Comments on: Roundup: EBay looks shaky, NPR’s API, the Spoken Web, and more

By: wigix

wigix — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:16:33 +0000

[...] there??s going to be an awfully large hole for next-gen auction startups like wigix to fill. …http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/17/roundup-ebay-looks-shaky-nprs-api-the-spoken-web-and-more/Read “wigix.com – another EBay competitor” at Off Topic Forum Anyone using Want It Got It Exchange – [...]

By: wigix

wigix — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:18:20 +0000

[...] there??s going to be an awfully large hole for next-gen auction startups like wigix to fill. …http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/17/roundup-ebay-looks-shaky-nprs-api-the-spoken-web-and-more/New Online Market Wigix: More Like Nasdaq Than Sotheby’s E-Commerce TimesThe idea was simple: Build [...]

By: Javaun Moradi

Javaun Moradi — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:37:07 +0000

Nice post Chris! I did want to clarify some things about the NPR API.

The NPR API does include just about everything that we currently have the rights to distribute. There are some shows like "Fresh Air", "Car Talk", "Diane Rehm", etc. where NPR is involved in production or distribution but doesn't own the content rights. Other popular shows like "This American Life" and "Marketplace" aren't NPR shows at all, but are produced by other public radio companies like PRI and APM. Daniel Jacobson discusses the NPR API and rights on his blog post. Clearly, he wants to add more content to the API: http://www.npr.org/blogs/inside/2008/07/api_rig...

Otherwise, you'll find just about everything else there, including full text and audio.

I'm not a lawyer and not familiar with the full TOS. But as a non-profit, non-commercial source of news and information, NPR.org is very careful about the separation between its content and any sponsorship that appears on the website. To fulfill the public's trust, we're very careful to keep this distinction.

Javaun Moradi, NPR

By: hawaii auction

hawaii auction — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:45:50 +0000

[...] what it??s doing. EBay??s earnings were buoyed by its online payments and advertising divisions, bhttp://venturebeat.com/2008/07/17/roundup-ebay-looks-shaky-nprs-api-the-spoken-web-and-more/Auctions: Military items are available at two sales Thursday The Philadelphia InquirerMilitary items [...]

By: Meghan

Meghan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:04:17 +0000

I came across this new auction site (www.yasfa.com) recently and was intrigued by the concept, a combination of online auction, social networking and charity. Looks like they built the site around ad revenue, since they don’t collect fees for themselves. They do collect referral fees to give back to their members.

By: Rajat

Rajat — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:01:12 +0000

Love the concept of 'spoken search' esp. for mobile – I have iphone and still don't want to type in the small thing….

By: ibm earnings

ibm earnings — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:02:37 +0000

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By: Brick Marketing

Brick Marketing — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:55:22 +0000

Love the idea of “spoken web”… we currently are testing a “spoken search” feature on our BlackBerry – quite cool!

By: mbb52

mbb52 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:43:55 +0000

One good thing about this ride is that all the rug-heads can watch their bank-accounts go down. an the only other thing the US needs is cooking oil & that does not come from dinosaur. Come On Back America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!