News A Sneak Peek at DataSift's Real-Time Twitter Analytics Tool When Twitter unveiled its own Tweet button back in August, Tweetmeme announced that it was shifting focus to a number of other products, including DataSift, a real-time analytics product. ReadWriteWeb received an alpha invite to DataShift today and has a sneak peak at what may become an indispensible tool for those who want to collect, map, or… Audrey Watters View comments
Data Services Awesome: DIY Data Tool Needlebase Now Available to Everyone If you've been within shouting distance of me over the last month, you've probably heard me singing the praises of Needlebase, a great new point-and-click tool for extracting, sorting and visualizing data from across pages around the web. I've been using it for all kinds of things and now you can too. When we first reviewed Needle here on… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Tips Learn about Venture Capital from Khan Academy With a catalog of over 2000 videos and with over 30 million lessons delivered, Khan Academy has become the world's most popular educational website. Salman Khan has the distinction of being "Bill Gates' favorite teacher," as the second richest man in the world says he uses the Khan Academy videos to help his children learn math and science. Audrey Watters View comments
Conferences SXSW 2011 Expands with Two Days of "Technology Summit" Hold on to your hats, because South by Southwest Interactive has added two more days to the schedule with the introduction of the first-ever "Technology Summit". If five straight days of panels, business cards, booze and talking tech wasn't enough for you, then SXSW 2011 will be right up your alley. Mike Melanson View comments
Google Winamp for Android Offers Wireless Sync, Streaming & More Winamp has announced new versions of its desktop and Android apps today, bringing Android users another way to manage their music collections and stream content to their devices. According to the company, the combination of the two "creates a complete end-to-end music management solution for your desktop and Android device." Play Mike Melanson View comments