I have written several posts here and at Mashable regarding what Yahoo has been doing lately on the development side. Today, I want to look at Yahoo as a whole. I do this because Yahoo is taking a beating from many blogs and media outlets. They also do not seem to be responding to anything… Read More Yahoo Needs Focus And Someone To Tell Us We Are Wrong
Recent releases have shown that the line between the desktop and the internet is officially blurred. Yahoo, Google and now IBM all have browser platforms to aid in the development of richer internet applications that run somewhere in between the desktop and the internet. A few weeks ago, Yahoo released an update to their BrowserPlus… Read More Line Between the Desktop and Internet is Officially Blurred
People who know me know that I am not a Microsoft lover. I am more on the “hater” side of that argument, but I have always felt that they do some things very well. They always targeted developers and tried to get adoption of their platform. This gave them the monopoly on the desktop operating… Read More Who Woke The Sleeping Giant?
According to recent reports, the future will not be televised or at least it seems that way. A few weeks ago, Seesmic announced some layoffs. Today we receive news that Revision3, one of the most online video producers, also announced cutbacks. One of the casualties from a Revision3 distribution deals, EPIC FU creator Smashface Productions,… Read More The Future Will Not Be Televised
I missed the release of Amazon Windowshop about a month ago, but a search shows that there was not a lot of posts about it. Shockingly enough, I saw a note from Mona about it. She also has a quick post on it at her blog. Mona’s reaction can be summarized in one word, WOW.… Read More Amazon Windowshop: In a Word, Hot!
Image via CrunchBase Today’s BitchMeme is brought to you today by Duncan Riley at Inquisitr. Duncan complains that TechMeme is biased although Gabe Rivera, its creator, denies this. How did this get started? It starts with the Business Week article that listed the 25 most influential people on the web. Gabe Rivera is on this… Read More Is TechMeme Really Our Only Option?
Steve Rubel started a lively discussion about how RSS adoption has peaked. I only somewhat agree with his assertion, and it is because I agree with his reasoning: Lord knows, as someone who spends three hours a day in Google Reader, I am a giant evangelist for RSS. But I am also a realist. Feeds… Read More Newspapers, RSS for the Mainstream User
There has been a lot of bad news lately with all of the startup layoffs and the “economic crisis”. TechCrunch has gone as far as creating a layoff tracker. Robert Scoble is obviously tired of the bad news and wishes that someone could write some positive coverage of the current situation. I have already stated… Read More Companies Got Funding Last Week?
ReadWriteWeb has an interesting article about what’s after Web 2.0. It got me thinking about where all of this technology is heading. First, let me state that we should stop trying to “version” the web as it just gives people definitions to argue about. There were some comments regarding even more multimedia content becoming available,… Read More What is Next? Semantic-Enabled Mobile Applications.
Image via CrunchBaseGoogle Chrome was released about a month ago. A lot has been said about the new browser, with mixed reviews all around. I had a review of my own, that was more of an explanation of what Google looked to be planning. So, what happened after the initial hype? Well, I tried using… Read More One Month of Chrome
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