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The R/WW Weekly Wrapup is sponsored by: Another busy week of Web Tech. And you may've noticed a new daily voice on Read/WriteWeb - Josh Catone is now a lead

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/OpenSocial_Three_Big_Concerns'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; The Google-lead initiative called OpenSocial is all the buzz this week with anyone interested in online innovation, but beyond all

Semantic web company Adaptive Blue has published what it hopes will become a standard for publishers who want to signal in their header tags when a webpage is primarily about

In this article, we'll analyze the trends and technologies that power the Semantic Web. We'll identify patterns that are beginning to emerge, classify the different trends, and peak into

Portland, Oregon based Kumquat went live today in a limited beta release. The service is a very light-weight but well thought-out tool for gathering self-initiated performance reviews in any field.

Yesterday, we brought you news of MySpace's surprising Data Portability partnerships with Yahoo!, Twitter, and Ebay, which will allow MySpace users to port their public profiles, photos, videos and some

Keeping all your social media sites updated can feel like a lot of work sometimes. Services like Pixelpipe or Ping.fm allow you to quickly post messages or media files to

Matt Mullenweg announced today that Automattic, the maker of ultra-popular blog platform Wordpress, has acquired universal avatar service Gravatar for an undisclosed sum. Gravatar, which stands for "globally recognized avatar,"

- Yahoo7 Combined 10% More Traffic than Previously (Ben Barren: "...[Y!7 users] demand is insatiable - they need more product than can be provided by Yahoo7. And they need more

ETech 2006 has started and it's the one conference this year which people kept telling me I should be at (but oddly, no one offered to pay my airfare...). Oh