ReadWriteWeb: February 2009 Archives

Flickit: Gracefully Add iPhone Photos to Flickr

Written by Rick Turoczy / February 13, 2009 7:30 PM / 8 Comments

On any given day, there are thousands of people snapping iPhone photos and uploading them to Flickr. So many in fact, that the iPhone is one of the top five Continue reading »

NYT Article Skimmer: Recreate the Sunday Morning Paper in Your Browser

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 13, 2009 2:32 PM / 40 Comments

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The New York Times just released an interesting new online product that tries to recreate the experience of spreading out the newspaper on Sunday morning. The new 'article skimmer' gets Continue reading »

Why Wikipedia's Policy to Blacklist Blogs is Outdated and Wrong

Written by Richard MacManus / February 13, 2009 1:06 PM / 79 Comments

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This week we received an email from a reader telling us that he'd tried to add a link to ReadWriteWeb onto a Wikipedia article, only to get the message: "The Continue reading »

Twitter Gets Another Round of Founding: Raises $35 Million

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 13, 2009 11:35 AM / 11 Comments

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Twitter just announced that it has received another round of funding. According to TechCrunch, Twitter raised a total of $35 million in this round, which was led by Benchmark and Continue reading »

Yahoo Plumber Becomes Chief Technologist

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 13, 2009 11:25 AM / 24 Comments

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Yahoo application platform leader Sam Pullara has been appointed Chief Technologist, the company announced internally yesterday. Pullara has been responsible for the widely loved Yahoo Pipes and the next generation Continue reading »

Edit Google Spreadsheets on Your Mobile Phone

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 13, 2009 9:42 AM / 2 Comments

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Google just released an updated version of its Google Docs spreadsheet product that finally allows you to edit your spreadsheets on a mobile phone. Now, if you have a G1, Continue reading »

Get Your Facebook in Your Gmail with Xoopit's Updated Plugin

Written by Sarah Perez / February 13, 2009 9:00 AM / 16 Comments

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Xoopit, the Gmail plugin that helps you rediscover the lost photos, videos, and files in your Gmail inbox has just announced their new "Facebook meets Gmail" feature. With this addition, Continue reading »

5 Companies Building the "Internet of Things"

Written by Sarah Perez / February 13, 2009 5:31 AM / 38 Comments

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The "internet of things" is a concept that describes a wireless network between objects. In a way, it parallels the current network of addressable web pages (aka the "world wide Continue reading »

Bespin: Could Your Favorite HTML Editor Live in the Cloud?

Written by Rick Turoczy / February 12, 2009 11:00 PM / 13 Comments

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The Cloud. We save our data to it, create documents in it, collaborate in it. But coding in the cloud? That has remained a decidedly desktop-centric pursuit. Now, even that Continue reading »

Techmeme's New Editor: An Interview with Megan McCarthy

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 12, 2009 5:24 PM / 5 Comments

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Techmeme is a semi-automated site that tracks the hottest conversations among tech blogs each day, with updates every five minutes. It's one of the most innovative efforts in news gathering Continue reading »

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