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12 Companies Targeting Tech Early Adopters
Written by Admin / February 12, 2009 4:54 PM / 5 Comments
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At ReadWriteWeb our mission is to explore the latest web technology products and trends. We're fortunate to have a great group of sponsors who support this goal. So once a Continue reading »


MySpace: User Engagement Up, Unique Users Flat
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 12, 2009 12:31 PM / 3 Comments
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MySpace and Facebook are currently locked in a fight for the top position among social networks. In the U.S., Facebook definitely has the momentum going for it, but there is Continue reading »


Project Management + Mechanical Turk? Smartsheet Looks Awesome
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 12, 2009 11:15 AM / 22 Comments
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Why didn't we think of this? Project management startup Smartsheet released a new core feature this week - integration of Amazon's outsourcing service Mechanical Turk. The Smartsheet interface will now Continue reading »


Don't Click! No Really! Don't Even Think About it!
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 12, 2009 10:10 AM / 22 Comments
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Twitter is falling prey to a major security flaw right now. The service is getting swamped with messages that say: "Don't Click" and a URL. Apparently, this hack has been Continue reading »


Paid Downloads are Coming to YouTube
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 12, 2009 9:41 AM / 34 Comments
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Alex Chitu spotted a new 'purchases' section in his YouTube account today and YouTube just made it official: digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Paid_Downloads_are_Coming_to_YouTube';digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff';digg_skin = 'normal';YouTube's partners can now offer their Continue reading »


Android Vulnerability So Dangerous, Owners Warned Not to Use Phone's Web Browser: Updated
Written by Sarah Perez / February 12, 2009 8:40 AM / 74 Comments
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Over the weekend at the Schmoocon hacker conference in Washington D.C., security researcher Charlie Miller presented a new vulnerability in Google's mobile OS Android which allows hackers to remotely take Continue reading »


DocVerse: Microsoft Office Sharing and Collaboration (+Invites)
Written by Sarah Perez / February 12, 2009 6:24 AM / 8 Comments
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Two former Microsoft employees, Shan Sinha, a former Microsoft SharePoint and SQL Server strategist, and Alex DeNeui, also a SQL strategist, are attempting to do what (so far) Microsoft has Continue reading »


A-Team Update: Series A Funding Growth Is Strong
Written by Bernard Lunn / February 12, 2009 5:00 AM / 4 Comments
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We first reported on VC Series A deals in the web-tech sector in October 2008, following the financial meltdown, and we updated our coverage in November, reporting some improvement. Now Continue reading »


MySpace's Former Owner: Facebook Will Win - for Now
Written by Rick Turoczy / February 12, 2009 1:00 AM / 14 Comments
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Brett Brewer, who co-founded InterMix Media - the company that developed MySpace - and turned a tidy profit when that company and MySpace were sold to NewsCorp for $580 million, Continue reading »


Twitter OAuth Spotted in the Wild
Written by Rick Turoczy / February 11, 2009 9:00 PM / 11 Comments
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Twitter OAuth - oft promised but lagging in delivery - had begun to take on a mythical status, leaving many to wonder if it would ever be released. Now, that Continue reading »


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