Instead of another endless vertical list, mind-mapping organizes concepts and tasks in a colorful web that looks a bit like a public transit map.

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While the audience was an ideal starting point for the online community-building product BlogFrog offers, she believes that the future of the Web lies in niche audiences, and plans to integrate her product to any vertical where people are passionately connecting.

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In a report, Merrill Lynch analyst Jeanne Terrile points out that Chemdex, a "vertical portal, " brings together buyers and sellers of life sciences research products on the Web.

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Built from the ground up for the web, the 12.85-inch 3:2 ratio display claims to offer 18 percent more vertical space than 16:9 does.

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