ReadWriteWeb:
Here is this week's events guide. You can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry. This events guide is (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
After successfully selling MyBlogLog to Yahoo, it was surprising to see Lookery founder Scott Rafer write a blog post announcing his company's "orderly shutdown". In heartbreaking detail he took full responsibility for the co (Read More)
Mashable!:
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
In 1906 John Philip Sousa criticized the gramophone saying, "These talking machines will ruin the artistic development of music in this country." Nevertheless, because Sousa did not forsee user-generated culture proliferating (Read More)
PND - Philanthropy News Digest:
The grant will enable RDI to expand its existing programs in India, China, and sub-Saharan Africa and launch new projects through its Global Center for Women's Land Rights.... (Read More)
mashable:
To many, it’s becoming increasingly clear that mobile is the next big platform. First, the iPhone revolutionized browsing the web. A year later, the iPhone app store launched, bringing a new platform and new possibilities t (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
IBM announced a set of cloud services that will allow developers to develop and test cloud applications. In addition, IBM is offering free compute and storage for developers using the IBM platform.SponsorIBM Smart Business De (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Everlater has secured an undisclosed Series A round of funding led by Highway 12 Ventures, to help the startup “expand its development, marketing and sales efforts”. Terms of the financing were not disclosed, but Highway 12 V (Read More)
Microsoft Silverlight content:
It’s now even easier to get started with the Silverlight Toolkit, an excellent complement to your Silverlight development environment. The latest Silverlight 3 release of the Silverlight Toolkit is now available on the Web PI (Read More)
New York Times:
Statoil, the Norwegian energy giant, said Wednesday that it had sold partial interest in some of its American energy development leases to Cnooc of China, marking the first time that a Chinese company would take an ownership (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Among the 800 or so employees laid off by Microsoft today: Don Dodge, Microsoft’s Director of Business Development for the Emerging Business Team, reporting to VP Dan’l Lewin. Don writes about the change on his personal blog (Read More)
Lifehacker:
The free MediaWiki software is best known for powering Wikipedia, but you don't have to be writing an encyclopedia to put it to good use. Extend, skin, and customize MediaWiki to create any kind of easy-to-update, collaborat (Read More)
Mashable!:
Apple has officially reported what we figured out last week: the App Store now has over 100,000 apps. Keep in mind that the App Store didn’t even exist until July of 2008. So that’s 100,000 apps in about fifteen months.When y (Read More)
mashable:
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible (Read More)
readwriteweb:
After waiting for two months for PayPal to release its much-anticipated platform, the day has finally arrived for PayPal X. ReadWriteWeb first covered the company's announcement in late July and today, at San Francisco's Conc (Read More)