Web 2.0 articles

• 

  Article

  NBC News closes EveryBlock, pioneer of microlocal and data-driven news

  By Tim Carmody on February 7, 2013 02:35 pm + 5 comments

  NBC News has closed down EveryBlock, an early innovator in using code to deliver a wide range of Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Why author and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier rejected the modern web

  By Adi Robertson on December 27, 2012 05:33 pm + 34 comments

  Computer scientist Jaron Lanier was an early futurist and virtual reality proponent in the 1980s, Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  Web 2.0 conference goes on hiatus for 2012, future plans uncertain

  By Bryan Bishop on April 4, 2012 05:19 pm + 3 comments

  Since its debut in 2004, the Web 2.0 Summit — initially billed as the Web 2.0 Conference — has Continue reading…

• 

  Article

  MC Hammer announces WireDoo, his own search engine

  By T.C. Sottek on October 22, 2011 02:53 pm + 2 comments

  MC Hammer may not have the deep pockets or bench strength of Microsoft, Yahoo, or Google, but he Continue reading…