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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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What Apple's Chomp Acquisition Means For the Future of the App Store
24th February 2012 01:13
Whenever somebody we know gets their first iPhone, it seems the first question out of their mouths is always the same. "What apps should I get?" It's seldom anything about how the phone's user interface works or how to do certain day-to-day tasks. That much tends to be obvious once even the least tech-savvy person gets their hands on an iOS device. When it comes to finding applications, however, things are not always as straight forward. The iTunes App Store…
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Chill: It's Like Pinterest For Video
24th February 2012 00:30
Pinterest has been blowing up all over the Internet. The one complaint I've been hearing over and over again is this: Why can't I pin videos? Alas, Pinterest is an image-only site, and that's part of its overwhelmingly appeal. Chill is the answer to your video-only pinboard site. Based in Los Angeles, the site launched in its current iteration one month ago. It has received more than 500,000 unique visitors in the first month. Every day, users share 4,000 videos…
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Why You Shouldn't Give Up Twitter For Lent
23rd February 2012 23:30
If you're thinking about giving up Twitter for Lent, here's one reason not to. This year the Pope will be tweeting Gospel themes or message every day for the next 40 days. His goal is to attract the social media-savvy generation, attempting to get them interested in 140 characters or less. "Many of the key Gospel ideas are readily rendered in just 140 characters," Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Msgr Paul Tighe tells News.va. "The idea was…
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Expert: Microsoft's P3P "Ineffective," Google's Privacy Bypass Unhelpful
23rd February 2012 23:00
"I think, at the end of the day, privacy has never been a priority for the developers of Web browsers," states Dr. Lorrie Faith Cranor. She's an associate professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, but more importantly for this discussion, she's a contributing architect and former W3C working group chair for the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P). It may or may not be at the center of the latest privacy controversy surrounding Google's alleged thwarting of Web browser…
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Do Not Track: The CAN-SPAM of 2012
23rd February 2012 20:45
Remember in 2003, when the CAN SPAM Act was signed into law, how spam just stopped overnight? Yeah, me neither. Just as CAN SPAM did little to curb spam, having Google and Microsoft sign on to Do Not Track (DNT) still leaves a lot to be desired. Google and others signing up for DNT support aren't even promising not to track users, they're just agreeing "not to use data from consumers who don't want to be tracked to customize ads…
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Obama Administrations Sides With Consumers In Online Privacy Debate
23rd February 2012 20:27
The White House released its "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights In A Networked World" Thursday, outlining key rights and safeguards Americans should expect when they do business online. The proposal is notable in that it marks the first time the Obama Administration has articulated clear-cut support for consumer privacy protections. While the proposal is voluntary for now, the administration is calling on Congress to draft laws based on the protections outlined in the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights while simultaneously…
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How DMCA Takedown Notices Work [Infographic]
23rd February 2012 20:15
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Its "safe harbor" provision is what draws the line between pirates and legally legitimate Web companies. That line isn't always crystal clear, as the ongoing saga of Grooveshark demonstrates. Few would call the DMCA perfect, but its attempt at modestly redefining copyright for the digital age has had a major impact on the way the Web works, and in many cases has enabled innovation to flourish. Without it, sites like YouTube might not be what…
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ResearchGate: It's Facebook for Scientists
23rd February 2012 19:00
It's awesome to connect with other like-minded science folk on Facebook, the world's largest social network, but sometimes you want to keep the talk insider baseball - and that means no interjections from your mom, brother and imaginary friends. Seriously. Enter ResearchGate, the social network for scientists. It has just raised its second round of funding, led by Founders Fund partner and PayPal co-founder Luke Nosek. If this sounds like great fun, but the idea of another social network actually…
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The Holy Grail of Rich Location Data Made Easy With new SDKs from Geoloqi
23rd February 2012 18:30
The holy grail of mobile geo-location services is persistent, aware, real-time data delivered straight to your device. It is incredibly difficult to pull off. Especially if the idea is to, "give you vision beyond the Greek gods." Accuracy, battery life and location-aware push messaging are hard to build and even harder to implement on a scalable basis. Portland-based startup Geoloqi thinks it can pull it off. The startup is aiming to give rich location data to enterprise and government customers…
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Stop Accepting Facebook Friend Requests
23rd February 2012 17:30
What happens when we don't accept friend requests? Facebook brings them back in yet another attempt to "help" us get to know other people who may be in our network. When Facebook first entered college campuses in 2004, we friended people we knew. It became a game, a way to waste time between classes and something to do when we should have been working on papers. There was no need for us to try and figure out who our mutual…
