Tag Archives : web 2.0

“The SaaS Edge”: ‘Turn On’ Your Business for Competitive Advantage

“The SaaS Edge”: ‘Turn On’ Your Business for Competitive Advantage

I have known people introducing themselves as the “Internet” person, “not-the-morning” person, “berry/droids or apple” person and if you there plan to flag this on your business card next then here is a default update:  a “SaaS” person.  Weird!!! (they say weird is a new cool) I bet after reading this those in jobs are going to quit [...]
Real-time searches in social networks

Real-time searches in social networks

Marissa Mayer, Google vice president of search, announced on Wednesday at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, California, the upcoming release of a search service on social networks, Google Social Search. The intention is to integrate the information created by the search social network of users. “We have been thinking about social networks for [...]
Google will integrate with Twitter for a real-time search

Google will integrate with Twitter for a real-time search

Google revealed it has reached an agreement with Twitter to include short message service microblog in its search results hours after Microsoft have revealed similar information involving your search engine Bing. Unlike Microsoft, which announced the agreement along with a special session of Bing where search technology is used to navigate through [...]
Online Profile Searches Made Easy By Wink and Reunion

Online Profile Searches Made Easy By Wink and Reunion

Social networking has come a long way from being a shady place to a collection of virtual communities that have millions of profiles all over the world. Reunion.com has collaborated with Wink to allow its members access over 175 million profiles listed on Wink People Search. Wink has access to profiles all over the globe across many social networking [...]
American elections and the age of information

American elections and the age of information

The U.S. presidential election of 2008 will no doubt be the most innovative in U.S. history (and perhaps in the world), but not necessarily because of any candidate or any policy in particular. As was the case in recent election cycles, the Internet has become a powerful tool for any political campaign, collection of funds and civic engagement. But [...]