Two years ago, when social networking was all the rage, a lot of dedicated community websites for specific (and often very small) groups of people were launched by entrepreneurs trying to cash in on the hype by carving
As we speculated last month, Facebook is about to hand over its official classifieds listings to a partner, and that partner is Oodle, we have been able to confirm. An announcement may be made as early
With 2008 on the way out and right around 10,000 iPhone apps behind them, Apple has released a bunch of lists outlining which applications scored the most downloads since the App Stores launch back in July.The lists
Today, Microsoft is rolling out some of the sweeping changes to Windows Live it announced two weeks ago. Windows Live seems to be gradually replacing MSN as Microsofts central hub for everything you do on the Web. The
Songbird, the open-source, media focused web browser, has launched its 1.0 milestone release to the public. In practice the browser works well (not much of the interface seems to have changed since the .7 release that I
It was only a matter of time before a location tracking app found its way into laptop security software. Laptop Cop, which lets you remotely control your computer and delete files if it is stolen, now has a
We at TechCrunch expect a rapid expansion of the market for mobile social networks. And with the iPhones success as one of the main catalysts of the development, services like Facebook Mobile, MySpace Mobile, Loopt (which even offers
Im not a vindictive man. I believe in sweetness and light. But I would encourage anyone with a brain who travels, especially in these trying economic times, to buy an unlocked GSM phone and purchase pay as
Apparently some sort of relatively aggressive virus is affecting certain embedded YouTube videos. Some are saying it affects IE and Firefox users, while others say it’s only going after IE. The virus is called Actns/Swif.T and seems to contain a
YouTube is trying to clean up its act by cracking down on sexually explicit videos that are just short of porn and spam videos with misleading titles and descriptions. (Porn has always been grounds for removal). On its
MySpace and provider of authentication and identity management solutions Vidoop have teamed up with Flock to develop an OpenID management addd-on for version 2.0 of the social browser. Heres how works: the extension will enable Flock to
Last week, Danish Computerworld awarded IT Factory, a provider of CRM, HRM and Business Intelligence add-on solutions based on a SaaS delivery model, with the prestigious Denmarks Best IT-company 2008. This week, the company has been declared
Introducing the Nokia N97, the next generation high-end mobile phone from Nokia. Described by Nokia folks as a handheld computer this device is a pretty comfortable high-end phone. It has a tilting (resistive) touch-screen display, and is the
Animoto, the impressive startup that automatically generates high quality music videos from a set of photos, has unveiled a new feature for the holiday season that will allow users to append any of their videos with a
How-to site 5min is expanding beyond its roots as a video portal and has launched a syndication network for its videos called VideoSeed, which uses semantic matching to deliver relevant clips to participating sites. The platform matches
YouTube sure has come a long way since launching in 2005 and being acquired by Google within a year for $1.65 billion. The company has today announced a collaborative project with a bunch of classical music institutions and
Apparently at least some Australians arent happy with a PayPal advertisements that include legendary Aborigine David Unaipon with a motorcycle police helmet added on to suggest PayPal has heightened security. The ads, which are on
If you thought Randall Stross attack on Tesla yesterday was in poor taste, wait until you read what Michael Wolff has to say about MySpace. In a dinner interview with BusinessWeek columnist Jon Fine, Wolff says:...if
uTest, the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs, has closed a $5 million Series B funding round led by Longworth Venture Partners and Egan-Managed Capital, along with existing
Accoona, the highly suspect New Jersey based search/electronics retailer, has suffered what might be its final disgrace - the closure of its last business, Twing. The company, which offered a search product, has a rich history.
This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials.Company NameSend 20-Word DescriptionSend is a free, easy-to-use email encryption service.CEO’s PitchIt’s not that there aren’t other secure
Last year we featured over 100 web applications to organize every aspect of your life, from your belongings to your social calendar, and more. Since then, many have been significantly improved and lots of new apps have been released. From
Although Google already enjoys a lead in search on mobile devices comparable to its dominance on the Web, the unique characteristics of mobile – small screens/keyboards, GPS, and cameras, just to name a few – leave open an opportunity for
Pet food company Purina has launched “Critter Carols,” a site allowing you to create an animated holiday greeting card using images of your own cats or dogs. The animals will then meow or bark to the tune of holiday classics
Ravit Lichtenberg is the founder and chief strategist at Ustrategy.com—a boutique consultancy with a mission to help startups succeed. She authors a blog at ravitlichtenberg.com.With the economic downturn grinding the startup wheels to a near-halt here and abroad, companies are
iCal, Apple’s calendar application, is probably one of the few Mac-only apps known to non-Mac users, as nearly all calendar/to-do applications can sync with it. If you wanted to sync your Google Calendar with iCal, you kinda sorta could, but
MySpace, Flock and Vidoop have developed OpenID for Flock. I’ll skip the talk about standards which you don’t care about, cut to the chase and tell you what it does.Now, when you browse with Flock and open a web site
Twitter competitor Pownce is no more. We’ve followed the story yesterday: it was acquired by Six Apart, but not to develop the service further: simply to acquire the talented people that worked on Pownce. I’d like to quickly revisit the
…if you trust Robert Scoble, that is. He (damn him, we’re jealous) had a chance to try the device out before even the gadget blogs, and he claims (gasp!) that the Facebook experience on it is much better than on
Are you getting the most out of your Adobe AIR installation? Are you one of those people that installed it for one specific application and never explored what else was out there? Well, it’s time to get more out of
This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials.Company NameDailymile 20-Word DescriptionDailymile is a social training site for runners, triathletes, and cyclists.CEO’s PitchThat race was great,
MySpace is not known for good design. Its garish profiles make designers nauseous. And yet, there are signs of hope: we’ve tracked down 50 MySpace music layouts that are quite remarkable. Stylish. Stunningly well-conceived. Beautiful, even.Could it be that MySpace
Pownce, the microblogging service often compared to Twitter, has been acquired by Six Apart. According to the company blog, the service will be shutdown on December 15th, while the main Pownce team – Leah Culver and Mike Malone – will
During a breaking news event, we typically sit glued to a Twitter search. And yet that method of tracking news in real time is fairly embryonic: it’s the first step towards all the world’s data becoming real time, and available
Chris Snyder is an online journalist specializing in new media. He writes about the tech biz for Wired.com’s Epicenter blog.It’s a long road to a victory in the browser wars. Just ask Firefox. The open source browser which launched in
It seems like every day we see a new use for Twitter, some of which can be rather mundane, others of which are actually smart business ideas. Domain registrar NameCheap is executing one of the latter, running a holiday trivia
iPhone this, iPod Touch that, BlackBerry and Google Android apps galore, but where is the Windows Mobile love? Well, it is certainly not to be forgotten as the Samsung i770, HTC Touch Pro and Samsung Omnia are all being sold
Here’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Not on this list? Contact us and let’s establish a media partnership. December 3, 2008, San Francisco, CA: The
While I do own several Apple products, I’ve often joked about the cult-like nature of some of the company’s fanatical enthusiasts. The Simpsons captured this sentiment remarkably well in a parody of Apple aired last night on FOX. Complete with
Help us help you. Mashable would like to know more about you in order to better serve you. Conducted through our advertising network, Federated Media, this survey will enable us to understand your needs better.As an immediate thank you, seven
Nokia today unveiled its new flagship phone, the N97, which is clearly meant to compete with the iPhone and Googles Android platform. Unlike the iPhone, however, the N97 has a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard. In terms
In 2008 we saw the Semantic Web gain traction, giving us plenty of choice when selecting the 10 best Semantic Web products of 2008.This is the first in a series of posts well publish over December, listing
While OpenID is one of the more interesting online identity concepts, usability issues have clearly hampered its mainstream adoption. Flock, MySpace, and OpenID provider Vidoop have now come together to develop a browser extension for Flock
We recently had the opportunity to meet with two senior executives at Google. At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, ReadWriteWeb editor Richard MacManus and I met with Dave Girouard, President of Google Enterprise. Then
Imagine TweetDeck as an online application. Now imagine that you could use its paneled dashboard interface to keep tabs on your other online identities, too. With PeopleBrowsr, you can. This new application, currently in alpha, lets you update
Memorization is a waste of time when Google is only a a few clicks away. Thats what Don Tapscott, author of the bestselling books Wikinomics and Growing Up Digital, believes. Tapscott, considered by many to be a leading
Last week, ReadWriteWeb and RWW Jobwire both reported on Twitter acquiring Rael Dornfests company, Values of n. The acquisition brought Rael to Twitter, along with products Sandy and Stikkit. The unfortunate part of the
Always wanted to play in a symphony? Heres your chance - without even leaving your living room. YouTube has just announced the worlds first collaborative online orchestra - the YouTube Symphony Orchestra - a
A couple of weeks ago we celebrated the first birthday of Googles OpenSocial project, an open API framework for social networks and websites. Googles OpenSocial Blog recently presented some statistics, including that OpenSocial now reaches nearly 675
The team behind microblogging service Pownce announced on the company blog today that it is joining blog software company SixApart and closing Pownce in two weeks. Pownce left private beta with a big launch just 11 months ago
Yahoo just announced the top 10 search terms on its mobile search engine. The top mobile searches are either for social networks (MySpace, Facebook), or searches for local information (Craigslist, movies, weather). A large number mobile
Last week Barack Obamas Presidential transition website Change.gov added OpenID login for commenters and now the entire site has been put under a Creative Commons license. These concepts are no longer just the dreams of crack-pot fringe case
According to the Dallas Morning News, Blockbuster, the beleaguered video rental chain, is planning to use Microsofts Live Mesh platform to deliver streaming video to desktops and mobile devices. The article is weak on specifics, but
Songbeat is an interesting little desktop music application that lets you stream and download songs from SeeqPod, Project Playlist, Spool.fm, and iASK. Songbeat also gives you the option to record music from your last.fm stations. To
It seems were approaching a new age here on the Internet. Instead being anonymous, faceless IP addresses, social computing and changing technologies have allowed the lines between the real world and the virtual world to blur. Web 2.0
Do we really need another shopping holiday? Some marketing firms and major retailers think we do. To follow up on the success of Black Friday, the start of holiday shopping season for American consumers, and Cyber Monday, the
Im very pleased to announce that Bernard Lunn has joined ReadWriteWeb full-time as our Chief Operating Officer. Starting today, Bernard will assume responsibility for most of the non-editorial functions of our business - sales, business development
While the majority of our day-to-day searches are easily handled by our favorite search engine, there are always those intensive searches that have you jumping from site to site - or opening a series
If the initial development race of Web 2.0 centered around building a better social network then the next phase will certainly focus on extending the reach of existing social networks beyond their current
The race to find a single sign-on and synchronization service has been on since social networking sites hit global acceptance several years ago. Today, after working under the radar for the past year, and
In a measurement of statewide web-surfing speeds, Nevada came out on top with speeds of a mere 781 kbps, and that was far above the not-even-broadband speeds of 322 kbps experienced by users in New Mexico, the lowest ranked state,
Never before have Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales been so carefully tracked as they were this year. The scrutiny makes perfect sense, for the outcome of this shopping season will directly impact our collective economic future. But while there
The closure of Pownce, which was announced Monday via posts by co-founder Leah Culver and her new employer, blog software company Six Apart, didn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who’s followed Pownce since its launch last year.
Phorm’s chief operations officer and several members of its board have left the company, citing disagreements with CEO Kent Ertugrul. According to a regulatory filing, Steven Heyer, David Dorman, Christopher Lawrence and Virasb Vahidi — who also served as the
Today Sierra Wireless, the maker of wireless data cards agreed to spend about 218 euros ($274.9 million) buying Wavecom, the maker of machine-to-machine communications chips. For Sierra, the deal gives it the ability to follow the web as it moves
More than two years after Apple launched the iPhone, and months after its rivals launched their versions of touchscreen phones, Nokia today started selling a touchscreen phone (5800 XpressMusic) and announced the N97 superphone, which has a touch screen and
Yahoo is not waiting around for 2008 to pack it in, and has released the top stories (and top searches) for the year that still has 30 days to go. I just spent 20 minutes on the site, and I
Yahoo is not waiting around for 2008 to pack it in, and has released the top stories (and top searches) for the year that still has 30 days to go. I just spent 20 minutes on the site, and I
Today Clearwire said it had completed the transactions that will allow it to build the first nationwide WiMAX network, to be known as Clear. CEO Ben Wolff took a few minutes to answer some questions about what the upcoming service
Today Clearwire said it had completed the transactions that will allow it to build the first nationwide WiMAX network, to be known as Clear. CEO Ben Wolff took a few minutes to answer some questions about what the upcoming service
The Internet is close to a meltdown, according to The Register. The culprit, according to author Richard Bennett, is the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent, which introduced a new type of file transfer with its most recent alpha version. BitTorrent clients
Pownce, a microblogging service started by Leah Culver and others back in May 2007, has been acquired by blogging software giant, SixApart and will be shutdown. Culver and other members of the Pownce team are going to work for San
Poor Beaumont. The tiny Texas town gained fame in the technology world when Time Warner Cable said in January that it would use it as a testbed for its tiered broadband trial. Then Hurricane Ike hit in September. And right
Clearwire said today that it has closed several transactions that will allow it to build out a nationwide WiMAX network, including gaining control of Sprint’s Xohm network and a $3.2 billion investment from several large companies. These deals were announced
The Internet is close to a meltdown, according to The Register. The culprit, according to author Richard Bennett, is the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent, which introduced a new type of file transfer with its most recent alpha version. BitTorrent clients
Pownce, a microblogging service started by Leah Culver and others back in May 2007, has been acquired by blogging software giant, SixApart and will be shutdown. Culver and other members of the Pownce team are going to work for San
Poor Beaumont. The tiny Texas town gained fame in the technology world when Time Warner Cable said in January that it would use it as a testbed for its tiered broadband trial. Then Hurricane Ike hit in September. And right
Clearwire said today that it has closed several transactions that will allow it to build out a nationwide WiMAX network, including gaining control of Sprint’s Xohm network and a $3.2 billion investment from several large companies. These deals were announced
The Federal Communications Commission is expected to address the issue of creating a nationwide, filtered broadband network at its Dec. 18 meeting according to the Wall Street Journal. That gives that meeting the potential to be as controversial as the
Updated: The sales of Cable modem termination systems (CMTS) declined 32 percent in the third quarter of 2008 to $246 million, according to research firm Infonetics Research. In comparison, $360 million worth of CMTS’ were sold in the second quarter
To truly be inspired for great work, you need to know that you’re making a difference. That you’re putting a meaningful dent in the universe. That you’re part of something that’s making a difference and that your role in that
There’s a fine line between being indifferent with the state of things and using Reddit to express your every displeasure with all facets of life. In between is the discontentment you can use to light a fire under your productivity.The
Multicolr Search Lab: “We extracted the colours from 10 million of the most ‘interesting’ Creative Commons images on Flickr. Using our visual similarity technology you can navigate the collection by colour.” Above = photos
Ta-da List just moved to three exciting platforms: Rails 2.2, Phusion Passenger, Amazon EC2.This is an important milestone for 37signals. As proponents of simplicity, we really felt the difference the latter two technologies madefor server provisioning and deployment. As we
I have the usual gripes with cable/satellite/telecom company customer service like most people. However, I recently had an experience with DirecTV that left me feeling good about doing business with them.Upon
Browsers try their best to protect users from the evils of the internet, but some times their eager kills good use cases all the same. The “mixed content warning” that IE and Firefox throws when you reference a non-SSL asset
When you’re hiring, seek out people who are managers of one.What’s that mean? A manager of one is someone who comes up with their own goals and executes them. They don’t need heavy direction. They don’t need daily check-ins. They
Recently we asked commenters here how they would describe 37signals to average civilians in 20 seconds or less. A quick recap below:A lot of people turned to analogy. Some things 37signals is like…“Just like you can use Gmail for email
We recently conducted a survey of our Backpack customers. We got some great feedback — including that 97% of our customers would recommend Backpack to a colleague, friend, or family member. Thank you!!We also included some open ended questions and
Is anyone else annoyed by the “just speak your choice” automation in so many telephone menus? I feel like an idiot mumbling “YES!” or “CHECK BALANCE!” into my phone. Maybe it’s the misanthrope in me coming to the front, but
The new Criterion Collection website features a cool introductory video in the upper-right corner. A pair of anonymous hands draw on white paper with a sharpie as a narrator introduces the site.Turns out the hands and voice
The proposed bailout of GM, Ford, and Chrysler overlooks an important fact. The US has one of the most vibrant, dynamic, and efficient automobile industries in the world. It produces several million cars, trucks, and SUVs per year, employing (in
Some recent posts at the 37signals Product Blog:Backpack New in Backpack: Email replies to Newsroom MessagesWe introduced email-reply to messages and comments in Basecamp a few months ago. It’s been a huge hit. Today we’re excited to be able to
I’ve recently recognized a nasty coding habit I seem to be developing. It’s been developing for a few months now, and while I kick myself every time I discover myself doing it, the habit itself is remarkably hard to kick.I’ve
Pizza pie charts from The Economist’s “Get a World View” campaign. Philly pizzerias distributed the boxes which display pie charts with statistics related to world food distribution, emphasizing those used in pizza production (e.g.
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning
The fifth Where 2.0 Call For Participation will be closing tomorrow (December 2nd). This year were going to focus on location-aware technologies and their
Two services that track the iPhone App Store - AppShopper and 148Apps, announced on Saturday that there have been over 10,000 iPhone applications released on the US App Store. The number of currently available applications is just shy of 10,000
James Hamilton is one of the smartest and most accomplished engineers I know. He now leads Microsofts Data Center Futures Team, and has been pushing the opportunities in data center efficiency and internet scale services both inside & outside Microsoft.
If you care what I think, you know that Twitter is just about the best way to learn what Im paying attention to. I pass along tidbits of OReilly news, interesting reading from mailing lists and blogs I follow, and
Last week, the New York Times wrote about Changes at change.gov: The policy section of the transition site was removed without notice just days after Change.gov went live shortly after the election. At the time a spokesman for the Obama-Biden
The other day Jesse posted a call for participation for the next Velocity Web Operations Conference. My background is in the enterprise space, so, despite Velocitys web focus, I wondered if there might not be interest in a bit of
Thats a real question, not a rhetorical one. In a Radar post I wrote last week about whether Twitters user base was hitting a critical inflection point, the first comment was, How does Twitter make money? Although the post wasnt
Kevin Kelly doesn’t need much in the way of introduction to Radar readers. He is a big thinker looking at the intersection of biology, technology and culture. Kevin gave a great High Order Bit at the Web 2.0 Summit and
Just a reminder that the good folks at One Laptop Per Child are running the Get One Give One program again, in association with Amazon. Buy an OLPC XO for $399 and youll be providing one to a child in
Like a lot of people, I was feeling a bit of post-partum letdown after the election. Those of us who were really engaged, following the polls, making calls to undecided voters, arguing out the merits of the candidates, experienced a
With all the news on Friday about Apples release of iPhone OS 2.2, there was another iPhone news item that got less attention than it deserved. Two young iPhone developers, Danielle Cassley and Jason Citron, released the sequel to their
Were it not for the Internet, Barack Obama would not be President, declared Arianna Huffington from the stage at Web 2.0 Summit, the day after the election. In The Web and Politics session, moderator John Heileman explores the new world
My mind is buzzing right now, full of ideas that are all demanding my attention, begging to be written up. I dont have time right now, but I thought Id write down the headlines, both as a kind of to
Belated congratulations to the Newcastle team who won a gold medal the 2008 iGEM contest with a cheap biosensor for pathogens that used a biological implementation of an artificial neural network (life imitating art imitating life?), modelling the regulatory networks
Last years Velocity conference was an incredible success. We expected around 400 people and we ended up maxing out the facility with over 600. This year were moving the conference to a bigger
Yesterday I gave a talk to the Privacy Forum in Auckland, New Zealand, titled Web Meets World: Privacy and the Future of the Cloud. The talk was intended as a scene setter for a discussion with the audience, about 70
Steve Rubel shared an item on Google ReaderTen Cool Gadgets You Must Add To iGoogle1 hour ago -Comment -LikeLadybug Heather, Mohomed=genieyclo and LJF Wolffe liked this
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Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter“I am 39 years old and I STILL want the Hess truck every year. Man, I hope I never get old.”5 hours ago -Comment -LikeIgor
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Steve Rubel bookmarked a page on deliciousMediaPost Publications - Blogs And Mainstream Media Intersect - 11/26/20086 hours ago -Comment -LikeGreat roundup of existing stats, including this one: 95% of the top
Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter“Watching my Jetsies battle the Broncos and the rain”8 hours ago -Comment -LikeAbby Martin liked thisIts a miserable, cold wet day
Steve Rubel posted a linkLate for work? You can get a note for your boss from NYC Transit.9 hours ago -Comment -LikeSutee Dee, andrei_c, upsofloatingmanybellsdown and 6 other people liked this
CyberSynchs is a new NYC-based startup looking to help you if you should ever lose your cellphone. What they offer is a backup service that takes the data from your mobile device
Weve written several times about social networks for moms including NY-based CafeMom. Today I came across a social network for dads called Odadeo which launched this past Fathers Day. I basically had
Just a month after the public launch of the Flock 2.0 browser, Flock has announced the addition of OpenID to the Flock 2.0 browser today. Ive been saying for a
Weve learned today that the microblogging service Pownce has been acquired by Six Apart. It also appears that Pownce will close in two weeks from today. While financial terms of the
This weekend Tesla Motors was back in the news as they are pleading with the U.S. government to give them some $400 million to continue their mission of building cars
AOL has announced the launch of their latest online content site today. Named PlaySavvy, the goal is to provide a resource for parents to help them figure out the world of
Search engines Yahoo and AOL have released their "2008 top searches" lists today. Check out the Yahoo and AOL year in review websites to view the full lists of all types of
This weekend Samsung alerted me that my cell phone was ready for an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 which apparently also set the GPS receiver to "on". This morning I
Each Saturday here at CenterNetworks we like to highlight a NYC Web-related blog. This week we have something for the gamers out there. The NYC Game Industry site is
Here are the Web tech events in NYC for the week of November 30. Please submit other events to add to the list below. Check out Garys Guide and NYTechEvents
A quick reminder that if you plan to run for the New York Tech Meetup organizer position, you must do so by midnight on December 2. Current organizer Scott Heiferman explains how
Early this morning I saw a report on the local NYC news that workers were trampled at the Valley Stream Walmart store this morning. Weve all seen these reports before. Some lunatic
From what I can tell, if you purchased a turkey in Silicon Valley over the past month, you were provided a free packet of "Twitter Kool-Aid" with purchase. It seems you cant
Weve learned today that the microblogging service Pownce has been acquired by Six Apart. It also appears that Pownce will close in two weeks from today. While financial terms of the
This weekend Tesla Motors was back in the news as they are pleading with the U.S. government to give them some $400 million to continue their mission of building cars
AOL has announced the launch of their latest online content site today. Named PlaySavvy, the goal is to provide a resource for parents to help them figure out the world of
Search engines Yahoo and AOL have released their "2008 top searches" lists today. Check out the Yahoo and AOL year in review websites to view the full lists of all types of
This weekend Samsung alerted me that my cell phone was ready for an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 which apparently also set the GPS receiver to "on". This morning I
Each Saturday here at CenterNetworks we like to highlight a NYC Web-related blog. This week we have something for the gamers out there. The NYC Game Industry site is
Here are the Web tech events in NYC for the week of November 30. Please submit other events to add to the list below. Check out Garys Guide and NYTechEvents
If, for some reason, youve been missing out on a reason not to use your browsers pop-up blocker, heres a new one: Window Pong. The age old game of Pong comes to your browser using separate pop-up windows. You play
Maybe all our refined, enlightened interests are lost in the long tail, because Britney Spears once again was the most popular search subject in 2008 on Yahoo.For Yahoo, Spears wasnt the only pop-culture icon in Yahoos top 10 searches. Also
(Credit: Good OS)Good OS, the people who brought you the Linux-based gOS found on the $199 Wal-Mart gPC last year, announced a browser-based OS called Cloud at the Netbook World Summit in Paris
With the economy in continuing decline, keeping tight control over your money is no longer just for obsessives. These financial apps for Google Android help you count every penny.Personal Budget Droid is
Theres yet another new blogging platform out there: Kontain. Its designed for non-technical users, and its easy to use and very good-looking. I dont think Ive seen an easier platform for beginning bloggers,
MySpace Chief Executive Chris DeWolfe said that hes cautiously optimistic about ad revenue for the News Corp.-owned social network in the face of a recession, Reuters reported Monday.Speaking at the outlets Reuters Media
SimpleDB, one of Amazon.coms suite of online services that people can use to build Web sites or other computing operations, is out of private beta testing.The service lets programmers store database records at
Another one bites the dust? Pownce, a would-be Twitter rival that was heavily hyped due to the involvement of Digg co-founder Kevin Rose, is closing its doors in two weeks.Its not quite going
One of the companies adopting Facebooks new log-in system, Facebook Connect, is CBS, parent company of CNET and publisher of Webware. Im glad were on board with this program, even if I do
Google has published its plan to build into Chrome what is arguably its most requested feature: the ability to accept extensions that can customize how the open-source Web browser operates.And guess what? Googles
Power.com is an ambitious social utility that brings together all the networks you have on social network sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Orkut , as well on instant-messaging networks like AIM, Yahoo
Facebook Connect--the service launched last spring that lets members log onto other Web sites using their Facebook profile--appears to be entering a new phase.The New York Times, in a big-picture story Sunday about the social networks plans to extend its
How many iPhone apps does it take to make 10,000? It all depends on how you do the counting.(Credit: 148Apps) Apple watchers this weekend have been ruminating on the overall tally and on
People with a good looking custom Twitter background have been the envy of ordinary Twitter users, without the Photoshop skills to make their own. TwitBacks is looking to make those same rich profiles
Men in Black playing on Joost's new iPhone app.If ever there was a Web service that experienced a rapid fall from grace, it was online video start-up Joost. What started out as a
When people talk about economic slowdown, I am pretty sure this is not what they mean: So many buyers flocked to popular online retail sites on Black Friday that many sites slowed to unpleasant levels under the crush. Keynote Systems
That's me with new hair, and glasses using HairTry.(Credit: CNET Networks)Baldness is serious business--to the tune of millions of dollars every year spent on surgeries, special sprays, and hair pieces. Aderans, the Japanese
The Food Network announced Friday that it has launched a new mobile application through its Web site that will offer visitors a listing of seasonal recipes, videos from its hosts, and cooking tips.Dubbed
If youve got several Gmail accounts and are frequently having to juggle signatures for each of them, worth downloading is Blank Canvas Gmail Signatures. This experimental Firefox extension will drop in one of
EarthCam, a company that allows users to search for Webcam content across the world, announced Wednesday that it will stream Thursdays 82nd Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in real-time on its site.Seven EarthCam cameras
This word processing collaboration app combines the best of the old off-line desktop with the new possibilities of web-based software, where users work anywhere, any time, on any connected computer.
Tidy up your favorite bookmarks and surf the web with this next-generation, user-friendly interface. Bookmarks are saved as thumbnails in which you can drag and drop the thumbnails to rearrange your preferences.
A social media search engine that tracks user-generated content. Results are aggregated from popular social media services, such as Flickr, Digg, and Twitter.
A viral analytics platform for social network application developers. The Kontagent platform is built from the ground up to provide deep social data visualization and analysis that delivers actionable insights delivered via a hosted, on-demand service. The platform works directly
Delivers compelling marketing and creative content such as video, audio, branding, graphic design and more from a diverse and talented community of over 5000 creative artists.
A new server-based search box for Firefox. Users can choose from hundreds of search engines instantly. New search engines can be added to a personal profile on-the-fly using the browsers context menu. Then, they can be shared at lookpicking.com.
A hosted, interactive collaboration tool for your mockups. Upload your mockups to a central location, give your clients a URL to view and review all of the mockups for any particular project.
Easy management for multiple Twitter accounts and brand monitoring. Splitweet allows the Twitter users to compose a list of accounts and distribute their tweets, choosing their release in one or more of their accounts. You can also follow your following
A mashup aggregator specifically geared to crisis and emergency information. CrisisWire released on November 13th, which just happened to coincide with the Santa Barbara fires (currently happening as of 1am PST 11/13/2008) and was used to find and relay information
Feeling Polaroid nostalgia? Poladroid is a free Mac application (Windows version is in the works) that will turn any photo into a Polaroid-like image that develops on your desktop. Currently in beta.
A personal shouting place that lets you stay in touch with your friends via short, quick messages. It works the other way too. And all you have to do is tell your friends (and the world) what are you doing
A content recommendation service that separates the signal from the noise and delivering the most valuable information from your most trusted sources. My6sense is more than a smart feed reader, its your digital intuition.
A home page/start page that aims to speed up your internet experience. It acts as a meta-search, gathering results from Google, Wikipedia, and Youtube instantly as you type.
A new way to browse topics on the web. We do this by linguistically analyzing web content to learn how people, places and things are connected to each other. Users browse those connections, see related articles, pictures and videos found
A worldwide community for creative talent and a fair and fun way of connecting those who have ideas with those who need ideas. Think of it as a new type of job board.
A social fitness network for detailed tracking, online accountability, and motivation. Whether you are trying to lose weight or get fit, its time to start taking your fitness seriously. Track your workouts, monitor your diet, meet new friends, and reach
BarFloodA Flood is an informal meet-up in a bar, club, restaurant, or cafe planned on BarFlood.com. Users can invite friends or strangers, so oftentimes, not all the people attending will know each other.
scoyo (german)In verschiedenen, spannenden Erlebniswelten kannst du immer den Stoff online lernen, der zu deiner Schulklasse passt, und du kannst damit bei deinen Lehrern punkten. Um zu testen, wie viel du bei einem Lernspiel schon gelernt hast,
FileRideFileRide is a hyper social desktop, globally connecting people through common interests such as business documents, multimedia files and links. As you drag files, links and YouTube videos into FileRide, your social network is expanded with people
AddictionaryThe Addictionary is a site for word lovers and those who like to see our beloved English language grow in serious or humorous ways.Addictionary.org – A Dictionary Like No Other
Hosted Public Data Sets(you need to submit a request to have a data set hosted)AWS Hosted Public Data Sets provide a convenient way to share, access, and use public data within your Amazon EC2 environment. Select public
BloggerInsighta dynamic research community providing personalized, independent advice on the Chinese internet.BloggerInsight provides intelligent Chinese crowd sourcing
Filterbita free service where you can upload files for scanning, analysis and identification by multiple antivirus engines.FilterBit – Detecta Troyanos y Malware Online
Yes.com is a unique community-oriented music site that provides real-time and historical information about songs played on United States terrestrial radio stations. Besides this up-to-the-minute database, Yes has social features like chat rooms for specific radio
Yahoo! has announced the rollout of some limited tests for OpenIDs Simple Registration specification. If youre not familiar with OpenID, its an innovative way for handling user authentication that provides a free and easy
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) provides the San Francisco, CA region with one of the most innovative public transportation services in the United States. Now BART offers developers the BART API. The BART API provides real-time
ReadWriteWebs Rick Turoczy recently reported in Dark Side of the Cloud the recent incident that resulted in a loss of data for ylastic, a company that facilitates management of Amazons AWS environments
Every now and then a sharp developer uncovers a clue that leads to discovery of an undocumented, but quite real, web API. A case in point is the folks over at SEO services company Index
Yieldex, the online ad inventory forecasting and optimization start-up, has won the second annual Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge. As grand prize winner, Yieldex receives US $50,000 in cash and $50,000 in AWS service credits, along with
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Hoovers, the business information company, has released their own Hoovers API, aka HAPI. This new API enables developers to create applications that utilize Hoovers database of 27 million companies and 34 million business executives (details at
Earlier this week Intuit announced the release of a new web application that allows QuickBooks users to visualize customer data on a map mashup. The Customer Explorer, developed by SpatialKey, is provided as a free
Microsoft has released a significantly enhanced version of their Live Search API. Live Search API 2.0 offers increased flexibility in terms of API protocols (REST/XML and JSON are now offered, in addition to the original SOAP
Elsevier, the worlds leading publisher of science and health information, has announced the Article 2.0 Contest, which invites developers to create innovative applications related to scientific journals and articles using the Elsevier Article 2.0 API. The
Todays the day that Facebook makes their big press push for their Facebook Connect service, which was first announced last May. The NY Times has a story giving a broad overview of Connect as well as competing services from MySpace
Pownce, the media-rich Twitter competitor once labeled by the New York Times as the hottest startup in Silicon Valley, is headed to the deadpool after being acquired by Six Apart. The service, which was co-founded by Diggs Kevin Rose along
According to Hitwise, U.S. visit numbers across all tracked retail categories declined for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday 2008, with the exception of online-only shopping websites. Among the top 500 Retail sites, Walmart was the top visited on Thanksgiving Day,
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MySpace, the online social network owned by News Corp, sees opportunities to buy start-ups for a fraction of what they would have cost six months ago as the economic slump slices millions of dollars off their
Your business blog doesnt have to look boring or childish. If youre going to use your blog as a tool to promote your business, you need it to have a clean, professional, corporate look. Heres a round up of 20
Few have been spared the satire of Matt Groenings long running animated sitcom. Last night, The Simpsons took on Apple, or uh, Mapple for a full 6 minutes of lampoonery -- a pretty harsh ride at a two-joke per minute
Almost two years later, our weekly listicle, the Lifehacker Top 10, still proves to be one of the most popular posts that publishes here. Since our top 10-making bot is off this weekend, take a gander at 20 of the
Netflix streaming has been making waves with its wide, fast integration into just about anything thatll have it, and the reception has been generally positive. As has been the pattern for the last decade, Blockbuster is slightly but embarrassingly behind:
Firm predicts season sales at $29.2 billion, unchanged from last year. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The online holiday shopping season unofficially began Monday, with analysts expecting a flat performance versus last year in the face of the weak U.S. econom
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The new month got off to a dismal start as stocks tumbled Monday morning on dismal manufacturing reports added to fears of a prolonged recession.
If youre planning this holiday season (perhaps even today) to become one of the tens of millions of people in the U.S. to buy a video game system, you may want to consider how the purchase of a Nintendo Wii,
Amazon is using the Thanksgiving break to quietly release some bad news - theyre shutting down one of its web services - Alexa Web Search. The service, which we first covered way back in 2006, is already closed to new
The newspaper industry in the U.S. continues to shrink at an alarming rate. According to the Newspaper Association of America,, total industry advertising (both print and online) in the third quarter was $8.9 billion, down 18 percent from the year
While Black Friday has been around for years, not everyone enjoys fighting the crowds at insane-oclock in the freezing cold. Luckily, the Monday after Thanksgiving theres Cyber Monday, supposedly the biggest online shopping day of the year.
Some 84 percent of online retailers will be holding major promotions on the Monday after Thanksgiving this year. Here are tips on how and where to find the best deals.
With economic recession in the air and layoffs everywhere, the outlook for online retail sales looks grim this holiday season. So far in November, online sales are 4 percent less than last year. Online retailers Amazon and eBay will be
New Page! this is a round up of the Best 5 deals from each category or each store. (See Top)Categories includes: Apparel, Automotive, Bed/Bath, Camcorders, CDs and DVDs, CD/DCD Discs, Computer Accessories, Desktops, Camera, DVD Player, Electronics, Laptops, and more.Does
Adam and Josh sat down with Kevin Marks from Google. We chatted about Microformats, Open Social, The social graph api, etc.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Adam and I visited the posh South Park Engine Yard office to talk with Ezra Zygmuntowicz. We covered hosting, managing open source, and even a bit about writing a book.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Adam and Josh sat down with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanswrath. They are two of the three guys behind the genius that is github. They also talk a bit about previous projects like FamSpam and Gravatar.Click here for show notes.Download
Adam and Josh sat down with Blaine in Miami to pick his brain about scaling twitter, among many other topics. *Note: Blaine was workng for twitter at the time still.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Josh and Adam sat down with Kathy Sierra to talk about creating passionate users, building web apps, and Tasty Planner.This edition of The Web 2.0 Show is brought to you by the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, with special
DIGG THIS!! Josh and I interview Kevin Rose and Gary Vaynerchuk at the Future of Web Apps conference in Miami, FL.Make sure you follow Kevin and Gary on Twitter. You might as well follow us too while you’re at it:
Josh and Chris interview Founder and CEO of (http://www.google.com/search?q=Aaron+Patzer “Aaron Patzer – Google Search”). Aaron is the visionary and technical mind behind Mint.com.Mint is a free personal finance web application that takes about two minutes to setup that links directly
Chris and I sat down and talked about the new website and how we built it. We also talked about our rails rumble app. Go "vote ":http://vote.railsrumble.com for all the apps!Click here for show
Chris and I sit down and talk to Jeff from YikeSite. Our apologies on the delay as we have been working on the new website. Come take a gander :)Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Chris rejoined the cast to chat with David Wadler from Twistage, a roll your own YouTube like video distribution service. After an initial recording snafu, we get rolling and discuss the online video distribution, content distribution networks, pirating media, and
Jon Maddox and I sit down to chat with part of the rails core and prototype core peeps to talk about their new company and their upcoming software directed at developers.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Chris and I sat down to talk with John O’Halloran from Trailfire. Listen to us chat about the fall of the USSR, the original intent of the web, and other interesting topics.Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
We finally have the long lost episode we have promised forever! Chris and I sat down to chat about a ton of differnt things, then I followed up with an interview of Bill Nguyen from Lala. Bill and I chatted
Hey guys, we have finally posted the latest show! Chris and I chatted with Kevin Burton of TailRank. Chris swears he will update this post with shows notes…Click here for show notes.Download Podcast
Sorry about the delay, loyal listeners. I deliver to you a show recorded while at the Future of Web Apps Conference. Chris and I were able to sit down with a fascinating gentleman named Kristopher Tate. The podcast details some
Biggest Battle Yet For Social Networks: You, Your Identity And Your Data On The Open WebFacebook continues to make major and mostly proprietary moves as the battle for Web identity heats up. Most companies are following open standards but Facebook
Amazon.com Tries User-Generated Public Relations - Bits Blog - NYTimes.comA Web 1.0 pioneer which continues to get the good 2.0 stuff. Crowdsourcing is almost always cheaper and more scalable than traditional methods of production, just harder to seen.zemblyA "Wikipedia for
The hidden cost of Google Apps - Nov. 19, 2008A decent overview of what the pros and cons are of moving to office productivity apps in the cloud. We use Google Apps for most of what we do now unless
Netbook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNow we are seeing a wave of personal computer devices designed specifically for cloud computing. The Asus EEE and Dell Mini 9 and others are selling extremely well and are often out of stock. They
Daring Fireball: Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIsFascinating analysis of how the new Google Mobile voice command uses undocumented iPhone APIs. It seems like unfair advantage and Google is getting special treatment on the platform. Definitely makes Android seem friendlier
Dont Buy Into These 10 Social Media Myths | SocialComputingMagazine.comSocial media can produce numerous benefits for you and your brand. Of course, as the bandwagon for social media has filled up, many myths have been spread. This list of 10
Expanding the Cloud: Amazon CloudFront - All Things DistributedWerner Vogels looks at Amazon's new cloud offering: A content distribution network based on S3 that is 'dead simple.' And inexpensive.10 Semantic Apps to Watch - One Year Later - ReadWriteWebAfter years
FT.com / Companies / Media - Rival forecast to catch YouTubeSome very useful strategic datapoints on online video and the race for financial success. YouTube wins hands down in traffic and will for the foreseeable future but Hulu is expected
Two of the big themes clearly evident at this week's Web 2.0 Summit is 1) how to effect change successfully today and 2) how to deliver genuine, meaningful value in today's marketplace. The current economic climate combined with this week's
Over the last year I've worked with organizations around the world that are attempting to grapple with Web 2.0 and the growing external marketplace pressure being exerted for the change and transformation of their businesses. Along the way, I've been
The Web has an interesting property that those building Web applications and online businesses usually encounter soon after they first launch: It has its own unique and unforgiving rules for success and failure. Appreciating them requires a certain level of
A few days ago Amazon Web Services evangelist Jeff Barr released a graph (Figure 1 below) showing the growth of the bandwidth used by their global Web sites versus the bandwidth being consumed by their Web services. It's eye opening
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