I’m sharing a link to XMethods, a directory for discovering publicly available web services. It’s a helpful resource if you need to find and integrate various SOAP or XML-RPC interfaces into your applications.
I examine The Economist's perspective on the shift from hardware and software toward online services, suggesting that IT infrastructure is commoditizing while web-based services become the primary driver of value and profitability.
I'm investigating the mysterious services.google.com subdomain. Early readers uncovered hidden links to Google University, event RSVPs, and internal consoles, providing a glimpse into how Google organized its enterprise and educational services in the mid-2000s.
I've noticed major web services like Pets.com and Finance.com shutting down lately. This trend highlights the risk of losing account data and reinforces why I prefer sticking to established giants like Yahoo or Microsoft for stability.
I found Apps.com, an organized directory dedicated to Internet applications. It serves as a useful central hub for finding and categorizing various web-based software and online tools during the early growth of the web.
Check out the Web 2.0 Matrix on ProgrammableWeb to see which APIs are being mashed up and where. This tool tracks the relationships between different web services and maps their common integrations.