Because every American
should have access
to broadband Internet.

The Internet Innovation Alliance is a broad-based coalition of business and non-profit organizations that aim to ensure every American, regardless of race, income or geography, has access to the critical tool that is broadband Internet. The IIA seeks to promote public policies that support equal opportunity for universal broadband availability and adoption so that everyone, everywhere can seize the benefits of the Internet - from education to health care, employment to community building, civic engagement and beyond.

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Blog posts tagged with 'Mash Up'

Sunday, February 08

A Sneak Peak at the Ubiquitous Web

By Pete

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As broadband makes cloud based web services more convenient, and more integrated into our daily lives, we’re beginning to see what’s possible by linking services together. The latest astonishing mash-up is a natural language commander for Firefox called Ubiquity. If you’ve used application launchers like Quicksilver or Katapult this tool will seem familiar. However, where Ubiquity blows minds is that it’s seamlessly integrated with the web. For instance, if you need to research a word, Ubiquity can pull the definition directly from WordNet. It can also grab translations and maps from Google, and reviews from Yelp. The possibilities for this mash-up maker are endless as it can integrate with any open Web API. It’s a killer app, and highly recommended, even if only to catch a glimpse of what the future may bring.

Wednesday, February 04

Annotate This

By Pete

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Last week, YouTube rolled out a major improvement to their annotation toolset. It’s now much easier to add speech bubbles, text boxes and hotlinks to videos. The upgrade may be a result of YouTube’s acquisition of Omnioso, a video mash-up site. For users, annotations are a fun way to add comments and interactivity. From GoogleTube’s perspective it’s another way to absorb a dataset. Annotating and linking attaches meta-data, which could improve search relevancy. As broadband continues to enable web video, we can look forward to more innovative applications that will capitalize on the medium.

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