ReadWriteWeb: August 2008 Archives

Zeep Mobile: Free SMS Gateway For Developers

Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 27, 2008 9:07 PM / 15 Comments

While SMS has already become one of the most important forms of communication in many parts of the world, the U.S. is only catching up to this trend slowly. Part Continue reading »

The Case for an Apple iNetwork: Welcome to the Social

Written by Muhammad Saleem / August 27, 2008 7:00 PM / 17 Comments

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There has been a lot of speculation recently about an impending update to iTunes. Version 8.0, among other things, is supposed to finally bring a recommendation engine to the digital Continue reading »

Speed Up RSS? FriendFeed's Going to Try

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 27, 2008 1:04 PM / 10 Comments

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RSS is the backbone for most things Web 2.0 but these days, it's not always fast enough. Politeness limits ping times to every 15 minutes at best in most cases, Continue reading »

A Bad Day for Apple: Banned iPhone Ads, Embarrassing Security Hole, and a Censored Comic

Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 27, 2008 10:23 AM / 7 Comments

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For most companies, having to deal with one piece of bad publicity in a day is already bad enough. Apple, however, has to deal with three pieces of bad publicity Continue reading »

Back to School: 10 Great Web Apps for College Students

Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 27, 2008 8:25 AM / 65 Comments

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For a lot of college students, the new semester is just around the corner. Last year, we created a long list of great Web 2.0 tools that we thought would Continue reading »

Everything You Thought You Knew About the Business of YouTube Was Wrong

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 27, 2008 8:04 AM / 3 Comments

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Have you turned up your nose at YouTube for being born from low quality, financially unsustainable, pirated content? If you've made that argument in conversation before (and we now many Continue reading »

Has Yahoo! Buzz Lived Up to the Buzz?

Written by Muhammad Saleem / August 26, 2008 10:00 PM / 11 Comments

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Since our initial review of Yahoo! Buzz earlier this year, not much has changed about the service. At the same time, however, the perception, acceptance, and impact of the service Continue reading »

Future of Online Music - Industry Players Discuss

Written by Richard MacManus / August 26, 2008 7:21 PM / 9 Comments

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In yesterday's episode of RWW Live, our live podcast show, our topic was online music and we had 3 very special guests on the show: Dalton Caldwell, founder and CEO Continue reading »

It's Official: Mashup Privacy Protocol OAuth Is Fair Game

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 26, 2008 5:40 PM / 8 Comments

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OAuth, the open authorization protocol standard that will let users give limited access to their data to third party websites without giving away their passwords, crossed an important threshold tonight. Continue reading »

3 Unique Search Engines of the Future

Written by Corvida / August 26, 2008 12:20 PM / 30 Comments

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The internet is a whole lot of nothing without a search engine or two. While the staying power of search engines has never been in question, it's been interesting Continue reading »

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