Archive for the “Web2.0” category
Facebook Builds “Reverse-API” — Will Get *Others* To Build *Its* Mashups!
by Tony Hung on May 21, 2007
Wow … its not 100% ballsy, as big players will actually be lining up to do this.
Geni: The Social Network For The Rest of Us?
by Tony Hung on May 20, 2007
Not sure if you’ve checked out Geni yet — its a social network that has gotten a lot of positive coverage at TechCrunch in recent months, and I have to tell you: I totally think that it deserves it. Geni (…)
Joost’s Powerpoint-PDF Poof: Not Intended, But Actually Good News
by Tony Hung on May 19, 2007
You may have heard, courtesy of Pete Cashmore, that some of Joost’s own internal documents were leaked on to the web. Its kind of interesting from a technical point of view, but what’s more interesting is what the documents say. (…)
What Microsoft’s Purchase of Aquantive Really Says About Its Future
by Tony Hung on May 18, 2007
The situation? Microsoft has picked up Aquantive, an end-to-end advertising firm which was birthed just before the first bubble popped in the late nineties for a redmond-ian sum of 6 billion dollars and change. The issue? Microsoft paid almost 100% (…)
Can Bloggers Withstand The Siren Call of Payola? Not When Big Media Is Calling.
by Tony Hung on May 16, 2007
Bloggers can’t — and that’s going to create a vacuum of influence.
Truemors: A Lesson For Web2.0 Startups — Celebrity Is Important.
by Tony Hung on May 15, 2007
Well, Guy Kawaski’s Truemors has debuted today. My initial reaction to Truemors was violently snobby, and in fact, I was half a hair away from crafting a “Truemors is Teh Lamest 2.0!” type post. After taking a deep breath, however, (…)
MySpace News Not A Juggernaut? Its The Users, Silly.
by Tony Hung on May 15, 2007
Well, some observations from the ever-observant Marshall Kirkpatrick, filtering through Mike Arrington and a few others, that MySpace News is teh dead. Or, something close to it. Crickets chirping, the slow silent death of unusage and all that rot. This (…)