RWW Mobile Summit 2010 Top 10 Mobile Trends of 2010, Part 1: Design & Development In a little under 3 weeks time, we will host our second unconference: the ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit. It's a 1-day event at the lovely Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, California. In preparation for the RWW Mobile Summit, we're going to outline the 10 leading trends of the Mobile Web in a 3-part series of posts. We'll delve more into… Mobile Richard MacManus View comments
Facebook Facebook Shutters Facebook Lite Facebook just announced via its Facebook profile that the ultra-lightweight version of its website, Facebook Lite, is no more. The site, which many (including us) called yet another Twitter imitation, had only been live since last September but now redirects to the main Facebook homepage. Social Mike Melanson View comments
Amazon Amazon Refuses North Carolina's Demands for Customers' Personal Data North Carolina has asked online retailer Amazon.com to turn over the names and addresses of every customer who has made a purchase on the site since 2003 and what they bought. The N.C. Department of Revenue is making the request in an attempt to audit Amazon's compliance with state sales and tax laws, according to a Reuters report. Amazon says… Sarah Perez View comments
Tips Steve Blank On How Startups Evolve Into Large Companies Yesterday I spoke with lean startup guru Eric Ries who is hosting the Startup Lessons Learned conference this Friday in San Francisco and at live simulcasts around the world. Ries says he considers entrepreneur turned educator turned public servant Steve Blank to be his mentor in the startup world, and Blank will be among Ries' lineup of speakers… Chris Cameron View comments
Google Do You Deliver Out Here? Google Places Says So When you're hungry, don't feel like cooking and have some cash in your pocket, what's the first thing you do? Likely type "pizza delivery" into Google's search bar and see what comes up. But sometimes, this hunt for a pizza place can turn into an annoying goose chase for both some place that doesn't have a name like "Pizza Express" and one that… Mike Melanson View comments