Where Are The Web 2.0 IPOs?

Where Are The Web 2.0 IPOs? - Forbes.com: "But venture capitalists say that while the boom is back, there is a fundamental change: The era of the overnight IPO, they say, is gone forever. That means that almost all of the Web 2.0 companies that have sprung up in the past few years simply aren't mature enough to go public."

Welch's strategy is par for the course for most Web 2.0 companies. Instead of floating their own IPO, they hope to get hoovered up by a Web 1.0 veteran that's already gone public.

I agree. Many companies are still trying to rush ideas out there but they are looking harder to build a product that attracts Google or another company in order to get bought out. Some companies are easy to spot since this type of business model sucks.

Combine Google Maps With Your Photo Album

This site has a tutorial on using Google Maps with your photo album. Looks awesome. Each album has a latitude and longitude so it shows up as a pin on a map of the world. When you click a pin, up pops the highlight photo for the albums at that location. Makes a great front page to a gallery. Includes a demo with 200 albums.



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So long iPod meet MediaMaster

I've managed a large amount of my life and my data online for a long time and Google has bolstered this trend with a great number of handy web based applications. My favorites include Gmail, Google Notebook and Google Bookmarks. Not to mention the ever handy Google Docs and Calendar. It just so happens that today I discovered another application that will join this list and is not from Google. Meet MediaMaster.com. I'm still testing out the site but they take uploads of almost any form of digital music and allow you to store, play, organize and stream your music collection. Currently the service has no limit on the amount you can upload but it is still in beta. You can also publish your music. I haven't finished uploading music yet so I'll have to play around with some of the other features and post a final review later but for the office bound computer junkie who is tired of carrying an iPod or can't afford one this appears to be an excellent method of taking your music to any computer no matter where you are. For those of us with more than one PC this is a great option. The social networking implications of this site are very interesting and I have a feeling that if they can monetize the site correctly while keeping it either free or low cost they may become a very major player.