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Thursday, 24th January 2008

Product Reviews

SetYourRate.com is Priceline for Local Services

UK-based SetYourRate.com, which officially launched out of private beta on Tuesday, is attempting to bring Priceline-style economics to the local services industry. The site is cultivating a services marketplace that matches buyers to services providers with a catch: buyers are allowed to name their own price, while service providers compete…

Josh Catone comments

The "Work From Home" Generation

For decades in American households the most dreaded morning sound was that of an alarm clock. Sometime between 6 and 7am a beep or radio music signaled that it was time to get up and head to work. But in the early 21st century two things have begun to change. First, the alarm clock is going off a little bit later. And second, instead of putting on…

Alex Iskold comments

The Atlantic Tears Down Pay Wall

Monthly political and cultural editorial magazine, The Atlantic, announced in an editor's note this week that it would be ditching its subscriber registration requirement to view online content. The magazine's printed content, including archives from 1995-present, is now free for the general public on its web site. Archives dating back to 1857…

Josh Catone comments

Product Reviews

outQuib Launches Private Beta, Invites for RWW Readers

outQuib, which has been developed over the past four months, launches today in private, invite only beta. (ReadWriteWeb readers can click here for access to a limited number of invites to the beta -- the invite code is 'READWRITE' and will expire in about 48 hours.) outQuib is a social network focused on debate and discussion. The site…

Josh Catone comments

YouTube Takes Entire Site Mobile

After several years of talking about it, YouTube made a surprise move today and launched m.youtube.com - a site with nearly all content and functionality available on the website proper now available on mobile. Users are also able to upload mobile video through the new site. Though initially limited to 3G phones with the ability to stream video…

Marshall Kirkpatrick comments

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