Future Web: What is eBay Focused On? March 4, 2007
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As church technology evolves, we need to look to bellwether representatives to see where technology (specifically the internet) is headed. Recently, Max Mancini, the recently appointed senior director of platform and innovation at eBay, spoke to IDG News Service about where eBay is devoting a majority of time and resources over the next 12-18 months. I love the name of one of the groups he heads — it is called the Disruptive Innovation team, which was started last year.
eBay started with innovating around consumer-to-consumer commerce and the auction format online, then progressed just to keep up from scale and growth perspectives, with its main focus on scalability, performance and (more…)
Future Web — A Glimpse March 2, 2007
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Google, YouTube, Social Networking, AI, Web 2.0. Web 3.0….Where in the world are we going with the Internet?
One of the most important figures in the Web’s history provided members of Congress with a glimpse into the future of technology. Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, spoke about his experience, his views, and his vision of the future during a congressional subcommittee hearing Thursday. The hearing, entitled “The Future of the World Wide Web,” is the first in a series on the “Digital Future of the United States.”
Berners-Lee — whom TIME Magazine listed, with Albert Einstein, as one of the most important people of the 20th Century — spent hours Thursday publicly explaining how the Internet and the World Wide Web came about, how they work, what their potential is and what must be done to make sure they reach it. Check out his audio/video remarks here.
