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Weekly Wrapup: Linked Data, Facebook Adds OpenID, What's New in '09, And More...
Written by Richard MacManus / May 23, 2009 5:00 AM / 3 Comments
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week, we report on why and how Facebook has opened up to OpenID, explore the Continue reading »


Pope2You: Vatican Launches Boring IPhone and Facebook Apps
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 22, 2009 11:06 AM / 16 Comments
The Catholic Church isn't exactly known for its speedy adoption of new technologies, but today the Vatican launched a new web portal, as well as a Facebook app to coincide Continue reading »


Expert Reviews of the RWW Guide to Online Community Management
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 22, 2009 9:54 AM / 4 Comments
It's been one week since we launched our first premium report for businesses, the ReadWriteWeb Guide to Online Community Management. The report has been well received and a handful of Continue reading »


ProPublica Wants Newspapers to Steal Its Stories
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 22, 2009 9:32 AM / 6 Comments
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom with headquarters in Manhattan. ProPublica's newsroom employs 32 journalists and receives financing from the Sandler Foundation and other contributions. The organization's mission is to Continue reading »


Minority Report Interfaces: Coming to a Screen Near You
Written by Richard MacManus / May 22, 2009 4:00 AM / 11 Comments
Dale Herigstad, Chief Creative Officer at design firm Schematic, spoke today at the XML Auckland conference. Herigstad worked with Steven Spielberg on the conceptual design for the film Minority Report, Continue reading »


IBM Taps Vietnam for VC/Startup Partnerships
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 21, 2009 10:30 PM / 4 Comments
Today, IBM will announce its plans to target Vietnam as a key market for new investments and partnerships with venture capital firms and affiliated startups in Southeast Asia. The hardware/software Continue reading »


Keeping an Eye on Collecta: Real-Time Search Engine to Launch Soon
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 21, 2009 8:30 PM / 6 Comments
Collecta has recently come to our attention as a player in the real-time search arena. The site isn't currently available for users to run searches of their own; however, hot-topic Continue reading »


VocabGrabber Takes Any Text, Gives Language Learners Visual Aid
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 21, 2009 5:37 PM / 14 Comments
We like tools that are fascinating to use and make users look smarter than their peers. Visualization apps and sites rank pretty high on the fascination-o-meter, and they're also great Continue reading »


OffiSync: Microsoft Office + Google Docs = the Perfect Office App
Written by Sarah Perez / May 21, 2009 1:58 PM / 14 Comments
We recently had the opportunity to test the new Microsoft Office plugin from OffiSync, which integrates Google Docs and Office. We can sum up our findings with one word: WOW. Continue reading »


Google Releases New Stable Version of Chrome: Faster, Full Screen Mode, Form Autofill
Written by Frederic Lardinois / May 21, 2009 11:47 AM / 28 Comments
Today, Google announced a major new update to its Chrome web browser that gives the application a large speed boost, as well as some new features. According to Google, Chrome Continue reading »


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