When you have that one hot service, it's always tempting to push everything else through it. Tempting, because for you, the service provider, it's simpler. But for the customer, what's easier for a service provider isn't always easier for you.
I ask this question because I think we may well be inching closer to a point where lots of web services will be free. I say free, but what I really mean is advert-supported. But that's still free, isn't it?
I think there's room for something a little special. I think the guys at TinyURL could help towards thwarting the effectiveness of comment spam, and here's how…
Amazed by the amount of click traffic through my del.icio.us bookmarks for both wikio, the democratic news portal and outside.in, the geo-targeted news portal, I thought I ought to commit some pixels to screen in the form of a 'Lite' review.
Rumor has it that Google is buying the RSS management and advertising service Feedburner, and that the deal would have been announced sooner if it wasn’t for that itsy bitsy DoubleClick purchase.
What do you think of Apollo and its chances in the near future? It is a fiercely competitive market, with Adobe, Microsoft, Sun, Google and others all active - and each has a differing vision for web app deployment.
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Given that I've read of other people discussing the downside to the 'Digg Effect' and the lack of value in getting a hit on Digg, how long before the search engines devalue Digg, too?
Running your own business isn't easy. It's a life-changing commitment that requires a great deal of your time. But the possible rewards can often vastly out-weigh the trials, troubles and tribulations you'll encounter along the way.
Aggregating stuff with things like Yahoo! Pipes is the in-thing recently. What with mobile businesses and their shared 'Workstreams', the rules are changing rapidly.
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