Mashups TheLaughButton: Like Hype Machine for Stand Up Comedy Taylor McKnight has been called a "serial mashup developer" and he's involved in some of the coolest mashup sites we've seen in recent years. Three years ago he won the grand prize at the first ever MashupCamp for his site PodBop ("We podcast bands coming to your town"). Then he came on board at one of the most popular little music sites on the… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
2008 in Review Top 10 Mobile Web Products of 2008 Looking back on 2008, we can definitely call it the year of the Mobile Web. That designation, in large part, is due to the success of the iPhone. Although the iPhone was originally launched in 2007, it wasn't until mid-2008 that the 3G version debuted, bringing with it the faster internet speeds that finally made the device a usable mobile… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
Analysis Hiring Numbers in Tech Show Which Sectors Are Strong, Which Skills Are in Demand We've just published aggregate stats for the past 6 weeks of new hires reported over at Jobwire today and we think the numbers are pretty interesting. Marketing and social network companies are making lots of hires and both developers and community managers/new media specialists are getting a lot of those jobs. Join us over at Jobwire to check… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
NYT Wikipedia Finally Releases Official Mobile Site While the Wikipedia is one of the most popular destinations on the Internet, it surprisingly lacked an official mobile version until today. Over the years, a number of companies released their own mobile versions of the service, but an official version the Wikipedia itself was never available through a dedicated mobile interface. Now, you can… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Sponsors Explore the Smart Companies That Sponsor ReadWriteWeb At ReadWriteWeb our mission is to explore the very latest web technology products and trends. We like to test out all the new web apps and spot the trends before others, and we're fortunate to have a great group of sponsors who support this goal. So once a week we write a post about them; here's who they are, what they do and what they've been up… imported_1 View comments