web Software Runs Into Iceberg Iceberg on Demand is declaring war on software, according to Co-Founder and head of product development Wayne Byrne. Iceberg is a private beta startup that provides a Web based platform for building, sharing and selling powerful business applications, without the need to do coding. A user at Iceberg can create applications using simple DIY… Phil Butler View comments
Search Hakia Launches Semantic Highlighter and Scoop Button Today hakia added a hakia highlighter to their “meaning-based” search engine, producing a highlighted sentence inside a search result. The bigger announcement is tomorrow, when hakia will launch a scoop button - a browser plug-in that not only highlights text, but when you click on a result page it scrolls automatically to the… Phil Butler View comments
web MindTouch Aims To Transform Wiki On Friday I viewed a demo of the latest version of the Deki Wiki product from MindTouch, with Co- Founders Steve Bjorn and Aaron Fulkerson. The latest upcoming release, called "Deki Wiki Hayes", is described as a wiki and platform for developing collaborative web applications. The company says it's similar to CMS web frameworks like… Phil Butler View comments
Analysis Powerset and hakia - Quest For The Semantic Web This week I spoke with Barney Pell, CEO of Powerset; and Melek Pulatkonak, COO of hakia. In both (separate) conversations we discussed how the Semantic Web is getting very close. The Semantic Web as defined by Tim Berners-Lee is: "a universal platform for the exchange of data, information and knowledge." I think Barney and Melek would agree, that… Phil Butler View comments
web Review of Streamy, a News Networking Service Getting to the crux of Streamy, a very new beta startup, has proven to be more difficult than several prominent bloggers originally thought. I have been testing the development since Friday and awoke today to the news that Streamy is everything from a Digg competitor to a doomed social networking site. I was working late Friday, when the founders… Phil Butler View comments
web Viewpoints Takes on Epinions With Personalized Reviews Viewpoints.com has set its sights on being the "end all" review site for people who like to read and write reviews. This niche probably should have been filled by now, but mysteriously no one site has dominated this segment of Web 2.0 - with the possible exception of Epinions. Viewpoints offers a platform for reading, rating and writing reviews… Phil Butler View comments
web Flock Version 0.9 Focuses on Social Media Discovery This Tuesday social web browser Flock will release Version 0.9, as they inch towards the full 1.0. Version 0.9 is currently available to early adopters as a 'Release Candidate'. I had an in-depth chat with Flock's CEO Shawn Hardin last week and I have been testing the 0.9 version too. The actual version I have been running is 0.899.1, but the… Phil Butler View comments
web MyLifeBrand: Social Network Aggregator Playing Catch Up MyLifeBrand is a new social networking convergence service, currently in invitation-only alpha testing. This product aggregates Web 2.0 functionality, tools, creativity and a portal for converging business with user generated content. The premise is to offer diverse services where individuals, groups and businesses can take advantage of… Phil Butler View comments
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
Music Fairtilizer - New Online Music Service The other day I tracked down another early alpha-testing startup called Fairtilizer, which is an online music community aspiring to define a new generation of music media. The premise behind this startup is that user generated music media is a threshold where online recommendations, distribution, artists and labels will pass the traditional TV… Play Phil Butler View comments