Analysis The Web's Top Takeover Targets This past year has been a very eventful one in the M&A arena, with many of web 2.0's biggest names being snapped up. A few stand-outs include the likes of YouTube, Photobucket, Feedburner, Last.fm, and StumbleUpon. Yet, there still remains a number of juicy, mouth-watering targets available on the market. This may be a great opportunity for… Aidan Henry View comments
web First Look: AideRSS Feed Filtering Back in January Amit Agarwal wrote a post called "How to Reduce RSS Stress In Your Online Life" in which he talked about managing enormous lists of RSS feeds. It's likely that your feed list doesn't top 1200 like Amit's, but even with just 20 or 30 feeds, the constant stream of news can get overwhelming. At the time, on my own blog, I advised… Josh Catone View comments
web Nokia Acquires Media Sharing Startup Twango Today Nokia has acquired the media sharing service Twango. Twango combines online storage with social networking, allowing users to organize and share photos, videos and other personal media. Read/WriteWeb wrote an in-depth profile of Twango back in January, in a post entitled Twango Tackles Lucrative Media Sharing Market. Well it turns out it… Richard MacManus View comments
Analysis Self Publishing Tool Kit: How to Write and Publish a Novel Over the weekend the final book in the Harry Potter series was released. In the first 24 hours of release it sold a staggering 72.1 million copies worldwide, blasting out of the water the previous record book launch (held by the last Harry Potter book). "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" actually made more money than the latest Potter… Josh Catone View comments
News YouTube Re-design in Beta Today I spotted a link on YouTube to "Try out the NEW (beta) version of this page!". Clicking through, I saw a fresh design for their video pages - not a huge re-design, but there were some subtle improvements. The main navigation and theme is largely the same, but links have been re-ordered, usability had been improved, and there is a… Richard MacManus View comments