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January 2007 Archives

Dodgy Web and Blog Stats: Redux
Written by Richard MacManus / January 4, 2007 2:27 PM / 10 Comments
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As we all know, web statistics are an unreliable thing at the best of times. I posted on this issue back in March 2006, noting that Urchin and web server


Rich Internet Applications vs HTML
Written by Richard MacManus / January 4, 2007 3:34 AM / 15 Comments
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Forrester Research has done a usability comparison between RIA (Rich Internet Apps) and HTML apps, in a report entitled Smackdown: Rich Internet Applications Versus HTML. The result: "We looked for Continue reading »


OpenID and the Identity Systems of Yahoo, Google & MSN
Written by Emre Sokullu / January 3, 2007 7:01 PM / 28 Comments
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Written by Emre Sokullu and edited by Richard MacManus You may've heard of OpenID - it's a distributed identity management system, a.k.a. a decentralized single sign-on platform. We prepared a Continue reading »


Kiva: Philanthropy 2.0
Written by Richard MacManus / January 3, 2007 4:09 AM / 13 Comments
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When I was looking for submissions for Best Web Companies and Innovators of 2006, a R/WW commenter pointed to a non-profit site called kiva.org - calling it "web 2.0 meets Continue reading »


Swicki Upgrade: Write Your Own Search Results
Written by Richard MacManus / January 3, 2007 2:39 AM / 5 Comments
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Disclosure: Eurekster is a sponsor of Read/WriteWeb Eurekster has quietly rolled out an interesting upgrade to their social search service, Swicki. Now users can contribute their own search answers to Continue reading »


Announcing the Read/WriteWeb Job Board
Written by Richard MacManus / January 2, 2007 2:49 PM / 7 Comments
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To usher in the new year, we're very pleased to announce the new Read/WriteWeb Job Board - brought to you in association with JobThread. While there are a few


The Race to Beat Google
Written by Alex Iskold / January 2, 2007 1:50 AM / 41 Comments
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Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus In an article in the January 1st 2007 issue of NYTimes, reporter Miguel Helft writes about the race in Silicon Valley Continue reading »


Mozilla Does Microformats: Firefox 3 as Information Broker
Written by Richard MacManus / January 2, 2007 1:21 AM / 33 Comments
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Just before Christmas, Mozilla designer Alex Faaborg published some introductory posts on his blog about where Mozilla is headed with microformats. Quick background: Mozilla is of course the developer of Continue reading »


Top Web Apps in Croatia
Written by Richard MacManus / January 1, 2007 8:09 PM / 8 Comments
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Written by Berislav Lopac and edited by Richard MacManus Croatia is a small market for any industry - and especially when it comes to the Internet. It has about 4.5 Continue reading »


China-based Browser Maxthon Going Global in 2007
Written by Gang Lu / January 1, 2007 12:19 PM / 12 Comments
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Written by Gang Lu and edited by Richard MacManus. Original version posted on Gang Lu's blog The MObilenoDE. Maxthon (formerly known as MyIE) is a browser that reportedly has 30% Continue reading »


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