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| WEEKLY WRAP-UP: CODING AS A STANDARD OF LITERACY, MICROSOFT LAUNCHES SO.CL AND YOUTUBE EVOLVES | Published: 26/05/12 |
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Is someone illiterate if they can't code? Microsoft's new social network So.cl launches. Views on YouTube decrease as Web video evolves. Learn more about these stories and many more in the ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrap-Up.
After the jump you'll find more of this week's top news stories on some of the key topics that are shaping the Web - Location, App Stores and Real-Time Web - plus highlights from some of our six channels. Read on for more.
Computer Programming for All: A New Standard of Literacy
Some programmers believe that the knowledge of programming will eventually be included in literacy standards. However, others believe we have too far to go to achieve current literacy standards to see programming added any time soon.
Let us know what you think in the comments on Computer Programming for All: A New Standard of Literacy.
Microsoft's New Social Network, So.cl: It's Like Google+ for Wonks
Microsoft released its social network, So.cl, this week. Richard MacManus says it's a derivative product and doesn't stand a chance at achieving widespread usage. That said, he does see opportunities for the new site in the education sector. Read Richard's deep dive in Microsoft's New Social Network, So.cl: It's Like Google+ for Wonks.
YouTube's Big Transition: Moving From Amateur to Professional Era of Online Video
Online video is changing. The era of the amateur video sensation is fading to make room for professional video producers. Check out how YouTube, and online video in general, is evolving in YouTube's Big Transition: Moving From Amateur to Professional Era of Online Video.
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Mobile Marketing Set to Create Havoc and Opportunities
Procter & Gamble should be kicking itself for not developing a mobile operating system when it had the chance: More people worldwide own mobile phones than toothbrushes. Get ready for a tsunami of mobile marketing and commerce to crash on the shores of retail. More
What Google's Acquisition of Motorola Means for Android
Google now owns Motorola. Chinese regulators followed the U.S. and Europe in clearing the deal earlier this week, removing the last barrier. Although the acquisition opens new territory for the search giant, its most immediate effect could be remaking the existing Android landscape. Will Google use its new arm to pound all competitors, or just Apple? More
Why The iPhone's Success Has Women To Thank
Women are the hot new demographic to court in the social space (if you can call half the population a "demographic”), but the fairer sex is catching up when it comes to mobile, too, largely thanks to the iPhone. But is Apple’s gender-blind wunderkind truly more popular with women - or is Android, the iPhone’s de facto rival, just less popular? More
How Does Facebook Make Money?
Facebook's first few days on the stock market are in the books: Shares closed Tuesday at $31, down significantly from their $38 issue price. You may wonder: How does Facebook make money? Sure, 900 million users and billions of photos, but how is this a business? It's pretty simple, actually. More
What It's Like for an App in Apple & Google's Crosshairs
UpNext Maps for iPhone is beautiful. It's the smoothest, fastest map we've ever used. It renders 3D buildings for virtual exploration of certain cities. Its look and functionality are distinctive. It's free. And both Google and Apple want to build these features themselves. Is this a kamikaze mission for UpNext? More
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Disassembling Android Part 2: Who Wields the Blowtorch?
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| TOP 5 SPOTIFY APPS FOR MUSIC DISCOVERY | Published: 01/12/12 |
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Spotify wasn't built for discovery. The Swedish music streaming company realizes this and instead of trying to natively bake a zillion features into its service, itlaunched a platform for third party developers about a year ago.
Spotify's app directory now features almost 60 HTML5-based add-ons for the service's desktop client. These apps perform a lot of different functions - some are social, w...
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| FACEBOOK LOOSENS ZYNGA'S LEASH - CAN CHANGING THE RULES SAVE ZYNGA? | Published: 30/11/12 |
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If this were a certain social network, Zynga and Facebook could probably agree that their relationship status is: It's complicated. Two new SEC filings on Thursday revealed that the social game-maker and the social network are putting a little distance between themselves, amending some rules of their multi-year agreement to give both companies a bit more autonomy.
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| CHILL DIRECT: A FARM SYSTEM FOR VIDEO DISTRIBUTION | Published: 30/11/12 |
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What's the biggest hurdle to getting people to watch your film or video? Getting it in front of them in the first place. Unfortunately, your options are limited.
Chill Direct, a new service fromthe social-video siteChill, hopes to expand those options and act as a new farm system to get content to TV, theaters and film festivals.
If you're as well-known as rising comic Louis C.K., who has famous...
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| TIME WARNER CEO THINKS YOUTUBE’S $100 MILLION CONTENT INVESTMENT IS "CUTE" | Published: 30/11/12 |
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Much has been made of Google’s foray into original content with its $100 million investments in its bid to compete with television. But as Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes pointed out at this week’s Business Insider’s IGNITION conference, Google’s content investments are essentially chump change - nowhere near enough to challenge Big Media's established players.
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| ANOTHER GLOOMY SALES REPORT ADDS TO WINDOWS 8'S TOUGH WEEK | Published: 30/11/12 |
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Just how well is Windows 8 selling so far?
A month past the launch of Microsoft’s revolutionary operating system, data released this week seems to add credence to the idea that consumers just aren’t adopting Windows 8 as fast as the company may have hoped, with negative implications both for the Holiday shopping season and beyond.
In a report released Friday, StatCounter found that by November...
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| GOOGLE BUYS BUFFERBOX TO MATCH AMAZON'S LOCKER FOR CONVENIENT SHIPPING | Published: 30/11/12 |
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Google has acquired Canadian parcel delivery start-up BufferBox Friday for an undisclosed sum. BufferBox is like a PIN-protected P.O. box for packages that solves the problem of missed deliveries. It's a service that mirrors the Locker serviceAmazon began offering earlier this month. Google's acquisition of BufferBox signals that it's serious about going head to head with Amazon on retail.
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| IDC: DEVELOPER DISINTEREST COULD KILL RIM & WINDOWS PHONE | Published: 30/11/12 |
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There is no doubt, 2013 is going to be a very interesting year for the mobile industry. Apple and Google will continue to strive for worldwide domination with iOS and Android - making it very difficult for other competitors to squeeze out profits. The day of reckoning may be at hand for old school mobile players like Research In Motion and Microsoft even as manufacturers like Nokia , HTC and even ...
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| IT HAPPENED TO ME: MY SMALL BUSINESS WAS HACKED! | Published: 30/11/12 |
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Last September, shortly after the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, a company tweeted me that they were going to make our site, SmallBizDaily.com, their “small business resource of the day.” My joy was short-lived when the next morning they tweeted that my site had been hacked.
I quickly checked (it was still early morning on the West Coast, where we’re located) and sure e...
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| WHY DO TECH COMPANIES DOMINATE "BEST PLACES TO WORK" LISTS? | Published: 30/11/12 |
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When the Great Place to Work Institute released its 2012 World's Best Multinational Workplaces list this month, ranking the world's 25 best employers - tech companies ruled. High-tech companies grabbed 9 of the 25 slots including 4 of the top 5.
It's a nice feather in the caps of Google, SAS, NetApp, Microsoft and the other winners, but beyond bragging rights, is there a point to this or any simil...
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| ORACLE HAS PROBLEMS TELLING THE TRUTH IN ITS ADVERTISING | Published: 30/11/12 |
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Oracle seems to have a problem with truth in advertising. Since April, the tech giant has had to pull three ads that claimed Oracle computers performed much better than IBM's.
Each time, Oracle offered no proof of its claims and the ads were dropped after IBM complained to the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Better Business Bureau (BBB). This sleazy behavior, called "strategically stupi...
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