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Archive for the ‘12 Events of 2005’ Category

January 2nd, 2007

Top 10 Posts of 2006

What happened in 2006? Lots of stuff, but we weren’t able to cover it all on Emerging Earth. What I can tell you though is what the Top 10 posts were of 2006 based on viewing numbers. If you’re new to Emerging Earth in 2007, this gives you an idea of the topics we discuss […]

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December 28th, 2005

Web Events of 2005: Microsoft Releases the SSE Specification

The What?
The SSE Spec. It is a still relatively unknown specification for data exchange that was announced November 21st. It is an extension of RSS but can best be understood as a bi-directional RSS feed. When one SSE feed is published to another, the other can return the favor. Let’s be […]

By Aaron -- 1 comment

December 26th, 2005

Web Events of 2005: MSN goes LIVE

Late in 2005, Microsoft realized that their butts were being handed to them in the realm of web services. Microsoft had continually promoted their Operating System and Office products and really neglected the concept of applications being centered around the web. While Google and Yahoo continued to build upon a web platform, Microsoft […]

By Aaron -- 0 comments

December 25th, 2005

Web Events of 2005: Google takes a look back at 2005

Merry Christmas, everyone! Yes, that’s right, it’s Christmas. Forgive me all of you who don’t celebrate Christmas. Whatever makes you happy, just be happy in it and leave my Christmas alone! ;-)
In looking at the Web Events of 2005, I would be remiss to not nod my head, on this Christmas Sunday, […]

By Aaron -- 0 comments

December 24th, 2005

Web Events of 2005: Google Stock Continues to Rocket

From a business perspective, last year’s Initial Public Offering of Google stock proved to be, and continue to be a boon to investors. At the opening bell on January 3rd, 2005 (the first business day in 2005), Google’s stock surged from an already lofty $197.40 to $202.71 to close out the trading day. […]

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December 23rd, 2005

Web Events of 2005: Google Makes AJAX Mainstream

We hear alot about AJAX these days. AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) is the technology that allows websites to behave as if they were not website. In the early days, it was simply called XMLHttpRequest. Up until AJAX became popular, most sites required a reload of a page everytime dynamic data changed […]

By Aaron -- 0 comments

December 22nd, 2005

Web Events of 2005: Google Desktop Accelerator Fiasco

Earler this year, Google announced a beta product known as Web Accelerator. It was one of the biggest mistakes Google ever made. The idea was to cache websites browsed by all users using Web Accelerator in order to “make browsing faster”. What Google failed to realize that the technology used to cache […]

By Aaron -- 0 comments

December 20th, 2005

Web Events of 2005: Yahoo Acquires Flickr

On March 20th, 2005 Yahoo began, what I see as a key campaign to enhance and solidify the “social” marketplace. In the first of a key series of social network acquisitions, Yahoo married Flickr into its family.
Flickr was a key moment for Yahoo as it began the opening of developer APIs amon the […]

By Aaron -- 0 comments

December 20th, 2005

Web Events of 2005: Google, Mountain View Citywide WiFi Deal

In a series that will take us up to the new year, let’s take a look back on 2005 and the chaotic upheaval that has taken place in the marketplace. There have been many high points and several low points but undoubtedly, this was the year where technology lept forward.
On November 17th, Google announced […]

By Aaron -- 0 comments

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