Community Big Question (Answered): Apple's Social Future In the wake of several companies admitting to uploading iPhone address book data without permission, Dan Frommer wonders if Apple should consider another go at social. While Ping wasn't the success Apple hoped, Frommer suggests Apple may still be smart to return to the drawing board and create full featured social network for iOS users. Should… Robyn Tippins View comments
Gaming Zynga Wants To Cut Dependency On Facebook Zynga is in talks to partner with other portals in a bid to wean itself off the Facebook teat. The company is the largest game developer on Facebook and raised $1 billion last year in an initial public offering of its stock. But investor enthusiasm has been lackluster since then, in large part because the company, which credits 90% of its sales to… Play Dave Copeland View comments
Advertising Twitter Ads For Sale, No Sales Rep Required Twitter advertisements, which, anecdotally, have proven to be highly effective in boosting sales, will be available to more small businesses come March. The company is partnering with American Express to set up a long-awaited self-service advertising program. Initially, the program will only be available to merchants who use and accept American… Dave Copeland View comments
Community Daily Wrap: "Jelly Bean", Android 5.0, Rumored for Q2 Rumors emerge of a new version of Android, "Jelly Bean", that may be announced in Q2 2012. This and more in today's Daily Wrap. Sometimes it's difficult to catch everything that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap of what you missed in the ReadWriteWeb Community, including a… Robyn Tippins View comments
Invalid Argument Invalid Argument: Episode 0 Well, we tried to tape our first episode of Invalid Argument today, but a clusterf--- of Google+ Hangout and YouTube bugs messed that one up pretty thoroughly. Google tells us that three different bugs combined today for a perfect storm. Anyone who tried to tune in live (we love you) got a totally blank screen, and it sounds like lots of Hangouts… Jon Mitchell View comments