ReadWriteWeb: December 2008 Archives

Dataopedia: Quick Snapshot of Quantitative and Qualitative Site Metrics

Written by Rick Turoczy / December 19, 2008 4:30 PM / 3 Comments

If you're in the practice of researching sites - trying to get a better idea of Web traffic or metrics - you've likely developed a workflow for gathering your information. Continue reading »

Top 10 Alternative Search Engines of 2008

Written by Charles Knight, AltSearchEngines editor / December 19, 2008 2:00 PM / 32 Comments

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Editor's Note: This list was contributed by Charles Knight, editor of AltSearchEngines, a former RWW network blog. In terms of user experience, the gap between the major search engines and Continue reading »

Capitol Words: What Your Congress Person Really Talks About

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / December 19, 2008 12:06 PM / 2 Comments

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The Sunlight Foundation's mashup site Capitol Words relaunched this week and now offers a very handy way to see what keywords are being used in the US Congress in general Continue reading »

Tunerec: Spotify for the Rest of Us

Written by Frederic Lardinois / December 19, 2008 11:31 AM / 3 Comments

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Tunerec is an interesting new music service that automatically records songs from about 300 Internet radio stations for you, tags them, and makes them available for streaming through an iTunes-like Continue reading »

Pirates Rejoice: RIAA Drops Lawsuits, Makes Deal with ISPs

Written by Frederic Lardinois / December 19, 2008 8:56 AM / 5 Comments

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According to a report in the Wall Street Journal this morning, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has finally realized the folly of its anti-piracy strategy and decided to Continue reading »

NewsMixer: An Innovative Community News Framework

Written by Sarah Perez / December 19, 2008 7:23 AM / 7 Comments

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With the apparent death of newsprint now upon us, journalists and others in the business are struggling to come up with a new model to save their industry. One new Continue reading »

TimeBridge Thrives on Scheduling Your Time

Written by Zee / December 19, 2008 6:00 AM

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TimeBridge is a San Francisco-based startup focused on making it easy to schedule meetings and appointments. In a relatively crowded market, the product has managed to show impressive growth over Continue reading »

Android's New Version To Support Upload to YouTube?

Written by Sarah Perez / December 19, 2008 5:45 AM / 10 Comments

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Google's mobile phone OS "Android," will soon be updated with several new features as a part of a major roadmap update. One of those features will include support for a Continue reading »

XING Acquires Socialmedian

Written by Rick Turoczy / December 19, 2008 1:00 AM / 5 Comments

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Socialmedian, a social news site designed to allow users to group around news networks, has been acquired by the German social network XING, a major international player with more than Continue reading »

Now It's Gmail, Now It's a Doc with New Labs Offering

Written by Rick Turoczy / December 18, 2008 11:04 PM / 6 Comments

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In the workaday world, it happens all the time. You get caught in a string of emails among colleagues, the thread grows and grows as everyone adds their two cents, Continue reading »

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