Category Archive: web 2.0

Southeast Europe – a goldmine for Finnish ICT companies

Central and South East Europe are an interesting market area of countries under constant development. The ICT markets in many countries in this region are growing at a rate of nearly 10% per… Continue reading

My information sources online

Too long time and no public blogging. Facebook is nowadays the place to publish links and short commentary, thus so little time spent in publishing ideas and things openly. Anyway, I decided to… Continue reading

BarbieGirls from Mattel to challenge virtual worlds

(orginally for Satama Research Blog) Barbie’s parent, the world’s largest toymaker, on April 27 unveiled its newest Barbie initiative called “Barbie Girls” which meshes together the online and offline play experience for girls.… Continue reading

Create your programs with Yahoo Pipes and Google APIs

(originally for Satama Research Blog) Few recent interesting launches: Yahoo Pipes “Pipes is an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator. Using Pipes, you can create feeds that are more powerful, useful and relevant.” In… Continue reading

Search more important than navigation?

(Originally for Satama Research Blog) What a fascinating design topic. Are we as online users getting so lasy, that we no longer want to navigate on sites. Do we just want to get… Continue reading

DotBomb 2.0?

(originally for the Satama Research Blog) Recent market valuations in the US: Sony: $36 bn American Express: $64 bn Time Warner: $85 bn eBay: $65 bn Yahoo: $60 bn and Google: $120 bn… Continue reading

RSS Readers visit more sites than non-RSS readers

I wrote last year about the power of RSS. It has proven to be a powerful medium and means to consume online content. Nielsen Net Ratings reports that RSS users are significantly more… Continue reading

Mercura – P2P streaming radio

Originally for Satama Research Blog I just found an interesting and innovative content service – Mercura. The company states to do the following: # Create the world’s largest music catalog by leveraging peer-to-peer… Continue reading

Podcasting is expanding

Originally for Satama Research Blog The business of podcasting is constanly developing. According to new forecasts from The Diffusion Group, a leading consumer technology research consultancy, demand for time-shifted digital audio files or… Continue reading

Structured blogging and beyond

Originally for Satama Research Blog A new blogging phenomena is emerging – Structured Blogging. In short the idea means that: Structured blogging is about making a movie review look different from a calendar… Continue reading