Most promising Web 2.0 software of 2006

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Most promising Web 2.0 software of 2006

by Victor Agreda, Jr. Feb 21st 2006

Dion Hinchcliffe has a lot of things to say about this Web 2.0 everyone's chomping about, that's no surprise. And it's also no surprise that he'd toss out a "best of" list here at the top of the year. Actually it's a "most promising" list, and worth a look, as there are some new spins on old favorites (like Campfire from 37signals), and lots of new goodies all the way around. The best part, as is often the case, are the comments, where people are suggesting yet more Web 2.0 apps. Hey, the year is young, I can't wait to see what 2006 leaves us by December. Who will Google or Yahoo buy? Which ones will just fade away into the ether? Place your bets now.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Yuri said 2:30PM on 2-21-2006

I'll put my bets on Quintura. It makes visual search really easy to use.

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