ReadWriteWeb: September 2009 Archives

Written by Jolie O'Dell / September 30, 2009 8:58 PM / 8 Comments

Joining the NFL and other sports organizations in the raining-on-our-parade camp, the NBA has declared pre-, post-, and mid-game social media verboten, according to a Sports Illustrated post this evening. Continue reading »

Let Them Make Web Comics: Bitstrips Comes to Schools

Written by Jolie O'Dell / September 30, 2009 8:21 PM / 6 Comments

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Bitstrips for Schools makes us want to go back to the third grade. Bitstrips is an online tool for quickly and simply creating web comics, and the company has just Continue reading »

New Google Search Feature Highlights Forums & Discussions

Written by Jolie O'Dell / September 30, 2009 8:11 PM / 4 Comments

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A new feature introduced today by Google lets users quickly preview forum discussions within search results. The new feature will apply to sites that have a large number of relevant Continue reading »

Delicious' New Flavors: Refined Search, Interactive Graphs, & Much More

Written by Jolie O'Dell / September 30, 2009 4:50 PM / 1 Comments

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On the Delicious blog today, the social bookmarking site has announced a slew of enhancements in addition to the usual bug fixes for their most recent release. From their interactive Continue reading »

Coming to Twitter: Create Sharable Lists of Users

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / September 30, 2009 3:40 PM / 11 Comments

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Twitter just announced a major new feature soon to launch: the ability to create sharable lists of users around topics of interest. This will tackle several problems with one feature: Continue reading »

Google Announces New Translator Gadget for Websites

Written by Jolie O'Dell / September 30, 2009 3:32 PM / 13 Comments

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Google is now giving webmasters the ability to prompt users for automatic translations of their pages. With the new website translator gadget, site owners can paste a short snippet of Continue reading »

Google Launches Local Search for Mobile

Written by Jolie O'Dell / September 30, 2009 3:14 PM / 1 Comments

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Today, Google announced a new search offering for mobile devices. The redesigned search experience will free handset users from having to type by including browseable categories. Local mobile search will Continue reading »

Widgets, Robots & Extensions: A Few Things to Try Once You Get Your Google Wave Invite

Written by Frederic Lardinois / September 30, 2009 1:40 PM / 10 Comments

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Google will unleash 100,000 invites to use Google Wave later today. While Wave itself is obviously an exciting product, Google is also trying to create a developer ecosystem around Wave Continue reading »

Cliqset Transforms Social Media Feeds Into Standardized, Real-Time Data

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / September 30, 2009 1:25 PM / 10 Comments

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Social media aggregator Cliqset today announced a new beta version of its platform that aggregates activity feeds from 70 different social media sites, transforms them into normalized Activity Streams Continue reading »

City of Portland, Oregon Officially Backs Open, Structured Data

Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / September 30, 2009 12:54 PM / 4 Comments

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The City Council of Portland, Oregon unanimously approved a resolution today that directs the city government to open data to outside developers and encourages adoption of open source solutions in Continue reading »

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