ReadWriteWeb: December 2008 Archives

Report Says Twitter Would Take 36 Years to Catch Facebook - If Facebook Stopped Growing Today

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / December 22, 2008 5:13 PM / 63 Comments

Marketing firm HubSpot will publish a report tomorrow on the state of Twitter at the end of 2008, based on user data the company harvested from its controversial app TwitterGrader. Continue reading »

Best LittleCo of 2008 & Most Promising for 2009

Written by Richard MacManus / December 22, 2008 10:00 AM / 11 Comments

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Every year we do a review of the top Internet companies, to identify the ones that had the biggest impact. Last week we announced that Apple was our choice for Continue reading »

Mashery: Measuring API Program Success

Written by RWW Sponsor / December 22, 2008 9:55 AM / 1 Comments

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Editor's note: this is a "Sponsor Post", by one of our long-term sponsors. These posts are clearly labeled as such, but we also want them to be useful and interesting Continue reading »

Ping.fm Gets Backing from Reid Hoffman, Joi Ito

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / December 22, 2008 9:51 AM / 3 Comments

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Who uses cross-posting social media app Ping.fm? A lot of people do, but now you can add LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Creative Commons Foundation Chairman Joi Ito to the Continue reading »

Interactive iPhone Kiosk Lets You Play with Semantic Web

Written by Sarah Perez / December 22, 2008 7:17 AM / 3 Comments

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Two German researchers, Simon Bergweiler and Matthieu Deru, came up with a way to explain the heady concept of the semantic web, aka "Web 3.0," to everyday people who aren't Continue reading »

Three Ways to Enjoy Google Chrome Without Privacy Concerns

Written by Sarah Perez / December 22, 2008 6:08 AM / 12 Comments

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Since its launch, Google's new web browser, Google Chrome, has been applauded for its lightweight look and feel and for the speed of its JavaScript engine. Although the browser still Continue reading »

Suits Up, Geeks Down: The Latest Tech Hiring Numbers

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / December 22, 2008 3:00 AM / 2 Comments

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Hires of software developers and web designers slowed last week, while tech and new media company hires for Director level positions increased substantially over the six weeks prior. Developers and

"Twitter of Korea" Acquired by "Google of Korea" for $2 Million

Written by Rick Turoczy / December 21, 2008 11:47 PM / 2 Comments

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Web 2.0 Asia is reporting that Me2Day - a Korean microblogging service likened to Twitter - has been acquired by Naver - the most popular search portal in Korea - Continue reading »

Krunchd: Another URL Shortener... with an Interesting Twist

Written by Rick Turoczy / December 21, 2008 10:59 PM / 22 Comments

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Here at ReadWriteWeb, we're no strangers to URL shortening services. We use them all of the time - and we're proponents of using something other than TinyURL. But with the Continue reading »

BackType Subscriptions Monitors Comments by Blog Post

Written by Lidija Davis / December 21, 2008 7:21 PM / 5 Comments

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BackType, the free service that aggregates all of the comments you make across the Web, launched a new feature last week called Subscriptions which lets you follow comments by blog Continue reading »

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