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My Yahoo! Meme is Live & So is My Wishlist!

September 10, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Microblogging, Random Thoughts, Web 2.0

Couple of days back I tried to get into Yahoo! Meme (Yahoo’s attempt to get a slice of microblogging pie). Today got their invite and I got inside the system to explore more about it. See more into the screenshot below:

To know more about the past and the recent tech fraternity takes read here and [...]

‘Social Search’ Is Evolving Fast – Who Should Be Worried?

August 13, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Industry News, Trend Spotting, Web 2.0

Before getting into the answer to the question above, I would like your full attention first. Something big is coming your way! Later don’t blame me that I didn’t warned about it. Something is going to change the way we perceive so-called “Web Search” till now or may be it very well change our habits [...]

Hint of “Loss of Trust” in Social Networks – Thanks FaceFeed!

August 12, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Random Thoughts, Social Networking, Web 2.0

I’m shocked to say the least about the recent sale of web’s one of the best products in terms of technological prowess mixed with evangelical fervour that most of us Friendfeeders shared as a community. But on the hindsight, thinking from a business perspective, somebody has to pay the bills or meet the working capital [...]

Facebook Has Acquired Friendfeed. Oh! Wait a Sec. OMG!

August 11, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Strategy, Web 2.0

Question: What do you have when you unite two platforms – one being influencer heavy with superior technology and the other being by far the most successful social network (at least by its sheer user presence). Classic! The answer, I think lies somewhere in between those seemingly distributed statement yet mutually agreeable coalesce of two [...]

Will Real-Time Search Like “Collecta” And “CrowdEye” Survive Against Big Players?

June 19, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Random Thoughts, Trend Spotting, Web 2.0

Sometime back, two new entrants joined the race for real-time search derby competition – CrowdEye and Collecta including previous contenders like Topsy, OneRiot, Tweetmeme and Scoopler, not to mention Twitter Search and Friendfeed Search (though not so popular amongst the ordinary searchers). Then there’s Facebook testing an upgraded internal real-time search and Google too has [...]

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