Blog Profile / ReadWriteWeb
| URL : | http://www.readwriteweb.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Technology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 23650 | |
| Posts / Week: | 86.8 | |
| Archived Since: | March 2, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Craigslist Wants To Reform The Same Law It Uses To Sue Others
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is consistently inconsistent. Even as he personally lobbies to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA"), Craiglist has been using that same law to sue competitors. Peace, love and litigation over...Show More Summary
Xively Actually Connects Things In The Internet Of Things
The Internet of Things isn't really an Internet of anything, at least not yet. Sure, devices are connected to the Internet, but they don't communicate with other devices — just with their own home servers. But that may be about to change.
A...Show More Summary
8 Ways To Leverage The "I Like To Watch" Ubertrend
Were you surprised that the Boston Marathon bombers were caught on video? You shouldn't have been. How about a meteor falling in Russia? Or a pizza delivery guy urinating on a customer's door after receiving too small a tip? Then there's...Show More Summary
LinkedIn Is Trying To Ban The World's Oldest Profession
LinkedIn just rolled out a number of changes to its privacy policy and user agreement, informing its more than 200 million members through a notice on the professional network's website.
Most of the changes are simplification of the legalese. Show More Summary
Google Combines Free Storage On Gmail, Google+ & Drive: 15GB Total
Google announced Monday that it has combined its free storage options across multiple apps, making it easier to manage how much space you're using in Google Drive, Gmail, and Google+. Previously users had to separately track the 10GB of free space allotted for Gmail and the 5GB of free space allotted for Drive. Show More Summary
Beware: We May Be Entering The Age Of Cybersabotage
Low-level cyberscuffles between nations may be about to escalate into more serious conflicts. U.S. government officials are reporting a new wave of attacks aimed at sabotage within the U.S., apparently originating from somewhere in the...Show More Summary
Google I/O: The Developers Guide Of What To Expect
If you like Google, mobile development and cloud platforms, this is going to be a good week for you.
Google will have lots of goodies this week for developers - and consumers - at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco. We might...Show More Summary
Android Is Fading Into The Background—And That's A Good Thing
This week's Google I/O conference is promising to be an anticlimactic event when it comes to new products running Android, Google's mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets. And that may be a good thing.
The Year of Android was 2011. Show More Summary
Bill Gates Details Last Moments With Steve Jobs: We Grew Up Together [Video]
Bill Gates was the subject of last night's 60 Minutes and him and host Charlie Rose touched on a wide array of subjects, primarily the billionaire's humanitarian efforts under the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
While the focus mayShow More Summary
Google Android Head Says Not To Expect Any Major Products At I/O This Week
If you are waiting for a surprise bombshell of a product announcement at Google I/O in San Francisco this week, you may be disappointed.
Speaking to Wired, Google’s new head of Android Sundar Pichai said of I/O, “It’s going to be different. Show More Summary
Google+ Recommendations Bake Discovery Into The Mobile Web
Ahead of the slew of announcements to come out of its annual I/O conference later this week, on Monday Google released Google+ mobile recommendations, which allow publishers to include a discovery feature in any mobile news site. While...Show More Summary
7 Things To Consider Before Selling Your Company
While getting acquired is something many young startups hope, dream and sometimes even plan for, the actual deal doesn't always follow the script. One reason startup acquisitions often don't go as planned is that the founders may not know what to expect and how to ensure they're getting the right deal. Show More Summary
Big Data May Be A Pretty Small Problem
The idea that a business needs data analysis to better make business decisions is not in dispute… but there is currently a strong debate on how big a data set a business actually needs and how much they need to spend to get that data.
The...Show More Summary
Ouya's Crowd-Funded, Android-Powered, Cloud-Gaming Console Has Finally Arrived
After a longer-than-expected wait, some shipping glitches, and a good deal of anticipation, my open-source, crowd-funded, cloud-gaming, Android-powered Ouya game console arrived in Friday's mail. I unpacked the box, plugged it in, and fired it up. Show More Summary
The Numbers Are Clear: Mobile Is Taking Over The World
Take a moment to think about it. The mobile market - hardware, software, apps, services, infrastructure - is expanding to just about every corner of the wold. And as mobile connects the entire planet - linking billions of people in real-time...Show More Summary
Will Facebook Go Out With A Bang?
I’ve seen the future of Facebook, and it is... Yahoo!
Between 1994–2000, Yahoo! dominated the consumer Internet industry and much of the world’s attention. The company’s exclamation mark (sometimes called a "bang") cast a long, purple-hued...Show More Summary
Why Google Glass Will Crater
Google Glass is now “unofficially officially” out in the wild, early reviews are in, and they’re not spectacular. I’ve been a Glass skeptic from the start, but now I’m just going to come right out and say it: If the developer version...Show More Summary
Carl Icahn Makes Dell Buyout Offer: Let's Fire Michael Dell!
Notorious activist investor Carl Icahn has officially filed an offer for Dell that would let investors keep their stake in the company while forcing out CEO and founder Michael Dell. See his full interview with Bloomberg below:
International Space Station Drops Windows For Linux
All the computers on the International Space Station that used to run Windows XP now run Linux, reports Extreme Tech. The reason: Microsoft's OS just wasn't "stable and reliable" enough, according to the United Space Alliance, the spaceflight operations company that manages the hardware onboard the ISS in conjunction with NASA.
Image courtesy of NASA.
Nokia Fails To Impress With New Nokia Lumia 928
Nokia thinks it has the perfect summer smartphone for you. Today, the Finnish smartphone maker announced the Lumia 928, a Windows Phone with a 4.5-inch display, improved camera capabilities and sound capabilities. The Lumia 928 willShow More Summary