ReadWriteWeb: May 2008 Archives

Written by Josh Catone / May 22, 2008 8:23 AM / 40 Comments

Last week I was watching TV and saw something that really caught my eye. It was a commercial for Special K, the breakfast cereal from Kellogg, and rather than end Continue reading »

How to Use Social Media for Social Change

Written by Sarah Perez / May 22, 2008 5:00 AM / 44 Comments

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Did you participate in the Twit-Out yesterday? Do you even know what that is? To get you up to speed, a handful of Twitter users, fed up with the regular Continue reading »

Reality TV Show for Startups Announced; RWW Editor a Judge

Written by Richard MacManus / May 21, 2008 9:47 PM / 19 Comments

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In the tradition of American Idol, The Apprentice, Top Chef, and Dragons' Den, a new TV show is in development in New Zealand that will bring the 'Elimination/Game show' format Continue reading »

Facebook Censoring User Messaging: Spam Prevention or Unaccountable Control of Conversation?

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 21, 2008 3:27 PM / 25 Comments

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Facebook and MySpace have replaced email for a substantial number of young people. Facebook, though, appears to believe that some things are better off not discussed in conversations between its Continue reading »

Want a Printer Friendly Version of RWW? Here It Is!

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 21, 2008 3:24 PM / 16 Comments

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We've gotten quite a few requests for a "print this page" button on RWW, something that styles up an article nice and clean for readers to print out and pass Continue reading »

PolicyMap (API): Demographic Data on Your Neighborhood

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 21, 2008 12:31 PM / 1 Comments

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PolicyMap is a new website that offers more than 4,000 points of data about any location in the United States, including demographics, real estate markets, crime, schools, housing affordability, employment Continue reading »

Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google

Written by Bernard Lunn / May 21, 2008 11:15 AM / 12 Comments

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I just found a more useful way to search than Google. (Sort of.) It only works for a defined use case, but, in a search market that is 85% going Continue reading »

Opera Takes on Apple With Open Widget SDK

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 21, 2008 10:00 AM / 6 Comments

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The popular mobile browser Opera today launched a software developers kit (SDK) for widgets. While rival Apple's iPhone SDK requires that applications be distributed exclusively through the still-unlaunched iPhone App Continue reading »

LCDS Makes AIR Offline Sync Easy (...and Why You'll Care)

Written by Sarah Perez / May 21, 2008 9:41 AM

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Offline/online synchronization is one of the biggest challenges when it comes to taking web apps offline. Adobe, whose AIR platform brings us some of our favorite apps as of late, Continue reading »

Top 10 Ways to Search Wikipedia

Written by Josh Catone / May 21, 2008 9:01 AM / 14 Comments

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Wikipedia, which turned 7 this year, is a source of information for 683 million visitors every year. A poster child for user-generated content, Wikipedia has grown from its first year Continue reading »

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