August 2008
The growing availability of JSON parsing in server-side frameworks elevates the usefulness of JavaScript beyond client-side programming, to providing base syntax for a generalized data interchange... Read More
eBay has long had a reputation of being a place you could find anything under the sun. But as the site transitions to a fixed price focus and slowly kills off the auction format that made it a huge... Read More
A new report indicates that news is more likely to go viral than humorous content because prolific media sharers prefer to share news content. But we think that the conclusion by the report's author... Read More
Following up from his competition-winning tutorial, Akash explains how to use Adobe AIR to build a handy notes storage app. This is the first of three articles on building web-enabled desktop... Read More
Last week, citing ballooning costs, Twitter turned off outgoing SMS updates to a number of countries outside of Canada, India, or the US. A couple of third party sites are now letting users in those... Read More
Watching the Olympics may have inspired you to try getting into better shape -- but where to start? Here's a list of twenty Web 2.0 sites that will help you exercise better, eat better, and lose... Read More
There's a movement in web application design that says that simplicity leads to elegant, easier to use software design that will be more useful for consumers. But Don Norman, a former VP at Apple,... Read More
Social news site Yahoo! Buzz is now open to all publishers. With a reputation of being able to send server crashing traffic, a lot of people are likely really excited. But with the influx of new... Read More
One by one, the core standards that define the Web are getting a new lease on life. First, the W3C rebooted its development of HTML by abandoning its single-minded focus on XHTML and embracing HTML... Read More
Most social media sites rate stories based solely on popularity -- the more people who decide they like it, for whatever reason, the higher the story is rated. But NewsTrust and NewsCred are... Read More
Last week we argued that closed development platforms are bad for the web. The same theory can be applied to web sites that broker in information as well: information silos are bad for the web and... Read More
Even though NBC is streaming 2,200 hours of video on the Internet in the US part of their Olympic Games coverage, they're still keeping coverage of the most popular events off the web. But streaming... Read More
Since the iPhone App Store launched, a huge number of productivity apps have been launched, all varying in functionality, price and quality. Here are five that really stand out as being "must-have",... Read More
A web site founded to give entrepreneurs the opportunity to report on their experiences dealing with various venture capital firms has received a subpoena from a disgruntled VC firm, who demands that... Read More
