So Apple is getting on the widget bandwagon with 3 new ‘gits that show various useless things about your horrid music taste.
The more important issue here to me is whether or not “widgets” are truly the beginning (and defining tech) of “Web 3.0″.
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I thought pause was needed to allow you to absorb what I just said.
I know it sounds a little crazy, but widgets are absolutely everywhere now, with even the Web 1.0 “Portal” pages making a comeback (iGoogle) re-powered by widgets and social news (if the latest Netscape rumor is to be believed).
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A surprisingly open move for a company that’s normally closed: Apple has just launched My iTunes, a series of embeddable widgets to post your iTunes purchases, iTunes reviews and iTunes favorites to your blog or profile page. The drawback: the widgets don’t actually play any music, they simply list artists and songs with links back to iTunes.
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The purchases widget displays the videos, TV shows and movies you’ve purchased from iTunes, while the reviews widget shows the media you’ve given a 4 or 5-star rating to. The favorites widget, meanwhile, displays the artists you’ve purchased most. There are 5 color schemes - all of them shades of blue or black - and you need to click Enable My iTunes in your iTunes Store to start producing the RSS feeds required for My iTunes to work.
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