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Web 2.0 Expo: Web apps invade San Francisco

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Jonathan Schwartz's Twitter Q&A posted

After a technical oversight prevented the head of O'Reilly Media from asking Twittered questions of Sun's CEO at a keynote address, both of them go beyond the call of duty to follow up. Read more
Posted by Daniel Terdiman April 26, 2008 1:16 PM PDT

Why it's time to dump the Web 2.0 sobriquet once and for all

The technology is moving too fast and increasingly, enterprise companies are taking the lead. So why are we sticking with a marketing term that's so yesterday? Read more
Posted by Charles Cooper April 26, 2008 5:00 AM PDT

Web 2.0 Expo wrap-up video

Rafe and Josh pick out the most interesting new products and services from the Web 2.0 Expo. Read more
Posted by Rafe Needleman April 25, 2008 6:10 PM PDT

The six secrets to mobile computing success

Zumobi's Ben Bederson and John SanGiovanni point to six things developers should heed when working on mobile computers, and praise Apple for getting it almost completely right. Read more
Posted by Tom Krazit April 25, 2008 3:20 PM PDT

Google's pointers on countering Web spam

Google's Matt Cutts offered the Web 2.0 Expo audience some tips to cut down on Web spam, plus a plug for a Google service that can help. Read more
Posted by Stephen Shankland April 25, 2008 12:20 PM PDT

Fake Steve Jobs lights up Web 2.0 Expo

The satirist blogger explains his rationale and drops a whole lot of his unique view of the world of technology. Read more
Posted by Daniel Terdiman April 25, 2008 10:26 AM PDT

O'Reilly invites Twitter questions at Web 2.0, doesn't ask them

The conference and magazine innovator offered to incorporate the backchannel in a way that could change how such confabs become interactive, but then doesn't follow up. Read more
Posted by Daniel Terdiman April 25, 2008 9:38 AM PDT

Jonathan Schwartz: A top blogger sees end to blogging

Blogging will live on, but it won't be called blogging, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz predicts. Read more
Posted by Stephen Shankland April 25, 2008 9:38 AM PDT

Live from Web 2.0 Expo!

Webware's Rafe Needleman reports on the big Web 2.0 show happening in San Francisco. Read more
Posted by Rafe Needleman April 25, 2008 8:00 AM PDT

The Web 2.0 economy hangs in limbo

Earnings are healthy, and new digital-ad networks are debuting seemingly by the day, but no one can deny that these economic times demand caution. Read more
Posted by Caroline McCarthy April 25, 2008 4:00 AM PDT

BigString releases IM for the paranoid

Click here to enter sooper-seekrit chat. Read more
Posted by Rafe Needleman April 24, 2008 10:07 PM PDT

Netvibes to open-source its widget platform

Developer of customizable start pages plans to open up its widget platform, APIs, and iPhone version, according to CEO Tariq Krim. Read more
Posted by Dan Farber April 24, 2008 10:01 PM PDT

Version 1.0 of Yahoo's new platform due later this year

Yahoo expects to ship Version 1.0 of what is called Y!Open, which will include a development environment, a social "activator" and graph, and a single profile for users at an unspecified time later this year. Read more
Posted by Dan Farber April 24, 2008 6:19 PM PDT

Using tags to improve the Flickr experience

The photo-sharing service's director of product management talks about the many ways tagging adds context to the understanding of what users are doing and seeing. Read more
Posted by Daniel Terdiman April 24, 2008 3:41 PM PDT

Schwaggin' Wagon cruises for conference party favors

A van-packed posse of social media geeks has come knocking at the Web 2.0 Expo for surplus shwag to donate. Read more
Posted by Elsa Wenzel April 24, 2008 3:13 PM PDT

Time to get over the Web 2.0 inferiority complex

Marc Andreessen may fret about nuclear winters, but he's not the only one wondering about where Web 2.0 is heading. Read more
Posted by Charles Cooper April 24, 2008 2:30 PM PDT

Finally, some actual Web 2.0 apps at Web 2.0 Expo

Launch Pad rapid-fire demo session highlights six cool start-ups. Read more
Posted by Rafe Needleman April 24, 2008 1:48 PM PDT

Max Levchin envisions an Alcoholics Anonymous app on Facebook

Man behind PayPal (and SuperPoke) thinks that Facebook applications can progress beyond their procrastination-friendly roots, but it might take some creativity. Read more
Posted by Caroline McCarthy April 24, 2008 11:55 AM PDT

Zittrain's 'U.S. 1.0' advice for Web 2.5

Chatting up his newly published book, Oxford professor suggests that the Internet is at "a constitutional moment," in need of a system of power checks and balances. Read more
Posted by Charles Cooper April 24, 2008 11:54 AM PDT

Flash Web builder tool, Rambla, demos at Web Expo

Attractive product builds too-flat pages. Read more
Posted by Rafe Needleman April 24, 2008 11:36 AM PDT



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