Recommendation Engines Palo Alto Researchers Create Tool for Dealing with Twitter's "Information Overload" Researchers at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) are developing a new Twitter client application that aims to derive meaning from the next-ending influx of tweets. The application, called "Eddi," automatically groups tweets for you into topics mentioned either explicitly or, unlike most Twitter clients that also provide topic browsing… Social Sarah Perez View comments
mobile Favorite Mobile Apps of RWW Staff Every now and then we publish the favorite mobile apps or sites of the ReadWriteWeb staff. The last time we did this was November 2009, however with our Mobile Summit just around the corner we wanted to give you an updated list. We're all early adopters of mobile technology here at ReadWriteWeb, so have a scan of our favorite apps and see what… Mobile Richard MacManus View comments
NYT Mendeley Throws Open the Doors to Academic Data Innovations in communications software and websites can be quite exciting. After the dust dies down, however, it's really not clear how much more information has been made available, how many more people can communicate, how much more thinking has been enabled. London-based Mendeley is offering an open API and making a vast catalog of academic… Curt Hopkins View comments
Google Google Attempts to Explain Its Spy Cars. Again. On its European Public Policy Blog (yeah, there's one), Google spent some column-inches explaining how and why it runs around in special cars spying on you in the shower. Officially known as the "Google Street View Cars," they zip about gathering, "photos, local WiFi network data and 3-D building imagery." Here is how Google's Global Privacy… Curt Hopkins View comments
Cloud Computing Messenger Connect: A New API Strategy for Microsoft to Build its Own Social Graph The new Windows Live Messenger Steve Ballmer previewed in Brazil today represents again how a loosely joined ecosystem is developing in the cloud computing world. They are growing through a network of service providers connected through open API's. Windows Live Messenger represents a re-emergence of a veteran Web product, revitalized by a… Alex Williams View comments