Category Archives: platforms

The Blockchain and the "All for One, One for All" Demise of the Centralized Server

Posted on November 26, 2013 by jessestay

It’s amazing how history repeats itself. Internet history began with the conception of room-filled mainframe computers and “nodes” that would connect directly to the mainframes relying solely on the power of the central mainframe to get their signal and perform … Continue reading →

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Paypal Launches "Embedded Payments" Platform for Easy Integration Onto Any Website

Posted on October 26, 2010 by jessestay

Today at the Paypal X Innovate 2010 Conference Paypal, in a demo with the social shopping cart payments provider, Payvment, announced in a live demo their new “Embedded Payments” platform.  The platform, at least according to the demo, allows developers, … Continue reading →

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Mobile, Tablets, and the Need for an Extended E-Reading Experience

Posted on August 12, 2010 by jessestay

Imagine buying a book from the book store and only being allowed to use a yellow highlighter to highlight that book and not being able to add any notes as you read it.  Seems pretty ridiculous, doesn’t it?  Yet we’re … Continue reading →

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The Coolest Thing I Saw at Chirp? It Wasn’t the Twitter Platform

Posted on April 15, 2010 by jessestay

Amongst all the amazing things being launched at Twitter’s Chirp developer conference: @anywhere, User Streams, New developer Terms, Ad Platform Announcements, and more, nothing truly got me excited in a way that said, “this is the future”.  True, User Streams … Continue reading →

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Live Blogging the Web 2.0 Expo: Yahoo Announces Y! OS #web20expo

Posted on April 24, 2008 by jessestay

Yahoo’s keynote proved very interesting. In it they announced a new technology they call, Y! OS. This technology is to be the beginning of a new Open, Social Strategy for Yahoo, and with the technology, as they term it, they … Continue reading →

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