ReadWriteWeb: March 2009 Archives

Written by Phil Glockner / March 14, 2009 7:30 PM / 6 Comments

At SXSW Interactive yesterday, I met Curtis Spencer (@cruxlux) in the hall between panels. We sat down and spoke for a few minutes and he told me about an application Continue reading »

Facebook Connect for iPhone: Great, or Yet Another Privacy Threat?

Written by Lidija Davis / March 14, 2009 6:43 PM / 7 Comments

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Facebook today announced Facebook Connect, its proprietary technology which allows the sharing of data between Facebook and third party applications, can now be integrated into iPhone and iPod Touch applications. Continue reading »

Developers: The Future of Micro-Blogging is in Your Hands

Written by Lidija Davis / March 14, 2009 1:25 PM / 14 Comments

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We knew it was coming; we just didn't know when. Google yesterday announced that it is releasing its Jaiku code under the open source Apache license 2.0 after finalizing the Continue reading »

Happy 22nd Pi Day

Written by Lidija Davis / March 14, 2009 9:37 AM / 5 Comments

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Today is Pi Day; the day the first three digits of Pi, 3.14, match the calendar date, March 14, and this year it's official according to Congress, which last week Continue reading »

Top Search Terms on Twitter Since July 2008: Sleep.fm, Ezinearticles, and GaryVee

Written by Frederic Lardinois / March 13, 2009 11:19 AM / 10 Comments

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Twitter users clearly love the social alarm clock Sleep.fm, the Vaynerchuk brothers, Chris Knight, and ezinearticles. At least, according to search analytics firm Compete, which aggregated the top search terms Continue reading »

Facebook's New Public Profiles: Good for Businesses, Bad for People

Written by Sarah Perez / March 13, 2009 10:50 AM / 35 Comments

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Over the past couple of days, Facebook has been rolling out a revamped home page to all its users which delivers several major changes including real-time updates, new filtering controls, Continue reading »

ReadWriteWeb's Guide to the SXSW Web Awards Finalists

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / March 13, 2009 9:48 AM / 2 Comments

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SXSW Interactive begins today, bringing thousands of geeks from all around the world to Austin, Texas, to talk shop and party. One of the key stories about SXSW history is Continue reading »

Friendfeed Notifier: Get Real-Time Updates on Your Desktop

Written by Frederic Lardinois / March 13, 2009 9:23 AM / 9 Comments

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Friendfeed, the popular social media aggregator, just released an Adobe Air application that displays real-time updates from your friends right on your desktop. Whenever one of your friends posts a Continue reading »

Fire Eagle Comes to Facebook and Firefox

Written by Sarah Perez / March 13, 2009 6:00 AM / 14 Comments

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Yahoo has just released a new application which brings their location-aware platform Fire Eagle to Facebook's social network. The new app called "Friends on Fire" lets you easily share your Continue reading »

Happy 20th Birthday, World Wide Web

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / March 12, 2009 11:50 PM / 39 Comments

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On March 13th, 2009 the World Wide Web will turn 20 years old. Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented this world-changing layer on top of the Internet on this day in 1989. Continue reading »

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