It's fascinating watching different Web platforms utilizing each other, for various reasons. First it was Netvibes with its Facebook widget, which was mostly a cheeky move to get Facebook users Continue reading »

In a cheeky move, Netvibes has released a Facebook widget. Both Netvibes and Facebook are leading Web platforms for widgets (i.e. mini web apps that can be plugged into web Continue reading »

With the attention-grabbing headling Social Networking Goes Global, comScore has released its latest stats on the large social network sites. According to comScore, MySpace is over twice as large as Continue reading »

Last week the personalized start page Pageflakes announced its latest version, nicknamed Blizzard. It introduces social networking functionality, themes, a slick Ajax UI, and more. What struck me about the Continue reading »

This week is Facebook Week on Read/WriteWeb. Over the next 5 days we're going to focus on the most impressive Web Company of 2007 - analyzing it and reporting on Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/software/Battle_of_the_DIY_Social_Networks_Ning_vibEngine_PeopleAggregator'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; There are a number of DIY social network services on the market, and in this post we'll take a look Continue reading »

Yumondo is an "urban stylesharing" social network startup currently in private beta testing, that claims it will set new standards for community on Web 2.0. The site approaches community from Continue reading »

Today in San Francisco social networking site Facebook officially announced their much talked about open platform, for companies wanting to hook into the Facebook network. There's plenty of blog coverage Continue reading »

- Microsoft Announces Three New Windows Live Products for Mobile Devices; along with the official release of Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft has announced 3 new Live products - Live Search

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus Last week there was a post on TechCrunch entitled Flixster is growing like weed, which described how a trendy new startup Continue reading »