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Saturday, 30th May 2009

ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 30 May 2009

Time once again for the ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, our weekly roundup of upcoming social Web events. We publish it every weekend, as good a time as any to review your conference plans. Know of an event taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or contact us.

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Friday, 29th May 2009

Easily PutACart on Popular Social Websites and Blogs

If you have a blog, Website or Web 2.0 application and want to add an online shopping cart to sell any type of product, you should take a look at PutACart. The company promises that you "can have products online in less then 3 minutes and can manage products and orders just as easily". It even works on social networking sites such as Facebook…

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Poll: Business People Say Twitter More Important Than LinkedIn

A month-long poll conducted on business social network LinkedIn has uncovered some fascinating numbers concerning social media platforms and brand presence. The biggest surprise was that Twitter was deemed more important to brands than LinkedIn, and the poll was performed on LinkedIn. With more than 3,600 respondents so far, each well…

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Would You Rather Work at Google or Yahoo? (POLL) Google Suggest Creator Picks Yahoo

Yoelle Maarek, the woman credited with the creation of Google Suggest and a variety of other innovative features, has left the company and will now lead Yahoo's research efforts in the tech hot-bed of Israel. It's an interesting move, to go from the clear market leader to a company widely criticized for its flaccid search and monetization. When…

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Twitter and TV: The New Backchannel

ITV, the oldest commercial television network in the UK, just announced that it will use Twitter as a backchannel for its coverage of the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Everton tomorrow afternoon. The ITV Twitter app was built by thruSITES using Twitterfall, and the ITV team will use Audioboo Pro for moderating the Twitter stream. Given how…

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