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  • April 2008

    • Mash Up the Internet: Tool Makes Web Editable

      CNET  |  Apr 22, 08 12:53 PM CDT

      Mash Up the Internet: Tool Makes Web Editable

      (Newser) - Want to chart real estate listings on a Google map? A free browser extension from Intel can do that and more. Intel Mash Maker, released in beta today, lets users edit Web pages and combine information from different sites using widgets. Users can copy existing widgets from an Intel gallery, adjust them to work on different sites, or write their own, reports CNet. More »

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      Internet  • Intel  • web browser  • widget

  • January 2008

    • MySpace to Open Platform to Developers

      Associated Press  |  Jan 30, 08 1:00 PM CST

      MySpace to Open Platform to Developers

      (Newser) - Following the lead of rival Facebook, social networking giant MySpace will launch the MySpace Developer Platform next week, giving programmers deeper access to its site--possibly including the ability to tap into MySpace user data, AP reports. MySpace already informally allows programmers to develop widgets for it, and hopes the new platform will help developers make more money through the site. More »

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      Facebook  • MySpace  • Scrabulous  • widget  • platforms

    • Widget Mania on the Rise

      Forbes  |  Jan 2, 08 9:26 PM CST

      Widget Mania on the Rise

      (Newser) - Since Facebook created an open platform for software developers last May, widgets have won the love of consumers, social networking sites, and even more traditional corporate websites, Forbes reports. Facebook users alone have installed the miniscule applications—allowing them to share music or have zombie fights—more than 765 million times. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • News Corp  • widget  • market bubble

  • November 2007

    • Program Tracks Web's CO2 Emissions

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Nov 16, 07 5:43 PM CST

      Program Tracks Web's CO2 Emissions

      (Newser) - If you're reading this, you're contributing to climate change. That's the message of two PhD students who have created a widget to calculate how much carbon dioxide Web sites generate. Operators can download and install the free program on their sites and then buy an equivalent amount of carbon offsets, reports the San Jose Mercury News . More »

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      Internet  • climate change  • global warming  • carbon emissions  • software  • widget

  • October 2007

    • Meebo Joins Facebook as Platform

      Fortune Magazine  |  Oct 31, 07 4:34 AM CDT

      Meebo Joins Facebook as Platform

      (Newser) - Meebo, an instant-messenger startup, is following in the footsteps of Facebook by allowing certain hand-selected developers to create new widgets for its pages. Unlike Facebook, however, it plans to lure developers by offering them half the revenue gained from the features they create and will sell the ads itself, instead of leaving the task to the more code-oriented developers. More »

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      Facebook  • Internet advertising  • startup  • software developers  • widget  • platforms  • application  • Meebo

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