This is definitely good news: Yahoo! Maps API, now for commercial use too (by Jeremy Zawodny). On the other hand, Google provides far superior (IMHO) satellite images especially for this part of the world (i.e. Singapore), hasn’t made the distinction between commercial and non-commercial. To quote:
“The Service may be used only for services that are […]
I’m not going to comment on whether this will take off (it very well might) - but one thing’s for sure - I think it’s lame. Let me count the ways:
I’ve read starblogs, and man most of them just ramble on. Xiaxue was totally off topic, but at least that was entertaining (sounded kinda like […]
Everyday, I’m reminded just how alien these overhyped concepts are to normal people. I’ve just spoken at the Content Management Strategies conference in Singapore organized by ABF, and I prepared a deck mainly dealing in “2.0″-ish stuff (for lack of a better term). From what I heard, “Web 2.0″ was the hot topic among speakers, […]
A post by Om Malik GigaOM : ยป Too Many Social Networks? echoes what I’m thinking right now, and links to the Business Week article that I’ve linked to before - there are too many social networks.
In addition to that, I can’t quite grasp the business model behind social networks yet. Advertising is definitely […]
The buzz around social networking is definitely growing among discussions - and I personally know of a few notable startups and companies getting on this trend and trying to use it as marketing leverage to break into enterprises in Singapore and Asia. In fact, it’s already attracting big investment money in the US.
I think there […]
Economics - Boring, irrelevant, difficult, academic, hum-drum? I don't think so...
This was published in 2000 by Mr. Godin, but as I'm reading it now... the ideas are even more relevant than ever (even if the companies cited aren't).