Craigslist, 3taps & The Court Battle For The Soul Of Public Data

Who owns the kind of information collected by Craigslist? The classifieds site has staked its claim in a series of…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: September 21, 2012 Interaction count: 0

How Mobile is Changing the Way We Work

Once upon a time, things didn't happen now, they happened later. Editing a document meant volleying back and forth over email or fax…

Section: Mobile Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 26, 2011 Interaction count: 0

EFF Calls On Apple to Defend Developers Against Patent Trolls

Earlier this month, patent-holding company Lodsys started going after small-time iOS developers, sending them "notice" letters…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 20, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Google Maps Mobile Matches Pace With the Web

I don't know about you, but when it comes down to figuring out the "where" of my life on my smartphone, Google Maps is pretty much…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 20, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Google eBooks Get Search, Translation & Definitions

Pick up a book like James Joyce's Ulysses and you'll likely want a library at your side to help define, translate and help give the…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 19, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Google Wants to Kill the URL

Since Google's official unveiling of the Chrome Web Store six months ago, the company has been on a mission to redefine our perception of…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 19, 2011 Interaction count: 0

"Uncensored" iPlayboy Hits the iPad

Apple has been clear on one thing for a while now - nothing resembling porn of any kind shall grace the screens of its iOS devices if it has…

Section: Mobile Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 19, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Google Takes Social Search Global, +1 Coming Soon

The latest battle in the land of search engines is social search - the addition of signals from social graphs to bring users increasingly…

Section: Social Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 19, 2011 Interaction count: 0

2WAY Q&A: Layar's Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald

Maarten Lens-FitzGerald is part of our impressive lineup of speakers at the ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit. As part of our ongoing series of…

Section: Play Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 17, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Why Bing Could Beat Google in Social Search

When you look at the numbers, there's no doubt that Google is the clear leader among search engines. But if recent moves by Google and Bing…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 17, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Twitter's Humble Origins

If you were a child of the 1990s (and even the early 2000s), then you might remember pagers, those silly little vibrating devices you…

Section: Social Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 17, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Twittamentary: A Documentary By, For & About Twitter

There's just something about the Internet that makes people go meta. Want to write a blog post? Why not write a blog post about writing blog…

Section: Social Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 16, 2011 Interaction count: 0

How to Unlock All Levels on Chrome Angry Birds

Until just the other day, I had resolutely withstood the Angry Birds phenomena. I hadn't downloaded it and I hadn't even tried it out. I…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 16, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Report: No NFC for the iPhone 5

Look around at predictions for what to expect with Apple's iPhone 5, expected to hit the market next fall, and you'll see one common point…

Section: Mobile Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 16, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Google Addresses Android App Discovery

One of the bigger problem areas for Android users has always been the Android Market. As a matter of fact, Google didn't even provide a…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 12, 2011 Interaction count: 0

2WAY Q&A: Fancy Hands' Ted Roden

Ted Roden is part of our impressive lineup of speakers at the ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit. As part of our ongoing series of interviews with…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 12, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Blogger Goes Down While Rolling Out Its Redesign

Today was to be the day for Google to finally roll-out the expected redesign of Blogger, but it seems things haven't gone as…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 12, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Twitter Redesigns Its Mobile Website

When Twitter warned developers last March against building Twitter clients, it used one word repeatedly in its announcement…

Section: Social Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 11, 2011 Interaction count: 0

iFlow Says Apple "Screwed Us"

In February, Apple announced a new subscription service for all publishers of content-based apps. This system took a 30% cut of subscription…

Section: Web Author: Mike Melanson Publish date: May 11, 2011 Interaction count: 0

Google Opens Places API to the Public

Today at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco, Google announced the opening up and general availability of the Google Places…