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Toronto Based Start Up Readitfor.me | Reads Books for You

Tech Zulu Event

In most offices there would be a shelf of business books. Since, I am constantly reading to learn I would always ask questions about advice from the books. Cunningham’s current business, a marketing agency, Polar Unlimited in Toronto, had expanded in growth through the last decade by embracing social media and web 2.0.

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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.

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Lymber, Founded in Early 2016, Surprised by Mindbody’s Buyout Offer

Xconomy

Lymber, named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego startup to watch , has developed a technology platform that enables mobile users to book openings in fitness and wellness classes. Lymber was barely a year old when Mindbody (NASDAQ: MB ) announced recently that it acquired the San Diego mobile app developer.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

The future of TV will follow the rule of Deflationary Economics as I outline influenced by the book The Innovator’s Dilemma. The problem with the “long tail” content is that only the platform provider (ie YouTube) makes money. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

This is one book-end of the cycle. The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0 Much like iPhone is the only mobile platform in town, Facebook is the only “closed network” social networking platform in town.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

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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. One change in Google’s algorithm and whole businesses could be wiped out as chronicled in this excellent book by John Battelle called The Search. The costs of multi-platform development are too expensive.

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