Web 2.0 and Beyond

Dabble db acquired by twitter

Jun 15th, 2010 | By Startup Addict | Category: twitter

Dabble db gets acquired by Twitter. Smallthought Systems the brains behind Dabble db will be integrated into the mirco blogging giant Twitter. There is a fair amount of speculation surrounding why Twitter would acquire Dabble db best know for its smart analytics based on csv or excel data. Think of dabble db as the [...]



Importance of Networking

Apr 17th, 2010 | By Startup Addict | Category: Social Networking

The importance of networking should be in the forefront of your mind in today’s market. People who networked effectively in the pre-recession economy are finding themselves spending less time unemployed than their non-networking counterparts in the current business climate. Entrepreneurs and former employees that attended networking events and focused on growing their Rolodex are reaping [...]



Google Real Time Search…live

Dec 7th, 2009 | By Startup Addict | Category: Web 2.0 and Beyond

Reading about Google real time search, it’s amazing watch it here LIVE



Twitter and Linkedin partner

Nov 11th, 2009 | By Startup Addict | Category: twitter

In a partnership that actually makes sense Linkedin will allow status updates to be pushed out to your Twitter account and/or pull your tweets into your professional profile. You will have privacy and broadcast options obviously as the two services differ a bit in target audience. Linkedin remains the professional service of choice and twitter [...]



Twitter project $100 million dollar deal

Sep 24th, 2009 | By Startup Addict | Category: twitter

Twitter the social messaging service is close to raising a $100 million from as many as seven investors. The Wall Street Journal reported today with people familiar with the matter. Private equity firm Insight Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Institutional Venture Partners and mutual fund T. Rowe Price (if you can believe it). The twitter project [...]



Google Wave Download

Jul 21st, 2009 | By Startup Addict | Category: Social Networking

Google Wave Download is almost here. Why should you care about Google Wave? Google Wave is a new communication and collaboration tool on the web, coming out later this year.
So the question is what is a wave? According to Google it’s the following:

A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work [...]



100 best web apps for entrepreneurs

Apr 4th, 2009 | By Startup Addict | Category: Business Musings, Startups, Web 2.0 and Beyond

Calling all startups and small businesses be sure to add these100 best web applications for entrepreneurs to your toolbox.
Whether you are looking for the ideal desktop collaboration software or trying to find online storage solutions, this list will have you up in running effectively on a “no to low budget”. Enjoy the list [...]



Twitscoop realtime buzz cloud on Twitter

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Startup Addict | Category: Web 2.0 and Beyond

Twitscoop remains a supercool tool for watching realtime buzz trends in the Twitter community. Many sites are focusing on capturing twitter realtime buzz, (like the earthquake today). However, Twitscoop has a live-action tag cloud that moves in realtime. You can actually watch as a word is trending, pretty wild stuff with amazing implications of where [...]



Jing Project rocks

Nov 29th, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Open Source, Web 2.0 and Beyond

I recently came across the Jing Project and was a breath of fresh (I mean free) air for screen capture. If you other bloggers and guerrilla marketing gurus have been on the hunt for an affordable and realiable screen capture look no further. I am still on road otherwise I would have taken the time [...]



Lively by Google

Aug 16th, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: 3D worlds

Lively by Google is a new asocial network that is set in the 3D virtual world, very similiar to second life. The power of lively is that it ties into your Google account. My interest in Lively is how it came in to existence and where it is going from a monetization standpoint. The original [...]