Posts Tagged with ‘web-2.0’

Kwiry: a Short-Term Memory Solution for Texting Addicts

Triston McIntyre

I have two confessions: I am a texting addict, and I suffer from either uncontrollable selective memory or just a terrible case of recurrent short-term memory loss. As of now, I am fairly sure no "Texters Anonymous" groups exist, and aside from questionable herbal remedies, I don't believe there are any medical advances for [...]

The 1.0 Lessons Missed By 2.0

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

In the ongoing Internet war, we have Gen X/Web 1.0 refugees on one side, and Gen Y/Web 2.0 upstarts on the other. No matter where I turn, there is always some new debate about which one has done more; which one is a true bubble. The typical Web 2.0 defense goes something like this:
The big [...]

Forget Gen Y, What Will We See with Gen Z?

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

This week has seen a great deal of nattering on about Generation Y: how the interact with the web, how they are going to solve all the world's problems with no coherent business model, and what they expect out of social networks.
To be honest, I'm old. Very old. I'm Generation X. And when someone suggested [...]

The Twitter Team Responds to Criticism

Triston McIntyre

Most of the social geeks out there are more than aware of the recent Twitter issues that have been happening off and on for a week or so now. Slowdown, errors, and even complete downtime have plagued the popular update and communicating medium, and like all good tech nerds, many were frustrated by the downtime [...]

Take the Red Pill: We Have No True Web 2.0

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

The other night, my husband asked me a question I had no answer for: when we've moved on to whatever Web 3.0 is going to be, what will be left of Web 2.0? There are carryovers from the 1.0 Bubble, but when you think about it, the Web itself is 1.0. And Tim Berners-Lee himself [...]

Where’ve You Been, Enterprise? Part I: Eastman Kodak Company

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

After talking with Angela LoSasso at Web 2.0 Expo, I started thinking about some of the “dinosaur” companies: enterprise and Web 1.0 companies that are trying to find their way in the Web 2.0 space. I had just seen a press release announcing the appointment of a “Chief Blogger” at Eastman Kodak Company. Like most [...]

What’s Considered Spam On Twitter?

Michael Garrett

I have been using Twitter for a while now, and it is quite a useful tool. I don't know that it is an indispensable utility that I depend on, but it does help generate short conversations and has many other helpful uses.
With any new communication tool that pops up on the web nowadays, there [...]

What Ever Happened to Not Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket?

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

Web 2.0 has developed its own ecosystem, with application builders able to build their apps using mash-ups, AIR clients, and new apps on the backs of popular 2.0 apps already in wide distribution. Virtually every day we see announcements of new applications based on Twitter and FriendFeed and Google Reader, as well as Facebook apps, [...]

Lycos Cinema Gets Innovative With Social Video

Michael Garrett

Up until now, having a movie night with friends or family meant that everybody had to get together at someone's house and gather in front of the television (or visiting a local movie theater). Now however, using it's patent-pending SimulStream technology, Lycos Cinema (when was the last time you heard anything from Lycos?!) introduces a [...]

Ribbit Launches Voice Capabilities for Salesforce

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

Once upon a time, in a career far, far away, I worked in marketing communications for a Fortune 500 company. CRM software, such as it was then, consisted mainly of managing your business cards and taking some notes, so it’s an industry I’ve stayed interested in as it’s grown and evolved.
The host of the Blogtropol.us [...]