ReadWriteWeb: July 2008 Archives

Written by Rob Cottingham / July 23, 2008 11:17 PM / 5 Comments

There's a panicky voice inside me that wonders, whenever the power is knocked out for more than a minute or so, if this is it: the failure of the grid, Continue reading »

Knol: Google Takes on Wikipedia

Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 23, 2008 12:50 PM / 15 Comments

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Google just opened up Knol, its Wikipedia competitor, to the public after announcing a private beta of the service last December. Unlike Wikipedia, Knol puts a stronger emphasis on authorship Continue reading »

Pixily: Put Your Paper Docs Online in 3 to 5 Days Max

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 23, 2008 12:24 PM / 15 Comments

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New startup Pixily lets small businesses and individuals send paper documents by mail in a Netflix style envelope, then scans, uploads to Amazon S3 and lets you search them in Continue reading »

Facebook Keeps Growing - Still Far Behind MySpace in US

Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 23, 2008 11:26 AM / 6 Comments

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According to the latest data from Hitwise, Facebook, which is kicking off its developer conference today, grew 40% over the last year, while its biggest competitor, MySpace, saw a 6% Continue reading »

PlayCrafter: A Casual Game Builder in Flex

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 23, 2008 9:44 AM / 7 Comments

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PlayCrafter is a new web application that lets anyone create custom games by dragging and dropping elements around the screen. Built with Flex, Adobe's Ryan Stewart calls PlayCrafter part of Continue reading »

More Funding for Casual Games: Zynga Raises $29 Million

Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 23, 2008 9:03 AM / 1 Comments

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Casual gaming on the web must look like quite an attractive market to VCs right now. Jeff Bezos already invested in two casual gaming companies this year, Kongregate and SGN, Continue reading »

IORG Discusses Solutions for Info Overload

Written by Sarah Perez / July 23, 2008 8:00 AM / 10 Comments

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On July 15th, the Information Overload Research Group (IORG) held their inaugural conference in New York City. The group, whose founders include IBM, Microsoft, Google, Intel, and a dozen other Continue reading »

Ubiquity For Firefox Is Not An Add-On - It's a Whole New UI

Written by Sarah Perez / July 23, 2008 6:30 AM / 5 Comments

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Is this the future for the Firefox UI? You may remember a project called Enso, a software program developed by Humanized - the same folks who brought you Songza. The Continue reading »

Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know

Written by Alex Iskold / July 22, 2008 8:21 PM / 76 Comments

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The future of software development is about good craftsmen. With infrastructure like Amazon Web Services and an abundance of basic libraries, it no longer takes a village to build a Continue reading »

Three Hot Mixtape Services That Are Remaking the Art Form

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 22, 2008 1:27 PM / 15 Comments

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Mixtapes just 'aint what they used to be. One of the most democratic forms of art collecting is being made even easier by a handful of fun new websites. Is Continue reading »

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