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Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: E-commerce

Over the past decade the online retail industry has seen great strides in the use of recommendations technology. Amazon has consistently led the field in this, with its sophisticated blend of personalized, social and item recommendations. Many of the ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc

Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama's Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More...

You can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapup by RSS or by email (form below). Barack Obama spoke to a group of Chinese students this week at a town hall in Shanghai. The meeting was streamed live, worldwide on the Whitehouse website and on the Whitehouse's ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Barack Obama,  Facebook Inc.,  Gartner, Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

A Central Nervous System for Earth: HP's Ambitious Sensor Network

The first CeNSE sensor to be put into the field by HP Labs is, according to the company, "about 1,000 times more sensitive than accelerometers used in a Wii, an iPhone or an automobile's airbag system." Other sensors planned in future include ones for ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: IBM

Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: Democratization of News Media

The Web has always been a medium where people could just as easily write as read (yes, the read/write Web), however it didn't reach its potential until blogging came along earlier this decade. Blogging not only allowed anybody to publish easily to the ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Dave Winer,  Twitter Inc,  Washington Post Company

Tim Berners-Lee in Africa: Web Foundation Announces 2 New Projects

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Web, has embarked on a trip through Africa on behalf of the non-profit Web Foundation - which today announced two new projects. The Web Foundation exists to bridge the 'digital divide' in Internet usage. Only ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tim Berners-Lee

Ad-Driven Content - Is it Crossing The Line?

In this follow-up post, we look at the type of content that Demand Media outputs. It turns out that much of it is driven by advertising demand. Again we feel compelled to ask: is this good or bad for the Web's future? Demand Media claims that its ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Good Housekeeping

How Demand Media Produces 4,000 New Pieces of Content a Day

This article is based on an interview I conducted with several Demand Media executives, including founder Richard Rosenblatt, at the Web 2.0 Summit in September. Think about that: how many of you had heard of Demand Media before this year? Amazon, eBay ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: eBay Inc.

ReadWriteWeb Spain: Our Fourth Country Channel

We're grateful to our partners IntegralCom, a Spanish web agency and consultancy firm based in Madrid. CEO Miguel Galera and Corporate Development Officer Eduardo Vilar have been instrumental in organizing ReadWriteWeb Spain. Ignacio gave us the ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc

Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: Online Music

The online music decade started with Napster, a music file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning that operated between June 1999 and July 2001. Napster enabled people to freely share MP3 files over the Internet; however it quickly ran into major ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Napster, Inc.,  Shawn Fanning,  Metallica,  Sony,  NPR

40% of People "Friend" Brands on Facebook

Over 1/4 of respondents reported having followed a brand on Twitter, which is encouraging news for companies wanting to use Twitter to promote themselves. 43.5% reported following a brand to get "exclusive deals or offerings," which again is a ...

From RICHARD MACMANUS, ReadWriteWeb,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Yahoo!,  America Online,  Google Inc.

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