RSS Readers Acquisition Rumors - Newsgator and Moreover NewsGator Technologies will be announcing "a MAJOR acquisition" at the Web 2.0 Conference on October 5-7. Hmmm, I wonder who it is. Looking at my RSS Space spreadsheet, Newsgator is one of the leading vendors in the Reader Services category. They also have a presence in the Search space. I wouldn't be surprised if they acquire a lesser but… Richard MacManus View comments
Admin Re-design Just to let you know I've been re-arranging the furniture on Read/WriteWeb over the past couple of days. I went from a 3-column design to a 2-column one and tidied up the CSS. As well as keeping my web design chops up-to-date, I think the layout is a lot cleaner now. I feel like I can stretch my legs out more in this design. Anywho... time to write… Richard MacManus View comments
Weekly Wrap-ups Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-up, 19-25 Sep 2005 This week: Microsoft vs Google, Web 2.0 coverage galore, Web 2.0 Conference, The Real World: yoga blogging, Techie post of the week: Mini-Microsoft. The Wrap-up is proudly sponsored by: Microsoft vs Google Over the last week the number of stories about Microsoft vs Google has reached a crescendo. The best one was a story by CNET entitled… Richard MacManus View comments
Web Development MSN vs WebMachine CNET takes an interesting look at Microsoft's history in the Web era and suggests that MSN may now be a key part of Microsoft's Web 2.0 strategy. They write that MSN is already being used as a platform for Windows software releases: "The search service in Windows Vista, for example, shipped earlier as MSN Desktop Search. In addition, Internet… Richard MacManus View comments
Blogging 6-Figure Blogging Darren Rowse (who earns nearly US$200k a year from blogging) has published an interview with fellow "six figure blogger" The Manolo. Here's how The Manolo, who blogs about shoes, makes his/her money: "In the order of importance, the affiliate sales of the shoes and the fashion, the contextual ads like the google and the chitka, the blogads, then… Richard MacManus View comments