Across time, the Internet had evolved as companies, individual are pushing the limits more and more. This transformation is going on as;
80’s
Email
Sending/Receiving
90’s
Web Browserl
Searching
00’s
The APPs
Publish/Subscribe Models, What’s your Feed?
The driving factos which are re-shaping the Internet to a complete new levels are worth mentioning. What I though was to create a quick META tags cloud for technologies/trends/oppourtunities to watch for in Web 3.0. They are
Review the TAGs, study them, look for the oppourtunities and START’s EARLY.
Google opened a sandbox for developers to help them build richer gadgets for iGoogle, which will offer users more powerful and interactive features. Google has also launched an updated developer website which guides developers through building and distributing gadgets to iGoogle’s growing audience. iGoogle’s new features will include left navigation, a maximized or “canvas view” option for gadgets, and social features for gadgets using the OpenSocial APIs.
PayPal growth remains robust
The Online payment giant will continue to take more share from the market. expected earning for payments transactions revenue is around $2 billion.
Google Previews Release of Google App Engine
Google announced a preview release of Google App Engine, a platform that developers can use to build scalable web apps on top of Google’s infrastructure. The service consists of Python application servers that interface to BigTable and GFS data store services.
Yahoo! Announces AMP! Platform
Yahoo! announced its intentions to bring to the market a new advertising management platform, AMP!, designed to simplify the process of buying and selling ads online. The AMP! Platform should help marketers buy across search, display, local, mobile, and video inventory, all from a single, integrated interface. This new platform is expected to roll out in phases.
Yahoo! to Conduct Limited Test of Google’s AdSense for Search Service
Yahoo! announced that it will begin a limited test of Google’s AdSense for Search service, which will deliver relevant Google ads alongside Yahoo’s own search results. The new battle is now on.
Hotmail Users can now Improve the World Effortlessly
Microsoft’s i’m Initiative, which launched in March 2007, has expanded to include Hotmail. The program donates a portion of the ad revenue generated through Hotmail and Messenger to any of ten worthwhile causes. Microsoft so far attributes more than 20 million new downloads of Messenger to the campaign, in addition to increased usage of all Windows Live offerings such as Live Search and Hotmail.
Microsoft added more data to Virtual Earth Online
Microsoft added 22 terabytes of Bird’s Eye and Satellite imagery to it’s Virtual Earth Online mapping service.
Zoho added new features to its spreadsheets
Zoho’s web-based spreadsheet application added support for macros, pivot tables, and named ranges.
eBay partnered with Buy.com
eBay has partnered with Buy.com to list all of Buy.com’s new and in-season inventory on the Buy.com eBay Store.
AP Launches Mobile/iPhone News
It’s like newspaper in the phone. A lot of big news corporations are on board. The service include International and local news.
Eye-Gaze Tracking - Keyboard not required
More and more advancements are coming through, where a keyboard is not needed. Have a look at the video.
GOOGLE and Salesforce.com recently announced an alliance to deliver WEB-BASED ONLINE PROGRAMS competing with packaged software from Microsoft.
Google ‘Apps’ including e-mail, calendar, and document writing will be included in software services offered by Salesforce, which essentially serves as leading on-demand application provider (Software as a service).
The specific integrations supported by Salesforce for Google Apps include:
* Salesforce and Gmail - Businesses can use Gmail to send,receive and store e-mail, keeping a complete record of customer interactions with Salesforce.
* Salesforce and Google Docs - Create, manage and share online Google Documents, Google Spreadsheets and Google Presentations within a sales organization, marketing group or support team for instant collaboration.
* Salesforce and Google Talk - Allows users to access Google’s Instant Messenger from within Salesforce and optionally attach Google Talk conversations to customer or prospect records stored in Salesforce.
* Salesforce and Google Calendar - An integration that exposes sales tasks and marketing campaigns from Salesforce on Google Calendar. The Calendar integration was built by third-party software house Appirio.
Salesforce for Google Apps is available immediately to all Salesforce.com customers at no additional charge.
In brieft, we are looking at new kind of Integration, where ‘Application Providers’ are integrating with ‘Social Networking Groups’ like Google capitalizing thier user base, and integrating/delivering thier service via thier combined platform.
In future, you might integration like;
A Company + Ebay = Integrated Service
A Company + Yahoo = Integrated Service
A Company + Amazon = Integrated Service
So the model will be;
Service Providers + Social Networking Sites = Unlimited Oppourtunities
See if you can be the “A Company”. Think of a service that these companies might need.
Quick Key events happend in Jan - March 2008 for you!
Amazon.com Launches Text Buy It This service is designed to allow customers to shop on Amazon using text messages. A customer can send a text message to a specified number in order to compare prices and order items. After a customer texts is compared, the company texts back matching items with prices. Customers can then request more information or order an item; orders are confirmed with an automated phone call.
Google, Yahoo!, MySpace are to Form Non-Profit OpenSocial Foundation
Google going into comprehensive advertising solution Google will now manage advertising across nearly all forms of online media, including search, video, contextual, and display advertising. A new avenues for the company and users.
Yahoo! Introduces New Mobile Search Device
Yahoo! oneSearch, which will allow users to initiate searches faster using text or voice. Yahoo! also announced its plan to open up mobile search business to developers. (http://sg.mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch)
Amazon rolling out MP3 internationally Amazon is going more and more digital. Will offers more than 3.3M songs from over 270,000 artists as DRM-free MP3 music downloads.
Ask.com launches speech-activated mobile directions “Click to Speak” service will display to users as an option in the directions service on Ask.com Mobile.
Yahoo’s Hot Jobs comes with New Search Ranking System
The new improved search ranking system are based on things like Relevance, engagement, availability, and location.
eBay Launching Partner Network - Global Affiliate Program
As affiliates programs getting better and better. eBay introduced the eBay Partner Network, a new global affiliate program for publishers driving traffic to the site.
Google launches Themes API for iGoogle. With this API, users and developers can now create personal themes for iGoogle. The Themes API helps to customize various portions of the iGoogle page. (http://www.google.com/ig)
Yahoo! announces support for OpenID.
Yahoo! will support for the OpenID 2.0 digital identity framework for all its 248M registered Yahoo! users worldwide. (http://openid.yahoo.com/)
