This from TechCrunch: CNN emails to tell us they brought in 27 million unique visitors to their site on election day yesterday, a record. Comscore says they averaged just 5 million unique daily visitors in September, so this is more than 5x normal traffic. The site also generated an astounding 276 million page views. An [...]
The guys at Programmable Web really deserve a honourable mention for keeping up with all the releases of new API’s all over the web. Read more about the 1000 Web API’s Bookmark:
This mind map was constructed by Markus Angermeier following a piece written by Tim O’Reilly on the topic of Web 2.0. Wikipedia has detailed explanations for all the terms listed on the image. Link to “[W:Web 2.0]” and experience for yourself. The actual image there is a .svg with live links to all the relevant [...]
This short video clip really describes the core concepts of Web 2.0. If you do not understand a word of it (exept for the occational “is”, “this”, “that”, “we” etc.), or the terminology, do not worry! Keep reading articles on this blog and keep coming back to this one until you have it all figured. [...]
A trip down memory lane indeed, but the basics remain the same! November 2004. In Part 1 of this Read/Write Web interview, I talk with Richard MacManus about the Web 2.0 Conference, the relationships between Apple and the web and Microsoft and the web, and data ownership and lock-in. In Part 2, we explore business [...]
Soon your Facebook profile will be searchable through the major search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. As of today users is given one month to change their privacy settings on their profiles. Read more … Bookmark:
Facebook has to be the most talked about, and the most misunderstood, web service/platform right now. If you haven’t gotten drawn in by the hype, it may surprise you to learn that many people have already found Facebook to be an essential addition to their web working toolbox. Why? Because the Facebook social networking experience [...]
Written by Josh Catone As part of Facebook Week here on Read/WriteWeb, I am going to be taking a look at the top applications on the Facebook platform. With nearly 1800 apps, the platform has been a runaway success for Facebook, and the most popular ten applications reach over 46 million users. I’m going to [...]