Amazon’s online pay-as-you-go storage solution S3 has saved photosharing site Smugmug $500k in one year and this post shows you how the maths works out. Amazing.
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Google has acquired Israeli online spreadsheet company iRows, according to PaidContent.org. Users can migrate their spreadsheets over to Google Docs & Spreadsheets. The founders have joined the Google team building the would-be Office-killer.
The 10 worst internet acquisitions of all time, according to Seeking Alpha. To qualify the deals had to be expensive and contribute little or nothing to long term growth. Good list.
Interesting reflections on developments in Second Life by Steve Rubel.
Beginner’s guide to Digg which covers all the basics you need to get Digging.
Yet another place to write and share notes online.
A few tips on what to do and what not to do to build community web sites – from the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
The W3C has proposed a draft standard for “widgets” which, if adopted, would allow widgets (small desk top or web applications) to run in any environment. Currently Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Apple all have their own standards.
Advertising Age on how to make money from video in a Web 2.0 world.