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Up and Coming Web 2.0 Companies (20 Links)
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Created by ian 2 years 227 days ago in Technology. Views: 282. Link Views: 3,367
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A list of some great and not so great "next big thing" Web 2.0 companies.
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"Social Investing" websites gaining traction
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Posted by ian 2 years 133 days ago (usatoday.com). Views: 159 |
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Social investing sites aim to differ from message boards in a key way: by holding users more accountable. Some even track users' real-life trades and let other investors see them. This stands to reduce one of the biggest problems with stock message
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phone number phishing?
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Posted by jan 2 years 135 days ago (811.com). Views: 172 |
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a way to send free SMS messages via the web without registering but with captcha. Sounds phishy to me...
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Sprite's your new Friend
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Posted by ariosazul 2 years 167 days ago (news.com.com). Views: 71 |
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Coke is starting a new social network on mobile phones using their Sprite Brand.
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Mahalo to another search Engine.
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Posted by ariosazul 2 years 175 days ago (news.yahoo.com). Views: 91 |
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Another search engine has entered the arena, this one powered by human search. Where have we seen this before?
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Yedda
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Posted by ketchpel 2 years 202 days ago (yedda.com). Views: 223 |
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Like Yahoo Answers (ie, real people answer your questions) with tags. You tag questions, you tag your areas of expertise. System finds questions it thinks you're qualified to answer.
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Vudu...that you do...
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Posted by ariosazul 2 years 204 days ago (vudulabs.com). Views: 131 |
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Movie downloading. Maybe they will get it right. Then again maybe they won't. "VUDU promises instant access to thousands of movies directly from the TV, without requiring a PC or Cable TV service..."
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TrailFire
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Posted by ketchpel 2 years 213 days ago (trailfire.com). Views: 193 |
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Sort of like MyProps but you create a "trail" (list of URLs) and can rate them 1-5, not just thumbs up.
Have pre-defined categories; new, popular, and hot in each.
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The Personal Bee
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Posted by ariosazul 2 years 223 days ago (personalbee.com). Views: 120 |
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A site where you can keep up with the latest "buzz."
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Justin.tv Is Just the Beginning
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Posted by ian 2 years 225 days ago (blogs.business2.com). Views: 110 |
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"Justin.tv launched 15 days ago, and already Kan is booked for the Tonight Show and Nightline this week. The old guards of media will surely focus on the pop culture phenomenon of Justin.tv and liken him to that lame Matthew McConaughey movie, EdTV.
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Yahoo My Web search
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Posted by ian 2 years 227 days ago (myweb.yahoo.com). Views: 112 |
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Is this thing every going to catch on? Can large corporations innovate in "Web 2.0"?
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Url.com
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Posted by ian 2 years 227 days ago (url.com). Views: 458 |
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Maybe their feature set is great (I haven't explored), but am I the only one that thinks their front page is quite ugly? (Makes me want to click the "X".) Perhaps that is shallow, but it's probably how many users operate.
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Wink
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Posted by ian 2 years 227 days ago (wink.com). Views: 168 |
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Wink is a "people" search engine (searches the social networks) ... but there seems to be no obvious way to "browse" around (at least before you join).
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FixYa
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Posted by ian 2 years 227 days ago (fixya.com). Views: 198 |
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Clean interface (although a bit bland), but how big is the market for "Finding support information for any Consumer Product"? Sounds boring, to me.
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CommonGate
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Posted by ian 2 years 227 days ago (commongate.com). Views: 234 |
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"Social blogging" ... the focus seems to be on beautiful women and Hollywood gossip; but actually, that's probably a recipe for success!
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BluBet
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Posted by ketchpel 2 years 227 days ago (blubet.com). Views: 354 |
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A "knowledge market" earn fame (but no real money) by creating and winning bets about whatever odd topics you like.
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Kaboodle
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Posted by ian 2 years 227 days ago (kaboodle.com). Views: 63 |
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"Social shopping" ... can it catch on?
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CNN Money - 25 startups to watch
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Posted by ian 2 years 227 days ago (money.cnn.com). Views: 115 |
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"Business 2.0 Magazine's guide to the hottest Web 2.0 companies - and the powerful trends driving them - in this make-or-break year" ... most of these companies better at PR than they are at product!
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