Microsoft Corp. hopes that taking a page out of its old playbook can help the company cut into Google Inc.’s thus-far insurmountable lead in the search market.
Microsoft plans to ramp up its efforts to encourage Web developers and other programmers to create mashups — quickly assembled Web-based programs gluing together different data and technology sources […]
“Mashup” has long been a term used by innovative disc jockeys who combine an old song with a new track having the same beat to create a wholly different dance experience. A software mashup is comprised of two or more content components from different sources but presented to the user as a single, seamless “experience,” […]
The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready […]
One of the more interesting APIs added here recently comes from BT, British Telecom. It’s not so much a single API but a set of early beta APIs code-named Web21C, part of their larger £10 billion 21st century network initiative called 21CN, an IP-based, multi-service network. Functionality provided in this initial release includes SMS, voice […]
A web mashup is a website or web application that uses content from more than one source to create a completely new service.
Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or so called API. [Source: Wikipedia]
The logic of a web mashup can be summarized as the simple equation:
Web […]
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