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The Social Network Wars Begin In Earnest: Facebook Bans Google Friend Connect

Posted in Market research, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

It was bound to happen. The Web 2.0 community have long been all open and for sharing of information. That was until today, when face book banned Google Friends connect to harvest information and share from FaceBook.

Here is one of the seven paragraphs they posted as a response to this shift: “Now that Google has launched Friend Connect, we’ve had a chance to evaluate the technology. We’ve found that it redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users’ knowledge, which doesn’t respect the privacy standards our users have come to expect and is a violation of our Terms of Service.”

This is only natural, the integrity of the individual must come first – even if information is free – the risk for backlashes is far to greater then the service enablement. I am sure that this is just a beggining of what to come.

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Making money on online Video

Posted in Gerbsman Partners, Market research, Technology, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Where web 2.0 brought us nice features and video, it have had a hrad time producing business models that enables solid buiness plans. One new company, Videorix emplain themselfs as being a “self-service marketplace connecting advertisers with publishers of online-videos“. Walking the well established path of Goggle AdWords, this may be one way of generating some cash on all those videos that are everywhere on the web.

Here is a good piece Mashable:

“The system is still in very early development, and according to the creator, Nadim Elgarhy, the system is still in development, working out the kinks. As a result, the place isn’t exactly flush with advertisers, yet, but there’s an introductory offer from Nadim to promote the system itself. It’s not a particularly lucrative offer, but it shows what could be possible if the system becomes as well used as the IZEA system as well.

The system seems to pay no regard to CPMs, going with a blanket flat-fee sponsorship model. There doesn’t seem to be any ranking system as of yet, but with a little tweaking (and a lot more advertisers), this particular system could end up being a real decent marketplace for those breaking into the video realm to see a little return on their time investment.

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BoIC member featured in New York Times

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Business models, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Investments, Market research, Mobile, Open Garden, Social Networks, Technology, Web 2.0, Wireless 2.0, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on April 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Tony Fish, a member of Gerbsman Partners Board of Intellectual Partners was featured in NY Times on April 14th. The article, “Getting your business ready for Mobile 2.0”, is an excellent example on Mobile 2.0 issues that arise in with the technology.

“To better understand the coming of Mobile 2.0, indeed it is important to first understand the arrival of Web 2.0. Web 2.0 is a new generation of Web-based applications, like widgets, social networks, and collaboration tools that are quickly transforming the landscape of the Internet itself.”

Read the whole article here.

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Coming soon: superfast internet

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Community, Gerbsman Partners, Technology, Uncategorized, Venture Capital, Web 2.0 on April 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Internet as we know it is about to get outperformed by a new, exclusive network know as the Grid. As with the Internet, GRID is a spinnoff out of CERN where Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. The network, in effect a parallel internet, is built using fiber optic cables that run from CERN to 11 centers in the United States, Canada, the Far East, Europe and around the world. Read more here.

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Monetizing on social networks

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Community, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Technology, Web 2.0, Wireless, tagged , , , , , , on April 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Here is a good example on how Wireless 2.0 is enabling Web 2.0 services to generate cash. Paul Ruppert describes Hook Mobile’s services best when saying “… generates additional revenues for social networks and their application developers by offering an open API that delivers a “low calorie” multimedia experience using MMS.”

His prediction in the end of the article may not be so far off when he states that Hook may be on Facebook very soon.

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