Bookmarks for 08-19-08
Today’s focused on news around the Web world:
Yahoo! Opens Buzz Submissions to All - But is It Democratic?
Yahoo! Buzz taking the floor after a period of test to see their ability to catch traffic and engagement. Now is the start of the battle between Yahoo! and Digg. Yahoo! already won the battle for traffic but would it be able to win the targeting one and kill Digg on Tech/ Web/ Gaming areas? That’s what they’re asking to people by opening buzz submissions to all.
First Android Phone Approved By FCC
Google Android may hit the market next year as we see appear more and more info about approvals and releases (like the Android SDK). And it may slap the market, and not only regarding the hype (but has Google learned from Apple success and fails?). To be continued.
Google Uses YouTube To Try To Rally Public Support For WiFi 2.0
Have a look on how web can be used by evangelists and learn how to market your world (aka business).
Pandora On the Verge of Closing Shop
More than speaking about Pandora, that post show how hard it is to join the music market by now since music majors are willing to kill anybody starting to eat at their table. But the next generation of music webservices may force majors to improve their service, that’s a hope and I would be part of that battle.
The State of WordPress 2008: Awesome Growth
Wordpress one of the world best blogging machine? Maybe. But one thing’s sure, they’re awesome (disclosure: I’m a Wordpress addict).
