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  • The question I've got the most from people with secure incomes in the technology field, who are used to no major new websites being built here and just accept google is omnipotent and they themselves cant change the world, is "Why wouldnt consumers just use google, technorati, flickr, youtube, delicious, digg, podshow, pointcast. com?"

    Why Australia Doesnt Need Another Google Ben Barren 2006

  • The question I've got the most from people with secure incomes in the technology field, who are used to no major new websites being built here and just accept google is omnipotent and they themselves cant change the world, is "Why wouldnt consumers just use google, technorati, flickr, youtube, delicious, digg, podshow, pointcast. com?"

    Archive 2006-03-01 Ben Barren 2006

  • RSS is an open pointcast standard, and whatever algorithms people use the old adage still hold goods , download expands to fill bandwidth..

    RSS, Tiger Safari and the Bandwidth Bottleneck 2005

  • It all looks like the good old pointcast network services, but more or less web 2.0 compliant. reply anonymous netvibes user

    New Look For Netvibes Michael Arrington 2005

  • Not to take this in circles, but are we then talking pointcast from the late ’90’s?

    Web 3.0, Widgets and Why Not Law? — Slaw 2007

  • April 27th, 2007 at 4: 17 am PDT this wont work. they’re trying to push content out to you just like pointcast etc tried to do it before. people prefer to browse around and look quickly for shorts they like to watch and comment on …. not wait like a vegetable on the internet …. thats reserved for tv time reply

    Cozmo Wants to Kill Your TV Nick Gonzalez 2005

  • Rupert probably can’t help but chuckle remember the pointcast history as the news corp./digg negotiations go on …. reply

    Digg Does The Acquisition Dance With News Corp. Michael Arrington 2005

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