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If you've ever wondered how the Internet was born, but can't be bothered reading a whole book on the subject, check out this short animated documentary from Milah Bilgil. Entitled

Having just launched a new real-time mobile search engine in conjunction with OneRiot only weeks ago, mobile search company Taptu is now expanding their revamped service to the Android platform.

Here at ReadWriteWeb, we're big fans of URL shorteners (although not all URL shorteners mind you). We use them for microblogging sites where we have to conserve characters, tracking how

Interesting new directory of "music 2.0" services, which includes the following useful categorization: Music Services - places like iTunes and Rhapsody where you can purchase or subscribe to music Music

Web photo retouching service Picnik just announced a new partnership with Photobucket-based Twitter photo sharing service Twitgoo on its blog. The alliance will allow Picnik users to quickly share their

When reading your RSS feeds, do you prefer a local application versus one that is online-only? If so, look no further than ShareFire. Besides being platform-independent (courtesy of Adobe

Earlier this week, we reported that a large number of businesses worry that social networking could endanger corporate security, but according to a new report from Palo Alto Networks, social

Embedded chat for real-time communication has been a core part of Meebo's offering for a while. Their latest release of new features focuses on integrating social platforms to allow for

Over the past week or so, we've encountered several sites that offer file-sharing services via Twitter. Though some of our commenters are dubious about the userfulness, legality, and peer-to-peer nature

Via the Official Gmail Blog, the best news since the lunar landing: Go into your Gmail account, click on the Google Labs icon, and enable Google Search in your Gmail