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May 2008 Archives

Greasemonkey Scripts For the Social Media Addict
Written by Sarah Perez / May 2, 2008 4:06 PM / 18 Comments
You may have heard of Greasemonkey, the Firefox extension that lets you customize the way a web page displays using small bits of Javascript, but are you using it to Continue reading »


Want That Post to Go Popular? Here's The Best and Worst Times to Post It
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 2, 2008 12:00 PM / 43 Comments
Connecticut software developer Jake Luciani has run 10k items on Del.icio.us, Digg, Reddit and Mixx through the API of popularity ranking engine AideRSS to analyze the connection between popularity and Continue reading »


Omnidrive: Officially Cooked?
Written by Josh Catone / May 2, 2008 9:58 AM / 14 Comments
Omnidrive, the Australian-based online storage solution that we named "tops in its class" last summer and was once called the "clear leader" in the space by TechCrunch, appears to have Continue reading »


Rockstar Bloggers Couldn't Save NewsAlloy
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 2, 2008 9:29 AM / 1 Comments
RSS development powerhouse Volodymyr Danylyuk emailed users of his nearly 3 year old AJAX feed reader NewsAlloy today to let them know that he's closing up shop. While offering to Continue reading »


Dvorak Joins Twitter, Calls It a "Pretend" Community
Written by Sarah Perez / May 2, 2008 9:24 AM / 16 Comments
In typical cranky geek fashion, PC Mag columnist and industry pundit, John C. Dvorak, recently wrote an article about the fragility of social networking in which he claims the value Continue reading »


Nielsen: Mobile Internet Causes 13% Jump in Web Site Audience
Written by Josh Catone / May 2, 2008 8:31 AM / 0 Comments
CenterNetworks reported yesterday on the launch of the new TotalWeb tracking service from Nielsen, which includes mobile traffic along with desktop PC traffic in its measurement of top Internet properties. Continue reading »


The Favorite Web Apps of RWW Readers
Written by Richard MacManus / May 2, 2008 1:35 AM / 25 Comments
A couple of weeks ago we held a competition, asking you to tell us what web 2.0 apps most excite you currently. We had a great response, with 113 comments. Continue reading »


MySpace Charging Developers for App Promotion
Written by Josh Catone / May 1, 2008 10:00 PM / 6 Comments
According to a Nick O'Neill at the Social Times blog, MySpace is charging app developers for the "featured" spots in its App Gallery, which it officially launched last week. The Continue reading »


An Ode to RSS, On RSS Awareness Day
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 1, 2008 6:30 PM / 12 Comments
There's just a few hours left in what should be an international holiday - RSS Awareness Day. Thought up by the good folks at DailyBlogTips.com and unknown until this morning Continue reading »


The Decline and Fall of Quality on Digg
Written by Guest Author / May 1, 2008 6:10 PM / 30 Comments
If you're even peripherally involved in the social news space you are probably familiar with the rather rocky relationship that Digg has with its core community. Fueled partly by a Continue reading »


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