I ask this question because I think we may well be inching closer to a point where lots of web services will be free.
I say free, but what I really mean is advert-supported.
But that's still free, isn't it?
I thought about making this into a huge analysis of a possible...
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I've been using Last.fm for yonks, and it's a place I don't frequent as often as I used to.
The music discovery process is intuitive, and encourages a love-thy-neighbour kind of attitude, as those with similar tastes are nudged into your profile page.
So rather than have...
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Much has been said about Google buying YouTube. I've even had something to say in the past, too.
What with so much content of dubious, questionable copyright floating around on YouTube, many eyes are focused in their direction.
A few weeks ago, the BBC struck something of a...
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Censorship on the 'Net is a fiery issue currently burning holes through the web in unusual places.
It's contentious, debatable and causing some consternation for some.
So why is the idea of calling for some silence or some order on the web the cause of so much dismay?
And...
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I never really hit it off with the Web 2.0 moniker. To me, it was and still is a marketing gimmick that doesn't reflect the fullness of the second breath the web has taken recently.
Version two implies the web has stepped forward. To me, that's to neglect the fact that the...
created by Octane | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 644 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
As you may have read recently Mozilla have announced an early development release of a social Add-On extension called The Coop to their Firefox web browser.
Almost immediately, thoughts turned to Flock, fellow...
created by Octane | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 755 views | 14 recommendations | 6 comments
So Google made good on all their mobile machinations and release a product that knits together GeoRSS and KML and it's called Google MyMaps.
Intrigued by the idea of drawing my own maps, I decided to plot out the route I take when I jog.
What's immediately obvious is that...
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Trying to make sense of a recent addition to the Google Maps API at eleven fifteen at night isn't the best policy.
I was tired, a little annoyed and not really in the mood for trying to figure out how to create a KML file.
Bed seemed like a good idea, so off I went...
Fast...
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Truemors
Will everything on the web one day be free?
