Analysis Convoluted TOS and "Open" APIs Will Be the Death of Us Just under a month ago LinkedIn terminated API access to a handful of third-party services like Beknown and Branchout. If you haven't noticed the trend here of late, let me break it down for you. What LinkedIn is doing is just the most recent in a series of similar actions regarding terms of service violations in relation to API usage. These… Hack Shion Deysarkar View comments
Big data Google Open-Sources NoSQL Database Called LevelDB In May Google open-sourced a BigTable-inspired key-value database library called LevelDB under a BSD license. It was created by Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat of the BigTable project at Google. It's available for Unix based systems, Mac OS X, Windows, and Android. Although it first appeared in Google Code months ago, a blog post from Google… Hack Klint Finley View comments
Events ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, July 30, 2011 We're always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Want to get your event included in the calendar? Let us know in the comments below or email us. Curt Hopkins View comments
Reviews Improve Customer Communication and Relationships With Intercom Businesses operating online can have hundreds or thousands of customers navigating their Website in a given day, in most cases slipping by without the business owner acknowledging them or necessarily even knowing anything about them. A web app called Intercom is the latest in a growing selection of customer relationship management and… Reviews John Paul Titlow View comments
Location Trover Lets Users Explore Photos Trover, a photo-driven app for exploring places, has launched out of private beta. Trover lets users share location-tagged photos and browse them by time and location. Though Trover is a photo-sharing app, it is organized for exploration, not just for browsing images. Don't think Instagram; Trover's roots within Seattle-based travel startup… Mobile Jon Mitchell View comments