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January 2008 Archives

Tuesday, 29th January 2008

Product Reviews

SproutBuilder: You've Got to See This Drag and Drop Widget Maker

SproutBuilder is going to explode the world of widgets on the web. This is far and away my favorite product I've seen at DEMO, not just this year but ever in the three years I've attended. Limited beta accounts are available to RWW readers via http://www.sproutbuilder.com/readwriteweb The product is a drag-and-drop Flash authoring tool built…

Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

Data Portability

Digg Joins DataPortability Working Group (Plus Related Resources)

Digg made a post to the company's blog this morning announcing that they are officially joining the DataPortability.org Working Group. Digg follows Facebook, Google, Microsoft and many other companies in getting on board to discuss protocols that will make it easier for users to move their data from one site to another while still protecting their…

Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

The Pros and Cons of DEMO

The startup launchpad conference DEMO has just begun here in Palm Desert. Word on the street over the past few years has been that the conference is losing its luster -but here on site it's feeling pretty relevant still today. You can judge for yourself via live streaming video embedded here below the fold. The conference runs through…

Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

Dear Google: 2000 Called, It Wants Its Ad Format Back

Dan Frommer over at Silicon Alley Insider reports that Google's latest effort to break into newspaper ad sales includes printed barcodes that can be scanned by readers to send them to web sites. That sounds very similar to failed plans of late-90s Internet/technology startup Digital Convergence, who saw their :CueCat barcodes appear in…

Josh Catone comments

Thanks Sponsors & Readers

We interrupt this broadcast to thank our sponsors for supporting ReadWriteWeb. We have a great line-up of sponsors, all supporting RWW's mission to provide in-depth coverage of Web Technology trends and products. Of course we're also thankful for a passionate and smart reader base. We've made improvements to our commenting system over the past…

Richard MacManus comments

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