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ReadWriteWeb is a blog that provides analysis of web products and trends. One of the world's top 20 blogs, ReadWriteWeb speaks to an intelligent audience of web enthusiasts, early adopters and innovators.
ReadWriteWeb was founded on April 20, 2003 by Richard MacManus and is now one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world. It is written by a team of Web enthusiasts.
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Big Data by Sector - Who Has How Much? [Infographic]
26th July 2011 18:30
We cover big data often, from its definition to its limits. Yet we're always still in awe of just how much data is being collected and how quickly it's being generated. This infographic from GetSatisfaction is the latest to try to put it all into perspective. GetSatisfaction looks at how much data is harvested by different industries, and how much that data may be worth. For example, did you know that the average securities and investment firm with fewer than…
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Report: More Than Half of Americans Go Online Daily For News
26th July 2011 18:16
According to Ongo, a curated news service, more than half of Americans go online for news once or twice per day, and nearly one-third check for news three or more times. As we've reported, online news consumption reached a major milestone this year, surpassing newspapers as a preferred news source for the first time. Fifty six percent of the 726 respondents go online for news once or twice per day, 26% visit three sites, and 24% visit four or more…
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Is it time for a more civil discourse?
26th July 2011 18:00
The Internets have always been a place that cultivates the odd duck, the passionate one, the recondite techie who doesn't quite fit in. Lately, it seems that, just like being an airline passenger, things are getting a bit nastier as we get more crowded in the clouds. The friendly skies are somewhat less so. Sponsor Barry Ritholtz, a financial journalist and speaker, has this to say to warn people who are about to post a comment on his blog the…
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Humble Bundle Launches Its Third Pay-What-You-Want Video Game Offer
26th July 2011 17:30
The Humble Bundle is set to launch its latest package deal today, continuing its successful "pay-what-you-want" business model with the release of a new bundle containing 5 indie games. This bundle includes: Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, VVVVVV, Hammerfight, and And Yet It Moves. As with the previous Humble Bundles, these games are all available cross platform (several of which are making their Mac and Linux debuts with this offer) and are DRM-free. Sponsor A package deal on 5 great indie…
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New Standards Effort Targets for Privacy, Data Control
26th July 2011 17:00
The first-ever technology promising to give consumer and corporate end-users a dashboard to control access to the data they store online will take its first step this month toward standardization. The User-Managed Access (UMA) protocol is an authorization engine for individuals. It lets users selectively share data, via a set of policies, instead of being at the mercy of social, government or other sites that often have less than complete concern for the data owner's privacy, safety or reputation. Sponsor…
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Sencha Touch Charts Bring Data Visualization to Mobile Web
26th July 2011 16:55
Sencha Touch Charts are a new offering from mobile app framework and tools provider Sencha. Recently launched into beta, these charts lets mobile developers build HTML5 Web applications for data visualization and exploration. Mobile users can then manipulate the charts using familiar gestures - swipes, pinches, reverse pinches, drag-and-drop, etc. - to really interact with data, on either their phone or tablet computer. Sponsor Built with HTML5 Sencha Touch Charts use HTML5 Canvas technology, which is supported by modern WebKit…
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Startup Q&A Site Sprouter to Shut Its Doors
26th July 2011 16:15
We've covered Sprouter several times here at ReadWriteStart, recommending the Toronto-based startup as a great resource for entrepreneurs - as both a professional social network and, more recently, as a Q&A site. So it's sad to hear the news today that Sprouter will be closing its doors. According to the Sprouter blog, the site will close on August 2 due to what founder Sarah Prevette describes as "capital constraints." Although the site has had significant uptake and has become an…
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Jumio Turns Webcams into Credit Card Readers, on Desktop and Mobile
26th July 2011 16:01
Payments company Jumio is today launching a new technology called Netswipe that turns any webcam into a credit card reader, both on the desktop and on mobile. The service aims to bridge the convenience of online and mobile shopping with the security inherent in face-to-face transactions. It also makes it incredibly easy to shop — you just hold up your credit card in front of your webcam to complete the transaction. Sponsor Fighting Online Fraud with a Webcam Credit card…
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Time to Start Buying UEFI-Firmware For Your PCs
26th July 2011 14:42
It is hard to believe that it has been more than 30 years since the Basic Input Output System or BIOS has been with our PCs, but the old girl is getting tired. If you are thinking about a major PC refresh or bulk purchase, you might want to consider its replacement, which goes under the unwieldy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface or UEFI. Why should you care? Several reasons, including better 64-bit support, handling larger hard drives, and faster boot…
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Google Adds Installation Graphs to Android Market
26th July 2011 14:35
Google has made a small change to the Android Market on the Web involving the addition of installation graphs. These new graphs show up only for apps that have been installed 1,000 times or more, and show the number of installations over the past 30 days. This lets customers easily see if an Android app is increasingly popular, has steady sales, or peaked then dropped off quickly, which could indicate problem. Sponsor Incremental Improvement or Source of Confusion? The change…
