http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/microsoft-live-expo The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. xx http://www.fastcompany.com/multimedia/slideshows/content/10-web-failures.html <!--paging_filter--><p>Business model: <strong>RSSCalendar</strong> enabled users to create RSS feeds from Outlook and iCal calendars. Lookout Software, L.L.C. purchased it on eBay in October 2007, carrying it on as a similar service.</p><p>Why it failed: If people aren't ready for RSS -- both Forrester and Pew report that only 5-6% of the U.S. population actually use it -- then they're not ready for an RSS calendar.</p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/multimedia/slideshows/content/10-web-failures.html">read more</a></p> Gerd Leonhard Microsoft Live Expo online business start-up failures startups Technology Universal Service Fund web 2.0 web 2.0 companies web 2.0 failures Technology 923004 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:00:37 -0400 Fast Company staff 923004 at http://www.fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2008/07/10-web-ideas-that-failed.html <!--paging_filter--><p>The Web is an extremely fickle place. A Web service can be hot today, and dead in the water tomorrow. While there's no true science for determining exactly what makes one stick while another languishes, there's a lot to be learned after one fails. Considering a startup? Here are 10 recent failures to add to your case studies. </p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2008/07/10-web-ideas-that-failed.html">read more</a></p> Gerd Leonhard Microsoft Live Expo start-up failures Universal Service Fund web 2.0 web 2.0 companies web 2.0 failures Technology 923003 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:00:25 -0400 Rachel King 923003 at http://www.fastcompany.com