digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Ticketmaster_Unleashes_the_Widget_for_Its_Nefarious_Agenda'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Ticketmaster, the formerly IAC-owned events behemoth, went from large to small today, launching an affiliate widget program. Blogger Rex Dixon

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 »

When you think of widgets you typically think of web 2.0 companies. Flickr, Digg, del.icio.us were among the first services with widgets and many more followed. Indeed, if you're a Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/software/World_Wide_Web_of_Widgets'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; The web has seen an explosion in the use of widgets over the past year or so. So let's explore Continue reading »

RateItAll, a social network based around online reviews and opinions, has released a new distributed rating widget. It enables users to not only view (read) a widget, but to interact Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus 2006 was a year of many interesting Web happenings and 2007 is looking like another bumper year. In all the excitement, Continue reading »

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus. We have written extensively about widgets here at Read/WriteWeb because widgets offer a new, byte-size way to expose and consume Continue reading »

Engadget is providing superb coverage of the Apple World Wide Developer Conference, currently in progress in San Francisco. I'll zero in on the bit that interested me the most -

With the launch of Microsoft's blogging and social networking platform, Windows Live Spaces (formally MSN Spaces), there has been an increase in interest around gadgets - i.e. mini web apps.

Widgets (aka gadgets, modules) are mini web apps that you can plug in to a webpage or site such as MySpace, or a personalized start page like Netvibes or live.com.