article thumbnail

Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. Social Networking in Web 2.0. Lesson learned (to me at least) – let people get stinking rich off your platform and tax ‘em later.

article thumbnail

Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. This has prompted many people to question whether advertising “in stream&# and on Twitter is a good thing or a bad thing. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

Ideas 286
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Intel Deepens Move into Sports Tech with SportStream Investment

Xconomy

ScoreStream, a five-year-old startup that created a social media platform for crowd-sourcing local sports scores, has raised $3.7 million in a Series A round that includes Intel Capital as an investor. Including the latest round, ScoreStream has raised a total of $6.8 million since it was founded in 2012.

Avalon 56
article thumbnail

Interview with Edward Park, Insteegram

socalTECH

One of the things we really wanted to do was address that, and make our platform more flexible and versatile to help artists and others monetize this without having to invest hundreds or thousands of dollars up front. Edward Park: One problem with Internet 2.0 has been a reliance on advertising revenue.

Startup 174
article thumbnail

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advertising

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. . ©

article thumbnail

Interview with Sunil Rajaraman, Scripped

socalTECH

Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 There are also others who are doing advertisements with short video. He was independently working on a collaboration platform for writers, and eventually we all got on a phone together, and it clicked. We're targeting any company producing any short form video.

Content 138
article thumbnail

The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

AJAX was one of the major drivers of the “dot com renaissance” that became known as Web 2.0. The surest sign of a market inefficiency is when solutions emerge to help developers get around the bottlenecks of platform development. The costs of multi-platform development are too expensive. Apple had a store.

Web 355