Can being "present in the now" be packaged and sold as a service? A number of companies believe that it can be and are aiming to offer a "real-time" layer Continue reading »

A little startup called Bit.ly has unseated TinyURL as the default link shortening service on Twitter. This isn't just about shortening links, though. "The truth about Bit.ly," enterprise software analyst Continue reading »

Today is an important day in the history of politics and technology - the US Senate voting record is finally available in machine-readable XML (extensible markup language) format. Mashups, vote Continue reading »

Google announced today the launch of a new site, Google Code Labs, where developers can find links to all the major code projects that Google staff is working on. It's Continue reading »

Amazon Web Services, the fascinating infrastructure behind many of the web applications you probably use every day, is about to come out from the shadows and meet end users directly. Continue reading »

Upcoming.org founder Andy Baio and Del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter have released a project called Memeorandum Colors. It's an easy-to-install Greasemonkey plug-in that shows the political bias of past linking behavior Continue reading »

If you're a user of the analytics service SiteMeter, you will now see a better interface when you check your site's statistics. The site redesign provides a host of new Continue reading »

Google announced a new feature for its web analytics product this week that illustrates well the potential in anonymous aggregate data analysis. This siloed product announcement points to an even Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus. We have written before about the innovative Amazon Web Services Platform. This stack was officially announced by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Continue reading »

In our post entitled Webified Desktop Apps vs Browser-based Apps, Sharpcast CEO Gibu Thomas left a comment saying that his company fulfils the 'webified desktop' vision: "At Sharpcast, we believe