Last week, I attended the Internet Identity Workshop. As an attendee with less exposure to the user centric identity, an early session provided an great overview of how the Continue reading »

The BBC reports that EMI Group has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Terra Firma for ¬£3.2bn including debt, which is around US$6.3B. The deal isn't confirmed yet, Continue reading »

USAToday has an article today discussing the recent trend for startups to sell themselves on eBay. USAToday starts off with a joke: "What do Beanie Babies, Pez Dispensers and troubled Continue reading »

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal today, social networking site Facebook will announce later this week that it is opening inward (my term, not theirs) and allowing Continue reading »

Last week Amazon clamped down on Zlio and told the service that they could no longer promote Amazon products in the United States. Amazon informed the site of the decision Continue reading »

Phil Wainewright has a compelling article on his ZDNet blog, arguing that the recent acquisitions of online advertising companies by the bigcos (Google, Microsoft, et al) is evidence that the Continue reading »

I'm pleased to announce the first network blog to launch under the Read/WriteWeb banner - last100. We have more network blogs launching soon, all with the aim of leveraging Read/WriteWeb's Continue reading »

Thank you to our sponsors, for supporting Read/WriteWeb and helping us grow. Keep an eye out for some news on that front later tonight... Wild Apricot offers Web-based Membership Management

As noted in the Weekly Wrapup, one of the 2 big news announcements this past week was Google rolling out "Universal Search", where they integrate search results from across their Continue reading »

The R/WW Weekly Wrapup is sponsored by: Another busy week of Web Tech. And you may've noticed a new daily voice on Read/WriteWeb - Josh Catone is now a lead Continue reading »