Amazon has tried it’s own version of “Yahoo Answers” called Askville. Askville.com was earlier launched in December 2006, so this is a re-launch of Askville in a way.
That’s a brave move, I’d say after Google Answers and practically everyone else who duplicated the concept of Yahoo Answers collapsed.
Amazon describes Askville as a “place where you [...]
Askville, Linkedin or Yahoo: Ask Who?
Orkut Ask Friends a Question
“Ask Friends a Question” in Orkut reminds me of “Yahoo Answers”. Supposedly the idea is derived from “LinkedIn answers”, and you can now ask questions to your friends on Orkut.
When you ask a question, Google automatically suggests relevant categories based on the keywords/text of your question. The code Mobius is used for this first [...]
OpenSocial: Google’s FaceBook
OpenSocial, Google’s open challenge to Facebook will launch this Thursday. OpenSocial is a set of three common APIs, that will allow access to user data, graph for friends information, and Feeds to learn the latest activities. XING, Friendster, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Newsgator, hi5 and Ning would be be joining Google and Orkut. Developers from some [...]
Webby Award Winners 2007
No surprises.
Flickr, Yelp, Onion, Howstuffworks, Treehugger, Ikea, Linkedin, Lonelygirl15 are the popular names we are familiar with amongst the winners of the most prestigious internet awards, the Webby Awards. See the rest here.
