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Google hints at plans to monetize mapping api
Yesterday, Google announced Google Maps for Enterprise (US an Canada only right now). Since i was alsways wondering what Google’s plan were to monetize Google maps i had a look into the FAQ: Q: Will Google Maps for Enterprise incorporate advertising? A: If and when advertising is displayed on Google Maps, you will have the […]
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“TimesReader”: Microsofts digital newspaper proposition?
The hype On Friday afternoon at the closing session of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) conference Bill Gates unveiled a “new” piece of software intruducing the software by saying: Today we have two worlds that are limiting in their own way, … They are print and the Web. The Web surprisingly is not […]
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Microsoft “Codename Max” News
News agencies and newspapers often bear a grudge against news aggregators like Google News, looking at them as vampires that suck the blood out of a content providers RSS feeds and websites. One could tke a different point of view and argue that instead aggregators are sites that are traffic generators that increase the views […]