The Blockchain and the "All for One, One for All" Demise of the Centralized Server
It’s amazing how history repeats itself. Internet history began with the conception of room-filled mainframe computers and “nodes” that would connect directly to the mainframes relying solely on the power of the central mainframe to get their signal and perform various tasks sent to the mainframe. Then came the PC era – an era where […]
Read more...Paypal Launches "Embedded Payments" Platform for Easy Integration Onto Any Website
Today at the Paypal X Innovate 2010 Conference Paypal, in a demo with the social shopping cart payments provider, Payvment, announced in a live demo their new “Embedded Payments” platform. The platform, at least according to the demo, allows developers, by just copying and pasting, to place a simple “Pay with Paypal” button into any […]
Read more...Mobile, Tablets, and the Need for an Extended E-Reading Experience
Imagine buying a book from the book store and only being allowed to use a yellow highlighter to highlight that book and not being able to add any notes as you read it. Seems pretty ridiculous, doesn’t it? Yet we’re forced into that with today’s default readers on devices such as the iPhone and iPad, […]
Read more...The Coolest Thing I Saw at Chirp? It Wasn’t the Twitter Platform
Amongst all the amazing things being launched at Twitter’s Chirp developer conference: @anywhere, User Streams, New developer Terms, Ad Platform Announcements, and more, nothing truly got me excited in a way that said, “this is the future”. True, User Streams will save me thousands. @anywhere is very convenient. None of them are “change the world” […]
Read more...Live Blogging the Web 2.0 Expo: Yahoo Announces Y! OS #web20expo
Yahoo’s keynote proved very interesting. In it they announced a new technology they call, Y! OS. This technology is to be the beginning of a new Open, Social Strategy for Yahoo, and with the technology, as they term it, they are “Re-wiring Yahoo”. Starting today, Yahoo is opening up the beta for their Search Monkey […]
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