Google Google Challenges Bing's Photosynth; Adds User Photos to Street View Google Street View has made a few headlines at RWW lately - once for getting itself into hot water in Europe and once, notably, for bringing Street View's photo-tour features into retail outlets. Now, we've learned that Street View will also begin to feature user-submitted photographs. According to a recent Google Lat Long blog post, "We began… Jolie O'Dell View comments
Photo Sharing Services Fotobabble: Add Audio to Your Pics We've recently come across an app that literally brings its users "talking pictures." Essentially, Fotobabble attaches an audio caption to any image you can upload. It's a cute, fun way to share and narrate photos with friends, and could even be useful for certain kinds of online businesses - for example, photographers who wanted to explain more… Jolie O'Dell View comments
Features POLL: What Location-Based Mobile App(s) Will You Use During SXSW? Last year, Foursquare was called the break-out mobile app of the conference by more than one tech journalist. This year, a new contender has appeared - Austin's native Gowalla. And Brightkite is still hanging on to the LBS community, if only by a thread of loyal users - but they still offer more features than some of their better-known… Mobile Jolie O'Dell View comments
Startups ReadWriteStart Weekly Wrapup This week's ReadWriteStart Weekly Wrapup is chock-full of stories this week, so lets not waste any time recapping the top posts of the last week of February. We've got tips for keeping out the trolls, some advice for naming your startup, best methods for weeding out programming applicants, and an example of how Google Buzz can be used by startups… Chris Cameron View comments
Cartoons Cartoon: Mommy, Where do Hashtags Come From? You know those time-lapse videos that compress days, weeks or years into minutes? The ones with flowers budding, blooming and then withering in seconds? Or late-1990s Silicon Valley startups getting venture capital, blowing it on espresso bathtubs and Dr. Pepper fountains, and vanishing into receivership? I think Twitter may be the same thing… Play Rob Cottingham View comments