Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Top Five Web Trends of 2009: Structured Data
This week ReadWriteWeb will run a series of posts detailing what we think are the 5 biggest, most cutting edge Web trends to come out of 2009.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
A Day Without Cat Videos?
Can you imagine the Web without cats LOLing, eating spaghetti or playing the keyboard? The day (just a day!) is coming.
Sept. 9 will mark Urlesque’s 24-hour feline-content blackout, also known as “Day Without Cats on the Internet,” and as a lead-up to the event, the site will spend the next few days focused on kitty memes.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Seedwiki Says Closure Due to Security, Not Money
Seedwiki’s co-founder said the site’s closure was neither permanent nor financially driven, but instead a transition to a more secure platform.
The co-founder, Ken Tyler, announced recently that he was closing the wiki-building site by mid-September. “I am working on some new ideas about how to help people get their content online and hope to have them ready to try soon,” he said in a memo to users.
Monday, August 17, 2009
The Fallacy of the Link Economy
People who “get the web” will explain to you that the economics of the web have everything to do with linking and getting linked to.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
GM Demystifies “What Is 230?” Viral Campaign
General Motors pulled the curtain back on a cryptic marketing campaign, saying Tuesday that its new Chevrolet Volt would get at least 230 miles per gallon when it goes into production next year.
Friday, July 17, 2009
China’s Internet Population Hits 338 Million
The total number of China’s Internet users reached 338 million as of June 30, representing a 13.4 percent increase from the end of 2008, according to the latest report by the China Internet Network Information Center a government-affiliated Web research organization.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Death by Cliff Plunge, With a Push From Twitter
Viruses may spread quickly on the Internet, but hoaxes can be pretty contagious, too.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Online Ambassador: Chinese Province to Appoint “Internet Spokesperson”
China’s central government has urged local officials to get more Internet savvy. One provincial government that knows a little something about online scorn is heeding the call.
China’s southern Yunnan province plans to appoint an Internet spokesperson, according to state-run Xinhua news agency (in Chinese).
Friday, June 26, 2009
Facebook Status Updates Go Public
Facebook is testing a new privacy setting that for the first time allows its members to share their status updates and items with a wider Internet audience than just Facebook members.
The status update box–now called Publisher and an all-purpose location for updates, links and photos–will allow users to customize their audience.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
GOOG: Credit Suisse Ups Ests; But Sees Dings From Bing
Credit Suisse analyst Spencer Wang this morning repeated his Outperform rating on Google, while increasing his price target on the stock to $475, from $400. He also lifted EPS estimates on the company: for Q2, he now sees $4.99, up from $4.48. For the full year, he goes to $21.07, from $19.78.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
I Know What You Just Tweeted
Thousands of Twitterers have participated in what’s being called the first ever mass scientific experiment conducted via the microblogging service.
Richard Wiseman, a psychology professor at the University of Hertfordshire, teamed up with New Scientist to test “remote viewing,” also known as extra-sensory perception or ESP.
SAP to Make Online Software Push
Software maker SAP is about to make its second foray into the world of online software.
In September 2007, SAP unveiled an online version of its management software aimed at small businesses. The product languished, with the company’s co-CEOs last year saying that they wouldn’t sell it because it didn’t make any money.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Put Ad on Web. Count Clicks. Revise.
On a recent Thursday, Darren Herman, the president of Varick Media Management, was sequestered in his SoHo office.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Ten Twitter Mythconceptions
Poor Twitter! It may be the hottest service on the Web, but it’s also profoundly misunderstood.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Controversial Web ‘Framing’ Makes a Comeback
When Digg introduced a new toolbar in early April that added a thin strip – known as a ‘frame’ – to the top of pages submitted to Digg, a publisher outcry forced the social media aggregator to back down.
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