Web 2.0 Expo: Don't worry, be app-y

roundup The annual conference of Web innovators may be smaller than last year's. But it's still a place for big ideas, with a focus on mobile apps and solid business plans. Get the latest news about products and lectures here.

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Web 2.0 Expo 2009: Downsized, but not out

Fewer people, fewer presenters heading to San Francisco Web 2.0 confab. But it could have been much worse.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)
March 30, 2009 9:20 PM PDT

O'Reilly: The Web is still learning, but it can teach, too

The kickoff keynote for this year's Web 2.0 Expo wasn't too surprising: that the world has a ton of problems and that the tech industry has a lot to offer.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
April 1, 2009 5:18 PM PDT

Google demos prototype of mobile Gmail app

Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundrota shows off prototype of a new Web-based Gmail app that could one day be used on any smartphone.
(Posted on ZDNet)
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• Video: Palm announces WebOS platform, Mojo messaging service
April 2, 2009

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Dot-com thinking for D.C.: Expert Labs debuts

The incubator will link up government problems with the developers and scientists who can help solve them, and former Six Apart executive Anil Dash will head up the nonprofit. Read more

Posted by Caroline McCarthy November 18, 2009 11:47 AM PST

A tale of two Diggs

It's clear that the company has to deal with its dual identity as a social-news pioneer struggling to compete with Facebook and Twitter, and a Slashdot-like fanboy hub. Read more

Posted by Caroline McCarthy November 18, 2009 4:00 AM PST

O'Reilly: The Web is at war, and it's making me sad

In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly sets off the punditocracy by insisting that the "war of the Web" is heating up again. Did it ever cool off? Read more

Posted by Caroline McCarthy November 17, 2009 1:28 PM PST

Web 2.0 Expo: Time to hit refresh?

The dominant conversation at the San Francisco confab was how to innovate and thrive in the new economy. Here's a suggestion: change the way conferences work, too. Read more

Posted by Caroline McCarthy April 3, 2009 5:46 PM PDT

The dark secrets of Whopper Sacrifice

One of the brains behind the wildly successful Burger King Facebook ad campaign talks about how the key to its wildfire spread was a combination of simplicity and cultural pervasiveness. Read more

Posted by Caroline McCarthy April 3, 2009 1:19 PM PDT

Google shows off Gmail mobile Web app

The search giant, illustrating its belief in the Web, shows off a prototype of a Web-based Gmail application that runs on both an iPhone and Android phone. Read more

Posted by Stephen Shankland April 3, 2009 11:27 AM PDT

Nokia Messaging adds Windows Live Hotmail support

Nokia announces support for Windows Live Hotmail on its e-mail application, Nokia Messaging. Read more

Posted by Bonnie Cha April 2, 2009 5:32 PM PDT

Launch Pad at Web 2.0 Expo: Crawlers in the sky

Five CEOs pitch their new businesses. Four are really smart. Read more

Posted by Rafe Needleman April 2, 2009 2:16 PM PDT

Will Wright: Gaming feeds egos

At the Web 2.0 Expo, the Sims and Spore creator talks about how the mainstream future in gaming is in letting users transport their real identities to the virtual space. Read more

Posted by Caroline McCarthy April 2, 2009 11:48 AM PDT

Web 2.0 Expo: Are we finally leaving the Middle Ages?

Author Douglas Rushkoff provides an optimistic view of the financial crisis in a talk at the San Francisco conference: it's our chance to get rid of so many broken old systems. Read more

Posted by Caroline McCarthy April 2, 2009 9:57 AM PDT

Time for Web 2.0 to wake up and smell the money

Web 2.0 companies have a lot to learn from open source in the business context--like how to actually deliver a return to investors. Read more

Posted by Matt Asay April 2, 2009 7:07 AM PDT

Palm opening WebOS SDK up to developers

We still don't know the price of the Pre, but Palm is ready to start letting developers get down and dirty with the software that will run on its comeback hope. Read more

Posted by Tom Krazit April 1, 2009 5:24 PM PDT

O'Reilly: The Web is still learning, but it can teach, too

The kickoff keynote for this year's Web 2.0 Expo wasn't too surprising: that the world has a ton of problems and that the tech industry has a lot to offer. Read more

Posted by Caroline McCarthy April 1, 2009 5:18 PM PDT

Web 2.0 Expo: Mozilla's UI designer talks shop

Mozilla's Aza Raskin talks to attendees of the Web 2.0 Expo about designing Firefox and other apps, and how it's up to them to do some of the heavy lifting. Read more

Posted by Josh Lowensohn April 1, 2009 4:44 PM PDT

Accosted by Twitter at Web 2.0 Expo

Three companies have ways to make money from the company that's not making money. Read more

Posted by Rafe Needleman April 1, 2009 4:16 PM PDT

[samulebro]

As a cerebral palsy & lay person is it necessiarily to download this new Web2.0? Bit ambiguious for someone like me.I have downloaded Microsoft internet explorer 7 to 8.What is the difference? Please let me know?