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Twitter Versus Plurk: The UI Advantage
Written by Muhammad Saleem / July 30, 2008 9:09 PM / 21 Comments
When I first reviewed Plurk for ReadWriteWeb, I had only been using this new lifestreaming service for a little while. After using it for much longer, I've realized that there Continue reading »


Some Web Apps Work Better Together
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 30, 2008 5:11 PM / 22 Comments
How many new websites can you fit in a Volkswagen Beetle? Sometimes it feels like that's what we're trying to do these days - but all these new applications and Continue reading »


Google Acquires Omnisio
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 30, 2008 3:34 PM / 5 Comments
Maybe to counter some of the bad news around YouTube today, Google just announced the acquisition of the Y Combinator funded video annotation and mashup company Omnisio. According to Google, Continue reading »


Italian TV Company MediaSet Sues Google, YouTube for $800 Million
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 30, 2008 12:30 PM / 15 Comments
Once again, a major media company is suing Google because of alleged copyright violations by users on YouTube, Google's popular video sharing site. Today, the Italian media company MediaSet filed Continue reading »


Balsamiq, a Mockup Creator in AIR, is on Fire
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 30, 2008 11:55 AM / 8 Comments
Balsamiq, an application mockup creation tool built on Adobe AIR, has generated more than $10,000 in revenue less than 6 weeks after the $79 tool launched. The one-man company was Continue reading »


ClearStep: A Great Place to Share Knowledge About The New Online Enterprise
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 30, 2008 10:57 AM / 2 Comments
Sometimes social media users inside big businesses just need to talk about their feelings. More often, they need to share valuable metrics, anecdotes and insights that can help them advance Continue reading »


Amazon Announces New Payment Services and Updates to Mechanical Turk
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 30, 2008 9:43 AM
In a quick succession of announcements, Amazon released a set of hosted e-commerce payment services, as well as an update to its Mechanical Turk service. The payment service, Checkout by Continue reading »


SocialVibe Raises $100,000 For Charity
Written by Sarah Perez / July 30, 2008 5:00 AM / 9 Comments
In May, we discussed many different ways that social media could be used for social change. One company that has been using the medium for doing social good is SocialVibe. Continue reading »


Has The Web 2.0 Cycle Come to a Close? No
Written by Richard MacManus / July 30, 2008 1:05 AM / 15 Comments
The selection process for DEMOfall 08 (RWW is a media partner) is coming to a close and Chris Shipley has been blogging her thoughts about it. She's identified a number Continue reading »


Study: Women Outnumber Men on Most Social Networks
Written by Richard MacManus / July 29, 2008 11:52 PM / 18 Comments
Online reputation company Rapleaf has released a new study of 49.3 million people, revealing gender and age data about social network users. On most of the main social networks - Continue reading »


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