Google Google Opens Pocket to Gadget Developers Google has created a site called Google Gadget Ventures. Marissa Mayer will announce it this evening at the Searchonomics Conference in Santa Clara. It's a pilot program, with the aim of "bootstrapping an economic ecosystem around gadgets" - according to a press email we received. The program has two separate monetary offers. The first is an… Richard MacManus View comments
Polls Poll: Will You Buy an iPhone? With the excitement building about Apple's iPhone, and lots of third party apps being developed for it, now is a good time to find out how many R/WW readers will be buying one - and if so, when? Please participate in our poll below: MySpace Polls - Take Our Poll Richard MacManus View comments
web iPhone Web Development Frenzy As media and blog coverage of the iPhone release on Friday June 29 reaches boiling point, web app providers are frantically pumping out versions of their apps for the iPhone. CRM provider Etelos - which has already embraced other popular Web platforms like Google Apps, Netvibes, Pageflakes and Windows Live - announced on its blog today an Etelos… Richard MacManus View comments
Analysis Yahoo! 2.0: Its Reorganization and Future Yahoo! is changing. Terry Semel's resignation and co-founder Jerry Yang's return to the CEO position is one of the most visible changes. Yahoo! has always been harshly criticized for not being a technology company and lagging behind Google. They have even been criticized for not having the foresight to buy Google early on when the opportunity arose… Emre Sokullu View comments
Analysis Facebook Acquisitions: Fad or Proof of Platform Success? On Monday the blog Inside Facebook broke the story that the Facebook-only application Favorite Peeps had been acquired by slideshow creator Slide (and Slide confirmed to me yesterday that they had reached an agreement with the creator of Favorite Peeps). The rumored acquisition price was $60,000. This is the second Facebook app buy-out reported… Josh Catone View comments