More on how Web 2.0 companies are helping people collect, analyze, and share structured information — i.e. providing some of the functionality now associated with business intelligence vendors.<\/p>\n
\n“The application describes a system for verifying listing information submitted by users, such as a merchant might enter when providing data to the Google Local Business Center about his or her business.”
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- Information feeds:<\/strong> InformationWeek<\/a> talks about how Twitter<\/a> can be used to provide real-time information feeds:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n“Twitter users send and read messages using a variety of channels: The Web, SMS, instant messaging, and RSS. The service also has an API for building third-party applications, which are springing up like weeds. These include applications to provide <\/em>weather reports,<\/em><\/a> tell the status of various lines on the <\/em>London Underground<\/em><\/a>, and provide <\/em>earthquake information<\/em><\/a> for Silicon Valley.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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- Data storage and linking:<\/strong> Freebase<\/a>‘s contributors are:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n“collecting data from all over the internet to build a massive, collaboratively-edited database of cross-linked data.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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- Collaboration:<\/strong> Trampoline Systems<\/a> aims to:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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