AdverClast

A Chronicle of Disruptive Advertising

Top 10 Wigets, Apps or APIs

What’s a widget? It’s a snippet of code that can be placed on any web page which, when executed (e.g., clicked-on, rolled-over, etc.), performs a function. That function may be simple, local like change color. Or, it may be complex, engaging services (APIs or Application Programming Interfaces) from around the network. As services for these [...]

Top 10 Linked In Apps – A Wishlist

Given the technical problems that beset LinkedIn’s InApps launch (“Applications on LinkedIn”), it may be premature to posit a wish list for the future. But, LinkedIn has a track record of putting technology in place. They’ll overcome the beta glitche

Select Stories, 10-Nov

Mashups Directory – ProgrammableWeb So, there are now over 1,013 published widgets (web APIs). In fact, if you compared Programmable Web’s list with Wigipedia’s, you’d probably get 1,200+. But, in terms of getting an idea of how to use them, re

Selected Stories, 8-Nov

The Playmaker's Tools – Competitve Market Communications The Playmaker’s Table – Students of competitive strategy will appreciate this “periodic table” of communications strategies. Us

fbFund Winners, Some Killer Apps

Facebook is actively expanding platform functionality launching Facebook Connect and free classifieds in May, 2008 and redoubling efforts to build a music service in October, 2008. All point the way to a more robust platform. Then, on October 15th

Applications on LinkedIn, Niiice

On October 28th, 2008 LinkedIn took a big step forward by announcing the launch of “Applications on LinkedIn” (or InApps) and officially joining MySpace, Facebook, Google and Apple’s iPhone in the “platform” business. However, unlike other open platf

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  • Google+
  • LinkedIn
  • FriendFeed
  • Quora
  • Twitter
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