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ReadBurner is a unique service that shows and analyses what stories people are sharing. The stories currently seem to really be focused on Technology, but the service seems be growing and now integrates nicely with Google Reader, Netvibes and Newsgator. Thus, im guessing the service will increase to include more services, but then also move into different categories.

Readburner is getting used more and more because news consumption is still increading and RSS readers and start pages have made it easier to consume even more information. Readburner aggregated the most frequently shared content from these services to provide an overall feel of what everyone is talking about.

Readburner is a unique way to view the most popular stories from around the net and im looking forward to seeing how it improves.

It has been reported this morning that Farecast has been acquired by Microsoft for $115 million. Farecast is a travel prediction engine which attempts to help you find the most ideal time to purchase tickets.

This is a good return for investors into Farecast, because they received approx 5 times their investment.

Microsoft has already openly stated that they will integrate the Farecast technology into MSN Travel. Farecast had a very good technology and im sure there must have been more companies interested in Farecast, because I cant see that Microsoft would pay $115 million just to put the technology into their travel section. Must have been a strategic move to keep the technology out of reach of their competitors.

If you are looking for a complete list of all Technology and Web 2.0 Conferences for 2008, make sure you head over to our list and check them out. If any conference is missing that is worth its wait in gold, please let us know.

In this day and age there are so many technology weblogs out there, how do you know which ones are worth reading and which arent and dont some of these tech blog combined to strengthen their push power.

I have long been toying with ideas of how to expand Crenk and which areas will actually help readers in the overcrowded space that is tech news. There are a few ideas I will be exploring over the next few months but for the time being I am looking for some writers interested in either Guest Blogging or Lead Writing on Crenk. If you might be interested please let me know via our contact form.

Anyways back to which tech sites are worth reading. There are really 10 or so big tech news sites that are really driving traffic numbers at present, but how does a smaller blog break into the market? Techcrunch, Mashable and ReadWriteWeb are all growing fast and they are based around very professional writers and good journalists. Here at Crenk we would like to compete on traffic numbers with the above 3.

If you have a smaller technology blog and would like to help build the next large Technology Blog site, then please let me know and submit your articles or becoming a fulltime writer. With every article you submit, if the material is used you will receive credit for the article and links to your site.