Posts Tagged with ‘Xobni’

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 difference "this time around" is that there is some really exciting technology coming out of the web interactivity boom, and regardless of the fate of [...]

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, MySpace apps, and Hi5 apps. The real question, however, is what will happen to these companies and this ecosystem if one of the foundation companies [...]

As I've pointed out many times before, many Web 2.0 "apps" are merely features that could be added to existing products on the market. There seems to be a tendency to build these small extensions since they have a lower entry point, cost less money, and have a more obvious exit plan: get bought by the company whose app you are enhancing.
So when Xobni's near-imminent purchase by Microsoft seemed all but signed on the dotted line, it all made perfect [...]

Odds are that any additional articles I write today will be site reviews, because today is my least favorite day of the year as a tech blogger. Beyond my usual schedule of getting Rick rolled at least once a day by someone, I am now stuck with sifting through my feeds trying to determine what's actual news and what's an April Fool's Day prank.
Of course, since this has become a tech blogosophere tradition, many blogs are determined to get out [...]