digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Grooveshark_Paying_Users_to_Share_Music_on_a_P2P_Network'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Grooveshark, a startup from a group of University of Florida students, is aiming to shake up the music industry by Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Text_and_Banner_Ads_on_Amazon_Has_the_World_Gone_Mad'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; I was shopping for a digital camera this weekend and my first stop was naturally Amazon. While browsing pages I Continue reading »

Google China has released a Q&A site, in partnership with Tianya Club. The Make Meaning blog notes that Tianya Club was founded in 1999 and is one of the most Continue reading »

By Guest Blogger Mark O'Neill Much has been written about Internet Telephony product Skype and its potential to completely revolutionize the telecommunications market (when it's not suffering major outages!), but Continue reading »

A July Pew report indicated that 57% of U.S. internet users have watched videos online and most of them share what they find with others. The 18-29 age group, at Continue reading »

In October 2006 Google acquired the hottest online video property on the planet, YouTube. Later on that same month, news came out that the founders of Kazaa and Skype were Continue reading »

Here is a summary of the week's Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via the special RSS feed or by email. Continue reading »

By 2020, eMarketer estimates that Internet radio will have 180 million listeners and generate $19.7 billion in ad revenue. That can't possibly happen, however, if prohibitively high royalty fees in Continue reading »

This week is Online Music Week at Read/WriteWeb, so I decided to check out how the leading music streaming services compared. I used this week's poll to determine the top Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/fav_or_it_New_RSS_Reader_Aims_to_Integrate_Commenting'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; fav.or.it is a new type of RSS Reader currently in private beta, which aims to solve the long-standing issue of Continue reading »