ReadWriteWeb: June 2008 Archives

Social Media Used to Keep Flood Victims Informed

Written by Josh Catone / June 16, 2008 6:53 PM / 4 Comments

Getting information out to victims and their families during a disaster is a major issue for any relief organization. So while the Central United States recovers from a spate of Continue reading »

Yahoo Clings to Its Leading Web "Starting Points"

Written by Richard MacManus / June 16, 2008 4:19 PM

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Yesterday we questioned whether Yahoo is focusing enough on its core products. We wrote that "Yahoo's key properties remain yahoo.com, email, myyahoo, and even Answers can be considered special. In Continue reading »

11 Search Trends That May Disrupt Google

Written by Bernard Lunn / June 16, 2008 2:45 PM / 25 Comments

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My first post for ReadWriteWeb (nearly a year ago) started with the premise that search was "game over", that Google had won and the only opportunity left was (re)search - Continue reading »

UPDATED! Poll: Which Instant Messaging Client(s) Do You Use?

Written by Richard MacManus / June 16, 2008 1:07 PM / 115 Comments

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Due to demand in the comments, 3 new IM clients have been added to the poll. You can now vote for Pidgin, Miranda, and Apple's iChat. Apologies for omissions! Our Continue reading »

Quillpill: Cell Phone Novels Escape Japan

Written by Josh Catone / June 16, 2008 12:32 PM / 1 Comments

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For better or for worse the concept of the cell phone novel is making a splash in Western countries via a Twitter-like app called Quillpill. Quillpill handles all the heavy Continue reading »

Study: More People are Turning to the Web for Political Info

Written by Josh Catone / June 16, 2008 11:24 AM / 6 Comments

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A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project reveals that 46% of Americans have used the Internet, email, or text messaging to get or share election information Continue reading »

eBay Launches Dev Platform - Too Little, Too Late?

Written by Josh Catone / June 16, 2008 9:57 AM / 9 Comments

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Online ecommerce giant eBay today announced "Project Echo" at the eBay developers conference, which will allow developers to create applications for sellers that will run inside the eBay Selling Manager. Continue reading »

WorldWideScience: Like Google for Deep Web Science

Written by Sarah Perez / June 16, 2008 7:29 AM / 3 Comments

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Need to get access to real scientific data but having trouble finding any relevant search results in Google? That could be because a lot of the science and technology documents Continue reading »

Can Twitter Be Saved?

Written by Sarah Perez / June 16, 2008 5:46 AM / 24 Comments

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If there's anything Twitter can be counted on for, lately it's been the service's instability. The situation got so bad that avid twitterers have now gotten used to loading up Continue reading »

Yahoo: 'Everything But The Kitchen Sink' Approach Not Paying Dividends

Written by Richard MacManus / June 15, 2008 10:07 PM / 15 Comments

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There's been a lot of hand wringing in the media over the weekend about Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's takeover bid. Most of the coverage has focused on the (very serious) Continue reading »

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