Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are striving to be the super-mega technology company that owns every layer of the value chain. To understand that assertion, let’s observe how and when Google encroached on each layer of the technology value chain required to access any web service. Search is just another web application.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. At the top end is the business logic created by startups and established technology companies. Companies like GeoCities & Tripod built tools that let you publish web pages that could be discoverable by others.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo! By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. Facebook went on become larger than even Google and Yahoo! No prizes for guessing … there’s ALWAYS a second act in technology. History repeats itself. Is the game over?

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318