Comments on: Roundup: Zlango’s leaked PowerPoint, DIY Facebook apps, and more

By: VentureBeat » Widget-maker MadKast raises $300k

VentureBeat » Widget-maker MadKast raises $300k — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:30:48 +0000

[...] It joins the ranks of hundreds of other widget-makers trying to provide interesting widgets. The number of competitors will only grow as larger widget companies like Widgetbox and Dapper have recently launched features that allow anyone to create their own widgets (our coverage). [...]

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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:41:13 +0000

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By: Which morons funded Zlango? « Life in the Bit Bubble

Which morons funded Zlango? « Life in the Bit Bubble — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:44:21 +0000

[...] geek, there are few tidbits that are as juicy as the leak of Zlango’s funding presentation on Venturebeat yesterday. What I saw and read probably rivaled the leak of Fake Steve Jobs’ real identity as [...]

By: Peter Cranstone

Peter Cranstone — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:45:35 +0000

Amazing… $12m from a PowerPoint where the financials lack an expense row. (You have to do the math yourself).

Also why is this innovative? Icons have been around forever. Can you imagine having to open up a window each time to select the icon. This might appeal to teenagers however it’s a one hit wonder. They will use it a few times and then switch back to simple text.

By: Louis

Louis — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:47:35 +0000

Your Dapper link goes to another Dapper – some kind of music site.

By the way, are any of these widgets read/write? They seem to only pull data into facebook but don’t allow users to write data from facebook to your external website. It would be really cool to have both, assuming facebook technology allows it.