TVTonic is billing itself as "The Internet Channel". There are plenty of companies muscling into that market currently (the Amazon/TiVO partnership being the latest example), but TVTonic seems more focused Continue reading »

French startup Zlio.com, a service that enables any Internet user to start a virtual store, has just launched in the US and also has plans for a UK version. It's Continue reading »

Yet another social network launched publicly today, but this one called Change.org caught my eye for a couple of reasons. Firstly it's for a great cause - enabling people to Continue reading »

The 30 Boxes blog celebrated today the first anniversary of their product launch. The online calendar space has been a tough one, ever since Google released its calendar app in Continue reading »

Tonight there's a crucial cricket game on in the international Tri-Series involving Australia (the world champions), New Zealand and England. My team, New Zealand, is playing Australia tonight at the Continue reading »

The Read/WriteWeb team is a little obsessed with next-generation search, even more so after Charles Knight's illuminating post outlining 100 alternative search engines. Although Pixsta didn't make that list (note Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus Last year at DEMOfall a company called Vapor Stream generated a lot of controversial press because it introduced an email system Continue reading »

Normally when we discuss mashups, we're talking about browser-based mashups (and usually they involve Google Maps!). But Proto is a new application for building "desktop mashups". The desktop/Web hybrid theme Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus We covered Widgetbox, the widget market place, in June last year as well as during its DEMOfall 2006 launch. Today Widgetbox Continue reading »

A new "3D community" has just been launched, with the unusual name of Teapotters. The name comes from 3D pioneer Martin Newell, who created the first free 3D model in Continue reading »