Obama To Hold "Fireside Hangout" On State of the Union Address This Afternoon

In the vein of FDR's famous "fireside chats," President Obama will hold a Google+ "Fireside Hangout" Thursday afternoon.

Section: Web Author: Nick Statt Publish date: February 14, 2013 Interaction count: 0

In Other News... [Video]

ReadWrite writers discuss their favorite stories of the past week or so.

Section: Play Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: November 8, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[VIDEO] New iPads: Revolutionary Or Rip-Off?

We're talking about the new iPad Mini and updated iPad, whether we desire them or not, and whether we'll buy them anyway.

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: October 25, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] How Tech PR Can Work Better With Journalists & How Readers Can Benefit

Brian, Dan, Fruzsina and Jon are joined by tech PR consultants Zach Servideo and Jocelyn Johnson to talk about what’s right and wrong with…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: October 11, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Myspace: "I'm Not Dead Yet!"

Adam, Brian, Jon and Robyn discuss the future of the music business, which has come up in several RWW stories lately, in our latest…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: September 27, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Dalton Caldwell On App.net & The Future Of The Social Web

Jon talks to Dalton Caldwell, co-founder of App.net, about the present and future of the Web's social infrastructure. They cover the…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: September 20, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] The Tablet Conundrum

Tablets aren't just the hot holiday gifts of today. They've broken open the idea of what a computer is, what it should look like, and how we…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: August 2, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Sexting, Censorship & Surface-to-Air Missiles

Governments, citizens, media and tech companies are all wrestling with how to handle the hypernetworked future that's rushing in on us…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: July 12, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Surface vs. iPad vs. Kindle Fire vs.... Chrome Tablet?

Microsoft dove headfirst into the hardware business this week with its new flagship Surface tablets. Competition drives innovation, and…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: June 21, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Q&A About the New Chromebook & Chromebox

Jon has been testing the new Google Chromebook and Chromebox for a couple weeks. He and Dan discussed whether these things are ready for…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: May 31, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] We Bet Yahoo Will Buy Pinterest

In this ReadWriteWeb Hangout, Robyn and Jon speculate wildly about who, if anyone, will acquire Pinterest. Robyn collected responses to…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: May 28, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] I Don't Care About Dragons

Today, Robyn and Jon were joined by the newest member of the ReadWriteWeb team, Taylor Hatmaker! The topic was games, specifically vast…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: May 17, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Facebook's Frictionless Sharing Hurts Users

Frankly, some of us were pretty glad to hear that Facebook's social reader apps aren't working. So-called "frictionless sharing" seems to…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: May 10, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Gaming's Next Level

After Nintendo's rough quarter, we've been wondering about the future of video games. It's clear that Apple is a player now, much more so…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: May 3, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Google Drive & the Personal Cloud

This week's big news was the launch of Google Drive, the fabled cloud storage and syncing service that's been rumored for years. Jon got…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: April 26, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Saving the Web for Later

When Read It Later relaunched as Pocket this week, the trend of save-for-later apps took a turn toward the mainstream. Joshua Schnell…

Section: Web Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: April 19, 2012 Interaction count: 0

[Video] Will Google Glasses Augment Reality?

Yesterday, Google revealed Project Glass, its vision of the next frontier of the computer interface (emphasis on face). Google hopes we'll…

Section: Play Author: Jon Mitchell Publish date: April 5, 2012 Interaction count: 0