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Twine: Social Bookmarking Meets the Semantic WebBeing one of the first contenders and applicants on the Semantic Web/Web 3.0 bandwagon, one of the hyped products over the year has been Twine. Richard MacManus covered it on ReadWriteWeb back in October last year, and the service recently went into private beta with invites going out to a few bl... |
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AOL buys blog search engine Sphere [Online Advertising]AOL has purchased Sphere, a San Francisco-based startup whose service places links to related stories and context-sensitive ads on article pages, for an undisclosed amount. The advertising part is likely the draw; Sphere's clients include magazine publisher Time Inc. The new inventory should lengthe ... |
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AOL Buys Sphere; Pays Less than $400 Per Content PartnerHow would you like to create a blog widget and then sell it less than three years later for $25 million? Ah yes, the dream of all internet marketers. Well, Sphere–the creator of the Sphere Related Content Widget–was just acquired by AOL for a rumored $25 million. At this point, you&rs... |
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AOL’s Falco Gets Something RightIn a memo to employees aimed at addressing fears of an AOL/Yahoo tie-up, AOL chief Randy Falco today penned a truth for social networks: But despite drawing large, engaged audiences, other social networks have not been able to make the experiences relevant to users and marketers alike. That rig... |
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BBC iPlayer Now Wii Ready [Wii]Doctor Who is coming to the Wii...sort of! The BBC has announced that their iPlayer replay service will now be functional on the Nintendo Wii. The service, made available last month on the iPod Touch and iPhone, presents time-limited replays of BBC shows, such as Doctor Who, Torchwod, and whatev... |
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Computers in Libraries 2008: From WoePac to WowPac (part II)Computers in Libraries 2008: From WoePac to WowPac (part II) Unfortunately, I missed the first half of this two-part session, where Roy Tennant and Kate Sheehan spoke about LibraryThing, WorldCat, catalog overlays, and open source ILSs. The second half featured Cindi Trainor and Jo... |

