Bit.ly nabs cash, gives TinyURL a run for its money
At first glance, Bit.ly looks like every other URL shortening service — turning lengthy web addresses into something compact and easily-tweeted like http://bit.ly/11BCd2 — indistinguishable from the Short.tos and Doiops of the world. Of course, TinyURL, the first of its kind, remains the heavyweight, seemingly… Continue Reading
Tim O’Reilly prescription for the ailing economy: Work on stuff that matters
When publisher, tech guru and part-time social entrepreneur Tim O’Reilly prescribes a new business model to heal the shattered global economy and its equally-bruised ecosystem, should tech execs listen up? Only if they want to be in business five years from now.
O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology Conference… Continue Reading
Pique recommends products across Web sites (and Web 2.0 is dead?)
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Aggregate Knowledge, a Silicon Valley company that recommend products to visitors of Web sites based on what people like them have previously chosen, is offering its service across Web sites.
The service is called the Pique Discovery Network.
The San Mateo, Calif., company’s technology seeks to put… Continue Reading
O’Reilly takes over Esther Dyson’s Release 1.0, renames it Release 2.0
Tim O’Reilly, of O’Reilly Media has acquired analyst Esther Dyson’s Release 1.0 publication, and is renaming it Release 2.0 to help promote the Web 2.0 brand, which was coined by and is owned by O’Reilly’s group.
O’Reilly confirmed the story, first reported at Valleywag, however told… Continue Reading