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Social media tools are some of the latest crazes these days. We happen to be huge fans of a ton of them here on ReadWriteWeb. Yet the biggest problem

Interesting article from PingMag, detailing the most popular web apps and services in Japan. The highlights... - SNS: "In Japan, social networking is represented mainly by Mixi, with GREE following

Xobni, the startup that brings the social network to your inbox, has just announced the launch of their public beta, which begins today. We covered Xobni back in January, calling

Google today announced a $10 million challenge for developers to build mobile applications for its forthcoming Android mobile OS. Android was announced last Monday, instead of the widely expected GPhone

If you've been wondering how the OpenSocial platform will look in MySpace, its biggest implementation, today's the day you can take a first look. Right on schedule the first batch

The LA Times reported last week that many striking Hollywood writers are in negotiations with funders to set up production studios that would create content exclusively for the web, bypassing

When I profiled new broadband video portal Gotuit earlier this week, I was surprised by the negative feedback in both my comments section and in the Slashdot story comments. Some

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Online_Video_Site_Bolt_com_Shuts_Down'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; We just received a tipoff that Bolt.com, the online video site that settled a lawsuit with Universal in March, has

Written by Gang Lu and edited by Richard MacManus There are many so-called Chinese YouTubes fighting it out on the Chinese web2.0 battleground, but one that caught our attention is Mojiti.com,

Our 5th daily Comments Competition winner comes via a trackback. It's from Risa Dickens of the blog Indyish, in response to our post R.E.M. Releases New Videos Under Open Source