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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Added 2/22/10 by Todd Zebert Name: Lunch 2.0 Sites: www.lunch20.com , facebook.com/group.php?gid=2376399004 Self-description: "Lunch 2.0 Its primary focus is Web 2.0 Presenters are responsible for making sure that notes/slides/audio/video of their presentations are published on the web for Weekly updates! Please let me know if know of other items to add, or if you have any feedback on events. There's a promising new weekly morning networking event unlike any I've seen.
 
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Los Angeles-based Geni , the Web 2.0 online genealogy and family tree web site, has rolled out a number of updates today, including a bundling of its virtual gifts with its "Pro" subscription. Geni had launched an effort to generate revenue on the site through virtual gifts back in 2008, and later added "Pro" accounts with more features as a subscription offering. According to Geni, all Geni Pro subscriptions now include unlimited virtual gifts, the firm's virtual items which can be sent to other members of the service. The gift items include special graphics and messages
 
Thursday, October 1, 2009
In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009.  There And Ron Conway has proclaimed that he wants to do up to 40-50 rapid-fire deals in the next 18 months in what is becoming known as the “real time web” (e.g. As I mentioned There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.  This This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should
 

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You can't read, view or listen to any news media channel (Web mostly of course because mainstream old news media pretty much discounts Web 2.0 Web 2.0 Tags: digital tech Twitter Web 2.0 and vice versa...just just like viewers ignore Katie Couric ... but I digress) without seeing articles/blogs relating to social networking, VC "overheated
Fantastic post by Dion Hinchcliffe - Ten Aspects of Web 2.0 Strategy That Every CTO and CIO Should Know . Raises some interesting points, but the general theme is: just figure out ways to get it to happe
Google's new Ad Manager technology will soon enable premium ad banners to be sold directly to advertisers by publishers and when the clicks are used up on the premium ads it will revert automatically to use Google Adsense. This is a brilliant move and will further accelerate the gap between premium content and generic publishers who don't provide any unique content value. I
The market was recently forecasted to grow from $7.5-billion in 2008 to $11.3 We’ve already seen how Web 2.0 eHealth is an emerging field in the intersection of medical informatics, public health and business. billion in 2013 . While politicians have made significant announcements of their support of this innovation, their commitment needs to translate
Mark Zuckerberg & Reid Hoffman – hands down built the two best consumer internet applications on the web Kamran Pourzanjani – best deal maker and negotiator in the web space I’ve met Peter Pham – best networker / connector in web 2.0 Is there a difference between tech startups in Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles?
Borrow a badge - Writer Sarah Lacy borrowed a speaker’s badge for the Web 2.0 When Timothy Ferriss came on Mixergy , he said meeting bloggers in person at conferences helped make his book a New York Times Best Seller. When Craig heard that, he brought up a good point. What if you’re a startup and can’t pay for a ticket?
Tags: web 2.0 Who would have thought 10 years ago when online retailers Webvan, Etoys and Amazon were founded that one of these companies could eventually rival Microsoft, Oracle and Sun? During this 10 year period enterprise software licenses have been reduced by 1/10 from around $250,000 to $25,000 while bandwidth capacity has increased 100X from dial up speeds of 56k to greater than 5GB.
This is my first "live blog" as I'm here at the Community Next: Next Generation Media and the Web event in Hollywood. Community Next Web 2. Forget the coffee...this this morning it's red bull (or mimosas for the brave...which which I am).
Who would have thought 10 years ago when online retailers Webvan, Etoys and Amazon were founded that one of these companies could eventually rival Microsoft, Oracle and Sun? During this 10 year period enterprise software licenses have been reduced by 1/10 from around $250,000 to $25,000 while bandwidth capacity has increased 100X from dial up speeds of 56k to greater than 5GB. Amazon has quietly become the world leader
Tags: web 2.0 Optimization, lift, in-text advertising, social targeting, mashup ads, geo targeting and out of home advertising were key buzz themes. I would estimate that about 1/3 of the exhibiting companies where from Southern California which further validates the growing advertising ecosystem here.