What is an Internet ‘Mashup’?

You hear this “mashup” expression being used by techie friends of yours. They talk about “oh, that is such an awesome mashup”. But what exactly does “mashup” mean?
Answer: April, 2008
“Mashup” comes from the term “mashed potatoes”, but is much more sophisticated. A “mashup” combines services from different web sites into a single web site. The [...]

What is Social Media?

Social media is a phrase being tossed around a lot these days, but it can sometimes be difficult to answer the question of what is social media. If MySpace is a social media site, and Mag.nolia is a social media site, and Wikipedia is a social media site, then just what is social media?
Is it [...]