August 4th, 2007
Microsoft Popfly to hit public beta soon
Microsoft’s Popfly mashup tool sounds just about ready to hit public beta.
Microsoft rolled out an alpha test version of its Popfly Web-mashup tool in May — a few months after Yahoo rolled out its own mashup editor, Yahoo Pipes. Google launched a test version of its Google Mashup Editor in May, too.
Popfly could become one of Microsoft’s next ad-supported services. (Microsoft officials said this week that the company is working on a pilot of an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works, its low-end productivity suite. And it sounds like the Softies have more ad-funded services in the works, no pun intended.)
Popfly has been faring well in comparison tests against its competitors. Still no word yet on when Popfly will go “gold.”
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