Kleiner Lese-Tipp – Alex Williams bei ReadWriteCloud:

► The New Startup – Just Add APIs

Realtidbits is the model of the new startup. It did not start with the Web site. It started with an API. That’s representative of a new trend. You don’t launch a Web site anymore. You go straight to the API and create a service. (…) For its part, Echo’s Chris Saad says the company seeks to be similar to a utility that provides electricity. Instead, Echo serves data for information products.