The top story this week was about tools, like software developer kits and sensors, that let you hook things up to the Internet. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: Tattoos are now a part of the Internet of Things; iPhone 4 is going to change augmented reality; and Marshall Kirkpatrick talks about the myths, realities and future of the real-time Web. Read on for more.
Stories of the Week
- 6 Geeky Devices Connecting the Internet to Your Things
- iPhone Letdown? 8 Things Apple Didn’t Announce
- Updated Applications Disappearing from Android Market
- How iPhone 4 Could Change Augmented Reality
- Apple’s Biggest News: An Open Standard for Video Calls
More coverage and analysis from ReadWriteWeb
Real-Time Web
- How to Manage Your News Consumption in the Real-Time Web Era
- [Updated] Google’s New Secure Search Might Force Schools to Block Google
- Myths, Realities & the Future of the Real-Time Web
More Real-Time Web coverage. Don’t miss the next wave of opportunity on the Web supported by real-time technology! Get ReadWriteWeb’s report, The Real-Time Web and its Future.
Augmented Reality
- Military Grade Augmented Reality Could Redefine Modern Warfare
- How iPhone 4 Could Change Augmented Reality
More Augmented Reality coverage
Augmented Reality for Marketers and Developers: Our Newest Research Report
We’re pleased to announce ReadWriteWeb’s latest premium report, Augmented Reality for Marketers and Developers: Analysis of the Leaders, the Challenges and the Future. This report will help you develop a sophisticated understanding of Augmented Reality (AR), the mobile and Web technology that places data on top of a user’s view of the physical world. The research included will help you decrease your AR development time to market by learning from the first wave of early adopters. AR offers a new marketing and product paradigm for a high impact, high value customer experience. More than 1,000 AR campaigns were kicked-off last year and we expect to see many more in 2010. In this report, we profile key AR development companies, their campaigns as well as development lessons learned. For more information or to buy the report, visit here.
Mobile Web
- Updated Applications Disappearing from Android Market
- Sick of Useless Badges and Mayorships? Topguest Makes Check-ins Meaningful
- Mobile Apps to Hit $32 Billion in Five Years
Internet of Things
More Internet of Things coverage
Check Out The ReadWriteWeb iPhone App
We recently launched the official ReadWriteWeb iPhone app. As well as enabling you to read ReadWriteWeb while on the go or lying on the couch, we’ve made it easy to share ReadWriteWeb posts directly from your iPhone, on Twitter and Facebook. You can also follow the RWW team on Twitter, directly from the app. We invite you to download it now from iTunes.
ReadWriteStart
Our channel ReadWriteStart, sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark, is dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs.
- A College Student and a CEO: A Profile of 21 Year Old Entrepreneur Jay Rodrigues
- Tips for Making a Screencast for Your Startup
- New Media Ventures Launches a National Network of Progressive Angel Investors
ReadWriteCloud
Our channel ReadWriteCloud, sponsored by VMware and Intel, is dedicated to Virtualization and Cloud Computing.
- Has IBM Just Launched A Cloud Currency?
- The Battle for Cloud-Based Education Services Heats Up as Kentucky Deploys Microsoft’s Live@edu
- Web Apps Are One Thing But What About Security on the Smart Grid?
ReadWriteEnterprise
Our channel ReadWriteEnterprise is devoted to ‘enterprise 2.0’ and using social software inside organizations.
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