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Weekly Wrapup: Facebook Overtakes MySpace, OpenID Success, Kindle 2, And More...

By Richard MacManus / February 14, 2009 5:00 AM / Comments

In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarising the top stories of the week, we look at the latest social networking statistics showing that Facebook has overtaken MySpace, review a product that's had great success using OpenID, continue our series on recommendation engines, check out the new version of Amazon's Kindle e-book reader, review 4 innovative location-based apps, and more. Also check out the highlights from our Enterprise Channel and Jobwire, ReadWriteWeb's new product which tracks hires in tech and new media.

Weekly Wrapup: Google Latitude, Facebook Sentiment Engine, The Goverati, And More...

By Richard MacManus / February 7, 2009 5:00 AM / Comments

In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarising the top stories of the week, we continue our series on recommendation technologies with a special RWW Live podcast and a review of Baynote; we analyze a new Google product called Latitude, which could change the way you network on mobile phones; we describe how a Facebook "Sentiment Engine" could be huge; we look at the rise of the "goverati" in the new web-enabled U.S. government; and more. Also check out the highlights from our Enterprise Channel and Jobwire, ReadWriteWeb's new product which tracks hires in tech and new media.

Weekly Wrapup: Recommender Systems, Social Media Trends, State of Blog Search, And More...

By Richard MacManus / January 31, 2009 5:00 AM / Comments

In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarising the top stories of the week, we continue our series on recommendation technologies, outline 10 ways that social media will change in 2009, look at 8 mobile technologies to watch in 2009-10, review the state of blog search, and more. Also we note the highlights from our Enterprise Channel and Jobwire, ReadWriteWeb's new product which tracks hires in tech and new media.

Weekly Wrapup: Obama Inauguration on the Web

By Richard MacManus / January 24, 2009 5:00 AM / Comments

In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week, we take a special look at how President Obama's inauguration was covered, analyzed and celebrated via the Internet. Also this week we began a new series on recommendation technologies, starting with the Netflix Prize; and we asked some hard questions about Twitter's API support. Check out the highlights too from our Enterprise Channel and Jobwire, ReadWriteWeb's new product which tracks hires in tech and new media.

Weekly Wrapup: Google Product Purge, Jailbroken iPhones, Enterprise RSS, And More...

By Richard MacManus / January 17, 2009 5:00 AM / Comments

In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week, we look at Google's product line adjustments, explain why you should jailbreak your iPhone, analyze the world of Enterprise RSS, and tell you how to build a Social Media 'cheat sheet' for virtually any topic. Also we review the highlights from our Enterprise Channel and Jobwire, ReadWriteWeb's new product which tracks hires in tech and new media.

Weekly Wrapup: 2009 Web Predictions, iTunes Drops DRM, Twitter Security Scare, And More...

By Richard MacManus / January 10, 2009 5:00 AM / Comments

Welcome to the first Weekly Wrapup of 2009 - and a very happy new year to all of our readers! First up we look back at our top web products of 2008, then we look forward to 2009 with our annual Web Predictions. In product news this week, Apple announced it will remove DRM from iTunes, Twitter had a major security scare, and we spotted some Semantic Web technology in Google search results. In the first RWW Live of 2009 we discussed how startups can survive in a down economy, Alex Iskold wrote about the growing importance of the digital world, and we looked at a report showing Apple's dominance of the Mobile Web. Also check the latest in our Enterprise Channel and Jobwire, our new product which tracks hires in tech and new media.

Weekly Wrapup: Best BigCo & Products '08, Social Media Predictions '09, And More...

By Richard MacManus / December 20, 2008 5:00 AM

It's time for our weekly summary of Web Technology news, products and trends. On the product side, we continued our Best Products 2008 series with 5 more lists - covering Mobile Web, Enterprise, 'Real World', Digital Lifestyle, and Alternative Search Engines. We also named our Best BigCo of the Year, the fifth year we've done this. On the trends side, it's that time of year when we start thinking about what will pan out in 2009. So we brought you our picks for social media in '09, as well as our analysis of predictions from leading marketing geeks. Last but not least, check out the latest Jobwire stats - our new product which tracks hires in tech and new media.

Weekly Wrapup: Top Web Products of 2008, Shopping 2.0, MySpaceID, And More...

By Richard MacManus / December 13, 2008 5:00 AM / Comments

It's time for our weekly summary of Web Technology news, products and trends. On the product side, we continued our Best Products 2008 series with two more lists: Best Consumer Web Apps and Best RSS/Syndication Products. We also reported on Google's Chrome browser coming out of beta and MySpace's answer to Facebook Connect, MySpaceID. On the trends side, we delved into the world of online shopping - with a RWW Live podcast and follow-up analysis. We published our latest 'A-Team' report on freshly funded startups. And we check the latest from our Enterprise Channel and Jobwire - our new product which tracks hires in tech and new media.

Weekly Wrapup: Open Social Networks, Education 2.0, Nokia N97, And More...

By Richard MacManus / December 6, 2008 5:00 AM / Comments

It's time for our weekly summary of Web Technology news, products and trends. On the trends side, we took an in-depth look at the emerging world of open social networks. We pondered: which of Facebook Connect and OpenID will be more successful? And we explained why "distributed social networking" is a trend to watch, with projects such as DiSo and OpenSocial. Also this week we examined the latest in online anonymity and education 2.0. On the product side, we began our 'Best Products 2008' series with our selection of the top 10 Semantic Web products of the year. We also told you about some of our favorite apps to show new users and we reviewed the latest Nokia internet phone. Last but not least, check the latest from Jobwire - our new product that tracks hires in tech and new media.

Weekly Wrapup: Health 2.0, Tips for Web BigCos, Jobwire Graphs, And More...

By Richard MacManus / November 29, 2008 5:00 AM / Comments

It's time for our weekly summary of Web Technology news, products and trends. On the trends side, we gave you an overview of health 2.0 and followed up with a RWW Live podcast on the topic. We also looked at the state of the art in recommendation technologies and offered some tips for the Internet bigcos as they head into 2009. On the product side, we further analyzed Google's search wiki experiment, listed the favorite mobile apps of the RWW writers and our readers, and looked at Firefox China version. We also have highlights from the Enterprise Channel and our brand new product that tracks hires in tech and new media, Jobwire.

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