Getting around at Web 2.0 Expo

Follow the CNET crew as it rubs elbows with managers, VCs, and business strategists in exploring how businesses are embracing Web 2.0 technologies.

Web leaders on economy: Keep calm and carry on

At the Web 2.0 Expo in New York, just a stone's throw from the turmoil on Wall Street, it was hard not to notice the financial industry meltdown.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
September 19, 2008 12:00 PM PDT

A software conference breaks out at Web 2.0 Expo

Call it a sign of maturation. Plenty of action at O'Reilly's New York conference was among software start-ups courting corporate tech buyers.
(Posted in Webware by Jim Kerstetter)
September 18, 2008 2:43 PM PDT

Two new semantic engines: Cognition and Eeggi

Coming soon, perhaps: Cloud-based engines that will understand the queries you send them.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)
September 18, 2008 5:29 PM PDT

O'Reilly: Stop throwing sheep and do something that matters

In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, conference czar encourages audience to stop focusing on goofy social-networking applications and instead work to change the world.
(Posted in Webware by Caroline McCarthy)
September 18, 2008 6:57 AM PDT

Business microblog tool Present.ly is smarter than Yammer

If you want something like Twiitter in your business, check it out. And the flood of corporate Twitter-alikes has not even begun.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)
September 17, 2008 10:14 PM PDT

Segway inventor, Nokia promote eco-developer contest

Dean Kamen hopes partnering with the cell phone maker will generate enthusiasm for third-world health issues he's passionate about.
(Posted in Wireless by Jim Kerstetter)
September 17, 2008 3:24 PM PDT

Idealism for New York tech, from VC Fred Wilson

The venture capitalist and local tech industry leader gave a "history lesson" of the city's industry as his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, but it seemed unnaturally idealistic given economic times that keep getting worse.
(Posted in Webware by Caroline McCarthy)
September 17, 2008 1:22 PM PDT

IBM putting social networking under microscope

Big Blue says it wants to open the "premier center" for social research. That will probably help them sell stuff, too.
(Posted in Webware by Jim Kerstetter)
September 17, 2008 11:40 AM PDT

Simplicity and its discontents: Jason Fried vs. Fraser Kelton

Those easy sites you like aren't doing much for their founders, according to Adaptive Blue's Fraser Kelton.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)
September 17, 2008 11:19 AM PDT

Ad agencies team up on social-media standards

Organized by the CEO of niche social network Gather, a group of ad agency types called SMAC to come up with metrics and ground rules for what's known as "engagement advertising."
(Posted in Webware by Caroline McCarthy)
September 17, 2008 10:58 AM PDT

Brian Solis: 'There is no viral marketing'

Marketers and advertisers are trying to catch fire on social-media sites like the hottest underground meme, but publicist and blogger Solis says that's not the right mentality.
(Posted in Webware by Caroline McCarthy)
September 17, 2008 9:02 AM PDT

How to get reporters' attention at Web 2.0 Expo

Amid the press kits and fliers peppering the media room at the New York convention, start-up Octopz handed out stuffed octopi. I'll take one, please.
(Posted in Webware by Caroline McCarthy)
September 17, 2008 8:18 AM PDT