ReadWriteWeb: January 2009 Archives

Wikipedia Co-Founder Calls for Major New Moderation Policy

Written by Lidija Davis / January 24, 2009 10:38 AM / 11 Comments

Hot on the heels of Encyclopedia Britannica's announcement that it is moving to a more open editing system, Wikipedia too seems ready for an about face. Yesterday, the New York Continue reading »

Weekly Wrapup: Obama Inauguration on the Web

Written by Richard MacManus / January 24, 2009 5:00 AM / 3 Comments

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In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week, we take a special look at how President Obama's inauguration was covered, analyzed and Continue reading »

Why Twitter's New Security Solution Could Pave the Way to a Future Web of Mashups

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 23, 2009 5:48 PM / 21 Comments

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Microblogging service Twitter's habit of playing fast and loose with user passwords may be coming to an end, if a technical trial started today can be successfully implemented by its Continue reading »

CoolFlick: Flickr Embedding Cooliris Style

Written by Rick Turoczy / January 23, 2009 4:30 PM / 9 Comments

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Cooliris is one of the best ways to flip through photos, enabling you to scroll through hundreds of photos effortlessly. Flickr is one of the best sites to search for Continue reading »

ThisMoment: Photo and Video Micro-Blogging for the Mainstream

Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 23, 2009 10:44 AM / 2 Comments

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If you imagine a mashup of a micro-blogging site with a very pretty photo and video sharing service, with good privacy controls and an innovative user interface thrown in for Continue reading »

USA.gov Embraces RSS: Launches Breaking News Service

Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 23, 2009 9:29 AM / 2 Comments

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If you want to stay current on the latest updates from U.S. government agencies, you can now find a central repository of RSS feeds with the latest breaking news from Continue reading »

Pope in a Box: The Vatican Comes to YouTube

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 23, 2009 8:15 AM / 3 Comments

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Pope Benedict XVI made a big jump into the world of social networking today, making public statements about Facebook and MySpace and launching an official Vatican channel on YouTube. The Continue reading »

Why We're Desperately Awaiting Feedsqueezer

Written by Sarah Perez / January 23, 2009 7:08 AM / 35 Comments

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When the RSS management company Feedburner was acquired by the internet goliath Google back in May of 2007, some people were excited, others were concerned. On the one side, there Continue reading »

New, Improved Bit.ly Plugin Adds More Functionality to Twitter

Written by Sarah Perez / January 23, 2009 5:51 AM / 9 Comments

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Our favorite URL-shortening service, Bit.ly, has just updated their already excellent Firefox plugin to include even more features than before. The latest update shows the context of a Twitter conversation Continue reading »

Nothing Interesting to Say? Plinky Hopes to Change That

Written by Rick Turoczy / January 23, 2009 12:13 AM / 9 Comments

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Like it or not. You're a writer. You're creating content on a daily basis, updating your Facebook status, commenting on blogs, sending tweets. Social networking requires that level of communication. Continue reading »

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