Alex Chitu from the Google Operating System has found a new experimental feature for Google Search: preferred sites. Thanks to this, you may soon be able to tell Google about your favorite sites and have them appear more often in your search results. If you like to get your movie...
A new personal web scout called Yotify just launched into public beta today. This service lets you track anything on the internet and only reports back when it has results for you to review. Your Yotify "scouts," as the searches are called, can be shared with others via email, Facebook,...
Tutorial creation tool ScreenSteps released a new version today and we're excited to discover this very useful looking tool. This desktop app for Windows and Mac lets users create attractive screenshot-based support documents in minutes. You can capture full or partial screenshots, add relatively sophisticated annotation and then publish to...
Online ecommerce giant eBay today announced "Project Echo" at the eBay developers conference, which will allow developers to create applications for sellers that will run inside the eBay Selling Manager. Previously, third party applications built for eBay via the site's API could only run off site. Project Echo, which will...
"I think [fixed prices] will disappear online, simply because it is possible - cheap and easy - to vary prices online." That was MIT Media Lab's Patti Maes in 1999, at a time when eBay's business was booming and auctions were seen as the future of ecommerce. Flash forward 9...
The Android Developer Challenge is a two-part contest whose goal is to encourage developers to build apps for the new Google mobile platform, code-named "Android." In this first round, dubbed "Challenge I," submissions were accepted up until April 14th. Yesterday, the top 50 entries were announced. Each of these application...
Swotti is a new semantic search engine that aggregates opinions about products to help you make purchasing decisions. With Swotti, you can learn from the good and bad experiences of others as the site gathers together reviews and feedback from across the web and categorizes them to provide you with...
Here is a summary of the week's Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. For those of you reading this via our website, note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via the special RSS feed or by email.Web NewsThis week continued the recent theme of Google and Facebook dominating...
Sponsor:Here is a summary of the week's Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. For those of you reading this via our website, note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups - either via the special RSS feed or by email.Web NewsMicrosoft Invests in Facebook The week was dominated by the...
Sponsor:Here is a summary of the week's Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via the special RSS feed or by email.Web NewsMySpace Evolves - Developer Platform Details, Partnerships, Growth Figures This week News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, and MySpace...
Sponsor:Here is a summary of the week's Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via the special RSS feed or by email.Web NewsNewsvine Acquired By MSNBC The week started with some big M&A news in the Citizen Journalism space - Newsvine was...
Recently I spoke with Siva Kumar, founder and CEO of TheFind.com - a next generation online shopping engine focused on the Lifestyle segment. According to Siva, TheFind.com is a discovery shopping search engine optimized for lifestyle products such as clothing & accessories, home & garden, sports & outdoor, kids &...
Sun Microsystems is a company that doesn't get anywhere near as much attention in the techmeme world as Google, Yahoo or Microsoft. Which is kind of odd for a company whose motto seems highly relevant to this era of the Web - "The Network Is The Computer".I was listening to...
So I've started a topic-focused blog, eBook Culture. Yesterday I outlined my personal goals for the site. Today I'm going to review examples of successful topic-focused blogs, from two people who are leading the way in this type of blog.PVRblog: product-centered contentProbably the most well known example of a topic-focused...
These days, Playtech casinos are known for being up there with the best gambling sites in the world. This is thanks to the range of slots, live dealer and poker games this developer has to offer. Licensed in the UK and Malta, Playtech offers exciting titles like The Walking Dead...
Jimmy Donaldson, who is known as MrBeast, has officially become the first-ever YouTuber to reach a whopping 300 million subscribers, creating a major gap between his competition. On Wednesday (July 10) when the content creator saw his channel reach 300,000,000 he immediately took to X to celebrate. He shared a...
Have you ever considered putting together your own crypto mining rig but realized it would cost you tens of thousands of dollars, on top of the headache caused by utility bills, upkeep, and the sound produced? That’s where cloud mining sites save the day with their hassle-free plans that don’t...
Google Chrome for mobile has had a revamp, with the team saying “looking something up on mobile should be just as smooth as if you were in front of your computer.” In a recently published (June 26) article on the product updates section, the product manager of Chrome, Nick Kim...
Some Bitcoin wallets allow users to store crypto anonymously. Access is non-custodial, meaning users have full control and authority over their coins. No account or personal information is needed - ensuring a private experience. Read on to learn more about anonymous crypto wallets, which providers stand out, and what best...
Apple is reportedly stopping work on its next Vision Pro headset as analysts and supply chain partners have flagged slowing sales of the current device. According to The Information, the technology giant is halting plans for the second-generation high-end model but is working on a cheaper alternative. The publisher reports...
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