Consider something called a talent profile. It's a digital portfolio that encapsulates your work history, your skill set, your accomplishments, and your faults. It can be used to rate you. It will reside on a cloud-based service. In the sense that you will always have access to it, you own...
Microsoft launched msnNOW, a new site aimed at tracking news trends from social networks.Although we're a bit skeptical about a spokesperson's claim in an email that it's "the first service designed to surface breaking trends from across the Web, show what people are saying about the trends, and why they...
Microsoft used Social Media Week to launch a new advertising platform aimed at incorporating user reviews and comments into social media sites.The company said People Powered Stories will be the first of several social advertising products Microsoft plans to launch in the coming months. The product's release comes at a...
As part of a carefully timed preview of the forthcoming Windows on ARM (WOA) operating system, which borrows the new "Metro-style" usage model from Windows 8, Microsoft released a video showing WOA running what were described as technical previews of four "Office 15" applications - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote....
Dan Rowinski explores the ramifications of fragmentation in Android app development. 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...
Dan Rowinski explores the ramifications of fragmentation in Android app development. 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...
San Francisco-based U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James will allow a case by a company arguing that a Twitter list created by an ex-employee is its property to proceed.PhoneDog LLC, which reviews mobile phones and other tech products, is claiming that former employee Noah Kravitz owes it $340,000, or $2.50 for...
Goodreads, the social network for reading and reviewing books, had to make a change this month. It moved away from its main source of book data, the Amazon Product Advertising API, citing its "many restrictions." It completed the transition to Ingram Book Company's data today, and it also draws from...
This week Topsy Labs Inc. released a report claiming its model was able to predict a drop in Netflix's share price after it decided to split its DVD rental and streaming video services by tracking phrases like "just canceled my Netflix subscription."It's arguable whether investors really needed a sophisticated sentiment...
This week Topsy Labs Inc. released a report claiming its model was able to predict a drop in Netflix's share price after it decided to split its DVD rental and streaming video services by tracking phrases like "just canceled my Netflix subscription."It's arguable whether investors really needed a sophisticated sentiment...
Google shipped some major changes to search today. The announcement was called "Search, plus Your World." It was the inevitable launch of the integration between Google's core product, Web search, and its new identity service, Google+. There are now two modes of search on Google, personal and global. Personal search...
They say Big Data is going to be big business, big innovation - a big deal. But how is it going to go down? Applied math and decision science company Mu Sigma announced more than $100 million in new venture backing yesterday, including from previous investors Sequoia Capital, bringing the...
A list of SOPA supporters sparks outrage against domain name heavyweight, GoDaddy. David Strom reviews the new Hedy Lamarr biography. And, Marshall Kirkpatrick looks at the implications of Google's AR glasses that may be coming sooner than we all thought. All of this and more in the ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrap-up.After...
Richard MacManus shares his favorite web products of 2011. This and more in today's Daily Wrap.Sometimes it's difficult to catch every story 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...
David Strom reviews the biography of Hedy Lamarr, The First Geek Movie Star. This and more in today's Daily Wrap.Sometimes it's difficult to catch every story that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap...
Tablet maker Fusion Garage is on the ropes. One of the first companies to try and make tablet computing commercially viable, has been embroiled in a legal battle with its partners and this weekend lost its legal council after it failed to pay him. The JooJoo, once called the CrunchPad,...
Introducing a simple swipe gesture, Nokia N9 is a stunning blend of design and the latest in smartphone technology We already have reported yesterday about the official launch event of Nokia N9 in Pakistan. Now here are the key details of the event and pictures added at the end. The...
Not even a year after launching, the Mac App Store has logged its 100 millionth download, Apple reported yesterday. The app directory, which went live in January of this year, gives developers a place to sell applications for desktops and laptops running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and higher. The...
In a New York Times interview published yesterday, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff - who was no doubt relishing his place in the spotlight - poked a little fun at his competitors, whom he now perceives as challengers to his position. "Where are SAP, Microsoft, Oracle?" Benioff asked. "Why haven't they...
The Kindle Fire is reportedly getting a software update within the next couple of weeks, according to the New York Times. It will be an over-the-air update intended to improve scrolling, poor browser performance, parental controls and security issues. According to the report, Amazon has had a plethora of user...
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