer (1)
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When Apple first announced the launch of its iPhone platform, we wrote here that it is a game changer. Even the core of iPhone is a major advance in mobile computing, but with the platform iPhone becomes the new personal computer. The desktop from now on will be for professional and business work. Laptops aren't going away, but will get increasingly less personal use. The reason is that iPhone with its application platform is a ...
iPhone: The New Personal Computer (98)
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When Apple first announced the launch of its iPhone platform, we wrote here that it is a game changer. Even the core of iPhone is a major advance in mobile computing, but with the platform iPhone becomes the new personal computer. The desktop from now on will be for professional and business work. Laptops aren't going away, but will get increasingly less personal use. The reason is that iPhone with its application platform is a ...
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Craig said:
One of my primary drivers for getting an iPhone was that I wouldn't need to get a laptop to have access to email and such when I'm in Brisbane on weekends. It's shaping up to do so much more...
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Nate said:
A good article from RWW.
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Ed Dale said:
I.TOLD.YOU.SO
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Gordo said:
ReadWriteWeb on the iPhone being the "New Personal Computer."
Can Browser Add-ons Be Businesses? (1)
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via: ReadWriteWeb (drop this source • show all sources) • help relevance: Lots of Comments • Popularly Linked (tell me more...) rate it: | Full disclosure: Alex Iskold runs a browser add-on company called AdaptiveBlue. Also Fred Wilson, who is cited in this article, is a partner in Union Square Ventures - an investor in Alex's company. VC Fred Wilson asked recently on his blog if there is a business in browser add-ons? I have ...
Can Browser Add-ons Be Businesses? - ReadWriteWeb (35)
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Full disclosure: Alex Iskold runs a browser add-on company called AdaptiveBlue. Also Fred Wilson, who is cited in this article, is a partner in Union Square Ventures - an investor in Alex's company. VC Fred Wilson asked recently on his blog if there is a business in browser add-ons? I have a vested interest, since my company is in the add-on business. Adding a bit of functionality to your browser can be fun and customization ...
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Haidong said:
This is worth reading, or at least worth thinking. Add-ons could be huge market, line firebugs, stumble, etc.
Social Bookmarking Faceoff Reloaded (1)
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That del.icio.us dominates the social bookmarking space is clear, but by how much? Where do the other players stand? We'll attempt to sort it all out and predict what's coming next for social bookmarking in this post. A year ago in our Social Bookmarking Faceoff post, we looked at the state of the social bookmarking space. In the post, we used several techniques, ranging from counting the number of users who bookmarked a particular post, ...
Does Microsoft + Powerset Beat Google? - ReadWriteWeb (55)
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What can the plan be with Microsoft's purchase of hot startup Powerset? The 3-year old company, founded by Dr Barney Pell, recently launched a semantic search experience for Wikipedia. It is doubtful that Microsoft bought the company just to enhance Live Search. Possibly the plan is to replicate the Wikipedia solution, then incorporate Powerset into Internet Explorer. In this post we look at what the thinking behind the acquisition might be. Most initial reviews found ...
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ani625 said:
Ans: NO
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Rakki MK said:
I think Powerset is a great addition to Live Search, and it'd take little bit of time to get the teams, technology merge together, and would definitely succeed.
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Nate said:
Interesting writeup.
Evolution of Communication: From Email to Twitter and Beyond (1)
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We barely have time to pause and reflect these days on how far communications technology has progressed. Without even taking a deep breath, we've transitioned from email to chat to blogs to social networks and more recently to Twitter. Here is my representation of the current ecosystem, which we will explore in this post: In a recent post, Fred Wilson asked what is going to trump email? (implying that even email is getting old). Certainly ...
People in Tech: Mike Dunn, VP Interactive Media, Hearst - ReadWriteWeb (7)
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The technologists behind large companies are always fascinating. Unlike entrepreneurs, who often code their vision into software, CTOs channel their vision through the engineers working for them. CTOs of modern media companies are measured on their ability to bring innovation to the market quickly. This installment of People in Tech features a unique technologist. Mike Dunn (LinkedIn, Twitter) was instrumental in bringing Dell computers online, was part of Time Warner during its merger with AOL, ...
People in Tech: Brad Feld, Foundry Group (11)
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MIT Alumni, technologist, venture capitalist, marathon runner, Colorado dweller, thinker, blogger, and all around super human, Brad Feld (LinkedIn, Twitter) has made a huge impact on startups. With posts on his personal blog, Feld Thoughts, and on Ask The VC (a must read for anyone interested in venture funding) Feld has played a major roll in lifting the curtain on the traditionally mysterious venture process. We recently caught up with him for a quick interview. ...
People in Tech: Andraz Tori, CTO/Co-Founder of Zemanta (20)
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Zemanta is a an interesting European startup that is applying semantic technologies to blogging. Sarah Perez covered the company's launch in March. One can think of Zemanta as an auto-complete function for blogging. As you are typing up a new post, Zemanta's browser plugin fetches related content - images, articles, videos, links - and provides a simple and friendly UI for inserting the related content into your blog. We caught up with Andraz Tori, CTO ...
Semantic Search: The Myth and Reality (75)
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For a few years now people have been talking about semantic search. Any technology that stands a chance to dethrone Google is of great interest to all of us, particularly one that takes advantage of long-awaited and much-hyped semantic technologies. But no matter how much progress has been made, most of us are still underwhelmed by the results. In head-to-head comparisons with Google, the results have not come out much different. What are we doing ...
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vergil66 said:
Hey...Share with note option here...nice!
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Nico said:
guter text, kann man lesen :)
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Tekla said:
O przyszłości wyszkiwania danych w Internecie... czyli semantic search...
Freebase: Dispelling The Skepticism (49)
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Freebase, the first product of semantic web company Metaweb, is an open, semantically marked up database of information that we called one of the "10 semantic apps to watch" last year. With $57.4 million in funding, a smart team, and a tech legend in Danny Hillis at the helm, Metaweb is considered to be one of the most serious players in the Semantic Web space. Yet the company's efforts to date have been met with ...
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mndoci said:
Alex on Freebase. I prefer the way something like Talis sits on the web, but I really like the Freebase concept and what they've built, especially as a data mashup environment
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tforster said:
Every time I see or hear something about Freebase I am more intrigued. I still haven't come up with a project to build that I can use to exploit the growing database. Any suggestions?
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patarakin said:
То, что приходит на смену ВикиПедии - семантический веб
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Shannon said:
The next Google? Not quite.
Making the Web Searchable: The Story of SearchMonkey (16)
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Last week at the SemTech 2008 Conference that took place in San Jose, Yahoo! Researcher Peter Mika spoke in detail about the company's new SearchMonkey search platform initiative. Mika talked broadly about his work looking at metadata on the web, and how that led to the birth of SearchMonkey. This post is based on notes from that talk. History of Web Page Annotations The motivating question for Mika's presentation was: How can we make web ...
