adayinthelifeofanintmkter: Check Out the Companies That Make ReadWriteWeb Possible

Our readers know ReadWriteWeb as the blog that's ahead of the technology curve. Our sponsors know us as that, too. Once a week we introduce our sponsors to our readers and let them know a little more about who they are and what they do. You can say thanks to the companies that make ReadWriteWeb happen by tweeting them (see the link below each sponsor) or following them using our Twitter list.

Interested in being a ReadWriteWeb sponsor? Our readers are smart, tech-savvy decision makers; 40% have a graduate degree or PhD, and over 45% play a key role in information technology purchasing decisions. More than 1 million people on Twitter follow us to stay abreast of the latest Web technology trends from around the globe. To find out more about our sponsor packages, visit our advertising page or email our COO.

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Medill School of Journalism

The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University offers programs that combine the enduring skills and values of journalism with new techniques and knowledge that are essential to thrive in a digital world. You might have a passion for creating finely crafted prose, or for telling stories using visual tools. Maybe you are invigorated by the possibilities of interactive publishing, or by videography for the small screen. Maybe you are an experienced professional looking to renew and retool your multimedia skills. You can find your niche in Medill's graduate journalism program.

Thank the Medill School of Journalism on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

Mashery

Mashery is a platform for Web services, allowing companies to manage their APIs using Mashery's expertise. At the "Business of APIs" conference, Mashery CEO Oren Michels explained to the audience that while APIs are a technology, their use is a business decision. He went on to say that Mashery has helped customers such as WhitePages.com, Thumbplay, Compete.com, and Calais. Check out the white paper "Five steps to scaling your business development using Web services" to discover how you can use APIs for your business.

You can find out more about APIs and their business use at www.mashery.com.

Thank Mashery on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

Web Visions

WebVisions explores the future of Web design, technology, user experience and business strategy from May 19 - 21, 2010 at the Oregon Convention Center. Attend workshops with the experts, chill out in the WebVisions lounge, and network with speakers and fellow attendees. This year's all-star lineup of speakers includes Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone, Merlin Mann (43folders.com), Luke Williams (frog design), Renny Gleeson (Weiden+Kennedy), Kate Rutter (Adaptive Path), Scott Porad (LOLCATS) and many more.

Since 2001, WebVisions has built a loyal audience of designers, technologists and industry leaders. We invite you to join us for an event that's seen as "the creative conference for the Web." Register now!

Thank WebVisions on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

BrandBucket

BrandBucket offers brandable domain names hand-picked for startups, new products, and personal endeavors. A team of branding experts select names that are unique, memorable, and that can grow into a strong worldwide brand presence. Each name is packaged for easy sale, and backed by helpful customer service agents to ensure a smooth transaction. BrandBucket offers branding agency expertise without branding agency prices, in a do-it-yourself easy and secure shopping experience.

We are proud of our long line of successful clients like envato.com, setster.com and visualIQ.com, and we are available to walk you through our large selection of domains to help find your next brand name. Also make sure you check out BrandBucket's blog on business names strategy and branding advice.

Thank BrandBucket on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

Search Engine Strategies Toronto

sestoronto_125x125_3frames.disc.gif From social media to local search to video SEO, Search Engine Strategies Toronto (June 9-11) puts you in front of the experts who will help you sort which technologies and channel will take you to the next level and which are just hype.

Discover how search can put you in control with more measurable results, targeted reach, and constant visibility than traditional marketing. Start making decisions based on the facts and learn how to increase conversions with consistent returns. Register today! Enter RWW15 to receive a 15% discount.

Thank Search Engine Strategies Toronto on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

Rackspace

Rackspace is one of the world's largest hosting providers, but it's also competing in the cloud computing arena. Rackspace Cloud Hosting offers a suite of services which combines a scalable web and application hosting platform (Cloud Sites) with a cloud storage solution (Cloud Files) and on demand server instances (Cloud Servers). The addition of SliceHost a popular cloud computing and hosting provider and JungleDisk, a favorite online backup service that supports Cloud files, makes the Rackspace Cloud a powerful cloud hosting solution.

Explore Rackspace's hosting and cloud computing solutions.

Thank Rackspace on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

Sourcebits

Sourcebits designs made to order applications and games for iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Mac OS X, and the Web. Established in 2006 with offices in the U.S. and India, we have incredible capacity, employing over 200 expert designers and engineers working round the clock on in-house and client projects. We are passionate technophiles with a relentless drive to stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and design trends.

Sourcebits is an industry leader in advanced software, Web portal and graphic design. We leverage proficiencies in the iPhone and Android SDKs, BlackBerry JDE, WebOS, Facebook APIs, OpenGL, state of the art CMS and MVC, Adobe AIR, Flex and Flash, HTML5, and advanced CSS to produce innovative, inspiring designs for almost any publishing platform. We take pride in being one of the most creative and forward-looking software development companies in the world.

Thank Sourcebits on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

Clickatell

Clickatell has over 22,000 customers utilizing our service from small mom & pop outfits to large Fortune 500 companies including Avaya, Oracle, Shell, Barclays, BP, CNN, BBC and more. Here's why you should trust us to mobilize your business: Our SMS gateway offers you wider coverage than any other SMS provider delivering messages to 600 network operators in 200 countries. Our gateway is not limited to SMS text messaging. You can also send a number of other message types including Ringtones, VCards, Binary, EMS, Unicode, Flash SMS, WAP Push, and more.

Clickatell offers you direct connectivity to its core SMS gateway platform via a number of APIs
(application programming interfaces) including; HTTP (internet post), SMPP, FTP, XML, SMTP
(email to SMS), SOAP and COM Object. Each API has full documentation with sample code where applicable. Learn more about Clickatell here.

Thank Clickatell on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

Conduit

Conduit enables Web publishers to distribute their offerings both directly and through its global network of 220,000 publishers and their 100 million users. The Conduit platform is a powerful marketing tool that allows you to offer the best of your site through a custom App or Community Toolbar, send desktop alerts to your users, and much more.

The Conduit platform opens a new world of content sharing. Your site visitors can add your content right to their browser by clicking on a branded 2go button that you place on your site. You can also share your content in the Conduit Marketplace, where all the publishers and users in the Conduit network can grab it.

The platform has been adopted by major brands such as Fox News, iWin, Major League Baseball, TechCrunch, and Travelocity, as well as thousands of small and medium organizations in 120 countries.

If you would like to Conduit your website, go to www.conduit.com.

Thank Conduit on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

MyDomain.com

MyDomain is a leading ICANN-accredited provider of domain name registration and online business solutions. For over 10 years, MyDomain has offered low-cost domain names and free domain services including complete DNS management. Today, sub-$10 domains without the constant upsells you'll find at some competitors are the norm at MyDomain. MyDomain's complete range of solutions include Web hosting and VPS hosting, email, SSL Certificates and more.

Toopia

Nicolas Koenig is the developer who made our beautiful iPhone app a reality. He runs an iPhone development shop from the Netherlands called Toopia. Toopia also created the Thermometer iPhone app, which enables your iPhone or iPod touch to get the current temperature based on your location. The RWW app lets you read us on the go, follow us on Twitter, share stories on Facebook and Twitter, and browse at your leasure using Read it Later and Instapaper. Download the ReadWriteWeb iPhone application here.

Thank Toopia on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible.

The companies above pay our rents or mortgages and we appreciate it. We hope you'll stop by their sites and see what they've got to offer.

Have you got a smart company that could use some more visits by the sophisticated readers of a blog like ReadWriteWeb's? Drop us a line and let's talk.

Thanks to all our sponsors and our readers for your support!

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