Google has created a site called Google Gadget Ventures. Marissa Mayer will announce it this evening at the Searchonomics Conference in Santa Clara. It's a pilot program, with the aim Continue reading »

With the excitement building about Apple's iPhone, and lots of third party apps being developed for it, now is a good time to find out how many R/WW readers will

As media and blog coverage of the iPhone release on Friday June 29 reaches boiling point, web app providers are frantically pumping out versions of their apps for the iPhone. Continue reading »

Yahoo! is changing. Terry Semel's resignation and co-founder Jerry Yang's return to the CEO position is one of the most visible changes. Yahoo! has always been harshly criticized for not Continue reading »

On Monday the blog Inside Facebook broke the story that the Facebook-only application Favorite Peeps had been acquired by slideshow creator Slide (and Slide confirmed to me yesterday that they Continue reading »

Just a quick update on my post last week, stating that Read/WriteWeb is looking for writers to do startup and web product reviews. The response has been overwhelming - over

WebOS vendor Morfik has created a platform for developers to build applications for Apple's iPhone, which is being released Friday night. Morfik claims this is the first development tool for Continue reading »

Tonight Microsoft is launching two more products into its suite of Windows Live branded consumer web apps - Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta and Windows Live Folders Beta. According to Continue reading »

There has been quite a lot of buzz lately around a vertical search engine for people, called Spock. While still in private beta, the engine has already impressed users Continue reading »

By Heri Rakotomalala of Montreal Tech Watch Canadians use the Internet more than anyone in the world. According to comScore, Canadians spend on average 39.6 hours per month on the Continue reading »