Opening Google Plus to everyone gave them a tremendous traffic boost. With a 1269% increase in visits, Plus traffic increased to 15 million U.S visits, up from 1.1 million the week before. That news, plus Facebook’s re-design, the Kindle Fire launch and a look at a very cool Wikipedia QE addition, rounds out our top stories this week at ReadWriteWeb.
After the jump you’ll find more of this week’s top news stories on some of the key topics that are shaping the Web – Google Plus, Facebook and Kindle Fire – plus highlights from some of our six channels. Read on for more.
Top Stories of the Week
This week’s Google Plus traffic win was a favorite of ReadWriteWeb readers. Contrasting that to Facebook’s re-design, which also garnered much attention, shows you the impact of this rivalry for social networking domination.
Wikipedia also impressed this week with a very cool QR implementation. Take a photo of a QR code and you’ll be automatically routed to a linked mobile Wikipedia entry about the object, in your language. As ReadWriteWeb Lead Writer, Marshall Kirkpatrick said, “I dare you to find a cooler example of QR codes in action than QRPedia.”
Amazon announced their Wi-Fi only, 7-inch tablet, the Kindle Fire, this week. The $199 device is full-color, backlit and weighs 14.6 ounces. While it may not be an iPad killer, as one ReadWriteWeb reader pointed out in the comments, Netflix may be in for some serious competition once this thing arrives. Look for the KIndle Fire to ship on November 15.
More Kindle Fire Coverage
- The Implications of Amazon’s Silk Web Browser
- What Did Amazon’s Kindle Fire Just Do To Android?
- Amazon’s New Cloud-Fueled Web Browser Will Predict Your Browsing Habits
- Why the Kindle Fire is No iPad Killer
- Poll: Will You Develop Apps For the Kindle Fire?
- Big Question (Answered): Who is the Intended Market for the Kindle Fire?
ReadWriteWeb Meetup in Portland
Imagine an evening surrounding by cool folks, like yourself, discussing important technology stories, debating the merits of data portability and net neutrality, thumb wrestling over browser preferences and your favorite phone OS.
If that sounds like your idea of the coolest evening ever, and you’re local to Portland, OR, please come and hang out with many of the ReadWriteWeb staff, and a group of the most awesome readers a blog could have, at the Green Dragon on October 13, 6:30 – 8:30.
To plan a ReadWriteWeb meetup in your area, check out our ReadWriteWeb Meetup Everywhere page. There are already half a dozen meetups being planned in November for St Louis, Savannah, Boston, New Zealand and Palo Alto. If your city isn’t there, please list it asap.
More ‘Don’t Miss’ Posts
- Microsoft’s Non-Response to the Secure Boot Problem
- Firefox Creator Says the Web is Dead Meat; Android Creator Disagrees
- Here’s What Spotify’s New Facebook Integration Looks Like
- Google Analytics Finally Goes Real Time (Plus New Premium Accounts)
- The Implications of Amazon’s Silk Web Browser
- Infographics: Why Your Company’s Intranet is Failing
- How Facebook Mobile Was Designed to Write Once, Run Everywhere
ReadWriteWeb Channels
- PwC Survey Says: Telecoms Are Overconfident About Security
- The Implications of Amazon’s Silk Web Browser
- Are You Ready for Windows in Your Things?
- Hotel Lobbies Become More Social
- First Challenge to FCC Net Neutrality: Is Splitting Hairs Legal?
- Infographics: Why Your Company’s Intranet is Failing
- Sencha Likes IE10: A Native Apps Library for JS is Coming
- “Testing” Your Code With Myers-Briggs
- Microsoft Makes the Case for More jQuery, Fewer Dependencies
- PhoneGap Applies to Apache Software Foundation, Contemplates Name Change
- Mozilla Brings WebSockets API to Firefox for Android
- How Facebook Mobile Was Designed to Write Once, Run Everywhere
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