web Zude Beta: Start Page on Steroids The Beta testing trail took us to an interesting new private beta site called Zude. This app is deploying cross domain drag-and-drop technology to allow users to create a unique Web presence. This development is like a 2015 version of Netvibes, or Pageflakes on steroids. 5g’s technology has enabled perhaps the most powerful personal… Phil Butler View comments
Analysis Standard URLs - Proposal for a Web with Less Search This post is a result of an email exchange between Greg Pass from Summize and myself (Alex Iskold). Big thanks to Greg for his original ideas and the technical collaboration. We spend most of our time online searching for information. This is not surprising, since the Web is a vast sea of information, where finding exactly what you are looking for… Alex Iskold View comments
Analysis Swap Meet 2.0: Selling Handmade Goods Online For a long time, artisans wishing to sell their hand crafted goods generally had to do so locally through gift shops, swap meets, and craft fairs. Then in the mid-90s along came eBay, and for many years it was the best option for artisans to get their goods out to the world. But in the past couple of years, new online marketplace startups… Josh Catone View comments
Analysis Office Apps on the iPhone: iPhone vs Blackberry It's possible the iPhone launch on Friday 29 June is more hype than substance - indeed the current poll we're running on R/WW has only 20% of respondants interested in buying an iPhone as soon as it's released! 41% have no plans to buy one and a further 18% said they'll never buy one. The poll is below, if you'd like to have your say… Richard MacManus View comments
Analysis Google's Marissa Mayer on The Future of Search Written by Nitin Karandikar; all photos by Jeremiah Owyang The highlight of the Searchnomics 2007 conference today was a keynote, at the very end, by Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products & User Experience at Google. Mayer's presentation was titled The Future of Search, in which she covered eight areas Google is focusing on now and in… Guest Author View comments