Google One Loo or Two? Google Maps Adds Properties in U.K. Google is determined, one way or another, to convince the Brits that its Maps and Street View are worth more than simply violating their privacy. Today, the ever-cataloging and image-capturing company has added a new feature to its U.K. version of Google Maps - "properties" listings. According to this morning's announcement of the new feature… Mike Melanson View comments
Apple CBS.com Publicly Testing iPad-Ready Video CBS.com is experimenting with HTML5 video, the plugin-free video technology supported by Apple mobile devices including the iPhone and iPad. With HTML5 running on the CBS website's back-end, visitors from these and other Internet-connected devices could stream videos without having to install the Adobe Flash plugin, something that Apple CEO Steve… Sarah Perez View comments
Features Social Media Era Set to Peak in 2012 Social media is going to rule the Web until at least 2012 - according to a post by Justin Kistner, a Social Evangelist at web analytics company Webtrends. Kistner also claims that Facebook has become the king of social media. In a panel at a Portland event today called Lunch 2.0, Kistner said that the current era of the Web "is Facebook's game… Social Richard MacManus View comments
web Google Scholar Now With 100% More Blog Today Google Scholar, the search service for academic literature, has launched a blog. The fact of Google Scholar having proven popular enough to merit a blog is surely an indication of the importance of Web and Internet technology to the academic world at large. This is a trend ReadWriteWeb has long recognized. Curt Hopkins View comments
Announcements Gaming in the Cloud: OnLive Launches Tomorrow OnLive, the cloud-based gaming service founded by Apple alum Steve Perlman launches tomorrow. The service hopes to mark a monumental shift in the way gaming works: no more downloads, no more patches, no more discs. Instead of running a video game locally, players on OnLive connect via broadband to a gaming system that runs and stores not just… Audrey Watters View comments