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Tripwolf Prepares For Public Launch - RWW Readers Can Get In Today
Written by Sarah Perez / June 20, 2008 9:03 AM / 4 Comments
Last month a new travel social network called Tripwolf launched into private beta. The site offers a variety of content, including both professional editorial and user-generated reviews of destinations as Continue reading »


Ameritocracy: Crowdsourced Campaign Clarity - 100 Invites
Written by Josh Catone / June 20, 2008 8:31 AM
Ameritocracy, which just launched into invite-only public beta, is a new political site that helps people cut through the noise and rate and review political information for credibility and relevance. Continue reading »


Adobe Media Player: Now With 15,000+ Things To Watch
Written by Sarah Perez / June 20, 2008 6:41 AM / 11 Comments
Adobe Media Player (AMP) is an AIR application filled with TV shows and videos clips (see our review here). The app, first launched as a beta last September then as Continue reading »


Accoona, Once Pretender to Search Throne... Now Niche B2B Service
Written by Richard MacManus / June 19, 2008 10:40 PM / 4 Comments
According to the Zuula blog, former search king pretender Accoona has finally given up on becoming a major search player. When Accoona was officially launched in December 2004, at a Continue reading »


Hakia Announces Semantic API
Written by Josh Catone / June 19, 2008 12:56 PM / 2 Comments
Semantic search engine Hakia today announced a set of APIs that opens up their natural language processing and search platform to developers. Hakia's Syndication Web Services really comes in two Continue reading »


Wiki Providers Come Together to Offer Universal Edit Button
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / June 19, 2008 12:00 PM / 13 Comments
Leave it to people in the wiki market to know how to collaborate. Nearly 20 different wiki providers have teamed up to offer a new Firefox extension that will notify Continue reading »


Vint Cerf: High Oil Prices Could Help the Web
Written by Josh Catone / June 19, 2008 11:33 AM / 14 Comments
While some of our European readers may snicker if I were to complain about having to pay $4.10/gallon to fill up my car's gas tank, the fact is that across Continue reading »


72Photos Offers a New, Sleek Alternative to Flickr
Written by Sarah Perez / June 19, 2008 10:58 AM / 12 Comments
Yesterday, the unfortunate but none-too-surprising news about the departure of Flickr's co-founders Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield broke out across the web. In light of Yahoo's recent troubles, not to Continue reading »


Men Around the World Access the Mobile Web Almost 10X as Much as Women, Study Says
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / June 19, 2008 9:20 AM / 4 Comments
Popular mobile browser provider Opera released a demographic report about their users today that provides some valuable, if sometimes unsurprising, insights into just who is accessing the web on their Continue reading »


Huffington Post To Take on Local Newspapers
Written by Josh Catone / June 19, 2008 9:18 AM / 11 Comments
Last night at Guardian News & Media's internal Future of Journalism conference, Arianna Huffington revealed that her Huffington Post property is planning to expand into local news. Initially, the site Continue reading »


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