Websites go Hybrid
- Posted by Harry on September 28th, 2008 filed in Innovations
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MashUp is a hybrid form of web application. It is a compilation of data from different sources and consolidated into one single tool. All of the contents in mashups are used from third party sources via public API. It uses RSS feeds. And due its popularity, a mashup editor was developed. There are many types of mashups. There are consumer mashups, data mashups and business mashups. But amidst the variety, the technology behind it is the just the same. Consumer mashup is the most common mashup . it is composed entirely of different types of media that are compiled into a single user interface. It is for commercial use. Data mashup comes next. Business mashups centers on various forms of data aggregation. Most often, mashups are widely used in Mapping services and social networking services, news and telecommunications.
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