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May 2009 Archives

Real-Time as a Service? Check Out What Notify.me is Working On
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 20, 2009 12:18 PM / 21 Comments
Can being "present in the now" be packaged and sold as a service? A number of companies believe that it can be and are aiming to offer a "real-time" layer Continue reading »


Yahoo Placemaker: Extract Location Data from Any Text
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 20, 2009 11:30 AM / 5 Comments
At Where 2.0 today, Yahoo announced a new product in its already impressive lineup of geo technologies: Placemaker. Placemaker is a new open API from Yahoo that helps developers to Continue reading »


ESPN Comes to YouTube - And Brings Its Own Player and Pre-Roll Ads
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 20, 2009 10:29 AM / 8 Comments
Earlier this year, we heard that ESPN was supposed to come to YouTube this April, but AdAge now reports that the Connecticut-based sports network will finally arrive on Google's highly Continue reading »


US CTO Nominee on Open Government: No Comment
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 20, 2009 9:11 AM / 15 Comments
Aneesh Chopra, President Obama's nominee as the US Government's first ever Chief Technology Officer, was asked very few hard questions in a confirmation hearing yesterday and none of the Senators Continue reading »


Craigslist vs. South Carolina: Now It's Personal
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 20, 2009 8:57 AM / 6 Comments
As we reported earlier this month, Craigslist, after a slew of negative press and pressure from various political organizations, decided to revamp its 'erotic services' section. For South Carolina's Attorney Continue reading »


Web 3.0 or Not, There's Something Different About 2009
Written by Richard MacManus / May 20, 2009 6:00 AM / 64 Comments
This week I gave a short presentation at a local event, Webstock Mini, in which I looked at some of the trends we're seeing in Web Technology this year. The Continue reading »


Announcing Our New Contextual Link Advertising Product - Built by Hakia
Written by Bernard Lunn / May 20, 2009 5:00 AM / 8 Comments
This month we are offering some additional value to our long-term sponsors. It's a new type of contextual link advertising and we think it is important to the future of Continue reading »


Digg: Shouts Out, Share on Facebook and Twitter In
Written by Lidija Davis / May 19, 2009 10:41 PM / 26 Comments
During Digg's Townhall (embedded below) this evening, founder Kevin Rose and CEO Jay Adelson announced that the shout feature on Digg will be removed later this week to be replaced Continue reading »


Google Announces PowerMeter Partners
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 19, 2009 9:56 PM / 11 Comments
Google.org has just announced an international roster of partners for their PowerMeter gadget. PowerMeter is "a Google gadget that can show consumers their personal electricity consumption right on a home Continue reading »


Business Cards Suck: Try These Tools Instead
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 19, 2009 9:00 PM / 63 Comments
Business cards are a horror show. When it gets to the point that you have to either resort to a die-cut, motion-sensitive, titanium-plated laser show of a card or get Continue reading »


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