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Leverage the Web's Most Disturbing Content, Says danah boyd

Written by Dana Oshiro / December 10, 2009 5:16 AM / 5 Comments

Microsoft researcher danah boyd took a decidedly different approach when considering social networking at today's LeWeb conference. In speaking to a room packed with more than a thousand entrepreneurs, investors Continue reading »

A New, Now Netbook You Can Actually Buy: PsiXpda

Written by Jolie O'Dell / December 4, 2009 3:45 AM / 18 Comments

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The dirt is still fresh on the grave of the CrunchPad; we ought to feel guilty for writing this post. But our good friends have been working with a few Continue reading »

Analysts Predict 1 Billion+ Mobile Web Users by 2010

Written by Sarah Perez / December 3, 2009 6:26 AM / 22 Comments

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According to recent predictions from analyst firm IDC, mobile web usage is set to explode over the course of next year due to market forces like the tripling of iPhone applications, Continue reading »

Your Favorite Mobile Apps: Facebook, Tweetie, Google Maps, Foursquare, and More

Written by Richard MacManus / November 30, 2009 5:00 PM / 4 Comments

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Last week we surveyed you, the ReadWriteWeb community, about your favorite mobile applications. We asked for your top five mobile apps and ended up with nearly 200 different mobile apps Continue reading »

Mint Data Shows Online Retail Rebounding

Written by Richard MacManus / November 24, 2009 10:52 AM / 3 Comments

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Last night we wrote about Forrester's prediction that online holiday retail sales will grow 8% this year to $44.7 billion. comScore had similar numbers about the growth of online retail Continue reading »

What Apps Should Twitter Acquire?

Written by Sarah Perez / November 24, 2009 7:47 AM / 21 Comments

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According to a statement made today by Twitter's co-founder Biz Stone, the company is interested in acquiring more companies to expand upon their current core set of features. At a Continue reading »

Online Retail Thriving: 8% Growth Expected This Holiday Season

Written by Richard MacManus / November 23, 2009 7:30 PM / 5 Comments

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Yesterday we reviewed the past decade in online retailing. Today we look at some forward-looking statistics about e-commerce. In particular we analyze the upcoming holiday season and how online retailers Continue reading »

Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: E-commerce

Written by Richard MacManus / November 22, 2009 7:36 PM / 22 Comments

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Over the past decade, Amazon.com and eBay have continued to dominate the online retail market in the United States. However, there have been signs that more social and distributed forms Continue reading »

Was Chrome OS a Disappointment?

Written by Sarah Perez / November 20, 2009 8:28 AM / 40 Comments

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It's the morning after the big Chrome OS event where Google executives and engineers revealed a myriad of details about the company's first attempt at creating their own operating system. Continue reading »

Gmail Users Better-Connected, More Likely to Tweet than Members of other Webmail Services

Written by Sarah Perez / November 19, 2009 7:22 AM / 10 Comments

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The social media data company Rapleaf has just released the final parts of their 3-part study involving the demographics and online behavior of webmail users. In the first part of Continue reading »

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