Archive for 2007

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Looking Back: The Year in Web 2.0

Anne Zelenka, Monday, December 24, 2007 at 7:44 AM PT Comments (8)

A look back at some of the Web 2.0 stories we covered this year:
January. Yahoo bought MyBlogLog. Daylife, a webified newspaper with Jeff Jarvis as an adviser and Craig Newmark as an investor, launched. And browser preview startup Browster bid us good-bye.
February. Yahoo! launched its RSS mashup service Pipes. Facebook rolled out gifts, allowing members [...]

Ex-Thunderbirds Starting An Email Company?

Om Malik, Monday, December 24, 2007 at 4:30 AM PT Comments (3)

Earlier this fall, Scott MacGregor and David Bienvenu, two key members of Mozilla Thunderbird team left Mozilla without indicating their next move. It is becoming clear, that they are close to launching a new email-oriented start up, and a handful of other Mozilla folks such as Seth Spitzer are joining up this yet-to-be-named start-up. [...]

Taiwan has broadband everywhere

Om Malik, Monday, December 24, 2007 at 2:00 AM PT Comments (6)

With the exception of one town and one village, high speed Internet access is available everywhere in Taiwan. According to Point-Topic, Taiwan had 4.6 million broadband subscribers at the end of Q3 2007.

Verizon runs into Vermont Regulators

Om Malik, Monday, December 24, 2007 at 1:00 AM PT Comments (6)

Vermont regulators are giving Verizon’s decision to sell 1.6 million lines in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire the thumbs down. They are concerned that buyer of these lines, Fairpoint Communications of Charlotte, NC is too small and as a result the service will suffer, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Fairpoint will have to take on [...]

Looking Back: A Very Google 2007

Om Malik, Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 1:07 PM PT Comments (25)

Acquisitions, new product launches and tussling with telcos to taking on Microsoft - Google was the epicenter of technology in 2007. And as 2008 looms large, the search engine giant is slowly showing its claws.

For DivX, Web Video Is No Go

Edit Staff, Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 9:49 AM PT Comments (1)

DivX, the company that’s gotten its codec compatible with well over 100 million video devices around the world, hasn’t had similar success on the web. In fact, after deciding to spin off high-quality video destination site Stage6 to cut costs, DivX would rather be a service provider to video sites than actually get involved, CEO [...]

What Is Web 2.0? Nokia Says Connecting People

Om Malik, Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 8:15 AM PT Comments (12)

Given that everyone has tried their hand at defining Web 2.0, there is no harm in hearing out Nokia’s interpretation of Web 2.0. They obviously look at it from the point of view of mobile phones, and have produced a fun video to get their point across. Check it out, and let me know what [...]

Thank You Sponsors

Edit Staff, Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 11:59 PM PT Comments (1)

A moment to thank our sponsors who are supporting The GigaOM Network - GigaOM, NewTeeVee, WebWorkerDaily, FoundRead and Earth2Tech - and helping us keep serving our reader community. A big shout out for:
Peer 1, the peerless hosting service.
ETelos, the CRM application for Google Apps.
CSR Ware, the resourceful company helping your business become green.
Brightcove, the Internet [...]

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