api | Kris Smith has read these articles about "api" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "api" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpAdBrite Raises $23 Million More - Why- November 30, 2007 The big news today in the venture capital space is AdBrite raising a new round of $23 million reports PE Hub. Om also believes there is more coming within the round. Looks like the majority of the bloggers listed on Techmeme just reported on the funding. Allow me to give you my current thoughts on AdBrite. AdBrite has a few large publishers but outside of that, the market is made up of very small players. AdBrite has a different model than most ad networks. A publisher places the tracking...http://www.centernetworks.com/adbrite-raises-23-million-why Semantic Technology In Action: An Interview with Dr. Paul Miller- November 30, 2007 Each night this week while making dinner, I've listened to a different podcast interview with a semantic technology professional. It's been a fascinating experience and the man I have to think for the education is Dr. Paul Miller, technology evangelist for semantic web platform vendor Talis. Miller is producing an informative, enjoyable and prolific series of hour-long conversations with some people whose work is simply amazing. Semantic web tools are no longer trapped in the lab, after...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/192563971/semantic_technology_in_action.php Adventures in $40 eyeglasses- November 29, 2007 Last year, I stumbled upon a blog post about buying prescription eyeglasses online. It sounded too good to be true: you could get any frames you wanted quickly and cheaply, and the comments were filled with optometrists freaking out. Eventually, the author launched a dedicated blog for it called Glassy Eyes. When the site was recently mentioned on MetaFilter right around the time I was getting my 2-year exam, I decided to take the plunge myself and order some glasses online. Why Buy...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/43Folders/~3/192373022/adventures-40-eyeglasses Oil Soars After Blast- November 29, 2007 Oil prices surged early today after a fire and an explosion crippled a pipeline complex carrying Canadian crude into the United States. The four pipelines, operated by Enbridge, carry an average of 1.5 million barrels a day to refineries in the Midwestnearly a fifth of the oil imported into the United States. Two workers died in the blast, which occurred Wednesday afternoon about 3 miles south of Enbridge's terminal in Clearbrook, Minnesota, the company said. The Associated Press reported...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/top5/~3/192369734/Oil-Soars-After-Blast NASDAQ Internet Index - No Microsoft, News Corp- November 29, 2007 Yesterday we noted the launch of a new Nasdaq stock market index tracking only Internet companies, called the NASDAQ Internet Index. The index (QNET) will track a diverse range of companies covering "Internet access providers, Internet search engines, web hosting, website design, and Internet retail commerce." The list is now available (thanks TraderMike). The leading companies include Google, Yahoo, eBay, Amazon, IACInterActiveCorp. It also includes international companies, like Baidu and Sohu.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/192043136/nasdaq_internet_index_list_availa... Dear Mark Halperin: Shut Up and Go Away- November 29, 2007 I was hoping to avoid writing about Mark Halperin's extremely terrible new book, The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President, on account of its extreme terribleness. But now Halperin has gone and made that impossible, I'm afraid. So here goes. An editor and political analyst for Time and ABC News, Halperin has been taking heat this week for an op-ed he published in The New York Times criticizing the strain of journalism that focuses on candidates' skill qua politicians, rather than on...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/mixedmedia/~3/192030759/dear-mark-halperin-shut-up... DIY Window De-Icer On-the-Cheap DIY- November 28, 2007 For many of us, along with winter comes an endless expanse of mornings spent freezing our fingers off scraping ice from our windshields. Rather than walking that chilly road again this winter, the Dollar Stretcher web site suggests several DIY solutions for keeping your windshield ice-free this winter. For example:To prevent your car's windowsmirrors from icing up... treat the windows before you go to bed each night. The window treatment can be made up of 3 parts vinegar to 1 part water and...http://lifehacker.com/software/diy/diy-window-de+icer-on+the+cheap-327068.php Apple Settles Burst Patent Suit for 'Only' $10 Million- November 26, 2007 Burst.com is a company that developed some streaming video technology in the 1990s but couldn&39;t find enough people who were interested in buying it. After trying and failing to turn a profit as a legitimate software company, they discovered the joys of patent lawsuits. They wrested $60 million out of Microsoft and then turned their legal guns on Apple. Now Apple, too, has buckled, agreeing to pay Burst $10 million for a license to its patents. The thing that the media coverage of the patent..http://techdirt.com/articles/20071126/004025.shtml Oh man!- November 25, 2007 The NY Times has a piece today where they say the mobile web is so close yet so far. "The user experience has been a disaster," says Tony Davis, managing partner of Brightspark, a Toronto venture capital firm that has invested in two mobile Web companies. The NY Times has totally ignored the NY Times River, which makes the Times work on mobile devices with ease of use that they so often report is eluding them. It's like a fly perched on the end of your nose. You can feel it but it won't come...http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/11/24/ohMan.html What Happens if Freddie Mac Becomes Insolvent- November 23, 2007 While most of us were filling our bellies on Thanksgiving, James Hamilton took a dive into the balance sheets of Fannie and Freddie. And he's found some pretty scary figures: The total "book of business" held by Fannie and Freddie between them is now $4.7 trillion, mostly in the form of mortgage-backed securities as opposed to outright mortgages. That means their $65 billion in capital is just 1.4% of their book of business. That&39;s worrying. Fannie and...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/marketmovers/~3/189369350/what-happens-if-freddie-... |