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If The Internet Is The New Operating System, Social Media Is The New Internet

March 30, 2010 by Tac Anderson with 378 views

The LEGO OS Tim O’Reilly recently wrote a very important essay, The State of the Internet Operating System. I highly recommend reading it. Tim is of course the man who coined the term Web 2.0 (don’t hate him for it) and this newest essay doesn’t seem to be an evolution of that idea but a parallel track. It was exactly one year... [read more]

The Open Web is Under Attack

November 17, 2009 by Albert Wenger with 139 views

Yesterday, Tim O’Reilly published a provocatively titled post: “The War for the Web." In it he discusses the dangers to the web as an open platform from the attempts by the biggest players to own more and more of the user experience: We’re heading into a war for control of the Web. And in the end, it’s more than that, it’s a war against... [read more]

More (Too Much?) Free from Google: Turn-By-Turn

October 29, 2009 by Albert Wenger with 290 views

Yesterday, Google announced something stunning: free turn-by-turn directions for Android 2.0 to be first available shortly on the Droid phones.  It is stunning because the previously cheapest software only alternatives were apps such as Navigon ($89.99) and TomTom ($99.99) for the iPhone (as an aside, stand-alone GPS devices with... [read more]

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