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03.19.2008

Mapping Out Environmental Woes

Environmentalist groups are using Web 2.0 tools like mashups of Google maps to visualize and voice their concerns on how carbon emissions are destroying the earth's thin atmosphere and its effect on local communities.

03.10.2008

Getting Crafty Online

A number of startups has recently cropped up serving as a platform for the DIY community to share ideas, design items, socialize with like-minded people, learn how tos or trade crafts/handmade items online.

02.26.2008

Popularity of Open Source Increases
The trend to open up software platforms/systems to third party developers is becoming more popular in the Web 2.0 era as several companies explore the benefits of social entrepreneurism among online communities.

02.04.2008

Semantic Web Takes Off
Several tech startups are building semantic Web applications that aim to present information in a structured form (understandable by computers) with the ultimate aim of making computers do the thinking.

01.23.2008

Will Open System Revive The Mobile Web?
The FCC is putting up its airwaves for auction this week and one of the stipulations for potential bidders requires them to open up their networks - this would eventually allow consumers access to affordable high speed Internet on any handheld devices/applications.

01.17.2008

The Freemium Model of Web 2.0
Ever since the Web 2.0 boom, the freemium model on the Internet has been flourishing like never before. The strategy relies on quick customer acquisition, building a large base of loyal users enough to generate a significant amount of advertising revenue.

01.07.2008

Online Forecast for 2008
Where's the Web heading this year? Let's take a closer look..

12.21.2007

Alternative E-Payments Gain Online Grounds
While online shopping has dramatically increased over the past few years, we have also seen an increase in incidences of identity theft and payment fraud. Alternative online payment services like PayPal, Google Checkout and Bill Me Later are addressing such security and privacy issues.

12.03.2007

Web Videos Offer TV-Like Experience

As broadband services continue to offer faster bandwidth connections, professionally-made short clips of high quality video are gradually infiltrating the Web - offering TV-like entertainment content.

11.22.2007

Online Retailers Gear Up For The Holiday Season
As the holiday season gets closer, Web merchants are offering a variety of incentives such as special deals/discounts, gift wrapping and free shipping services to shoppers. Several others are revamping their sites - making it easier to search for and navigate to products resulting in faster checkouts.

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03.19.2008 10:32 am

Ask 500 People

With the recent introduction of a new Google Maps mashup, Ask 500 People, users are able to more easily grasp public opinion as a whole - not just based on the latest comments or posts. Site visitors have a number of options: They can participate in active polls - on topics ranging from wind chimes to Britney Spears.

09.07.2007 1:50 am

Collaboration Kings

Project collaboration software has been along for awhile, but it has long since moved beyond internal team brainstorming, group emails and conference calls – we are now presented with technologies that support borderless, real-time collaboration –indifferent to location or time zone.

08.02.2007 3:25 am

Get the Signal

SignalMap is a great example of mashup that takes existing technologies and combines it with user generated content to provide an engaging and beneficial user experience.

05.28.2007 2:41 pm

Digital Mail Going Postal

EasyPost users can now send real letters, typed on paper to anyone in Canada for free (at least for now).

05.04.2007 1:23 pm

Spinlets

As the number of bloggers, social network users, and personal site owner's continues to increase, there is strong demand for ways that enable people to add interesting and interactive content on their sites.

03.27.2007 8:31 am

V-mail

Video messaging may not be the newest kid on the block - but it's fun to send and receive one from time to time.

03.16.2007 9:51 am

'We'-Casting

Engaging, interactive user experiences are driving and shaping how media is consumed.

02.25.2007 9:54 am

Interactive Review:

'Real' user reviews that offer a practicality that once was not there - multimedia adds another dimension to user reviews.

02.19.2007 9:50 am

Chat Room Evolution

A new site called yaplet enables Websites to become chat rooms with the click of a button.

02.14.2007 9:16 am

An Online Learning Forum

AnswerU is making a move in the right direction by identifying an audience, creating a user friendly site, and engineering a way to deliver user appropriate content.