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Web 2.0: Nitobi's Andre Charland on Ajax and Robot Replay

admin — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:26:06 +0000

As technology evolves, our lives change. In an interview with WebProNews at the Web 2.0 Expo, Nitobi CEO Andre Charland spoke with us about how his company’s technology can change our lives for the better. He explains the proper application of Ajax and the effectiveness of Robot Replay. Check out this exclusive interview in our continuing coverage of the Web 2.0 Expo.

Yahoo Plans to Work on 2.0 Strategy

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:07:48 +0000

Yahoo is launching a new strategy that uses multiple websites and services in order to gain a stronger position in social networking. Although Yahoo has a strong collection of social web properties, their social-networking system Yahoo 360 hasn’t reached the position the company had expected. Their social web properties are the Flickr photo-sharing site, the del.icio.us social-bookmarking site, the Yahoo Answers question-and-answer search engine, and the Yahoo Groups discussion service. Executive Vice President of Yahoo’s network division Jeff Weiner discussed improvements during a keynote with conference chairman John Battelle at the Web 2.0 Expo.

“We have to pull it all together.”

This is not the first time Yahoo has had to publicly acknowledge the company’s discontentment with Yahoo 360. They also recognize their need to improve their position in a market ruled primarily by service providers such as MySpace, Facebook, and Friendster. Last year, rumors floated that Yahoo was looking to buy a social networking site, and that it talked with Facebook, but did not come to an agreement.

Reports from the Web 2.0 Expo’s sister event, Web 2.0 Summit back in November, read that Yahoo might remake Yahoo 360. According to PC World India, Weiner takes full responsibility for improving Yahoo’s position in social networking. No details have been released as to how Yahoo may use the social media sites to better rival social networking.

Web 2.0 Expo: Live Interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:26:41 +0000

At the Web 2.0 Expo today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke with John Battelle, Founder and Chairman of Federated Media Publishing, about many issues. First on the list of items to discuss, was the announcement of the presentation application as part of the Google Docs and Spreadsheets. The presentations portion completes Google’s basic Office suite that is scheduled to be out within the next few months. Schmidt talks about the DoubleClick situation and how they make a good team. Google is very confident in their decision. All the controversial issues are the highlights of the discussion including the Viacom situation. The interview concludes with the topic of the future of the Internet and Google and all the growth potential with both.