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Once the service for those serious enough to pay for the privilege to post, TypePad recently released a free "Micro" service. The company made the decision to offer a free

In late August Br.st was nothing more than a URL shortener service with link stats and malware filters. While the company allowed users to cross post to social networks like

Though I'm chronically checking in on services like Brightkite, Loopt and Foursquare, it's rare that I'll actually make an appearance at the behest of a friend's status update. For the

Often compared to Twitter for its meteoric rise to media darling status, location-based check-in game Foursquare is incredibly smart about its member stewardship and business strategy. On the heels of

If hardcore hackers had any doubts whether the real-time web was a legitimate development environment, Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham is dispelling them. In an interview with Graham, ReadWriteWeb learned

Whether you're riffing on the latest celebrity gossip or ranting about local politics, Blogged lets you add your two cents to today's hottest news posts. As of this morning, the

Often described as "crowd sourced television", online community site Redux is quickly becoming the most addictive entertainment experience on the web. With this morning's announcement of Twitter and Facebook integration,

After selling VirtualTourist to Expedia, J.R. Johnson launched Lunch to encourage intelligent content and critical dialogue. Today, in expanding his mission for meaningful engagement, Johnson is launching Twitter Lists. This

There is a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about the recent $100 million investment in Twitter at a $1 billion valuation, but most of it based on speculation. Twitter

After months of breathless anticipation, the waiting world can now catch a glimpse of oneforty, a collection and curation of the Twitter third-party app universe from consultant and Twitter for

Several tech bloggers received a notice this morning that Twtapps, a suite of - you guessed it - applications developed around Twitter, was for sale. Twtapps' solo founder and developer

Skinni Popcorn is a new app that integrates movie-related tweets, movie trailers, New York Times reviews (when available), and synopses of films, all in a mobile-friendly app that looks great

A project that's been available to the public for just two months, TweetMart allows users to see items for sale and jobs in a Twitter-friendly format. Its co-founders "felt there

Many users have long sought the ultimate app for mashing up Twitter and online video. Several services have emerged in this space, but many that we tested have been found

The folks at Boxee have certainly been busy. The streaming media software company celebrated a Windows release, a deal penned with Major League Baseball (complete with instant replay on games)

Posterous co-founder Gary Tan just announced that they've acquired fellow Y-Combinator company Slinkset - a Digg / Reddit-style news site with voting capabilities. Says Tan in his blog post, "Slinkset

Once a company gains widespread popularity, scaling is often its biggest problem. Public familiarity with the Twitter Fail Whale is our proof. To keep up with the pace of demand,

The internet has settled a great number of disputes in my household. The star of Ferris Bueller's Day Off is NOT John Cusack, George W. Bush is NOT older than

Twubs - it's not the mean-spirited nickname the kids called us in high school, nor is it the Miami Vice detective opposite Don Johnson. Similar to Hashtags.org, Twubs is a

When PR agencies encourage corporate executives to engage in public dialogue, they tell them to "embrace the chaos". As of today, chaos has a measurement API, and its name is

Political news has always contained its fair share of media bias. After all, legislation has the ability to shape our social, cultural and economic landscape for years after its been

You may not believe this, but there are actually people on Twitter who don't have blogs, use bookmarking services, or contribute to review sites. Don't judge. Maybe they're busy, or

Robert Scoble and Rackspace have just launched the long anticipated Building43 in an effort Scoble describes as, "helping usher businesses into 2010." Said teammate Rocky Barbanica, "Companies can gain so

According to the Brightkite blog, yesterday evening 3rd party developer Chris Hallgren opened the source code for his Brightkite BlackBerry application (Brightberry). Denver-based Brightkite is best known as the

Created by former Google employees Carl Sjorgreen and Adrian Graham, privately funded San Francisco-based Nextstop launched this morning to help thrill seekers, tourists and foodies find the concise recommendations they