When it comes to cracking down on the predatory practices of in-app purchases found in “free to play” mobile app games, the European Union is looking out for the kids. “In particular, children must be better protected when playing online,” reads the European Commission press statement announcing its latest enforcement action.But...
Guest author Scott Gerber is founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.Entrepreneurs are often known for their sense of adventure. And what better way to run or expand your business than by seeking out opportunities in an up-and-coming, thriving metropolis that's miles from your home base?Ten entrepreneurs from Young Entrepreneur Council...
As I entered the Anaheim Convention Center last Thursday, the first noise I heard was the bellowing of hundreds of teenage voices. I was here to learn the latest about YouTube at VidCon, the video site’s largest annual event, but I was surrounded by thousands of fans who had a...
HBO’s Silicon Valley, the fictional chronicle of a startup crew struggling to make their mark on the world, rounds out its outstanding first season with Episode 8: “Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency.”ReadWrite screened the final episode at a movie theater in downtown San Francisco, thanks to our friends at fellow tech new site...
The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski. Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything. FCC commissioner Mike O’Rielly had just finished torrid remarks opposing the notice for proposed rulemaking over the open Internet yesterday when a young woman...
The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski. Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything. Any artist that's ever dealt with copyright will tell you one basic fact: Copyright is the most confusing, convoluted and capricious aspect of intellectual property...
The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski. Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything.Apple’s lawyers once again get to lord over Samsung in patent court—even if Apple is only getting a fraction of what it wanted from the...
ReadWriteBuilders is a series of interviews with developers, designers and other architects of the programmable future.I’ll never forget my first time seeing a Raspberry Pi. The tiny, credit-card sized computer is powerful enough to operate as a home PC, a media center, a gaming console, or anything you can dream up. At...
For awhile, conventional wisdom said the world of CRM was particularly harsh for newcomers. With behemoths like Oracle, Salesforce and Microsoft, there just wasn't much room for startups. But much has changed over the last few years, and the CRM space is now alive and well—and more competitive than ever.Disruptive...
How do you win your NCAA tournament bracket? If there was one surefire formula to domination, the same people would win their office pools every year. Instead, it is often the person that knows the least about basketball that takes home the bragging rights, choosing their teams seemingly at random.One...
Nearly 10 years ago Excite and Jotspot founder Joe Kraus exulted: "There’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur because it’s never been cheaper to be one." Powerful open-source software running on cheap, commodity hardware meant that entrepreneurs could get to scale and/or profitability much faster without raising capital. Everything...
What’s cooler than the stuff you can 3D print today? The things that 3D printers are almost, but not quite yet, capable of printing someday soon. See also: 10 Crazy Things 3D Printers Can Make Today 3D Printing has come a long way since inventor Charles Hull first prototyped it...
Stackmob CEO Ty AmellStackMob is dead. PayPal bought it and wasted no time killing the product and integrating its team and tools into its own infrastructure. If you ask just about anybody that plays in the mobile backend-as-a-service industry, this comes as little surprise.StackMob started in 2010 as a complete developer...
It’s been over 30 years since Chuck Hull invented the first 3D printer in 1983. Ever since then, the idea of machine-printing objects from scratch has gone from fiction to reality, opening up new opportunities for every field from science to art. See also: Why You’ll Want A 3D Printer In...
On Friday, January 24, the Mac will turn 30. The personal computer is clearly an important part of Apple’s past. But what role does it play in Apple's future?The key may be OS X, the 14-year-old operating system still running Macs today.When Apple unveiled the iPhone in 2007, it pulled off...
As you'll have noticed: Tizen and it's apps are burning hot and yet another competition has been fired up! This time it's directed at GameSalad developers so they'll be ignited to port their apps to Tizen and to a store next to your device. GameSalad is using half a million...
Yet another study—this one based on ethnographic, not statistical, research—claims that teens are leaving Facebook in droves. But where Facebook is going, it might not need them.Thanks, Mom And DadAs part of a recent European Union-funded study, social-science researchers spent time with 16-to-18 year olds in the UK and found that...
ReadWritePredict is a look ahead at the technology trends and companies that will shape the coming year.In 2014, the mobile Web will die. That’s right, that bastardized version of the normal Web will crawl into a shallow grave and leave us all in peace. No more websites crippled with horrible “mobile.yourawfulwebsite.com” URLs....
In recent times Intel has been struggling in the Mobile Processor race with ARM dominating this sector. Intel will continue their fight in phones and tablets with their new range of processors, but there is another battle ground and that is wearables i.e Technology that you can wear, which...
Amazon CEO Jeff BezosFor a company that charges so little for its products and services, Amazon sure is worth a lot. Nowhere is this more true than in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) business unit. Despite dropping prices dozens of times over the past few years, one analyst is now...
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