Grabbing a cup of coffee a buddy of mine asked what is a web 2.0 Mash – Up. I explained to him what I thought it was which was essentially creating a new application by putting together other applications – he looked puzzled and I think even I was a little puzzled as to how to best explain this to him – so I went in search of a better definition and example of a Web 2.0 Mash-Up – I learned a lot so I decided to share with you what I learned…..
A Mash Up is a web application that uses data sources for different applications to create a new application. An example of that would be Google Maps integrating real estate information, thus creating a new application that was not originally architected by Google or the real estate company. Ok there has to be other examples, let me dig some more:
So here is a cool link of Mash – ups. http://www.mashups.com/software.htm
I looked through this and while the mash-ups are cool and fun, my CFO experience said there has to be some more practical examples of mash-ups that help solve real world problems. So my search continues ….
Ok back, after searching further I came across a pretty good article on practical mash-up business models http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mashup_business.php . Let me know what you think. Talk to you later…
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