The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Why Klout Deal Is Not The Answer To Microsoft’s Social Search Strategy”.Mark Hachman says, “As Microsoft seeks to better quantify the influence of its social search, the company has partnered with the controversial online-influence ranking service Klout as a first step. It looks to be no more than a marriage of convenience”.Why Klout Deal Is Not The Answer To Microsoft’s Social Search StrategyReadWriteWeb [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Facebook’s Next Privacy Issue & How To Opt Out”.Dave Copeland says, “ In what is likely to become the next privacy controversy for Facebook, the social-media giant is working with a big-data firm to correlate off-line purchases with ad views on Facebook. And, surprise, opting out is trickier than Facebook’s typically difficult procedures”.Facebook’s Next Privacy Issue & How To Opt OutReadWriteWeb [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “[Video] Myspace: “I’m Not Dead Yet!””.Jon Mitchell says, “Adam, Brian, Jon and Robyn discuss the future of the music business, which has come up in several RWW stories lately, in our latest Google+ Hangout. Brian describes the argument he just had with a rock star, and Adam tells tales about his recent visit to Myspace HQ”.[Video] Myspace: “I’m Not Dead Yet!”ReadWriteWeb [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Google Lets You Sync Contacts With Apple – Here’s How”.Jon Mitchell says, “Google has announced that iOS users can now sync their Contacts app with Google Contacts. Just like with calendars, Google now uses an open protocol for contacts, so your built-in address book will stay in sync with Gmail. Here’s how to set it up”.Google Lets You Sync Contacts With Apple – Here’s HowReadWriteWeb [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Maybe, Just Maybe, Twitter’s On To Something With Metrics”.Jon Mitchell says, “Speaking Monday, Twitter co-founder and board member Ev Williams described what he’d like the microblog to be when it grows up. Some fear that he wants to merchandise tweets the way Hollywood merchanises movies. But for the first time in months and months, I saw the glimmer of a Twitter that I could learn to love”.Maybe, Just Maybe, Twitter’s On To Something With MetricsReadWriteWeb [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “How To Get Your YouTube Videos Back From Google”.Jon Mitchell says, “Google’s Data Liberation Front keeps adding new ways for Google users to get their personal data out of Google’s services and back into their own hands. The latest addition to Google Takeout is YouTube videos. You can now download all of the original, full-quality videos you’ve uploaded to YouTube and take them elsewhere whenever you want. Here’s how”.How To Get Your YouTube Videos Back From GoogleReadWriteWeb [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “25B Downloads And Google Play Is Still Growing Fast”.Dan Rowinski says, “This morning, Google announced that its Android Google Play store has surpassed 25 billion app installations. That is a big, round number but the surprise behind the announcement is the velocity at which the Android ecosystem is growing”.25B Downloads And Google Play Is Still Growing FastReadWriteWeb [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “What A Facebook Social Search Engine May Look Like”.Dave Copeland says, “When it comes to search strategy, Google and Facebook both seek to give users the best possible result. While Google will continue to trust technical data over social data, though, Facebook is likely to stake the success of its search engine – and perhaps the entire company – on a new kind of search that puts social context first”.What A Facebook Social Search Engine May Look LikeReadWriteWeb [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “How “Big-Data-as-a-Service” Can Help Smaller Companies Compete”.Brian Proffitt says, “The common perception of how big data is used centers around giant multi-national enterprises spending millions trying to fine tune their business strategies to eke out every last penny from their customers. But in reality, big data is worming its way into businesses large and small, often as a service instead of on-premises software”.How “Big-Data-as-a-Service” Can Help Smaller Companies CompeteReadWriteWeb [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “How Journalists Are Using Pinterest”.John Paul Titlow says, “Pinterest is quickly finding its way into the social strategies of media organizations large and small, even as the company itself is still figuring out its business model. Here’s how they’re using the virtual scrapbooking service. (This is part two of a four-part series on how journalists are using social networks beyond Facebook and Twitter.)”.How Journalists Are Using PinterestReadWriteWeb [...]