ANTenna Blog -- Internet/Web

Office Web For Linux? You Bet, Says Microsoft

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 03:30 PM ET | Nov 15, 2008

Will Microsoft extend its planned Office Web to Firefox and Safari browser users? That appears to be the case -- and it also looks like both Mac and Linux users will have a standing invitation to join the party.

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Apple | Hardware & Software | Linux | Open Source | Software-as-a-Service | Web 2.0 | Windows

Is Social Media Killing PR?

Posted by Gayle Kesten 12:05 PM ET | Nov 13, 2008

Or is it a possibility they can they co-exist -- or, heaven forbid, morph into one?

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Internet/Web
Company Size: 1-49 | Sales/Marketing | Web 2.0

Fill-In-The-Blank Online Video Advertising

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:36 AM ET | Nov 10, 2008

So long, blue skies? A California start-up has rolled out a software-as-a-service platform that inserts ads smack-dab into the actionless portion of a Web video.

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Business & E-Business
Internet/Web | Software-as-a-Service | Web 2.0

Batten Down The Hatches -- Here Comes Google's OCRopus!

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 10:51 PM ET | Nov 5, 2008

Google's new open-source OCR software will transform online search technology. Almost certainly, it will also catch some companies with their virtual pants down.

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Internet/Web
Open Source | Security | Web 2.0

Yahoo's Zimbra Joins The Cloud Club

Posted by Gayle Kesten 10:52 AM ET | Oct 28, 2008

Yahoo's Zimbra is becoming a hosted service provider in its own right, for the first time taking its open-source, Web-based messaging and collaboration application straight to a select customer segment.

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Services
Company Size: 1-49 | Messaging | Software-as-a-Service | Web 2.0

Firefox + NoScript: Throw 'Clickjackers' Under The Bus

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 11:42 PM ET | Oct 27, 2008

Is "clickjacking" the security risk some people make it out to be? Not if you're acquainted with one of my favorite Firefox browser extensions.

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Hardware & Software
How-To | Internet/Web | Security | Web 2.0

Let's Dance: Learning The Samba

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 02:53 PM ET | Oct 21, 2008

Today, I'll point out some good resources to help you tackle an essential job for many small-business owners: Cross-platform (including Linux) networking.

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Networking & Communications
Apple | Hardware & Software | How-To | Linux | Open Source | Server How-To | Storage | Web 2.0 | Windows

Who Will Be Our Next President, According To Facebook

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:15 AM ET | Oct 20, 2008

Social networks as a business tool are gaining ground, but can they also predict the 44th president of the United States?

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Internet/Web
Company Size: 1-49 | Government | Web 2.0

NuevaSync: A Free (Beta) Link Between Google Calendar and iPhone 3G

Posted by Alan Zeichick 07:46 PM ET | Sep 20, 2008

If you're been frustrated trying to integrate Google Calendar with the build-in Calendar app in your iPhone (or iPod touch), a solution is at hand. It's free, it's in beta, and it works. Well, it works most of the time, anyway.

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Apple
Internet/Web | Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Is Here To Stay. Even IBM Says So

Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:04 PM ET | Sep 18, 2008

Is there any greater indication that Web 2.0 apps are, and will continue to, infiltrate and redefine the workforce than the fact that IBM is opening up a research center dedicated to developing Web 2.0 tools for the workplace? I don't think so.

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Web 2.0
Hardware & Software | Internet/Web | Web 2.0

Yammer Is Twitter For Business

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:32 AM ET | Sep 11, 2008

bMighty has long been conflicted about the business value of "micro-blogging" sevices like Twitter. But the brand-new Yammer -- a twitter for the enterprise, has "won" the TechCrunch 50 event.

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Internet/Web
IT | Messaging | Social Networking | Unified Communications | Web 2.0

Obama Texts His VP Choice: Smaller Businesses Are Listening

Posted by Naomi Grossman 07:46 AM ET | Aug 25, 2008

There is, of course, a lot of hoopla surrounding Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his running mate. But the real excitement -- at least as far as smaller businesses are concerned -- is how his campaign made the initial announcement: They texted it to lots of people's cellphones. Is it finally safe to declare that mobile marketing is here to stay?

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Mobile
Sales/Marketing | Web 2.0