Mashups

A Mashup is a tool that allows you to quickly combine interesting data and then visualize and access that data.


 * Front end mashup tools** help build web front ends like dashboards using widgets/gadgets and little to no programming (iGoogle, Netvibes, PageFlakes) and are the easiest to create and manage. You might like to create a personal dashboard that links your favorite news feeds, blogs, weather and anything else on a page you can then link to as a home page.


 * Other, more sophisticated mashup tools** combine web-accessible data and services into more useful web services (Kapow, Yahoo pipes) or make it easy to build end-to-end web applications that link web widgets to data and services.


 * iGoogle** at www.google.com/ig and create your personalised page from the 100s of widgets and news feeds available - click on **Add stuff** ...

With **Netvibes**, at www.netvibes.com/en, you can begin with one of the popular dashboards already provided, or take a tour.

To learn more about **Pageflakes**, watch this short simple Youtube tutorial or just begin at www.pageflakes.com and start by clicking on the menu button.