Polls

Word Processing: Most of You Still Use Desktop Software

This week we ran a poll asking which word processing tool you primarily use. We wanted to see if things had changed much since we ran the same poll one year ago. So are ReadWriteWeb readers, many of w ....... read more
Fri,
05 Sep 2008
Poll: Which Word Processing Tool Do You Mostly Use?

We ran a poll a year ago asking which word processing tool you used the most. What we were really driving at was: how many of you are using an online word processing service (Google Docs, Zoho, ThinkF ....... read more
Mon,
01 Sep 2008
Poll: Streaming Music Services

This week's RWW Live podcast show (Monday 3.30pm PST) is on the topic of online music. We have 2-3 very special guests (so far we have representatives from Yahoo and Imeem, please email me if you're i ....... read more
Sun,
24 Aug 2008
What Three Web Apps Excite You Most?

One of our favorite Australians, Lachlan Hardy, twittered an interesting question today: What are the three things online that are exciting you most? Lachlan was asked this question as part of a newsp ....... read more
Tue,
19 Aug 2008
Poll: Best Internet Bigcos of 2008

We've reached the halfway point of 2008, so time for a half-year assessment of the Internet bigcos. Below is a poll, asking for your picks for best bigcos so far in '08. We did a similar poll last Jul ....... read more
Mon,
07 Jul 2008
Poll: Which Instant Messaging Client(s) Do You Use?

Our poll this week focuses on IM clients. This weekend Corvida wrote that interoperability between popular IM clients is happening, albeit slowly. One thing that Corvida mentioned got me wondering: "D ....... read more
Mon,
16 Jun 2008
Poll Result: 52% Like or Love iPhone 2.0

Earlier this week we ran a poll about the latest version of the iPhone announced at Apple's WWDC event in San Francisco. The results were a little surprising, in that only half (52%) of respondents th ....... read more
Sat,
14 Jun 2008
Poll: Will You Still Use Plaxo?

Since we reported yesterday that cable and Internet provider Comcast had acquired social address book Plaxo for an estimated $150 million, we've been fielding a lot of comments and emails -- most of t ....... read more
Thu,
15 May 2008
Poll: Are You Using FriendFeed?

Last week was arguably a tipping point for FriendFeed, the lifestreaming app that aggregates all of your social feeds together. FriendFeed first came to our attention in early February, when Sean Ammi ....... read more
Mon,
17 Mar 2008
Poll: iPhone Exchange Support; Did Microsoft Make a Mistake?

In yesterday's post Why Apple Will Dominate Next Gen Computing, Alex Iskold wrote that Apple's announcement of iPhone support for Microsoft Exchange "makes perfect sense" - as a competitive move again ....... read more
Mon,
10 Mar 2008
Poll: Will Your Mom & Dad Ever Use Twitter?

We've been very bullish on Twitter here at ReadWriteWeb. We named it our Best Web LittleCo of 2007, because it "has captured the imagination and become a new hybrid of chat, social networking and blog ....... read more
Mon,
03 Mar 2008
Poll: Are You Using the Mobile Web?

The NY Times has another of those 'Mobile Web isn't living up to the hype' articles that have become so familiar since, oh, the late 90's when WAP came onto the scene. The Times quotes statistics from ....... read more
Sun,
25 Nov 2007
Poll: Will You Have More Business Contacts in Facebook than LinkedIn, in 6 Months?

Most of the comments and trackbacks from my post on LinkedIn confirmed that LinkedIn has momentum as a business social network. However some Facebook fans believe that LinkedIn is only enjoying a temp ....... read more
Sun,
18 Nov 2007
Will Facebook Join OpenSocial? R/WW Readers Split 50/50!

This week's poll asks: will Facebook join Google's OpenSocial? The results so far:
Yes 45% No 46% Open What? 9% From the comments on our original post, the 'Yes' camp thinks the benefits include Fa ....... read more
Fri,
09 Nov 2007
Poll: Will Facebook Join OpenSocial?

Last week was all about OpenSocial, Google's project that will tie together Google, MySpace and many other social networks in a common developer environment. The goal: one common set of code to create ....... read more
Mon,
05 Nov 2007
Poll: What is Radiohead's Album Worth?

Being a big Radiohead fan, I was quick to go and buy their new album 'In Rainbows' via their website. As has been reported, there is no set price for the album - you input your own price, or get it fo ....... read more
Thu,
11 Oct 2007