The Economist On Mash Ups

Better late than never: the Economist print edition has a review of mash-ups on the web "combining websites to produce useful hybrid sites and illustrating the internet’s underlying philosophy: that open standards allow and promote unexpected forms of innovation."

There’s a strong focus on who’s going to make money out of the trend. “When you lower the barriers to entry, interesting things happen,” Tim O’Reilly told the Economist. “The players who figure this out will wield a great deal of economic power.”

Examples provided include: HousingMaps.com, traffic.poly9.com, busmonster.com, ChicagoCrime.org

The Economist
<tip off thanks to Allan Miranda >