Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Collaboration and innovation within Google

"The gist ... is that Google's flat management structure fosters innovation and good ideas get percolating faster with Web-based apps that allow engineers to find information and collaborate." Google's Secret Sauce  - CNET News.com

Interesting business model

"Shopatron takes customers’ orders and places them on “Confident Order Exchange” (Coex), an internet-based online exchange where orders are taken up by a local retailer for delivery or the goods are held in a store to be picked up." FT.com -- How to cut in the middleman

Thursday, February 28, 2008

What is not a WebOS?

BBC tech discusses the often mis-used concept of WebOS (web-based operating system):


Jooce is one of many companies which offer so-called web-based operating systems.
Companies such as Global Hosted Operating System (g.ho.st), desktoptwo and startforce also offer net-based desktops allowing users to access files and applications from any browser.
Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with JupiterResearch, believes the concept of a web OS is a misleading one. "WebOS is a buzzword but it has little that technically represents an operating system and is more about aggregating functionality," he said. "It is a crowded market but it is interesting that people are more and more looking to have their digital personas linked into online universes," he said.