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Apps to flourish on mobile, games
News Developers should bet on Android, games, navigation and music, to reap returns, suggest industry watchers, who say business apps can also prove viable.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile platforms, Nokia Corp., Ovum, Phone, Operating System, App, mobile, Business applications
OpenAmplify developer's diary - part 2: Author comparisons
Techguide Justin James chronicles his process of using Hapax's OpenAmplify Web service to create an application that can match documents with content that is similar or identical to the source document.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Microsoft SQL Server, Comparison, LINQ, Demographics, Web sites, Web 2.0, OpenAmplify Developer
Yahoo may expand its video lineup
News While it has no plans to repeat a failed plan for TV-style programming on the Internet, Yahoo wants to build on its success with "video snacks" through slightly longer shows.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Data Management, Video, entertainment, MTV, Programming, ABC Inc., finance, Web 2.0
A pricing revolution looms in online advertising
News Demographic profiling and behavioral targeting by such companies as Google, Quantcast, and ValueClick is slashing ad costs and threatening Web publishers.
Tags: Internet advertising, Cookie, Advertiser, Audience, Online Advertising, behavioral targeting, banner advertisement, Quantcast, online publisher, Advertisement
Yahoo veteran named to MySpace CTO spot
News Alex Maghen, who previously served as the head of technology for MySpace Music, has tough road ahead of him, as News Corp.-owned site has fallen from favor in Silicon Valley.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web 2.0, MySpace, entertainment, chief technology officer, Facebook, CTO, exec, News Corp., Web 2.0
How tech-savvy should lawyers be?
Blogs I recently attended an event for lawyers involved in the technology field. When one of the speakers went up, he aske...
Joost: It could have been a contender, or not
News It was supposed to kill YouTube, and now it's finally dead, as some of its assets get sold off in what's likely a total fire sale.
Tags: Web 2.0, Video, Joost, CEO, Web 2.0, P2P, venture capital, YouTube Inc., online video, File-sharing
SAP: Days of the database are numbered
News Demand for cloud computing and faster access to data will lead to a future where companies don't need a database, says top SAP executive.
Tags: Databases, Cloud computing, Data Management, Database, SAP AG, Berlin, Vienna, Cloud computing, data management, top executive
Yahoo!7 buys totaltravel.com
News Microsoft and Seven Network's joint venture Yahoo!7 has just acquired totaltravel.com to gain a foothold in the online travel market.
Tags: Web 2.0, E-commerce, Site, TV, Spokesperson, Accommodation, Australia, acquisition, Web 2.0, E-commerce
Microsoft criticizes privacy in Chrome 3.0
News Latest version of the browser logs every search keystroke and sends it back to Google, Microsoft executive points out.
Tags: Privacy, Web browsers, Google Inc., Security, Microsoft Corp., software, Web Browser, Privacy, software company, Google Chrome
Ultimate 2012 recovery site: the moon
Blogs Have you seen the disaster movie "2012"? A friend from Control Risks and I did, and we reluctantly concluded we wouldn't...
COO: Facebook can build your business, and now we can prove it
News Facebook's COO formally announces the social-networking company's "strategic alliance" to build social-media audience measurement tools with Nielsen.
Tags: Web 2.0, Tool, Australia, social networking, Facebook, brand, market research, emergency service, Web 2.0
Apple refining still clunky music-buying experience
News Apple's press event lacks the drama of the past but perhaps it's a sign that online music retail is growing up.
Tags: E-commerce, Mobile commerce, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Music, Video, Gartner Inc., digital music, Apple iPhone, agreement
YouTube wants to offer film rentals
News This would be a natural progression for YouTube, which has for the past year attempted to become a hub for feature films, but has not inked any deals.
Tags: Business applications, Data Management, Sony Pictures, Video, Comcast Corp., YouTube Inc., movie, Wall Street Journal, Data Management
Facebook provides free tool for translating sites
News Translations for Facebook Connect allows Web developers to tap technology that has been used to translate the social network itself into 65 languages.
Tags: Web 2.0, Site, Web Site, single sign-on, authentication, Google OpenSocial, Lee, Web 2.0, board, Facebook
