ReadWriteWeb: April 2008 Archives

Written by Bernard Lunn / April 29, 2008 12:51 AM / 21 Comments

This is the second in a 3-part series, by Bernard Lunn, on the new Web. Part 1 was The Whatchamacallit, Post Recession Phase Transition. Recessions change consumer behavior, drive weak Continue reading »

Star Wars Book to be Put Online for Free

Written by Josh Catone / April 28, 2008 5:45 PM / 1 Comments

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In an effort to promote the latest book in the Star Wars "Legacy of the Force" series, starting at 9am tomorrow (Tuesday, April 29), Del Ray will give out book Continue reading »

How Best to Submit Our (Or Any) Stories to Digg

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 28, 2008 4:01 PM / 13 Comments

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Social news site Digg has long been the big kahuna of sites where users submit and vote on tech news stories. Though tech content there has dropped dramatically (as we Continue reading »

Brightkite Wants to Win the Mobile Social Network Battle (+ Invites for Readers!)

Written by Sarah Perez / April 28, 2008 3:16 PM / 110 Comments

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Up-and-coming mobile social network Brightkite faces some serious competition from a myriad of mobile social networks, all of whom are fighting to win the emerging mobile market. However, Brightkite has Continue reading »

Exclusive: Prototype Invest - App Development for Equity

Written by Josh Catone / April 28, 2008 2:30 PM / 8 Comments

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Tomorrow a new breed of investment firm called Prototype Invest will officially launch, though the site is available now. Prototype Invest is a unique type of early stage investment firm. Continue reading »

Report: Social Media Challenging Traditional Media

Written by Richard MacManus / April 28, 2008 1:23 PM / 7 Comments

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Universal McCann has released a new report on the impact of social media (such as blogs, social networks, online video) on the media landscape. It surveyed 17,000 Internet users worldwide Continue reading »

5 Places Your Opinion Counts - Debate Site Roundup

Written by Josh Catone / April 28, 2008 12:03 PM / 13 Comments

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While you're waiting for The Great Debaters to come out on DVD in a couple of weeks, there are a few places where you can put in some debate practice Continue reading »

BooRah: I Could Give up Yelp For This

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 28, 2008 10:24 AM / 2 Comments

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BooRah is a semantic and natural language processing aggregator of restaurant reviews. The service pulls in reviews from numerous review sites and a substantial list of restaurant review blogs, then Continue reading »

Track Distributed Conversations With YackTrack

Written by Sarah Perez / April 28, 2008 7:29 AM / 21 Comments

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Not too long ago, we discussed the problem of conversation fragmentation in the blogosphere and how new services, like FriendFeed, as well as old services, like Digg, were providing places Continue reading »

Early Stats Show Twitter Taking Off in Japan

Written by Richard MacManus / April 28, 2008 2:54 AM / 8 Comments

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Last week trendy micro-blogging service Twitter launched officially in Japan, after the company had "noticed a significant percent of Twitter usage consistently originating from Japan". At the time of launch, Continue reading »

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