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Just What Is the Open Web?
The Open Web is a term that is used fairly often now, but like Web 2.0 before it, it is a term without a good, succint definition. Some smart people are trying to come up with one.
Webmasters.org Sells for $50k on SitePoint
Webmasters.org sold yesterday for $50,000 right here in the SitePoint Marketplace. Though technically a site sale, the true value was the top-level domain making it the largest domain sale ever on SitePoint.
JavaScript Event Delegation is Easier than You Think
If you’re into adding a little JavaScript interactivity to your web pages, you may have heard of JavaScript event delegation and thought it was one of those convoluted design patterns that only hardcore JavaScript programmers worry about. You’d be wrong.
Glam Media Launches App Platform
Glam Media is a blog network with over 600 publishers reaching 77 million unique users per month. Today, they launched an application platform for their publishers based on Google’s Open Social. Why? The answer may be that the company has grander aspirations than just being a blog network.
Sometimes You Have to Say No to Your Users
Video hosting site Vimeo recently disappointed a large portion of their user base by disallowing video game clips. Their reason for the policy change had more to do with their vision of the type of videos they wanted to encourage than anything else. Sometimes, saying no to customers is necessary.
Twitter vs. Congress
Because of US Congressional rules about communicating with the public via outside web sites, using Twitter may not be allowed. And that’s caused a bit of a stir among some House of Representatives members.
Google Maps Launches Walking Directions
Google Maps launched a new feature this morning: walking directions. Walking directions are especially helpful for people living in urban areas where Google’s driving directions often send traveler in circles due to one-way streets.
Will Facebook’s New Design Hurt App Developers?
Facebook’s new profile design went live to most users today. Apart from the cosmetic changes, one of the most significant additions is a new, prominent ad block on application canvas pages. Will it hurt developers though?
For a Startup, Is a Virtual Office Enough?
There are a lot of pros to working virtually when you’re starting up — not least of which is the cost savings of working from home. But does it make sense for startup founders to be in the same city?
Don’t Get Burned When the Cloud Goes Down
Yesterday, Amazon’s S3 storage service was down for about 6 hours, taking many prominent web services down with it. Startup Planaroo offers some simple advice for how not to get burned when the cloud goes down.
