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  • Mobile
    Ashes Brings Slick RSS Reader Fever to iPad

    Fever, a gorgeous RSS reader we dubbed one of the top syndication technologies of 2009, is now available in iPad format by way of a new mobile application called "Ashes." Like its desktop sibling, the Ashes RSS reader offers the same ranking features that make Fever so much fun to...

  • Web
    Weekly Wrap-up: Antivirus Testing, Why We Use LBSs, “Facebook Killer,” And More…

    Tired of iPhone news? Then you'll like this week's top-stories list: None of them are about an Apple product. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: Watch out for an Orange Cone on the Internet of Things; augmented reality from Qualcomm is coming to Android...

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    Weekly Wrap-up: Android Steals Market Share, Starbucks Goes Free, Google Earth on iPad, And More…

    This week's top story was about that escalating battle we love to watch: Android and iPhone's fight for market share. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: Parliament loves the Internet of Things; augmented reality leader Layar turns 1; and there's a dream team quietly...

  • Mobile
    iPad Publishing Sees Promising Early Returns – Will it Last?

    When Apple's iPad hit the shelves just over two months ago, many wondered whether it would become as ubiquitous and as popular as the iPhone and iPod touch. One area many thought would benefit by the iPad was publishing, and some early stats could be a sign that the industry...

  • Web
    Weekly Wrap-up: Deactivating Facebook, Social Oversharing, iPad vs. Netbooks, And More…

    This week, Marshall Kirkpatrick answered a simple question - "What Happens When You Deactivate Your Facebook Account" - and it quickly became the top story of the week. It turns out it's all about manipulating emotions. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: The Internet...

  • Web
    Requires a Village: A Quest for Payment Data Portability

    In this post, we'll explore the tug-of-war landscape of the payments industry through the lens of payment gateway Braintree. The company has initiated a Credit Card Data Portability Standard, starting with a small group for merchants and payment processors that intend to "meet in the middle" and provide both security...

  • Social
    Twitter’s Advertising Scheme is Delightfully Boring – Just As It Should Be

    Why do people care how Twitter will make money? "We won't know where we, the users, fit in -- until they tell us how they're going to make money," Dave Winer wrote a year ago this week, "And when they tell us, we may not like it." That's one reason...

  • Web
    Weekly Wrap-up: 3D Street View, the Case Against Web 2.0, iPad Problems, And More…

    While most of our top stories this week were about the iPad, our number one post was about how Google Street View is now, no joke, available in 3D. Go get your glasses and check it out. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: Verizon,...

  • Web
    Lessons From Yelp’s Ordeal: Retaining Customer Trust is Key

    Here at ReadWriteStart, we've mentioned the importance of credibility as an entrepreneur when meeting with venture capitalists and potential investors, but it is also important to carry that credibility forward into your company as you interface with customers. Amid rumors that it was extorting businesses by offering to de-emphasize negative...

  • Web
    New IBM Strategy: Help Startups Capture More Business

    Last summer IBM began asking their 120 venture capital partners what it would take to launch the world's most successful initiative for helping startups capture new business. They concluded that the initiative had to be offered to startups for free, with no upsell and regardless of VC status. Add to...

  • Web
    Weekly Wrapup: Bike Trails, Location Madness, SXSW, And More…

    Our top stories this week were about cutting the strings that tie us to our desks. And also about stalking celebrities at SXSW. Read on for our coverage and analysis. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010, including Real-Time Web, Mobile Web and Internet of...

  • Social
    CheapTweet Wades Through the Sea of Tweet Deals

    Whether a website sells off your email address or forces you to install some pop-up plagued toolbar just to get 10% off your next online purchase, searching for online coupons can involve treading in dangerous waters. Enter CheapTweet, which uses both algorithms and crowdsourcing to verify its content, and suddenly...

  • Web
    Hunch’s Caterina Fake On Fusing Ideas With Teams

    In our recent discussions of branding for startups and entrepreneurs, we've mentioned that marketing and branding is always harder to do when what you're trying to sell isn't a quality product. Successful startup products tend to fit into an equation involving the ideas and the people who are executing those...

  • Web
    Limitless VC Contest Merges App Revenue with Venture Funding

    We have all been to an event where a 50/50 raffle was taking place to raise money for a particular organization or cause, but what if this same style of fund raising was applied to funding startups? Under30CEO, an online resource for young entrepreneurs, has teamed up with the developers...

  • Web
    Weekly Poll: Is A Private Cloud Just A Glorified Data Center?

    We are in our third week here at ReadWriteCloud. One of the weekly features we do is a poll about an issue related to cloud computing or virtualization.Last week we asked if you plan to invest in virtualization. This week we are asking: Is a private cloud just a glorified...

  • Web
    6 Great Approaches to Public Speaking

    If you want to be a great public speaker, your preparation has to be more than just blasting gangsta rap and shadow boxing in front of the mirror. Whether you have to videotape yourself speaking, join a presentation club, or rewrite your PowerPoint deck 40 times, it's important to be...

  • Social
    Why Your Boss Hates Facebook

    Are you goofing off on Facebook at work? As it turns out, this sort of "time theft" may be no longer be your company's top concern when it comes to social networking in the workplace. According to a new study from security firm Sophos, the real problem with social networks...

  • Web
    List of Legal Resources For Startups and Entrepreneurs

    Lately on the startup blogosphere there has been a lot of talk about lawyers and how they relate to startups and entrepreneurs. A few weeks ago, Scott Edward Walker, a guest author on Venture Hacks, posted his Top 10 reasons why entrepreneurs hate lawyers, which prompted venture capitalist Mark Suster...

  • Web
    Weekly Wrapup: Topic Trackers, Facebook Privacy, Mobile Web Sensors, And More…

    In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we continue our analysis of Facebook's sweeping new privacy policies (plus tell you how to protect yourself), explore how mobile phones and sensors are mixing, look at the launch of the U.K....

  • Web
    Weekly Wrapup: Facebook Privacy, RFID in iPhone, Nexus Review, And More…

    In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we analyze and challenge Facebook's sweeping new privacy policies, explore what would happen if RFID chips are integrated into the next generation iPhone, present our hands-on review of Google's new smartphone the...

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