Google rolled out a social stream service today called Buzz. It looks on the surface like Facebook, FriendFeed and other stream reading and writing services. It will compete with Facebook Continue reading »

Every day, hundreds of tweets fly past our eyes with links to important articles, meaningless drivel and the occasional self-promotion. There's little, if any, way to tell what's important and Continue reading »

If you're a creative design professional, you'll want to check out a just-launched service called Black Tonic; it's a remarkably simple, easy, fast and enjoyable way to share presentations remotely Continue reading »

Our friends at Collecta, a fantastic real-time search application, have just launched a new feature for all site owners: free, customizable, embeddable widgets. Widgets can be created around any search Continue reading »

We've been keeping an eye on real-time search company Collecta for a while now, and we've been consistently impressed with their product. The startup has been making headlines throughout 2009 Continue reading »

OneRiot, one of the leading real-time search engines, just announced the launch of a new advertising product for real-time apps. RiotWise Trending Ads will give OneRiot's partners a feed of Continue reading »

In late November, ReadWriteWeb asked the question, Can Netvibes pull off integration of real-time feeds into its existing dashboard product?. At the time, early testers were just gaining access to Continue reading »

This morning in her address to LeWeb conference attendees, her majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan asked the audience, "Did Michael Jackson change the fate Continue reading »

We've been keeping an eye on super-simple feed reader Lazyfeed for about six months now. Cofounder and CEO Ethan Gahng wrote us today to let us know about some exciting Continue reading »

"Recommended." -HP Official News "Very thorough. Exceeded my expectations. Nice work." -Henry "Hank" Nothhaft, Jr. Entrepreneur-in-Residence at SRI "The report is excellent -- a great synthesis of why the real Continue reading »