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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Ryan Stewart, 15.05.2007: Cairo Mozilla’s "Answer" to Flash?

Ryan Stewart, 15.05.2007: Cairo Mozilla’s "Answer" to Flash?
by Jeremy: "Mozilla is actually using Cairo as their new graphic composition engine. Cairo is going to allow them to have smoother font rendering, better image scaling (and page scaling), improved svg support and the ability to support more of the CSS3 specs."

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Tech.co.uk, 11.05.2007: Apple iPhone: more secrets revealed

Tech.co.uk, 11.05.2007: Apple iPhone: more secrets revealed
by Rob Mead: "Considering third-party software; smaller iPhone on the way."

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

TechCrunch, 01.05.2007: Why Silverlight Is Important

Why Silverlight Is Important
by Michael Arrington: "The announcements around Microsoft’s new Silverlight platform yesterday were important to anyone who is thinking about where the web will evolve."

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Read/Write Web, 18.04.2007: Bungee Labs - Next Generation Web Development Platform

Read/Write Web, 18.04.2007: Bungee Labs - Next Generation Web Development Platform
by Richard MacManus: "Yesterday in the Web 2.0 Expo booths, I checked out Bungee Labs - an ambitious new on-demand, web-based development environment that enables developers to build and deploy web apps that utilize the large variety of APIs and web services out on the Internet."

Ajaxian, 18.04.2007: Google announces new AJAX Feed API

Ajaxian, 18.04.2007: Google announces new AJAX Feed API
by Dion Almaer: "The Google AJAX API team has announced a genuinely useful Feed API that gives an Ajax developer the ability to access feeds, cached in the fast Google edge cache where appropriate, from across the web using a simple JavaScript API."

ZDNet.com, The Universal Desktop, 18.04.2007: “WPF/E” becomes Silverlight, struts its video side

ZDNet.com, The Universal Desktop, 18.04.2007: “WPF/E” becomes Silverlight, struts its video side
by Ryan Stewart: "At the NAB conference this morning, Microsoft is giving us a first glimpse at Silverlight, the artist formerly known as 'WPF/E'. Because the announcement comes from the NAB conference, but also because it's one of Silverlights major strong points, Microsoft is talking a lot about video."

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone, 06.04.2007: Coop for Firefox imagines browser-based social networking

Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone, 06.04.2007: Coop for Firefox imagines browser-based social networking
by Peter Butler: "Earlier this week, Mozilla Labs made news with its announcement of a social networking add-on called The Coop. According to the official post on the Mozilla Labs blog, The Coop is "a Mozilla Labs project to experiment with adding social tools to the Web browser." For those of us who know about Flock (download for Windows)--a Firefox-based browser with added "Web 2.0" features--that sounds like a very familiar concept. So what does it all mean for the future of Firefox and Flock?"

Monday, March 05, 2007

Business Week, 01.03.2007: What to Do with Apple's Cash

Business Week, 01.03.2007: What to Do with Apple's Cash
by Arik Hesseldahl: "Launching a venture capital fund would allow Apple to fund its vision for the future without making awkward acquisitions"

A VC, 03.03.2007: All Software Should Be Social

A VC, 03.03.2007: All Software Should Be Social
by Fred Wilson: "Since reading that, I can barely use software that doesn't have other people in it. I want profiles and faces and connections. I want to see what others are doing with the software. I want to connect and be connected."

The Content Economy, 01.03.2007: Web 2.0 And The Content Management Problem

The Content Economy, 01.03.2007: Web 2.0 And The Content Management Problem
by Oscar Berg: "Web 2.0 applications such as wikis and blogs encourage freeform and open communication and thereby facilitate information and knowledge exchange. But, they will also lead to an organic growth of content with an – more or less - ad hoc organization."

Web Strategy by Jeremiah, 03.03.2007: Enterprise Infrastructure Industry to up Business Offering, giving CIOs more Sleep

Web Strategy by Jeremiah, 03.03.2007: Enterprise Infrastructure Industry to up Business Offering, giving CIOs more Sleep
by Jeremiah Owyang: "Just last week, I was present and documented how the emerging Web industry is being sought after by Enterprise IT companies, now this latest ploy is starting to flip over as Social Media features integrate into existing enterprise environments."

Friday, March 02, 2007

Read/Write Web, 01.03.2007: Morfik's Ajax Platform Set To Challenge Google, Adobe, Microsoft

Read/Write Web, 01.03.2007: Morfik's Ajax Platform Set To Challenge Google, Adobe, Microsoft
by Richard MacManus: "Morfik, has mostly been flying under the radar for the past year, but their 100% Ajax platform is getting set for its 1.0 release at the end of March. I caught up with the team recently to see what they've got under the hood...."

Techbuzz, 28.02.2007: OfficeZilla – Centralized Project Management Solution

Techbuzz, 28.02.2007: OfficeZilla – Centralized Project Management Solution
by Thilak: "OfficeZilla is a robust web-based solution for such centralized collaborative needs. In simpler words, OfficeZilla is like having a virtual intranet for your organization for free."

Read/Write Web, 28.02.2006: Adobe Engage - How Will Apollo Impact Mainstream Users?

Read/Write Web, 28.02.2006: Adobe Engage - How Will Apollo Impact Mainstream Users?
by Jay Fortner: "After attending Adobe’s Engage event, where Adobe peeled the covers off Apollo, I began to wonder how compelling this offering is for the mainstream user; and what is the most likely diffusion scenario (i.e. how it will be accepted by the market)."

Techcrunch, 28.02.2007: Best Apollo Demos

Techcrunch, 28.02.2007: Best Apollo Demos
by Ryan Stewart: "There were a bunch of product demos today at Adobe’s Engage event, but there were a few that stood out and should have a big impact on the startup world. They also happened to be some of the best demos of the day."

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Mashable, 27.02.2007: Brightcove Launching AfterMix - Pulls Ahead of YouTube?

Mashable, 27.02.2007: Brightcove Launching AfterMix - Pulls Ahead of YouTube?
by Pete Cashmore: "The video platform Brightcove is trying to make moves into YouTube’s consumer-facing territory: as part of that venture, they’re expected to launch Aftermix (closed beta coming in a few weeks), a tool that lets users borrow professional video clips and incorporate them into into their own productions."

James Governor’s Monkchips, 28.02.2007: Brightcove: Towards a Media We-Distribution model?

James Governor’s Monkchips, 28.02.2007: Brightcove: Towards a Media We-Distribution model?
by James Governor: "Jeremy Allaire is one of the true visionaries of rich internet apps- one of the founders of Macromedia he is now CEO of Brightcove. A few years ago, he says, he figured video would become as ubiqitous as text…which is why he founded Brightcove. "

Techcrunch, 27.02.2007: Talking Apollo with Kevin Lynch at Adobe Engage

Techcrunch, 27.02.2007: Talking Apollo with Kevin Lynch at Adobe Engage
by Ryan Stewart: "Adobe has focused on cross platform web based experiences, but with Apollo they’re hoping to move into richer desktop experiences as well as richer mobile integration."

Business 2.0, 27.02.2007: With Wikia, a Wikipedia founder looks to strike it rich

Business 2.0, 27.02.2007: With Wikia, a Wikipedia founder looks to strike it rich
by Tom McNichol: "Jimmy Wales built Wikipedia into one of the largest and most collaborative sites on the Internet - but has yet to make his fortune. Here's how he plans to fix that."

Open Gardens, 19.02.2007: The Long tail and Mobile Web 2.0 applications

Open Gardens, 19.02.2007: The Long tail and Mobile Web 2.0 applications
by Ajit Jaokar: "this document outlines a class of applications which do not necessarily need access to device APIs – i.e. what is referred to here as the ‘Long tail’ applications."