Photo of the week: This San Francisco Trolley photo taken by, friend and co-founder of TECH cocktail Eric Olson, was the first photo I found on Flickr related to the Web 2.0 Expo this week in SF.
Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 04.15.07
The Web 2.0 Expo Is Upon Us
I just arrived in San Francisco for the Web 2.0 Expo. It should be an exciting week of sessions, demos and
launch parties in the city by the bay. If you are in town and want to meetup tonight (Sunday) check out this little meetup but keep in mind, this is NOT a TECH cocktail event like the one we just hosted in Chicago - it is just a meetup in SF.
Google
Spends $3.1 Billion To Acquire DoubleClick
Makes sense as Google is truly an advertising company.
Google announced that they have agreed to acquired DoubleClick for $3.1 billion
in cash. Microsoft was reportedly in a bidding war with Google for the company.
That is a lot of cash. Rumor has it they are buying the Internet just after the
2016 Chicago Olympics. :-)
Birth of the Social
Aggregator
Social Networks, Blogs and Startpages have long been treated
as separate categories of web-based applications. According to Widgify, it is
about to change.
10
Most Successful Web 2.0 Startups To Date
Rev2.org lists its take on the most successful web 2.0
startups. With FeedBurner’s domination of the feed management space I would
probably add them to this list. But you probably know already I am a FeedBurner fan.
New
RSS 2.0 spec site deployed
Dave Winer has been working on a project to
"future-safe" the Harvard site that houses the RSS 2.0 spec.
Yesterday, he redirected from the old site to the new one. Congrats Dave on the
new site!
Search
for People Across the Social Network Sites
yoName is a search engine that allows you to search friends
(not just) on these 6 big networks.
Introducing
FoundReadGigaPapi GigaOm is at it again as he has launched
FoundRead, a shared resource, where anyone can contribute, either through their
posts, or experiences or comments. You can choose to contribute freely or
anonymously. Great idea Om, congrats on the launch.
Hot
Startup Checklist: Spam A Lot?
An interesting chart of Valleywag (masters of the pie
charts, graphs, slides, etc.) highlighting some of the most promising startups.
