Just like last week, our live blogging – in this case the launch of the redesigned Twitter.com – was readers’ favorite post of the week. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: Disney proposed standards for Internet of Things toys; iPhone apps can be augmented reality browsers; and there’s a real-time guide for TV on the Web. Read on for more.
Top Stories of the Week
- Live Blog: Twitter Launches Redesign of Twitter.com
- Twitter is NOT a Social Network, Says Twitter Exec
- Tumblr Leaves Posterous in the Dust
- Sorry, But McDonald’s Did Not See a 33% Increase in Foot Traffic Because of Foursquare
- Twisted Firestarter: Windows Phone 7 for Developers
More coverage and analysis from ReadWriteWeb
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Real-Time Web
Internet of Things
More Internet of Things coverage
Augmented Reality
- Impressive Augmented Reality R&D Demo Shows Off “Sensor Fusion” [VIDEO]
- Now Any iPhone App Can Be an Augmented Reality Browser
More Augmented Reality coverage
Mobile Web
- Nokia Reaches Out to Developers, Now Crucial to Company’s Success
- Apple Approved: iSwifter Lets You Play Popular Flash Games on the iPad
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- Getting Your Startup Website Ready, Pre-Launch
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- Ron Conway’s 7 Tech Megatrends
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- A SQL Database Built for the Cloud
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- Google’s Internal Security Breach Raises Questions About Trust and the Cloud
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- Big Java Joins the Age of Big Memory
- Jive Battles the Social Frankenstein with New HTML5 Mobile Apps
- How to Make Time for Innovation: Kindling’s Idea Recommendation Engine
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- Get Click-By-Click Insight Into Your Site Visitors With MouseTrace
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- Twisted Firestarter: Windows Phone 7 for Developers
- 6 Tips for Building Coherent Site Navigation
- Infochimps Query API is Bananas
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