Web news: Yahoo! Pipes, Google, Webmail compared
Posted by Jacque on February 9th, 2007
Make your own mashup with Yahoo! Pipes
With Pipes, anyone can create a web mashup, no programming knowledge required. [Lifehacker]
Yahoo Pipes - What It Means for Google Earth/Maps - See Earthify
With this new tool, it should be possible to include applications which can handle KML and generate GE content combined with other data sources to generate really unique GE visualizations. [Google Earth Blog]
In a Search Refinement, a Chance to Rival Google
PARC (Xerox) is announcing that it is licensing a broad portfolio of patents and technology to a well-financed start-up with an ambitious and potentially lucrative goal: to build a search engine that could some day rival Google. New York Times [via Lifehacker]
Which of These Google Predictions Do You Believe Will Happen?
10 speculations — vote in the Comments section [Google Blogoscoped]
A Comparison of Live Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo Mail
The three applications, along with AOL mail, make up the vast majority of the 500 million or so webmail users around the world [TechCrunch]
Connecting people through Web 2.0 email
Lucas McDonnell says, “When we start asking where we’re going with Web 2.0, we must eventually start to question whether email is a communication medium that is going to survive.”
Gmail’s Philosophy Today
Google Operating System Blog expounds on what sets Gmail apart.
A Glimpse of Democratized TV
Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion says, “In five years, fifty percent of the content you watch on your high definition television will not be delivered by your cable or satellite provider but by a “youniverse” of publishing individuals connected to the Internet.”
Net grows to meet fresh demands
A recent report from Deloitte said 2007 could be the year the internet approaches capacity, with demand outstripping supply. BBC News [via Lifehacker]