ReadWriteWeb: April 2009 Archives

IBM Launches World's Geekiest Social Network, My developerWorks

Written by Jolie O'Dell / April 29, 2009 9:14 PM / 16 Comments

Many a neutech hipster looked askance at the huge IBM-plex situated front and center at this year's Web 2.0 conference. No one could deny the hardware/software/services giant's place in tech Continue reading »

Twitter Aggregator SawHorse Gets Funded, Adds Two Sites

Written by Jolie O'Dell / April 29, 2009 5:52 PM / 5 Comments

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Streaming themed tweets in such fascinating verticals as journalism, venture capital, and music, Twitter aggregator SawHorse has raised an undisclosed seed round to support its growing network of sites. Its Continue reading »

Five Things You Can Do With This New Facebook RSS App

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 29, 2009 4:21 PM / 34 Comments

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Sometimes the low-hanging fruit holds the most potential - but it's hidden in plain sight. Facebook opened up the activity streams of users' friends this week to outside developers to Continue reading »

TwtJobs: 140 Characters to Employment

Written by Jolie O'Dell / April 29, 2009 2:25 PM / 12 Comments

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New today from the self-explanatorily named TwtApps: TwtJobs, which aims to help job seekers and employers connect via Twitter. Job seekers can create a "Twitter Resume," and employers can post Continue reading »

Reddit.tv: Why Hasn't Digg Done This Yet?

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 29, 2009 11:23 AM / 8 Comments

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Social news site Reddit launched a great new service today called Reddit.tv. The new page allows users uninterrupted viewing of videos submitted to Reddit. Videos are split into categories and Continue reading »

Google Releases Experimental Flu Trends for Mexico

Written by Frederic Lardinois / April 29, 2009 11:05 AM / 4 Comments

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Google just launched an experimental version of Flu Trends that focuses only on the current flu outbreak in Mexico. Google Flu Trends, which was launched last November, tracks and maps Continue reading »

Amazon's Web Services Go To School

Written by Frederic Lardinois / April 29, 2009 9:54 AM / 5 Comments

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Amazon just announced AWS in Education, a new program that will give students and educators free access to Amazon's Web Services (AWS) for work on research projects, class assignments, or Continue reading »

Why Obama's Flickr Photos Aren't in the Public Domain

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 29, 2009 9:17 AM / 16 Comments

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The White House is making unprecedented use of consumer web technologies but those technologies aren't always well suited to fit the government's needs. They aren't always well suited to fit Continue reading »

Google Books Settlement under Scrutiny by Justice Department

Written by Frederic Lardinois / April 29, 2009 8:51 AM / 1 Comments

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Last October, Google announced that it had reached a deal with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, that would allow Google to scan, display, and sell advertising Continue reading »

Mapping the Current Web Transition

Written by Bernard Lunn / April 29, 2009 8:40 AM / 24 Comments

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A year ago, I wrote a magnum opus three-part post that attempted to chronicle some of the underlying changes happening in the economy and how this would impact web technology Continue reading »

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