ReadWriteWeb: April 2008 Archives

Google Gives Up Control of Keyhole Markup Language (KML)

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 14, 2008 12:58 PM / 2 Comments

Google announced today that mapping markup language KML has been accepted by and will be given to the Open Geospatial Consortium, an international mapping standards body. KML will now be Continue reading »

WikiFM - Great Idea, Poor Execution

Written by Sarah Perez / April 14, 2008 11:58 AM / 5 Comments

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Recently, a new Wikipedia mashup came on the scene - WikiFM, this one a mashup of Wikipedia and popular music streaming service Last.fm. The mashup lets you listen to Last.fm Continue reading »

Facebook Asking for Friend Suggestions

Written by Josh Catone / April 14, 2008 11:12 AM / 5 Comments

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Nick O'Neil has the scoop on a new Facebook feature that asks members to suggest friends for new users. The feature is a refinement of the "people you may know" Continue reading »

Content Is Becoming a Commodity

Written by Sarah Perez / April 14, 2008 9:43 AM / 51 Comments

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Over the weekend, it seemed that everyone in the tech blogosphere contributed to the discussion around fractured blog comments; Robert Scoble even went so far as to say that the Continue reading »

Social Networking Profiles as Billboards with SocialVibe

Written by Josh Catone / April 14, 2008 9:23 AM / 2 Comments

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SocialVibe is an online popularity contest that turns corporate advertising into money for charity. Users compete for status and prizes by shilling for their favorite brands, while a cut of Continue reading »

JS-Kit Score: Turn Your Site into a Localized Digg

Written by Josh Catone / April 14, 2008 7:51 AM / 15 Comments

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Widget provider JS-Kit has released their latest widget this morning, Score. Score adds a thumbs up/thumbs down-style ratings widget to any page content, and then aggregates the data across the Continue reading »

TwitLinks: The Techmeme of Twitter?

Written by Richard MacManus / April 14, 2008 1:38 AM / 11 Comments

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Just launched today is a new Twitter mashup called Twitlinks. This one aggregates the latest links posted to Twitter by tech industry pundits. The end result is a homepage that Continue reading »

Conferences: Web 2.0 Expo, Structure 08, Google I/O, SemTech 08 & More

Written by Richard MacManus / April 13, 2008 10:03 PM / 24 Comments

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April is usually a busy month on the Web conference schedule, with my personal highlight being the Web 2.0 Expo. Since 2005 I've never missed a TechWeb / O'Reilly Web Continue reading »

AltSearchEngines Get Together: Monday 21 April, San Francisco

Written by Richard MacManus / April 13, 2008 9:35 PM / 3 Comments

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Our network blog AltSearchEngines is holding an invitation only gathering of search engines on Monday 21 April, in San Francisco. This private event, called simply the AltSearchEngines Get Together is Continue reading »

The American Dream: 17 Years of Engineering Software

Written by Alex Iskold / April 13, 2008 4:23 PM / 31 Comments

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Seventeen years ago, on April 10th 1991, a plane landed in John F. Kennedy airport. That plane had just crossed the Atlantic carrying, amongst others, passengers escaping the crumbling Continue reading »

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