2007

One year ago, the new-look netscape.com launched. What was once the leading portal in the 90’s was re-born in June 2006 as a digg clone. Soon after the re-launch, there was an enormous uproar from the existing Netscape.com community – which, it turned out, were fairly ‘old school’ about what kind of portal they liked. … Read more

German courts have confirmed that Google’s fight for the G-mail trademark has been lost. 33-year old German businessman Daniel Giersch has won a case against Google, meaning that Google is not permitted to use the “Gmail” name in Germany. Giersch had registered ‘G-mail’ in 2000, four years before Google came out with its web mail … Read more

As it’s halfway through 2007, let’s take a look back on the highlights of the first half of the year. How is 2007 shaping up in terms of web technology trends and activity? Which companies have shined from January – June 2007? Well so far in 2007, there are two Web companies that in our … Read more

During the weekend we asked for feedback from readers and startups alike, about how your favorite web apps perform on the iPhone. The early feedback mostly reported issues with AT&T; getting the service up and running – e.g. Orlando commented that he bought the iphone on Friday at 7:00 pm, but “till now AT&T; has … Read more

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One of my pet peeves currently is when people badly submit an article to digg. It is bad for both digg readers (who may never get to see the article because it was dugg badly) and of course for the publishers. It’s definitely a flaw in the digg system. But there is a relatively easy … Read more

Google’s 2007 acquisition spree has continued, with the acquisition of GrandCentral – a service that lets users integrate all of their existing phone numbers and voice mailboxes into one account, which can be accessed from the web. Interestingly, Google says they bought GrandCentral because it fits well with their other services that “enhance the collaborative … Read more

Our sister site AltSearchEngines has just published their latest Top 100 Alt Search Engine list, which is eagarly anticipated every month. This month’s list has ‘gone global’ – from now on there will always be 10 slots reserved for International Alts. This acknowledges that there are many good search engines out there that do not … Read more

Alex Iskold has written a compelling post, arguing that iPhone is more than just a breakthrough mobile phone device. Alex says it’s a strategy that may expand Apple’s sphere of influence, from web browsing to social networking and even possibly search. So to complement Alex’s post, our poll this week asks: what has Steve Jobs … Read more

As we reported yesterday, CNN is this weekend re-launching its website as an enhanced multimedia site – packed with web 2.0 features such as recommendations and user generated content. The new site has just gone live – read our full review here. One noticeable thing about the new site, that we didn’t mention, is that … Read more

In the week building up to the release of the iPhone on Friday evening US, we’ve been exploring web apps for the iPhone. We also reviewed the first iPhone Development platform, created by Morfik. Now that the iPhone is in the hands of early US adopters (the Apple ones at least), we expect to see … Read more

The Weekly Wrapups have been a feature of Read/WriteWeb since the beginning of January 2005 (when they were called Web 2.0 Weekly Wrapups). Nowadays the Wrapup is designed for those of you who can’t keep up with a daily dose of RSS. Here then is a summary of the week’s Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. … Read more

Over the past year or so we’ve seen many mainstream publications ‘web 2.0-ize’ their web presence. BBC has been a leading force, while in March USA Today announced a re-design. Also we covered Martha Stewart 2.0 in April. Now it’s CNN’s turn. One of the leading mainstream news operations in the world, CNN is this … Read more

It’s possible the iPhone launch on Friday 29 June is more hype than substance – indeed the current poll we’re running on R/WW has only 20% of respondants interested in buying an iPhone as soon as it’s released! 41% have no plans to buy one and a further 18% said they’ll never buy one. The … Read more

Google has created a site called Google Gadget Ventures. Marissa Mayer will announce it this evening at the Searchonomics Conference in Santa Clara. It’s a pilot program, with the aim of “bootstrapping an economic ecosystem around gadgets” – according to a press email we received. The program has two separate monetary offers. The first is … Read more