Once again, Facebook is our top story of the week – this time thanks to its high-pressure opt-in tactics. Oh Facebook, our readers just love reading about your privacy antics. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: On the Internet of Things highway, cars are getting smarter; Google Wave has found new purpose as a real-time blogging platform; and don’t miss the augmented reality jigsaw puzzles. Read on for more.
Story of the Week: Facebook’s High Pressure Tactics
- Facebook’s High Pressure Tactics: Opt-in or Else
- How to Avoid Making PowerPoint Your Enemy: Tips for Your Pitch Deck
- Firefox Steps Up to Challenge Facebook’s Claim to Identity
- Bringing Google, Facebook, Twitter Together: Third Party Login Grows Rapidly in 2010
- Google Earth Gets in Maps: Browser-Based & Embeddable
- Steve Jobs Speaks: Why We Don’t Allow Flash on iPhones and iPads
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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.
Internet of Things
More Internet of Things coverage
Real-Time Web
- Google Wave Finds Purpose as Live Blogging Platform
- Infochimps Release Twitter Data, “Trst.Me” App and API for Ranking Twitter Users
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