2010

Every now and then we publish the favorite mobile apps or sites of the ReadWriteWeb staff. The last time we did this was November 2009, however with our Mobile Summit just around the corner we wanted to give you an updated list. We’re all early adopters of mobile technology here at ReadWriteWeb, so have a … Read more

Within the next 24 hours we will be emailing out a very special, limited time offer to fans of the ReadWriteWeb Facebook Page. If you’re not already a fan of our Facebook Page, we encourage you to join our page now in order to receive this offer. Hint: it includes a special, friends-only discount to … Read more

Prior to SXSW, we polled you on what location-based mobile app you would use during the festival. Brightkite and Foursquare were the most popular picks, with Gowalla third. We also polled you a year ago about this class of app and at that time Brightkite was a clear favorite. As an attendee at SXSW, it … Read more

In the emerging Internet of Things, everyday objects are becoming networked. Recently we looked at smart clothing, today we explore the world of smart cars. From Formula One to cheap family cars, all kinds of vehicles are utilizing sensors and advanced technology nowadays. While some of the features we discuss below aren’t connected to the … Read more

In a recent post, I outlined a kind of layman’s test for the Semantic Web. I wrote that the tipping point for the Semantic Web may be when anyone can query a set of data about a historical figure and get a long list of structured results in return. I called this ‘The Modigliani Test,’ … Read more

In preparation for the upcoming ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit, we’re outlining the 10 leading trends of the Mobile Web in a 3-part series of posts. In this the final instalment, we look at three markets for mobile which promise to be hugely valuable: commerce, cloud computing and health. As a reminder, in Part 1 we covered … Read more

In preparation for the upcoming ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit, we’re outlining the 10 leading trends of the Mobile Web in a 3-part series of posts. In Part 1 we explored 3 important design and development issues for the Mobile Web. Now in Part 2, we look at 4 classes of mobile applications that have become popular … Read more

In a little under 3 weeks time, we will host our second unconference: the ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit. It’s a 1-day event at the lovely Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, California. In preparation for the RWW Mobile Summit, we’re going to outline the 10 leading trends of the Mobile Web in a 3-part series of … Read more

I first began writing regularly about the Internet of Things about a year ago. Now it’s bubbling up in the mainstream press and we’re also beginning to see web apps that are attempting to reach, if not quite a mainstream audience yet, then certainly the iPhone and Android-toting geek community. We’ve moved beyond the cutesy … Read more

I’m pleased to announce that long-time ReadWriteWeb blogger Marshall Kirkpatrick is officially now our Co-Editor, sharing editor duties with yours truly Richard MacManus. When I founded this site almost 7 years to the day, I was the lone blogger. Today ReadWriteWeb has a team of around 20; and in particular our writing team has grown … Read more

In our recent posts about Structured Data, we’ve emphasized that most of the current initiatives have been around uploading new data to the Web – whatever the format. The U.S. and U.K. governments have led the way with their ‘open data’ websites, but much of that data isn’t ‘linked’ yet. In other words, it’s online … Read more

At the end of last week, we posted an open thread asking what application you’d build (or would like someone else to build) using linked data or open data. The thread was inspired by Georgi Kobilarov. In this post, we list 10 of the best ideas we received. A number of the suggested apps were … Read more

In the emerging Internet of Things, everyday objects are becoming networked. Clothing is no exception. It’s still early days for Web-enabled clothes – the best example so far is the Nike+ running shoe, which contains sensors that connect to the user’s iPod. But expect to see everything from your shirt to your underwear networked in … Read more

Yesterday we looked at DASH7, a wireless sensor networking standard that may play an important part in next-generation mobile services – including location-based services, the Internet of Things and social networking. In this post we analyze some use cases for DASH7, which also point to where the Mobile Web is heading. We’ll look at how … Read more

Think your smartphone is cool now? Wait till it gets RFID chips, then it’ll truly be ‘smart.’ That’s the promise of two emerging RFID-based mobile technologies called NFC and DASH7. We’ve already looked at NFC (Near Field Communication), which holds great promise as an enabler of mobile payments. Today we look at DASH7, a wireless … Read more