ReadWriteWeb: April 2008 Archives

Written by Josh Catone / April 8, 2008 2:51 PM / 31 Comments

Yesterday on this blog Sarah Perez wondered how important is offline access for web apps? Her conclusion was that offline access is important now, but not as important as it Continue reading »

Govit Tries to Create a Direct Democracy

Written by Josh Catone / April 8, 2008 2:01 PM / 8 Comments

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The knock on the type of representative democracy that is employed in the US is that the people aren't actually voting on the legislation that gets passed -- representatives for Continue reading »

5 Ways to Find More Friends on Twitter

Written by Sarah Perez / April 8, 2008 11:47 AM / 17 Comments

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It seems like everyone is on Twitter these days, but are you following everyone you should? With so many users, it can be hard to find the right people to Continue reading »

Google App Engine: History's Next Step or Monopolistic Boondoggle?

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 8, 2008 10:21 AM / 12 Comments

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Google's new App Engine will let application developers outsource hosting and data storage for their applications by using key elements of Google's infrastructure. As many people have noticed, the announcement Continue reading »

ThinkFree Launches a Revamped Office Suite

Written by Sarah Perez / April 8, 2008 9:53 AM / 5 Comments

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These days when someone mentions the term "web office," you probably think of the online suites like by Zoho or Google Apps. But alternative office suite, ThinkFree, has also been Continue reading »

HuddleChat: Did Google Just Rip Off 37Signals?

Written by Josh Catone / April 8, 2008 9:50 AM / 72 Comments

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Blogs are abuzz this morning about HuddleChat, a real-time chat application that a team of three Google developers created to show off Google's new App Engine platform. The chat software Continue reading »

Top 10 Traits of a Rockstar Software Engineer

Written by Alex Iskold / April 8, 2008 12:50 AM / 40 Comments

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Every company is a tech company these days. From software startups to hedge funds to pharmaceutical giants to big media, they're all increasingly in the business of software. Quality code Continue reading »

Google App Engine: Cloud Control to Major Tom

Written by Richard MacManus / April 8, 2008 12:49 AM / 25 Comments

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Google has just launched Google App Engine, "a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google's infrastructure." This will allow startups to use Google's web servers, Continue reading »

Microsoft: Please Make MySong Into a Web App

Written by Josh Catone / April 7, 2008 4:02 PM / 5 Comments

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Via an article in the New Scientist today, we were pointed to a Microsoft research project called MySong. MySong isn't web technology, but it is very, very cool technology, and Continue reading »

Google's US Search Market Dominance Hits All Time High

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 7, 2008 1:51 PM / 15 Comments

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Traffic analysts Hitwise released new numbers today finding that Google's marketshare in US searches rose last month to an all time high of 67% of searches performed. Yahoo! Search (20%), Continue reading »

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