Enterprises continue to adopt web technologies and 'web 2.0' trends, but there are two common threads to this adoption. One is that web technologies are step-by-step being adopted by enterprises, Continue reading »

Following my post on types of Social Networking sites, I saw a NYT article about sites targeting older people. Two days after that, Techrunch posted an article about massive layoffs Continue reading »

Started last March, Microsoft's i'm Initiative has enabled people to raise over $92,000 for ten charities by doing nothing more than chatting with their friends. The i'm program lets users Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Non_Profits_Web_Tool_Kit'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; We're focusing on non-profits and charities on Read/WriteWeb this week, and with that in mind, we decided to take a Continue reading »

The desire to network is as old as humanity and online social networking sites do seem to solve a need that is different from simply using email, chat and blogging Continue reading »

Brad Fitzpatrick recently wrote an elegant and important post about the Social Graph, a term used by Facebook to describe their social network. In his post, Fitzpatrick defines "social Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Microsoft_Issues_Reasons_Why_Enterprises_Shouldn_t_Use_Google_Apps'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Up till now, Microsoft has been very quiet about the nascent Web Office threat from Google. But today, in response Continue reading »

The first in a series of posts about how to run a startup and develop a product, written by guest author Matt Rogers of Aroxo - a person-to-person trading exchange Continue reading »

As we enter the digestion phase of the current wave of tech innovation, an important part of the reflection process is to figure out what we, as users, feel are Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Google_Custom_Search_Setting_The_Bar_For_Vertical_Search_Engines'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Google already dominates the web search market, with between approximately 55% and 65% of the market depending on who you Continue reading »