In late November, ReadWriteWeb asked the question, Can Netvibes pull off integration of real-time feeds into its existing dashboard product?. At the time, early testers were just gaining access to Wasabi beta. As of today the service will go live to the public with CEO Freddy Mini's presentation at the Le Web conference.

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In addition to a number of magazine-style themes, some of the features designed for the real-time web include:
Multipurpose Navigation: Users will enjoy the ability to read their feeds and insert widgets directly into the Wasabi home page
Smart Reader: In addition to delivering users' RSS feeds, Netvibes Smart Reader lets users check their Twitter, Facebook, widget apps, notifications, podcast subscriptions, photos and notifications.

The Real-Time RSS:As promised, Netvibes' feed delivery engine updates with full PubSubHubBub support.
Publishing: In addition to being able to create more than 185,000 widgets, users can take advantage of the site's no-code push publishing and notification tools as well as free hosting. The company's premium product also allows users to monitor real-time brand conversations.
Drag and Follow Widgets: Facebook, Twitter and MySpace widgets allow users to drag hashtags or usernames out of existing widgets in order to instantly create new special/> [...]

Thu Dec 10, 2009 09:50 am

I recently had the pleasure of attending the Social Media Club (San Francisco and Silicon Valley chapter) panel session around Social CRM which was moderated by Jeremiah Owyang and included Salesforce, Get Satisfaction, Mint, and Lithium Technologies.  The room was packed with around 100+ people that were all interested in Social CRM, which was great.  For me personally the session was a bit frustrating and many of the audience members felt the same way (or at least those that I talked to).  I’m really glad I attended to hear how vendors are approaching SCRM and to get a better understanding of what people want and expect.  There are plenty of great things to say such as the quality of people, the great vibe and atmosphere, and the killer job that the SMC guys do of putting together the events.  This overview is strictly on the content of the panel and not the whole event itself (which was great).  Having said that, here are my points of contention

1. The panel was made up entirely of vendors in the SCRM space.  This was a bad choice in my opinion because vendors ultimately have one goal in mind, and that is to get more people to use their platform.  Many vendors sell a solution and then try to wrap a strategy around it, which is not the way to go.  This makes it a bit cumbersome when you try to t/> [...]
   
   Fri May 21, 2010 10:40 am

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   Kids on the Web: Innovation From Unlikely Experts
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   "Advances in science and technology can launch from unassuming springboards," says a recent article in Scientific American, chronicling how brilliant thinkers "reached back to childhood to help them develop tiny transistors, study particle separation, make microfluidics devices, and fight cancer." More specifically, they reached for Etch A Sketch, Legos, Shrinky Dinks and balloons.

   The modern era is intrigued by the possibility of finding answers in unexpected places. In fact, the allure of genius ex machina has gone so far as to revolutionize corporate innovation processes at large; they now accommodate - nay, solicit - user input.

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   Guest author Kim Gaskins is a writer for Latitude, an international research consultancy exploring how Web technologies can further enhance human experiences. Visit life-connected.com for other Latitude studies or to learn more about working with Latitude.

   

   Dave Stanton of the Poynter Institute leads an SxSW session: "My Three-Year Old is my Usability Expert."

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   Tue Apr 06, 2010 14:35 pm

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   SEO Book Re-opening

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   After about 11 weeks or so of being closed to new members, I have caught up on a number of projects and we have decided to re-open again. We increased the price again to try to help manage demand, as it is far easier for me to keep adding more value to x members than to have 2x customers. There are so many ways to profit from search, but it is too easy to get bogged down doing administrative work if we were to have thousands and thousands of customers. Plus increasing price tends to increase customer quality (keeping any pikers out while encouraging more successful people to join) and make doing the work that much more enjoyable. Current members are locked in at their current rates, but new members have to pay the current rate.

   If you are at Pubcon I am flying out in about a half hour to speak a couple times today. First up is links at 1015, and then immediately following that at 1130 I am speaking on contextual ads. Many people probably know that I am a bit of a link hound, but what is lesser known is that I probably know way more about AdSense than most the people who have wrote books or ebooks about it. Like many other AdSense publishers I even have my own favorite layout + strategy which maximizes earnings without sacrificing linkability.

   Budweiser says drinkability is the difference. Nonsense. It is all about linkability. ;)

   Both sessions should be fun and I look forward to seeing you if you are there. If you aren't there I look forward to seeing you in our community. :D

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   Thu Nov 12, 2009 18:28 pm

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