Events Guide ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 29 May 2010 Our first East Coast event - the ReadWriteWeb Real-Time Web Summit - just around the corning. It's happening on June 11 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City, and will be our second Summit on the Real-Time Web. If you're a long-time reader, you know that's a topic that we've written extensively about. We hope you can join us. How do you… imported_1 View comments
Weekly Wrap-ups Weekly Wrap-up: Zuckerberg's Half-Truths, Firefox Losing to Chrome, Twitter Ads, And More... What a massive week for Facebook news, eh? What you, dear reader, loved most about our coverage was when Marshall Kirkpatrick stood up and called out CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his half-truths regarding the new privacy policies. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: We looked at how books are now a part of the… imported_1 View comments
News A Future GeoCity in the Cloud: Washington D.C. Washington, D.C. CTO Bryan Sivak is creating the infrastructure for a city that makes everyone a map maker in the cloud. His plan? Give citizens easy tools to create their own mapping applications that can be augmented with additional data. Sivak spoke at the Gov 2.0 conference this past week where he outlined projects now underway in the… Enterprise Alex Williams View comments
Real-Time Web The Real Time Web & K-12 Education - In and Out of the Classroom The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) recently released its report on "Teachers' Use of Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: 2009." While 97% of those teachers surveyed said they had access to computers in the classroom, the ratio of student to computer was more than 5 to 1. And while 94% of teachers responding indicated… Audrey Watters View comments
News What Will Peter Pham Do Next? Peter Pham was the 5th employee hired at photo sharing site Photobucket. 18 months later the then giant site was acquired by Fox Interactive Media for a reported $300 million. Then Pham joined the Boards of Advisors of a number of high-profile startups, including live video streaming service UStream.tv and document sharing service Docstoc. After… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments