Real World OneWebDay: In Celebration Of The Web Today is the first OneWebDay, a global awareness event to "create, maintain, advance and promote a global day to celebrate online life." It was founded by Susan Crawford, associate professor at the Cardozo School of Law in New York City. Some big Web names have been lined up in support - including Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Craig Newmark of… Richard MacManus View comments
Web Office Microsoft Plans Web-based Works Suite - Including Word Processing And Spreadsheets In the clearest sign yet that the big guns are preparing to step up the battle for Web Office, Microsoft has said it is considering releasing a version of Microsoft Works (the poor cousin of Microsoft Office) as a web suite. The desktop version of Works retails for $50 and includes a calendar, word processor, spreadsheets, Web Browser and… Richard MacManus View comments
Start Pages Business Web Desktop From Salesforce.com We've seen a lot of action in the 'personalized start page' space on the consumer side, but relatively little development in business web 'start pages'. Salesforce.com has an interesting feature in its upcoming Winter '07 release that may change that. Called the Business Web Desktop, it's basically an Ajax-powered web homepage for Salesforce… Richard MacManus View comments
Social Networks The Social Networking Faceoff Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus. With all this buzz around the potential Yahoo! acqusition of Facebook for $1Billion, we think it's time to do the social networking faceoff. Arguably of all services in the new social era, the social network sites hold most promise. The reason for this is that these community-driven sites… Social Alex Iskold View comments
Business Breaking News: Facebook in talks with Yahoo for rumored $1B deal The WSJ is reporting that US Social Networking site Facebook is in serious talks to sell itself to Yahoo, for an amount that may be as high as $1 billion. According to the WSJ, this is a return to the acquisition talks which Facebook has held over the past year with Yahoo - as well as Microsoft and Viacom. If this deal goes through (and strange it… Richard MacManus View comments