In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup – our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week – we analyze the impact of real-time information on the Web, investigate ‘web squared’ (when web 2.0 meets Internet of Things), tell you why cloud computing is the future of mobile, look at Delicious’ new Twitter re-design, check out Digg’s read/write API plans, and more. We also check in on our two new channels: ReadWriteEnterprise (devoted to ‘enterprise 2.0’ trends and products) and ReadWriteStart (dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs).
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Web Trends
Could Real Time Information Be An Unfair Advantage?
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a ban on a stock market practice known as “flash trading,” where supercomputers get access to information milliseconds before other traders. This raises similar issues about the growing prominence of real-time information on the web.
Web Squared: When Web 2.0 Meets Internet of Things
Recently Tim O’Reilly and John Battelle released a white paper entitled Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On. It’s a none to subtle attempt to re-brand web 2.0. But less cynically, the report also nicely applies Web 2.0 principles onto the emerging Internet of Things.
Twitter’s Most Active Users: Bots, Dogs, and Tila Tequila
Only 5% of Twitter’s users account for 75% of all the activity on the service, and almost one third of all the tweets posted by the most active users come from bots that each generate more than 150 tweets per day. According to a new report, one quarter of all the messages posted on Twitter are currently generated by bots.
As the EBook Market Matures, Amazon Will Face Stiff Competition
eBooks and eReaders are slowly but surely becoming mainstream. However, while Amazon is the current market leader among early adopters of this technology, there will be a lot of opportunities for other players in the market – including Sony and large mass-market retailers like Walmart.
Why Cloud Computing is the Future of Mobile
The term “cloud computing” is being bandied about a lot these days, mainly in the context of the “future of the web.” But cloud computing’s potential doesn’t begin and end with the personal computer’s transformation into a thin client – the mobile platform is going to be heavily impacted by this technology as well.
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Our channel devoted to ‘enterprise 2.0’ and using social software inside organizations. Sponsored by Socialtext.
Enterprise 2.0: Awareness is Easier Than Execution, Says Nielsen
In a new report studying social networking on intranets, Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen asserts that despite broad awareness, real execution of Web 2.0 in the enterprise is still rare at this point. This is a sobering reminder of just what it takes to make change happen in business.
ReadWriteStart
Our channel ReadWriteStart, sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark, is dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs.
How to Scale Without Losing Your Shirt
This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here.
There comes a time for every venture when the owners have to decide whether hockey-stick-like growth is feasible or not. In your initial plan, you indicated a sudden surge in revenue at a certain point in time, i.e. where the hockey stick shows up. You have now reached that point. You may have a great business, but will it hit the big time?
SEE MORE STARTUPS COVERAGE IN OUR READWRITESTART CHANNEL
Web Products
MySpace to Unveil Integration With Sites Around the Web, Using Open Standards
MySpace will announce in the next few weeks a major new feature being added to its MySpaceID product that will allow third-party websites to write updates into the MySpace activity feed just like Facebook Connect, but will also incorporate open semantic microformat code too.
Delicious Reborn as Real-Time News Tracker
Yahoo’s social bookmarking service Delicious launched a new home page this week, combining recent tagging activity and cross-referenced links on Twitter to deliver what it calls the hottest news from around the web in real time.
Digg Opening Up? New Read/Write API Coming Soon
The social news community at Digg.com may be on the verge of opening up. A forthcoming Digg API will allow people to “not only read data, but also contribute data, too.” In other words, a Read/Write API.
SchoolRack Gives Teachers, Students, Parents Interactive Resources Online
SchoolRack is a resource for grade school and high school teachers to create their own websites where they can communicate and interact with their students and those students’ parents.
Spotify to Close Up to $50M Round Before US Launch
In anticipation of the company’s US launch, the on-demand music streaming site Spotify is finalizing what is rumored to be a $50 million dollar round of investments. This will value the Swedish company at $250 million dollars.
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That’s a wrap for another week! Enjoy your weekend everyone.
