April 10, 2006
Webaroo
Remember my continuing rant about how it's time to just cache the entire Web and keep it local? A start-up named Webaroo has a similar idea. They're offering free software (Windows only) that caches "webpacks" of pages that make up certain interest areas, and update those caches whenever you re-synch. Their current plan is the usual "pay for it all through advertising" model.
I've not tried it yet and don't know how easy it is to personalize webpacks or how well they handle things like accessing pages that require sign-in, but it definitely looks like a good start. (And if they do the job well, I could easily see them winding up being purchased by one of the big players in search.)
(Thanks to Aileen for the link!)
Posted by bug to Media Technology at April 10, 2006 12:33 PM | TrackBackA fantastic talk from Arisia about fifteen years ago was a panalist of professional futurists. There are few professional futurists in the world. These three worked for a power company, a lumber company, and a railroad company, and were all employed to see long term trends before committing major capital.
They made predictions from about five years in the future to about twenty five years. They missed much of the Internet explosion. They did hit storage density increases and the 'washing machine' replacement problem for PCs. They were close on gene therapy and we are still waiting for stem cells.
One prediction was that you would be able to carry the bulk of accumulated human knowledge on your person within five years. Most people do this with a net enabled cell phone or cache of Wikipedia. Still, it would be nice to carry a cache of on of the five webs.
Just wanted to tell you that there's a new version of Webaroo now available. You may want to try it out - www.webaroo.com."
For a quick download here is the link: http://www.webaroo.com/download
Hi, Webaroo has released a new version of our product - Webaroo 2. This version lets you download YouTube videos, Flickr photos and more... Check it out at http://my.webaroo.com
Vishy - VP, Engg - Webaroo
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