http://en.redtram.com/ readwriteweb.com Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:02:55 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 204080 | Google Announces Map Contest: $50K for Adding Schools, Hospitals & More http://en.redtram.com/go/236317533/top100/ 236317533 Google is announcing a new contest for local would-be heroes.The , which challenges users to add high-quality data on universities, schools, hospitals and medical clinics in Google , will run from December 15, 2009 to January 31, 2010. The grand Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:32:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317533/top100/ 204080 | OpenID Ends 2009 With 1 Billion Users http://en.redtram.com/go/236317526/top100/ 236317526 At the close of a whiz-bang year, OpenID has a lot to be proud of.With a community of 9 million sites that use OpenID logins and 1 billion individual users, OpenID has effectively revolutionized the way we are able to Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:32:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317526/top100/ 204080 | SoundHound: A Music App That Could Change Mobile Search http://en.redtram.com/go/236317520/top100/ 236317520 Larry Marcus is one investor with the ability to turn good core technology into consumer success. Five years ago he helped change the mathematical algorithm of the Music Genome Project into music sensation . Today, Marcus' work with is already Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:31:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317520/top100/ 204080 | RockYou Hacker: 30% of Sites Store Plain Text Passwords http://en.redtram.com/go/236317509/top100/ 236317509 In a chat today lasting over an hour, we got to talk to a person claiming to be the infamous hacker behind 's latest data security woes.While he claimed to have no animosity toward users, tweetmeme_url = = 'rww';he had Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:30:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317509/top100/ 204080 | Best BigCo of 2009 http://en.redtram.com/go/236317505/top100/ 236317505 In one of ReadWriteWeb's longest-running traditions, every year we review the top Internet companies and their impact over the past 12 months. Today we're announcing the 6th annual Best BigCo, a.k.a. big Internet company. Next week we'll announce Best LittleCo Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:30:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317505/top100/ 204080 | IBM Gets Webtop From eyeOS, Eyes Google Chrome OS http://en.redtram.com/go/236317497/top100/ 236317497 IBM is , the maker of an open-source, web-based operating system. We've had our (ahem) eye on eyeOS . It's receiving renewed interest in the wake of the much anticipated launch of .IBM will offer eyeOS 2.0, available in January, Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:30:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317497/top100/ 204080 | Lonely Planet Launches Augmented Reality Apps http://en.redtram.com/go/236317489/top100/ 236317489 Popular travel book publisher has begun selling Augmented Reality apps for 10 US cities for $5 each in the Android Marketplace. The apps were built in conjunction with Mobilizy, the company behind user generated content AR app .tweetmeme_url = = Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:30:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317489/top100/ 204080 | Appify: A City-by-City App Store http://en.redtram.com/go/236317479/top100/ 236317479 If you live in a city of reasonable size, there are probably developers who have already built mobile applications that make it easy and fun to interact with information about the place where you live. But how do you find Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:29:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317479/top100/ 204080 | TechStars Expands to Seattle http://en.redtram.com/go/236317472/top100/ 236317472 The downturn certainly hasn't made getting a term sheet an easy endeavor. Many early-stage companies have chosen to forgo traditional investment in favor of participating in incubator programs . This trend is exactly why the mentorship program is expanding to Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:29:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317472/top100/ 204080 | Jay Rosen Interviews Demand Media: Are Content Farms "Demonic"? http://en.redtram.com/go/236317461/top100/ 236317461 I first became aware of Demand Media by reading in the November 2009 issue of Wired [Ed: ReadWriteWeb wrote an article about it ]. tweetmeme_url = = 'rww';In fact, Roth alerted me by email that his piece was about to Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:28:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317461/top100/ 204080 | Alfresco: How Refreshing - A Real Example of Cloud Computing http://en.redtram.com/go/236317453/top100/ 236317453 Companies use the term "cloud computing" a lot these days. Too much, really. The term is hyped to no end.So it is encouraging to see a real example of cloud computing from Alfresco Software.Alfresco is teaming with to offer a Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:28:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317453/top100/ 204080 | VC Survey: We'll Fund Fewer Small Startups Next Year http://en.redtram.com/go/236317445/top100/ 236317445 The released its annual survey of VC predictions for next year this morning and it doesn't look good for small startup companies. Though most VCs said they expected more money to be invested next year, most predicted a contraction in Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:28:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317445/top100/ 204080 | YouTube in 2009: One Video That Ruled Them All http://en.redtram.com/go/236317438/top100/ 236317438 YouTube this morning and was listed as the most popular video of the year. That video was, in fact, almost four times as popular as numbers two through five - videos including , that and the trailer for the vampire Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:27:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317438/top100/ 204080 | Morgan Stanley: Mobile Internet Market Will Be Twice The Size of Desktop Internet http://en.redtram.com/go/236317431/top100/ 236317431 Morgan Stanley has released about the mobile Internet: 'The Mobile Internet Report,' a 424-page report which explores eight major themes; and 'The Mobile Internet Report Key Themes,' a 659-slide presentation that drills down on thoughts covered in the report. tweetmeme_url Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:26:48 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317431/top100/ 204080 | YouTego: An Addictive App for Self-Visualization http://en.redtram.com/go/236317424/top100/ 236317424 If all your interests and skills were reduced to a scannable set of tags and thumbnails, what would your ego look like?That's the question startup attempts to answer with its Web-based app that asks users to spend a few minutes Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:25:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236317424/top100/ 204080 | Interim Results: Vote Now For Your Favorite Web Products of 2009 http://en.redtram.com/go/236268073/top100/ 236268073 Over December we have published our over ten posts. This week we've opened up our selections . The poll is embedded below and we invite you to select your favorite web products of 2009. You can vote for up to Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:20:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236268073/top100/ 204080 | Use OutLook? Liaise Intelligent Assistant Available Now http://en.redtram.com/go/236268066/top100/ 236268066 Outlook users can now use email plug-in to automatically extract action items, delegation and priority levels from the free text of email conversations. This is software that's so cool it makes me jealous of Windows users.Liaise and won the Peoples' Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:20:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236268066/top100/ 204080 | MindTouch and SnapLogic: Another Affordable Way to Fit Information Together http://en.redtram.com/go/236268060/top100/ 236268060 is one of those kinds of companies we run across that you can say, "yes, these guys get it." The company provides data integration services that snaps information from the enterprise, social networks and the web. is a company we Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:19:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236268060/top100/ 204080 | FlexNetwork: The Nationwide IP Voice Network from Bandwidth.com http://en.redtram.com/go/236268052/top100/ 236268052 is unveiling , its nationwide IP voice service that it built from the ground up, making it arguably one of the most significant VoIP investments in the past decade.Most IP voice networks grow by acquisition, which can mean inheriting legacy Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:19:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236268052/top100/ 204080 | Microsoft Caught With Hand in Plurk's Cookie Jar? http://en.redtram.com/go/236268044/top100/ 236268044 This morning, we got news that Microsoft had unequivocally ripped off design and code from marginally successful microblogging service .Now, we're seeing reports - and seeing for ourselves on the Microsoft website - that the knockoff site has been unceremoniously Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:19:10 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236268044/top100/