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BuddyPress Privacy Component About to Launch

Here's a brief update on my efforts to provide a suite of privacy filtering services to BuddyPress' core components. With the release of BP v1.2.6, the last of the essential ingredients are now in place to allow my Privacy Component to function. On November 8, 2010, I plan to make the component available to all via the WordPress Plugin Repository. You can learn more on BP-Privacy.com.

To celebrate this occasion, I am offering two specials: 40% off of the standard BuddyPress Privacy Component Support Plan (BPCSP) and the other 25% discount on advertising rates. All but two of the first month's ad spots are sold. So, if you want to get in early and lock in these prerelease rates, act now.

Web 3.0 Smartups: the New Web Business Space

<Smartups Series Part 4 of 4>

This is the last article in my four-part series about Powering Startups to Become Smartups. In part 1, we discussed why Web-2.0 startups were stuck in the box and how in-the-box thinking leads to missed opportunities. In part 2, we discussed the most salient aspect of Web 3.0, the Web of Data and the emergence of the Social Web.

Part 3 was a rather in-depth discussion of the challenges and pitfalls of relying solely on a 40-year old database model, the RDBMS, to p...

Web 3.0 Smartups: Moving Beyond the Relational Database

<Smartups Series Part 3 of 4>

Today's Web-based services are dealing with substantially higher volumes of data. But the challenges of data storage and management in the Social Web go beyond the issue of increasing data volume. In Web 3.0, data are significantly more complex and difficult to define ahead of time

Unfortunately, many existing Web-2.0 startups continue to use only a RDBMS (relational database management system) model for meeting all their data storage and management needs—and some ...

Web 3.0 Smartups: the Social Web and the Web of Data

< Smartups Series Part 2 of 4>

In the first installment of my Web 3.0 series, Powering Startups to Become Smartups, I presented a general overview of the Web's evolving paradigm. I made the argument that today's Web-based startups needed to step outside the current Web-2.0 box and think like a Web-3.0 company. By leveraging the power of Web 3.0, a common-place startup could transform itself into a smartup.

In this second installment, I'm going to talk about what most people think of when they h...

Web 3.0: Powering Startups to Become Smartups

If you are a Web-based technology startup focused on the 2.0 version of the Web (a.k.a. Web 2.0), then you are not thinking outside of the box anymore. The Web is constantly evolving: innovating and implementing new technologies; adapting in a more timely manner to user feedback and needs; redefining the roles of business partners; and pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

This is the first article in my four-part series about powering startups to become smartups. You can find the...

The Semantics of the Semantic Web: Don't Confuse the Concept with the Movement

This past week, another rash of the "Semantic Web is dead" cries have made their rounds at conferences (at least one) and across the Twittersphere. This is sensationalism at its best—and used quite effectively.

The truth is that the promise and accrued benefits of the Semantic Web are far from dead. The Semantic Web is growing as we speak. Facebook's Open Graph ontology clearly demonstrates that big social networks are beginning to understand the power and benefits of opening up some of their ...

Apple's Ping Versus the Social Web

In my last article, I wrote about the potential impact that Apple's iTunes Ping, their just-released social network for music, might have on other social networks like Facebook and Twitter. The more important question is, What impact might Ping have on the Social Web?

Since posting my article, I have read a number of other observers' opinions about Ping. Although many of these articles show great insight and erudition with respect to why Ping, in its current incarnation, falls short in...

Apple Unveils Ping and Enters Social-networking War with Facebook and Twitter

During Apple's media event today, CEO Steve Jobs previewed iTunes 10 which will include Ping, a social network for music (Ping press release). I believe this is possibly a game-changing event for Facebook, Twitter, and the Social Web in general.

Music is a big aspect of social sharing. MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and even Twitter have launched the careers of fledgling artists, have helped promote established artists, and have been important platforms from which fans can interact with each...

Apple Unveils Ping and Enters Social Networking War with Facebook and Twitter

During Apple's media event today, CEO Steve Jobs previewed iTunes 10 which will include Ping, a social network for music. I believe this is possibly a game-changing event for Facebook, Twitter, and the Social Web in general.

Music is a big aspect of social sharing. MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and even Twitter have launched the careers of fledgling artists, have helped promote established artists, and have been important platforms from which fans can interact with each other and sometimes even ...

How the Death of Net Neutrality Effects You

The potential impact of the Google-Verizon proposal to end wireless net neutrality on bloggers, niche social network owners, and ecommerce sites seems to be misunderstood or not even realized by most of my colleagues in the the Web design and development business. This surprises me as their livelihoods depend on the ability of their clients to compete on an equal footing.

The issue in summary is that the big telecos are aiming to rate limit packet traffic across the entire wireless spectrum...