Web2NewYork » nextNY http://web2newyork.com Networking for post-internet media, advertising and business Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Veritocracy launches new personalization technology http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/03/veritocracy-launches-new-personalization-technology/ http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/03/veritocracy-launches-new-personalization-technology/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:21:12 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://web2newyork.com/blog/?p=445 more]]> Veritocracy will come out of private beta sometime before March 24th [edit: it happened later today...], when founder Lee Hoffman is scheduled to present the social news recommendation site at Web2NewYork March.

]]> http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/03/veritocracy-launches-new-personalization-technology/feed/ 0 TurnTo at OnMedia http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/02/turnto-at-onmedia/ http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/02/turnto-at-onmedia/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:50:17 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://web2newyork.com/blog/?p=434 more]]> Two weeks after presenting TurnTo at Web2NewYork, founder George Eberstadt was at the OnMedia conference. Eberstadt’s ‘trusted reference system’ went live late last year with fourteen partner sites.

]]> http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/02/turnto-at-onmedia/feed/ 0 Tim Draper warns against socialism http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/02/tim-draper-warns-against-socialism/ http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/02/tim-draper-warns-against-socialism/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:09:31 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://web2newyork.com/blog/?p=429 more]]> Before arriving in New York for his opening keynote at AlwaysOn OnMedia, Tim Draper attended the Alfalfa Club Dinner in Washington.

]]> http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/02/tim-draper-warns-against-socialism/feed/ 0 Public Chalk looking for a niche http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/01/public-chalk-looking-for-a-niche/ http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/01/public-chalk-looking-for-a-niche/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:53:25 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://web2newyork.com/blog/?p=427 more]]> Jonah Keegan’s Feedback Forum gives startups the opportunity to hear some outsider perspectives on their business models. Monday John Wagner submitted Public Chalk for dissection.

]]> http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/01/public-chalk-looking-for-a-niche/feed/ 0 Ty Ahmad-Taylor picks web over TV http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/01/ty-ahmad-taylor-picks-web-over-tv/ http://web2newyork.com/blog/2009/01/ty-ahmad-taylor-picks-web-over-tv/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:02:17 +0000 Peter Verkooijen http://web2newyork.com/blog/?p=423 more]]> Ty Ahmad Taylor, one of the speakers at this week’s Future TV Show, sees opportunity in search verticals with social layers on top of them. The former product developer at Comcast and MTV is working on his own startup Snap Scores.


Ahmad-Taylor is sceptical about the prospects for the OpenCable Platform (OCAP) aka Tru2Way.

Simon Applebaum (Tomorrow Will Be Televised) moderated a very entertaining closing panel at the Future TV Show. Applebaum earlier this week also presented at Web2NewYork networking party.

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