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Social news not the same as ‘the news’

July 7, 2006

Just a quickie update. Jason Calacanis of Weblogs Inc. wrote his own take on social news sites and crowd behaviour therein back in March. He explains how untrue stories with a catchy title can very easily become widely disseminated. On the plus side, though, having thousands of editors also means that these stories are exposed [...]

Introduction to Web 2.0 and Business

June 29, 2006

The signs of Web 2.0 are clear. Look for some aspect of community collaboration, of user-generated content, of the ability to customise the content, of a desktop-like application experience. But why exactly should we care? In the words of a BusinessWeek headline on June 5, 2006, why is that “Web 2.0 Has Corporate America Spinning”? Users [...]