Posts Tagged with ‘Google-Street-View’

Web 2.0 Companies That Probably Shouldn’t Exist

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

For every great Web 2.0 company, service, or application, there are probably 5 or 10 that shouldn't exist. I'd be willing to bet that they don't even have a business plan.
Here are my latest "wasting bandwidth" award winners:
Can't get enough of Google Street View? Streetviewr is a cutesy little app that allows you to submit funny and bizarre pictures found on Google Street View. Considering the fact that Street View itself has no inherent value, piggybacking on top of it [...]

Privacy 2.0: Does It Even Exist?

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

With the explosive growth of user-generated content in Web 2.0, one of the results is that more and more personal information can be found online. As Kathy Sierra and others have discovered, the line between online presence and personal life is getting thinner all the time.
MySpace has tried to walk the line between user privacy concerns and compliance with law enforcement agencies this year, and it can only be assumed that if other social networking sites haven't already been contacted [...]