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YouTube's Big Transition: Moving From Amateur to Professional Era of Online Video

posted by www.readwriteweb.com - 17 hours ago

Statistics show that we are watching less videos on YouTube. However, we are watching longer videos and subsequently spending more time on the site . YouTube is changing. But it's also looking over its shoulder at ...

Why The iPhone's Success Has Women To Thank

posted by www.readwriteweb.com - 17 hours ago

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 A ...

The Next Billion-Dollar Startup Will Address a Basic Human Need

posted by www.readwriteweb.com - 18 hours ago

How do you build the next billion-dollar company? Easy. Think of a basic human need and put it online. “I had this stupidly simple observation that maybe everyone else under 30 has already had,“ says Steve Blank. “A ...

Is Social Media as Dangerous as the Telephone?

posted by www.readwriteweb.com - 19 hours ago

It was expected to cause the “destruction of community because [it encourages] far-flung operations and far-flung relationships.” At the same time, it was called the “antidote to provincialism.” It's not Facebook . It's ...

Yahoo Still Sinking Despite $7 Billion Alibaba Deal

posted by www.readwriteweb.com - yesterday

Now that Yahoo is gradually untangling itself from Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba, does the U.S. Web portal's future look any brighter? Not really. Yahoo's agreement over the weekend to sell half of its stake in Alibaba ...