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The last session of the 1st day at TechCrunch40 was about crowdsourcing. Note: for a full round-up of the day's action at TC40, check out Allen Stern's sterling effort at

Social network hi5 launched the first 10 of its user-driven translations today in a push to reach a wider audience. Even though hi5's numbers in the U.S. are relatively low,

Here is a summary of the week's Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb, with the results of our poll at the end. Top Web News Much of the discussion in the

Any number of companies - like computer giant Dell for example - have taken to "crowdsourcing" their R&D, asking customers what features they'd like to see and then letting the

Google has just opened the floodgates. With millions of users, it's only natural that the company is prioritizing features and crowdsourcing new product ideas. In a recent blog post, the

In today's blog post by Chief Strategy Officer Mike Maser, Digg announced that it will be rolling out its beta ad program later this week. In addition to the community's

The "wisdom of crowds" is a popular web 2.0 buzzword, popularized by James Surowiecki’s book of the same name. At its most basic, the term means that two heads are

The hot idea of the moment for large companies is to outsource their research and development efforts to their customers. Who knows your product better than your most loyal fans?

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Web_Apps_We_Love_2_Hate'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; This list is a group of companies we wish would just go away. Their basis is controversial to say the

Facebook just announced passing the 300 million active user mark. In early April ReadWriteWeb asked about the size of Facebook with the answer being - "bigger than the population of