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		<title>10 That Caught My Eye</title>
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		<dc:creator>Glenn Gruber</dc:creator>
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Each week I&#8217;ll be providing a list of 10 items that caught my eye during the past week, in no particular order.  So if you missed it, here&#8217;s your chance to find what I thought was interesting. Please provide feedback good or bad so I can improve the relevancy&#8230;well at least understand what you&#8217;re ]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.softwareindustryinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Blue-Eye-Hadock.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-158 alignleft" title="Blue Eye" src="http://www.softwareindustryinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Blue-Eye-Hadock.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="75" /></a>Each week I&#8217;ll be providing a list of 10 items that caught my eye during the past week, in no particular order.  So if you missed it, here&#8217;s your chance to find what I thought was interesting. Please provide feedback good or bad so I can improve the relevancy&#8230;well at least understand what you&#8217;re interested in.</p>
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<li>Switched On: Making it different versus making a difference <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/switched-on-making-it-different-versus-making-a-difference/" target="_blank">Impressions of Windows Phone 7</a>. Story is just like it sounds, but this new mobile OS from Microsoft will either seriously impact the mobile landscape or will be the final chapter in Microsoft&#8217;s attempt at participating in the mobile market.</li>
<li>Scobleizer: <a href="http://scobleizer.com/2010/02/17/marc-benioffs-enterprise-ambitions-first-look-at-salesforce-chatter/" target="_blank">Marc Benioff’s enterprise ambitions (first look at Salesforce Chatter)</a> Tech blogger extraordinaire Robert Scoble&#8217;s take on Salesforce.com&#8217;s social enterprise app.</li>
<li>Tnooz: <a href="http://www.tnooz.com/2010/02/17/news/track-this-yapta-gets-kayak-search-kayak-gets-yapta-price-tracking" target="_blank">Yapta to integrate Kayak Meta Search Engine</a>.  Another interesting move my travel meta-search leader Kayak.com as they evolve their business.</li>
<li>Tnooz: <a href="http://www.tnooz.com/2010/02/17/news/orbitz-launches-travel-agent-website-commission-program-for-hotels-packages" target="_blank">Orbitz launches travel agent website, commission program for hotels, packages</a> Interesting move by leading OTA Orbitz to try to get traditional travel agents to book on their platform. You always hear that  Sales people are coin-operated, I guess we&#8217;ll find out as Orbitz increases commissions by 20%.</li>
<li>Singularity Hub: <a href="http://singularityhub.com/2010/02/17/minority-report-interface-is-real-hitting-mainstream-soon-video/" target="_blank">Minority Report Interface Is Real, Hitting Mainstream Soon</a> (Video).  Usability is so interesting to me.  The guy who designed the interface concepts for the movie &#8220;Minority Report&#8221; is trying to build a real business out of it.  I think that this tracks very nicely with the move away from mouse and keyboard interaction.  Perhaps life will imitate art after all.</li>
<li>Tnooz: <a href="http://www.tnooz.com/2010/02/17/news/how-the-travel-industry-can-thrive-rather-than-just-survive-in-2010/" target="_blank">How the travel industry can thrive rather than just survive in 2010</a> Coming out of a brutal 2009, there is muted optimism for a recovery. Technology to support dynamic packaging can enable both travel suppliers and intermediaries to create demand.</li>
<li>Tnooz: A genuine &#8220;awesome&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.tnooz.com/2010/02/16/news/microsoft-new-visual-eye-candy-on-bing-maps/" target="_blank">Microsoft new visual eye candy on Bing Maps</a>. Story covering Blaise Aguera y Arcas&#8217; TED talk on Bing Maps and Augmented Reality.  tNooz&#8217;s ever-intelligent editor Kevin May links to amazing insights by&#8230;wait for it&#8230;ME! on how such technologies <a href="http://www.softwareindustryinsights.com/2010/02/bing-maps-ted-talk-augmented-reality-and-the-impact-on-the-travel-industry/" target="_blank">may impact the travel market</a>.</li>
<li>TechCrunch: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/14/expedia-sucks/" target="_blank">My Bloody Valentine: Expedia.com</a> Semi-hilarious and well chronicled story of TechCrunch&#8217;s MG Siegler&#8217;s misadventures with a booking on Expedia.com.  Expedia finally made good (at least economically), but the lag in response time is stark contrast to Southwest Airlines&#8217; response to &#8220;Silent Blob&#8221; being tossed off a flight for being to fat to fit in a single seat.</li>
<li>Travel Trends – Travel 2.0 Blog: <a href="http://travel2dot0.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/travel-trends-the-future-of-visitor-guides-2009-internet-usage-stats/" target="_blank">The Future of Visitor Guides, 2009 Internet Usage Stats</a>. Another look at <a href="http://www.softwareindustryinsights.com/2010/01/omg-pcw-missed-the-point/" target="_blank">how the iPad may revolutionize travel</a> and some good stats on Internet usage, et al.</li>
<li>Sameer Patel’s Pretzel Logic: <a href="http://www.pretzellogic.org/2010/02/17/the-enterprise-2-0-parallel-universe-start-to-merge/ " target="_blank">The Enterprise 2.0 Parallel Universe Start to Merge</a>.  Sameer&#8217;s blog is a must read.  This post provides some insight on how the Social Web and Unified Communications markets may start to merge.</li>
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