Netvibes started as a mere Startpage at the shadow of PageFlakes. made the best Startpage yet and then surpassed them. then it became a Low End Widget Platform and was one of the first to recognize High Spread sharing as the future of widget development and distribution.
While all this is already bold moves. in terms of start pages is not enough when you battle against giants so here are netvibes latest changes:
Tariq Krim Changes CEO role with Freddy Mini.
“As announced yesterday Tariq is stepping down as CEO of Netvibes. Tariq Krim will remain on the Board of Directors and serve as a key strategic advisor to the executive team on its creative product and strategic growth initiatives. Freddy Mini is now taking over the CEO role in Netvibes.â€
Tariq Krim welcomes Freddy Mini as Chief Executive Officer
I think it is a healthy change if Tariq goals have been accomplished. and how could they not be with all the change Netvibes has brought.
A good future for netivibes?
Now it is time for Freddy to concentrate in services integration, making netvibes a social network before Google does it with iGoogle. think in making better integrated widget aided services in Netvibes. i would love to see Netvibes getting a true Feedreader service there or provide social awareness and lifestream services to make it a compelling option. that is where i would like to see netvibes go.
Netvibes. while small. is not in a bad position to take on a still big cake for Startpages now that the space competition has been reduced to less than 10 choices and your only true competition are the big portals.
Last Tariq parting deed: Netvibes Goes Open.
Not surprising and already announced a time ago. a natural progression for the start page that touted their Widget Platform with some like the UWA (universal widget API) and because everyone is doing it.
For Those interested in Netvibes:
They got a good post on making your netvibes startpage better:
10 tips to customize your netvibes public page
and they now got a nice DevBlog for those interested in it as a platform.
Netvibes DevBlog
With PageFlakes turning into a Media Outlet and a Social Network enabler for Live Universe. Netvibes should and could follow on that and beyond if it lives to its potential.
Netvibes
via Netvibes Blog
