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Automattic, the company powering the almighty blogging software that is WordPress, and the enterprise RSS experts, KnowNow have just very recently, reported that a partnership with WordPress has indeed happened! It is reported, at the KnowNow blog, that the two companies, that is to say Automattic and KnowNow will be offering a joint product, designed specifically for Wordpress blogs that reads and blogs feeds of websites, both public and private. What did TechCrunch say? Well, as usual, they had the [...]

How much do you think you’re worth? Want some figures to back it up? SalaryScout is more than just a useful tool, but also a persuasive plus-point to back you up in any dispute over pay. Dubbed merely a ‘research tool’, SalaryScout deserves a lot more mainstream attention and recognition than it’s received. Still, the ability of SalaryScout, is that it can help you ‘determine more precisely how much your skills and abilities are worth.’ This may be useful for [...]

And guess what? The website creator created by the creators of SecondLife is Ajaxified!  Rezzible, the spiffy, easy website creator that is sweeping the nation, is without a shadow of a doubt, the best Web 2.0 startup I’ve seen this year. We’ve seen some pretty darn impressive stuff, but this is great…
This might not even class as Web 2.0 - it’s that good. Can I coin the term Web 3.0 on this one? I suppose that the underlying technology is [...]

I am very proud to present to you Michael Cheney, multi-gazillionaire dog owner and internet marketer. He’s been on the net for ages and being the luck boy I am, I managed to grab an exclusive interview with him! We did the interview over Skype, but as podcasting isn’t supported here yet, I’ve written out the transcript.
So Michael, it’s great to speak to you. Will you tell my readers a bit about yourself?
Okay. Well, yeah, I’ve been online for about [...]

myTripz, apart from having a funky multi-colored logo, is a great social network which connects people world-wide. Rather than just being a cheap MySpace rip-off though, myTripz is a themed network, with users sharing experiences of days out, displaying photos of where they’ve been and recommending places for others to visit. The community feel there is great, with everyone dying to write about both the positive and the negative sides of things. If you think that your country won’t be [...]

The Universal Music Group has announced that they are suing MySpace. Incredible as it might seem, MySpace could be facing a ridiculously obsurd fine if found guilty of ‘encouraging users to illegally share music and music videos’. In the statement released by The Universal Music Group, they accuse MySpace of allowing people to illegally upload music and for providing the networking technology to share the content with others.
Evidently, Universal are doing it for the money, as there are plenty of [...]

On a Web 2.0 startup shopping spree, Yahoo yesterday announced that they have purchased three (Yes you read that right, three!) spiffy startups. Bix, KenetWorks and My Blog Log. So, as you can see, they’ve been pretty darn busy!
Take over bids are purportedly still flying thick and fast, and it looks like Yahoo has allocated their entire web development budget to these cool new Web 2.0 startups. Of course, they have to keep up with Google, who recently acquired JotSpot, [...]

Well! What a funny story! I was on the internet, trying to see if there was a story behind ‘profic’, the scheduled name for the little logos that are soon to be appearing in our profiles, here at Profy. What do I come across? A funny little Web 2.0 site called ‘Urban Dictionary‘.
Over the past day or two, using the site, I’ve become rather fond of its Digg style definition feel. I think it’s rather cool, how you can, without [...]

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have finally made a partnership in the search market. But not entirely. This small beginning may lead to bigger, other moves and joint projects together and will certainly make way for other, larger future ventures. Nevertheless, it’s a start.
Yahoo and Microsoft have now joined Google in the new format standard, Sitemaps. Many sites use sitemaps as a quick way of getting indexed by Google fast, and now that Microsoft and Yahoo have joined the craze, indexing [...]