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Read/WriteWeb is a popular weblog that provides Web Technology news, reviews and analysis. It is the lead blog in the Read/WriteWeb Network, a growing network of blogs about web technology - the other sites are last100 (a blog about Digital Lifestyle) and AltSearchEngines (about search). Read/WriteWeb began publishing on April 20, 2003 and is now one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world. Read/WriteWeb is edited by Richard MacManus and is written by a team of Web enthusiasts. More » (Source: Read/WriteWeb)
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The Dirty Little Secret About the "Wisdom of the Crowds" - There is No Crowd
Recent research by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor Vassilis Kostakos pokes a big hole in the prevailing wisdom that the "wisdom of crowds" is a trustworthy force on ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
5 Great Ways to Contribute to Social Media
There's no doubt that the focus of the web is shifting to the community. At the forefront of this shift is social media. Social media can be loosely defined as the movement of ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
CNN to Launch Completely User Generated News Site
The new site, according to Mediaweek who got an advanced look at the site, will be completely open in terms of what users can upload. Users will be in charge of deciding what ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Google - The Ultimate Money Making Machine
In addition to being one of the top three online destinations, Google - through its text ads strategy - has managed to weave itself into the very fabric of the Web. In doing ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Yahoo! Pipes and The Web As Database
One of the central concepts in Complex Systems is Emergence. It is this automagical process through which elements of a system give rise to a higher order system. Emergence is ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Nobody Knows You're A Dog 2.0
On the internet it is easy to pretend to be somebody else. Don't like your name, adopt a new one. Don't like the way you look, Photoshop your picture. Think you are too young ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Google's Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years
(Video) Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions a radically changed internet five years from now: dominated by Chinese-language and social media content, delivered over super-fast bandwidth ...via Jay Rosen -
The Digital Mafia: Online Crime Gets Organized, Says Cisco
(Blog Post) Bot herders and other nefarious characters are still using cutting-edge computing and social engineering. But according to Cisco's analysis, the real innovation is how those ...via NewsRack -
Yahoo Buzz is a Game Changer for Social Media; And Spells Trouble for Digg!
Yahoo Buzz is a social media experiment by Yahoo! that is currently in a closed beta. We found out today what kind of boost Buzz is giving the current selected blogs and news ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
How Will Publishers Fare Under Microhoo?
... the Microsoft-Yahoo! acquisition process is likely to be bad for publishers. The lack of focus and investment that Microsoft and Yahoo! will have on the medium and long ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Technology and Terrorism: Are we being too naive?
There is an old truism - we can not stop progress. The truism has been used to justify investments in technologies that could potentially not only harm people but wipe out the ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Amazon's Series of Fortunate Events
Like a fine fragrant perfume, Amazon has a revolutionary technology sitting right under everyone's noses. Their happy accident? Building a reliable, scalable and robust ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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