The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “[Video] We Bet Yahoo Will Buy Pinterest”. Jon Mitchell says, “In this ReadWriteWeb Hangout, Robyn and Jon speculate wildly about who, if anyone, will acquire Pinterest. Robyn collected responses to the question from RWW readers all week, and they discussed all the possibilities. Jon was pretty sure of himself at first, but Robyn convinced him of her pick by the end”. [Video] We Bet Yahoo Will Buy Pinterest ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Why Microsoft Killed Windows Live”. Richard MacManus says, “Microsoft is finally killing off the confusing “Windows Live” brand. It’s being replaced with a renewed focus on Microsoft’s biggest piece of software – the Windows OS – together with a new and all-encompassing identity system named “Microsoft account.””. Why Microsoft Killed Windows Live ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “A Five-Year Update: The State of the Web in India”. Shilpi Choudhury says, “Since this 2006 article on RWW about the Top Web Apps in India, a lot has happened in the Indian web industry. Some new entrants have made a mark for themselves and some existing ones have strengthened their market positions, while still others got lost somewhere in between. We take a homegrown look at the changes in India during the past five years”. A Five-Year Update: The State of the Web in India ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “How Big Tech Companies Keep Quiet on Big News”. Dave Copeland says, “Even as all sorts of questions swirl around last week’s initial public offering and this week’s release of a camera app that looks a lot like the camera app it paid $1 billion for last month, Facebook has taken its usual quiet stance, issuing as few public statements and offering as few public answers as possible to the questions that business journalists and tech bloggers have been asking. It’s a tried-and-true public relations tactic: While... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “College Degrees: More and More, They’re Just a Piece of Paper”. Cormac Foster says, “Faking a computer science degree cost Scott Thompson his CEO job. But with one notable exception, most observers thought he was doing OK, under lousy circumstances. Sure, the lying was wrong, but apart from that, would Thompson’s lack of a computer science degree have hurt his career? Does having the right degree – or any degree – really matter that much any more?”. College Degrees: More and More, They’re... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “6 Time Management Strategies for Startups”. Rieva Lesonsky says, “Many startups seem to be powered solely by excitement over the new business (occasionally mixed with some Red Bull and Starbucks). Startup founders typically devote every waking moment to their companies, and probably even dream about it too. But while pure passion can propel entrepreneurs 24/7 for a while, eventually even the most committed startup teams need to learn to manage their time”. 6 Time Management Strategies for Startups ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Why Facebook Just Launched Its Own Instagram”. Taylor Hatmaker says, “Just a month after announcing its plans to devour hit app Instagram to the tune of $1 billion, Facebook has released its very own photo sharing app. But is two a crowd? Camera, Facebook’s brand new photo sharing app, is built to do precisely the same thing as its wildly popular stepsister, but it feeds directly into Facebook rather than into Instagram’s walled garden, population 40 million and growing. It may not officially have Instagram... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “A Poor Investment? VC Firm Targets the “Underbanked””. Tim Devaney and Tom Stein say, “There’s a lot of money in poor people. KPMG reports that America’s 88 million consumers who are “unbanked” (no bank account) or “underbanked” (no credit) earn $1.3 trillion a year. At least one venture capital firm is out to make money helping them out”. A Poor Investment? VC Firm Targets the “Underbanked” ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Why Yahoo’s Axis Is Going to Fail”. Jon Mitchell says, “Axis, Yahoo’s “new kind of browser” that launched yesterday, is an attempt to do something noble and important. Yahoo has taken away the search results page, the intermediate step where a search engine makes most of its money, in order to get the user straight to where she’s going. Axis is a gamble to redefine search. Unfortunately, Yahoo lost the bet”. Why Yahoo’s Axis Is Going to Fail ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Facebook IPO: Who Are the Real Losers?”. Antone Gonsalves says, “Facebook’s tainted public offering, which has attracted the attention of federal securities investigators, has grown a bit darker with the filing of a class-action lawsuit. Los Angeles-based law firm Glancy Binkow & Goldberg filed the suit Tuesday in state court in San Mateo County, Calif., on behalf of all investors who lost money in the IPO. The suit rides on allegations that days before Facebook raised the price range on its soon-to-be-public... [...]