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You've probably heard people talking about the new "it" book: "Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies." The book discusses the current trend of people using online social

You may have heard of Greasemonkey, the Firefox extension that lets you customize the way a web page displays using small bits of Javascript, but are you using it to

A study that will appear in tomorrow's New Scientist magazine found that social media sites, blogs, and instant messaging services were better at connecting people and providing warnings during emergencies

Universal McCann has released a new report on the impact of social media (such as blogs, social networks, online video) on the media landscape. It surveyed 17,000 Internet users worldwide

We can't all eat, breathe, and live social media 24x7, as much as we might like to. Some of have day jobs that require a bit of our attention, too.

Earlier this month, we opened up and shared with readers the different ways we're pitched by companies wanting coverage. We mentioned our favorite way (hint: RSS) and have been enjoying

If Twitter is anything, it's a platform for communication. Tweet and reply. Follow and be followed. As Robert Scoble recently pointed out, "the secret to Twitter is how many people

There are a lot of ways to collaborate online - wikis, forums, social networks - but there are very few providers that package all the tools together that a group

BBC Radio 1 announced a major update to their music charts about a week ago. Traditionally, mainstream music popularity has been measured by album sales or radio plays -- or

Here are some of the highlights from the week's Web Tech action on ReadWriteWeb. On the product side, we analyzed the increasing mainstreaming of social news site digg; and we