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title: "Web 2.0 Summit Notes, Day 3"
date: 2006-11-09
author: "Richard MacManus"
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  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2006"
    url: "/tag/2006.md"
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# Web 2.0 Summit Notes, Day 3

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Today has already had a flurry of announcements and news. Here’s a brief wrap of them:

- [Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth](https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204516/http://labs.live.com/photosynth/) was introduced by Gary Flake at the conference. It’s an impressive 3D and photo analysis tool. Currently you can’t upload your own photos, so it’s more a showcase than a real product right now.
- Yahoo has [announced](https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204516/http://news.com.com/Yahoo+to+embed+instant+messaging+in+e-mail/2100-1032_3-6133998.html) integration of their IM product with [Yahoo Mail Beta](https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204516/http://new.mail.yahoo.com/). It will be a single interface, differentiating it from the Gmail and Gtalk integration (which can be a little awkward to use at times).
- [Zimbra announced](https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204516/http://www.zimbra.com/blog/archives/2006/11/taking_zimbra_offline.html) new offline functionality, which enables you to access your email while on a plane, train, etc. Basically it’s a local sync’d cache of the data, which allows you to search, tag, organize your data even without network access – and it syncs up when you go back online. To be honest, this would’ve come in handy at the Summit!! (where wifi has been spotty at best).
- [Sharpcast today introduced](https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204516/http://www.sharpcast.com/products) a new service code-named ‚ÄúHummingbird‚Ä?. It allows people to manage all kinds of file types – e.g. documents, photos, music and videos – across their computer hard drives, mobile devices and the web. This is a continuation of their long-term strategy to enable syncing of all media across devices and the Web.
- [ThinkFree](https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204516/http://www.thinkfree.com/), a Web Office suite provider, has launched ThinkFree Viewers – which allow Web services such as [Coil](https://web.archive.org/web/20110429204516/http://www.coil-os.com/) (a virtual office application for work processing) to add office productivity functionality to their applications and Web sites.

I’ll follow up with more substantial analysis a little later. It’s been so hectic here and yesterday I was extremely fortunate to see Lou Reed playing live, courtesy of AOL at the after-dinner show! I’m still buzzing about that, as I’m a huge Velvet Underground fan. Anyway, more tech related stories coming soon 🙂

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_20_summit_day3_notes.php))*