The big news of the week came out of the annual Mobile World Congress, from companies such as Adobe, Facebook, Google and Skype – read on for our extensive coverage and analysis. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010, including Real-Time Web, Mobile Web and Augmented Reality.
You may’ve noticed that we’ve refreshed the format for our longest running feature, the Weekly Wrapup. It now focuses more explicitly on the key trends that ReadWriteWeb is tracking in 2010, as well as giving you the highlights from the leading story of the week. Let us know your thoughts on the new format.
Story of the Week: Mobile World Congress 2010
- Adobe Prepares for a World without Apple’s Blessing
- Facebook Goes Extra-Light: Announces Stripped-Down Mobile Site
- The New Windows Phone
- Skype Comes to Blackberry & Android With Verizon Partnership
- Mobile Phones to Serve as Doctors in Developing Countries
Other Mobile Stories
- The 5 Most Interesting Things About Google’s ReMail Acquisition
- PleaseRobMe and the Dangers of Location-Based Social Networks
- Social Networking Now More Popular on Mobile than Desktop
- 2010 Winter Olympics iPhone Apps
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Real-Time Web
- How I Loved, And Lost, an Aardvark
- OneRiot Launches New API for Real-Time Search and Introduces Twitter-Style Ads
- Google Now Includes MySpace Status Updates in Real-Time Search Results
More Real-Time Web coverage. Don’t miss the next wave of opportunity on the Web supported by real-time technology! Get ReadWriteWeb’s report, The Real-Time Web and its Future.
Augmented Reality
- Yahoo! and Total Immersion Bring Augmented Reality to the Olympics
- AR App Development: Metaio Releases Unifeye Mobile SDK
- Wikitude Brings Augmented “Worlds” to the iPhone
More Augmented Reality coverage. Also ReadWriteWeb is currently working on our next premium research report on the topic of AR marketing. Watch this space for that.
ReadWriteStart
Our channel ReadWriteStart, sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark, is dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs.
- Never Mind the Valley: Here’s New York City
- Build Business Cases, Not Business Plans
- We’re Still Not Facebook: Lessons from Late Adopters
ReadWriteEnterprise
Our channel ReadWriteEnterprise is devoted to ‘enterprise 2.0’ and using social software inside organizations.
- CEO Eric Schmidt at World Mobile Congress: Google’s Future is in the Enterprise
- Information Blocked: The Racial & Gender Makeup of Google & 4 Other Tech Giants
ReadWriteCloud
Our channel ReadWriteCloud, sponsored by VMware and Intel, IS dedicated to Virtualization and Cloud Computing.
- Will One Company Become the Dominant Player in Cloud Computing?
- Dilemma: Cloud Computing Is Disrupting Microsoft Office 2010 and its Profit Margins
- Facebook and Twitter: SalesForce.com Offers Social, Real Time Enterprise Tools
That’s a wrap for another week! Enjoy your weekend everyone.
