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You might think that Twitter is a great way to spread important information quickly, including perhaps emergency notifications. Law.com reports today on a lawsuit from a Texas-based emergency broadcast technology

Twitter just announced its new home page redesign complete with trending topics and search. Publicly launched at the 2006 South by South tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_redesigns_as_streaming_trends_site.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; West interactive

When the people at BlueGrind say they're in beta, they mean it. The website nearly doesn't work at all. Even the 'About' and 'Contact' pages don't yet exist, so this

Wolfram Alpha, the 'computational knowledge engine' from the makers of Mathematica, received its first major update today. According to Wolfram, this is the first broad update to the core code

Facebook made one of the most important announcements in the young company's history today. It has proposed a set of foundational documents, including the first official statement of Facebook Principles.

Facebook held a conference call today about changes being made to the website's privacy features but we were left feeling a little confused. A long list of settings are being

In the debate on the future of journalism, bloggers say, "We have a better economic model. The future is digital, and we are the future, so whatever we do is

A few days ago, we got a chance to talk about the state of blogging and social media in Germany with Marcel Weiß, the editor of Netzwertig.com - one of

Facebook is holding a press webcast and phone call this morning regarding upcoming changes to its privacy policies and features. It's an ongoing story we've been following closely but as

In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week, we feature an in-depth interview with the inventor of the Web Tim Berners-Lee. We