E-Books EBooks: Sony Announces Wireless Reader and Partnerships with More Booksellers & Libraries Sony today announced that it will sell a wireless eReader device for $399 by Christmas. The Reader Daily Edition will be powered by AT&T's 3G network. That in itself is interesting news, especially given that Barnes & Noble announced a similar device in partnership with Irex yesterday. What's gotten somewhat lost in all the excitement about… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Products Apigee is Analytics for APIs APIs have become a critical part of the Web, especially if you're a developer. If you want to tap into some of the most useful sites out there, then an API is your best bet. But for businesses, managing a popular API can be a huge headache. For those consuming APIs, you really have very little way to monitor what's going on, and you depend on the… Enterprise Steven Walling View comments
Music Republic Project Launches: Putting a New Spin on Album Pre-Sales The Republic Project, which offers one of the most interesting ways for artists to monetize their efforts that we have seen recently, is coming out of closed beta this week. The Republic Project gives bands and fans a new way to connect. Fans can pre-order a band's forthcoming album on the site and then watch as the band produces the new album… Play Frederic Lardinois View comments
Crowdsourcing Four Tools for Crowdsourced Funding If you're familiar with the overseas micro-lending space, then you're familiar with Kiva. In 2008, ReadWriteWeb readers chose Kiva as one of their favorite Web 2.0 apps. In 2009, the company continues to thrive. Kiva initially allowed users to lend to entrepreneurs in developing countries. However, due to the American financial crisis, the… Dana Oshiro View comments
Statistics Top 50 U.S. Web Properties: Facebook Enters Top 5 For The First Time Annual changes of note: Facebook #5 with a rocket; Twitter entered Top 50 in June; Demand Media, Answers.com and Break Media sites to watch. comScore has just released their latest Media Metrix rankings for the Top 50 U.S. Web Properties. If we compare the top 50 to one year ago, we see that the top 4 is still the same: Google, Yahoo… Richard MacManus View comments