Tag: web 2.0
NMK 2007: VC on Web 2.0: "Build the traffic, THEN worry about the revenue…"
Wasn’t the big problem with the first dotcom boom a few years back that loads of companies were focusing on getting loads of users for their swanky websites, without thinking hard enough about how they’d actually make money?
NMK Forum 2007 – liveblogging from London
Today I’m liveblogging straight from the NMK Forum 2007, (New Media Knowledge), which is an annual conference dealing with social media, and the impact it has on the future.
Apple iPhone application development: can't do right by some
Andy Merrett writes…
Thanks to the amount of hype and spin surrounding the iPhone, it seems that, when it comes to third party applications, Apple can’t do right by some people.
Apple were criticised right from the start when it looked as if they wouldn’t offer any kind of third-party application support for the iPhone.
Now that their initial solution has been unveiled – Web 2.0 and AJAX – they’re being slated again. Pick a derogatory word about Apple’s solution and it’s probably been used against them.
It seems few people stop to consider that this is Apple’s first-generation iPhone. As with the first Apple TV, the first iPod, the first Mac, the first iMac, or the first MacBook Pro, it will have first-generation functionality.
Everyone knows that future generations of the iPhone will feature more functionality. Take a look at the evolution of the iPod, now imagine what an iPhone could look like in five years’ time.
NMK 2007: Social networks dominated by "white, middle-class males"
More sparky debate from today’s NMK 07 Forum in London, which Kat is liveblogging. Jemima Gibbons from Interactiveknowhow put the cat among the pigeons in the day’s second debate, by claiming that social networking sites are dominated by white, middle-class males.
NMK 2007: BBC admits it can learn a lot from YouTube and social media
Today’s NMK 2007 conference in London saw a panel session on ‘Media, Publishing and Advertising: Old Guard, New Tricks’ which discussed how Big Media is facing up to the challenges and opportunities of social media.
NMK 2007: Jason Calacanis' Mahalo Greenhouse will pay YOU for writing search results
Today sees a bunch of Web 2.0 luminaries converging on London for the NMK 2007 conference, debating all aspects of social media. Kat is there liveblogging it as we speak. And the big news so far has been the announcement of Malaho Greenhouse, which is offering to pay internet users to submit search results, which will be used on search engine Mahalo.com.
YouTube planning big mobile push in 2008
If you’re on Vodafone here in the UK, you can already watch selected YouTube videos thanks to a deal signed between the two companies a while back.
iPhone opens up to developers via current web standards: No complicated SDK needed
Andy Merrett writes…
Developers have been waiting for some time to find out exactly if and how they can create applications for the iPhone – and yesterday Steve Jobs told them.
At his opening Keynote speech to the World Wide Developers’ Conference, he made it clear that the iPhone would handle applications, and they’d all run using Web 2.0 and AJAX technologies via the updated version of the Safari web browser.
I’ve already written that developers may now take notice of Safari because of the iPhone, and this effectively seals the deal.
This week's Top 5 new Facebook applications
Facebook’s new Applications section goes from strength to strength, with a wide array of Web 2.0 companies producing widgets for the social networking site.
Last.fm Plus application goes live on Facebook
One of the most hotly-awaited Facebook apps was the one by music service Last.fm, which went live last week (you can add it to your profile by clicking here). However, users have been grumbling about bugs, missing features or simply that it isn’t living up to their expectations.
