ReadWriteWeb: August 2008 Archives

WonderHowTo: How-To Videos in Your Sidebar

Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 13, 2008 12:15 PM / 6 Comments

WonderHowTo aggregates and curates a large database of instructional videos from all over the Internet. It employs a number of editors who search the web for good how-to videos and Continue reading »

Data Portability Working Group Elects New Leadership

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 13, 2008 10:42 AM / 16 Comments

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The high profile but heretofore loosely organized Data Portability Working Group announced last night that it has elected its first group of Steering Group officers. The Working Group strives to Continue reading »

How To Lifestream From Your iPhone

Written by Sarah Perez / August 13, 2008 9:50 AM / 9 Comments

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Recently, we took a look at the growing trend involving lifestreaming and how more people are choosing to go this route instead of establishing a more traditional blog. But outside Continue reading »

Online Office Suites: Zoho Adds Macro Recording

Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 13, 2008 9:26 AM / 2 Comments

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Zoho's online office suite is getting closer and closer to becoming a real rival to Microsoft Office. One important update Zoho recently released was support for Visual Basic compatible macros Continue reading »

The Semantic Desktop? SDS Brings Semantics To Excel

Written by Sarah Perez / August 13, 2008 6:30 AM / 6 Comments

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When you hear the word "semantic" you likely think of the semantic web - the supposed next iteration of the World Wide Web that features structured data and specific protocols Continue reading »

Does Good Tech Need PR?

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 12, 2008 7:06 PM / 46 Comments

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Behind the scenes of many tech blogs these days, there's a rat race for attention, with PR agents struggling to overcome the noise of feeds, news sites and other agents Continue reading »

The Fire Eagle Has Landed: Yahoo Opens Its Location Platform to All

Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 12, 2008 3:25 PM / 13 Comments

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Yahoo just announced that the close beta period for its location platform Fire Eagle has ended and that the service is now open for everybody. We wrote about Fire Eagle Continue reading »

Widgenie Graph Maker is Fast, Free and Easy

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 12, 2008 11:43 AM / 5 Comments

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Making charts and graphs might not seem like an exciting way to spend your time, but new service Widgenie manages to make this common task relatively enjoyable. The service allows Continue reading »

Disqus Revamps its Look and Improves Integration

Written by Corvida / August 12, 2008 11:15 AM / 4 Comments

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We've mentioned Disqus here on ReadWriteWeb numerous times. You can even preview Disqus' popular commenting system across numerous personal and major blogs. It's been taking off since it hit Continue reading »

Lijit Closes $7.1 Million Series C Round - Readies Advertising Network

Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 12, 2008 11:13 AM / 1 Comments

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Lijit, which provides search services to bloggers and blog networks, announced today that it has closed a $7.1 Million series C round led by Foundry Group. Lijit had raised a Continue reading »

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