2007

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Here is a summary of the week’s Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via the special RSS feed or by email. Web News Yahoo! Drops $350m on Zimbra; an Open Source, Enterprise RIA The big news this week was Yahoo! buying open-source enterprise office vendor Zimbra … Read more

On the latest edition of our podcast show, Read/WriteTalk, Sean Ammirati sat down with Salim Ismail, the head of Yahoo’s Brickhouse. In this role, Salim is exposed to hundreds of proposals from Yahoo employees each month for products to be developed. One of the most interesting trends these days is “e-commerce 2.0” and Sean asked … Read more

This week Zimbra was acquired by Yahoo! for a staggering $350M. It seems like only yesterday that Zimbra was the buzz of the 2005 Web Conference. But in two years, Zimbra has grown from a small ‘cool features’ startup to a company worth $350M. But why did Yahoo buy a Web Office collaboration suite? Last … Read more

It’s been a busy couple of days, with the announcement of Zimbra being acquired by Yahoo! for $350M, Google launching its much anticipated Presentations app, and Mozilla launching a new organization to focus on email innovation. Also the TechCrunch40 conference has commanded much attention (see R/WW’s coverage of the 8 sessions). Now it’s time to … Read more

Google has tonight announced its much anticipated Powerpoint competitor. It has been added to Google Docs – the new, simpler name for “Google Docs & Spreadsheets”. With the new Presentations feature, users can create “simple web-based presentations”. A quick glance at the functionality shows it is similar to the other Google Docs features (word processing … Read more

Today Mozilla is launching a new organization to develop Internet mail and communications software. It will use the open source email desktop client Thunderbird as a base – the product, code and brand. Technically this will be a Mozilla Foundation subsidiary – and it is very similar to Mozilla’s Firefox effort. Just as Firefox aims … Read more

Enterprises continue to adopt web technologies and ‘web 2.0’ trends, but there are two common threads to this adoption. One is that web technologies are step-by-step being adopted by enterprises, but they aren’t yet ready to usurp many desktop software apps. The Google Apps vs Microsoft Office debate currently raging is proof of that. The … Read more

Here is a summary of the week’s Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via the special RSS feed or by email. Web Products Google Apps Goes After Enterprise Market This week Google announced a partnership with major IT consultancy and outsourcing specialist CapGemini, to sell Google … Read more

Earlier this week we took a look at the non-profit spaces on Facebook and MySpace, as part of our non-profits week. The conclusion was that both were good resources, but in terms of raising money — they weren’t quite succeeding. Which leads us to ask: is this common on the Web? Are non-profits utilizing the … Read more

Google’s powerpoint competitor is expected to be released very soon, according to reports circulating. The Inquirer says the product will be called Presently. It wouldn’t surprise me if Presently is unveiled at TechCrunch40 next week – TechCrunch was coy about this in their blog post, but they noted earlier this week that Google would be … Read more

I’m very pleased to announce that Marshall Kirkpatrick is joining Read/WriteWeb as a Lead Writer, starting this Monday. Marshall teams up with Josh Catone in this role, meaning that Read/WriteWeb now has three daily writers (including myself). Marshall will focus on breaking news for Read/WriteWeb, something he is very skilled at and which will complement … Read more

Content Management Systems (CMS) aren’t the most sexiest applications in the world. When you think CMS, you probably think Vignette, Interwoven or a similar enterprise-level product. Those systems are usually bulky and difficult to use. At the other end of the spectrum are blogging platforms, such as Movable Type or WordPress, which are renown for … Read more

Back in January we reviewed a promising new online video startup out of China, called Mojiti. While there are many so-called YouTube clones fighting it out on the Chinese web 2.0 battleground, Mojiti.com – which launched in November 2006 – caught our attention because it offered a fresh user experience. It wasn’t just a YouTube … Read more

Here are some of the highlights from the Read/WriteWeb Network over the past few days: AltSearchEngine’s List of Charity Search Engines: Charles has compiled a very useful list of charity search engines. He concluded that while none of the search engines on the list rated a perfect 5 star rating, several were ‘very good’? – … Read more