Weekly Wrap-up: Color’s $41 Million Tech, Android Patent Disputes, 20 JavaScript Libraries for Data Viz and More…

On Thursday we interviewed the much-talked-about CEO of Color, Bill Nguyen, and the story ended up being our top post of the week. Color is the location-based photo-sharing app that raised $41 million before it even launched. That price tag – along with the underwhelming first impression the app makes – left a number of people questioning the sanity of the VCs involved. But Nguyen’s conversation with reporter Mike Melanson made a convincing argument that there may be more to Color than what meets the eye.

After the jump you’ll find more of this week’s top news stories on some of the key trends that are shaping the Web – mobile, location, Internet of Things, real time – plus highlights from our six channels. Read on for more.

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Top Stories of the Week

• Color CEO: The Tech Justifies the $41 Million
• Burned by Twitter’s API Restrictions, Developers Launch Distributed Microblogging Service
• Overview of Text Extraction Algorithms
• A Sample of 20 JavaScript Libraries for Data Visualization
• A Big Google Problem: 37 Android Related Patent Disputes [Infographic]

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Location

• Color CEO: The Tech Justifies the $41 Million
• Check-Ins Coming to Facebook Events

More Location coverage

Mobile

• RIM Confirms, BlackBerry PlayBook Will Run Android Apps
• AT&T Buying T-Mobile for $39 Billion

More Mobile coverage

Internet of Things

• How 50 Billion Connected Devices Could Transform Brand Marketing & Everyday Life

More Internet of Things coverage

Real-Time Web

• Yahoo Offers Real-Time Answers with “Search Direct”

More Real-Time Web coverage

ReadWriteEnterprise

ReadWriteEnterprise is devoted to enterprise 2.0 and using social software inside organizations.

• 4 Signs of a Great E-Mail App
• 2 Looks at the The State of LinkedIn [Infographics]
• 11 Features to Watch for in Windows 8 (Part 1)

ReadWriteStart

ReadWriteStart is a resource for startups and entrepreneurs.

• Australian Incubator StartMate Graduates Its First Class of Startups
• Women 2.0’s Founder Labs Expands to New York City

ReadWriteCloud

ReadWriteCloud is dedicated to virtualization and cloud computing.

• Burned by Twitter’s API Restrictions, Developers Launch Distributed Microblogging Service
• A Sample of 20 JavaScript Libraries for Data Visualization
• A Big Google Problem: 37 Android Related Patent Disputes [Infographic]

ReadWriteBiz

ReadWriteBiz is a resource and guide for small to medium businesses.

• What is Agile Commerce? The Future, That’s What
• Google Analytics Begins Rolling Out New Dashboards
• Now You Can Chat With Your Team For Free With Talker

ReadWriteHack

ReadWriteHack is a resource and guide for developers.

• Overview of Text Extraction Algorithms
• Hacker Poll: What Do You Think of Firefox 4?
• Dead Simple Data Mining with Data Science Toolkit

ReadWriteMobile

ReadWriteMobile is dedicated to helping its community understand the strategic business and technical implications of developing mobile applications.

• 40% Will Switch to Android for Next Phone, Says Survey
• CTIA: Is There an Ideal Tablet Size?
• New Dashboard Provides Android Developers with Better Stats

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