Latvia is a small country in Northern Europe, next to Estonia, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus. It has a population of 2.3 million, around 38% of whom have Internet access. The Continue reading »

We've just noticed that Google has introduced a bit of Ajax into its main property Search, by way of integrating Maps on some searches. This feature has been around since Continue reading »

Here is a summary of the week's Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Top Web News All of the big Web companies were in the news this week, but probably the Continue reading »

Written by Sramana Mitra. Note: this is an excerpt from a report written by Sramana Mitra, an entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Worried your kid is spending too Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus My wife and I were in the bookstore the other day and we were discussing the difference between shopping online versus Continue reading »

TVTonic is billing itself as "The Internet Channel". There are plenty of companies muscling into that market currently (the Amazon/TiVO partnership being the latest example), but TVTonic seems more focused Continue reading »

Written by Jay Fortner and edited by Richard MacManus The New York Times has an interesting report about companies that offer customized video advertising, such as Spot Runner and Visible Continue reading »

- Is that a pipe in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?; as expected, geeks (myself included) are drooling over Yahoo Pipes, the new RSS Remix

French startup Zlio.com, a service that enables any Internet user to start a virtual store, has just launched in the US and also has plans for a UK version. It's Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus Last week there was a post on TechCrunch entitled Flixster is growing like weed, which described how a trendy new startup Continue reading »