News Google Books Settlement under Scrutiny by Justice Department Last October, Google announced that it had reached a deal with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, that would allow Google to scan, display, and sell advertising against out-of-print books. The advertising and subscription revenues from this deal would be shared between Google, the authors, and publishers. In the last… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Features Mapping the Current Web Transition A year ago, I wrote a magnum opus three-part post that attempted to chronicle some of the underlying changes happening in the economy and how this would impact web technology ventures. "Useful, but too long" was a recurring comment. So, here is a one-year update, much shorter. And hopefully a bit clearer, seeing as we are further into this… Bernard Lunn View comments
Facebook Get Facebook on Your Desktop with New Official App At the same time as Facebook announced their Open Stream API technology, the company also released a desktop application built with Adobe AIR as a way to demonstrate the sorts of things that the new technology makes possible. With the app, you're able to interact with your stream just as you would on Facebook, but without the browser. You can… Social Sarah Perez View comments
Product Reviews Faves.com Lives! Do you remember Faves.com? Don't feel bad if you shook your head "no." This older social bookmarking site formerly called Blue Dot was built way back in 2005, a couple of years after Delicious came on the scene and at a time when social bookmarking was still a hot new trend. After having raised multiple rounds of funding throughout the years, Faves… Social Sarah Perez View comments
Groupware Backboard: Getting Feedback Made Easy Backboard, a sophisticated online solution for gathering feedback about various types of documents, came out of public beta this morning. Backboard allows users to upload and comment on standard Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, but it also supports most standard graphics formats, including PhotoShop, and gives users the ability to mark up and… Frederic Lardinois View comments