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- Spokeo now a place to track friends
- Spokeo, which I profiled at the start of the year, has re-launched its social network aggregator -- taking the unusual but refreshing step of narrowing its focus and actually ditching most of its social features. The end result is a slick application that's much simpler to grasp, and does one...
- Tags: Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- Marc Canter to Ning: help social networks open-up
- TechCrunch reports that Ning, the web service that lets anybody start their own social network see my previous coverage, has a received a series C round of investment ($44 million) which values the company at $214 million. The additional funds will be used to build out Ning's infastructure, and help...
- Tags: Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- Pageflakes adds social networking
- Business2 is reporting on the latest upgrade to Pageflakes to go live later today, which will see the personalized start-page service take its first steps towards evolving into a social network based on shared interests.For the first time, members will be able to establish a public profile and there will...
- Tags: Widgets, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- iTunes sets up shop in Bebo; CNN/YouTube sponsor presidential debate; Google Video search; social network privacy tested
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… iTunes sets up shop in Bebo. Apple has signed a deal with social network, Bebo, which sees the company selling digital music to the site's 8.8m users in the...
- Tags: Apple, Bebo, Facebook, Google, MySpace, Search, Social Networks, The Social Web weekly
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- Dopplr: share your travel plans with trusted friends
- Travel-based social networks are in abundance, yet Dopplr recently caught my eye because of its simplicity and narrowly focused remit. Described as a "online service for frequent travellers", the site -- which is currently an invite-only beta -- attempts to solve two basic problems: sharing your travel plans with "a...
- Tags: Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Vator.tv: YouTube for the elevator pitch
- Bambi Francisco, a former tech reporter with MarketWatch, has taken the wraps off her new startup, Vator.tv. The name is a play on the words 'elevator' and 'innovator', as the site aims to be a social network / marketplace for startup ideas. Central to Vator.tv is the ability for startups...
- Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- FlashFlashRevolution: putting the rhythm into social networking
- Flash Flash Revolution FFR is a multi-player music game built in Flash, which follows the long tradition of rhythm-based games. You begin by picking a song, and each song has a corresponding pattern of arrows that goes along to the beat of the music. The goal is to hit the...
- Tags: MySpace, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- What can social networks do for traditional radio?
- In a recent post over at GigaOm, Raghav Gupta asked "Can Social tools save plain ole’ Radio?", pointing out that: "music social networking represents a large opportunity for terrestrial radio stations to gain relevance and currency online."Gupta suggests two ways in which social networking could enhance traditional radio:Enable people to...
- Tags: Music, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- MySpace blocks Photobucket videos; the end of the wild west of social networks?
- MySpace, the 100 pound guerrilla of social networking, is at it again -- this time blocking Photobucket videos from being embedded on the site. No word yet from News Corp. as to the reason why; though Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch is speculating that it may be because Photobucket is...
- Tags: Social Networks, MySpace
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Microsoft brings Windows Live Messenger to XBox 360
- Microsoft has released a major update to the XBox 360 which brings Windows Live Messenger functionality to its games console, connecting the device to the millions of users for whom Messenger is already their IM client of choice. Right now 360 users can input text using a virtual on-screen keyboard...
- Tags: Social Networks, Microsoft, Instant Messenger
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- Firefox exploring social networking features
- Mozilla Labs makers of Firefox are busy working on a new project called The Coop, which will "let users keep track of what their friends are doing online, and share new and interesting content with one or more of those friends." Essentially adding social networking technology to its Mozilla-based browsers.Sounds...
- Tags: Social Networks, Broswers
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- Rocketboom to launch Digg clone
- News comes from SXSW that the popular video podcast, Rocketboom, will later today launch its own Digg-like social news site. Built using the open-source content management system, Pligg, the new site will allow viewers to create a profile, submit and vote on stories for possible inclusion in the show, as...
- Tags: Rocketboom, social networking
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- TravBuddy, a social network for travelers
- TravBuddy is a social network for travelers developed by brothers, Eric and David Bjorndahl. With social networks springing up for every conceivable niche, travel focussed sites remain a popular and credible use of the format. TravBuddy like most of its competitors lets users keep a travel blog, write reviews of...
- Tags: Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- USA Today adds social networking features
- The online version of USA Today has undergone a major redesign, adding a bunch of social features to allow readers to create a profile, write a blog, comment and vote on articles, upload images (citizen journalism-style), and send each other messages. The general response throughout the tech-blogosphere has been positive,...
- Tags: Blogging, RSS, networking, USA Today, social feature, blog, social networking
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- Ning v2: another do-it-yourself MySpace?
- Need more proof that social networking sites are becoming a commodity? Look no further than Ning version 2, dubbed: "Your Own Social Network". Its the companys latest iteration of its service which is designed to allow anybody to create and run their own social web site -- with little or...
- Tags: Social Networks, MySpace, Video Sharing
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- Explode, a meta-social network
- Explode, a new service from Curverider the British startup behind Elgg, is described as "a simple way to connect to all your friends regardless of what [social] network they belong to". Its essentially a meta-social network, the result of which is a widget that displays a list of all of...
- Tags: Social Networks, Widgets
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- LinkSViewer.com: follow the money around Silicon Valley
- The New York Times recently argued that, when it comes to creating innovative technology, geography matters -- and that Silicon Valley is still the place to be for anybody with start-up ambitions.Give birth to an information-technology idea in Silicon Valley and the chances of success seem vastly higher than when...
- Tags: Facebook, Friendster, LinkedIn, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- DOPA returns from the dead (act two)
- More DOPA-esque legislation is being proposed, this time by Illinois state senator, Matt Murphy. As with the failed Delete Online Predators Act, the Social Networking Web Site Prohibition Act would ban access to social networking sites in public schools and libraries. At this stage, its not clear how the proposed...
- Tags: e-learning, Politics 2.0, Social Networks
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
- Barack Obama launches social network
- Barack Obama, the Democrat presidential hopeful, has launched his own social network which hes calling MyBarackObama.com. The site invites supporters to create a profile, blog their campaign experiences, plan and attend events, find other supporters, and help raise funds for the campaign. Obama already has an official presence of Facebook...
- Tags: Video Sharing, YouTube, Social Networks, MySpace, Facebook, social networking, Barack Obama
- Blog posts 2007-02-10
- The Social Web weekly: MySpace mobile in Europe; Joost on Mac; White label SNS faceoff; OpenID; and more
- The Social Web weekly is a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week, in the social software and media space.MySpace goes mobile in Europe. Following similar deals with Helio and Cingular in the US, Vodaphones European customers will soon be able...
- Tags: Video Sharing, Social Networks, MySpace, Microsoft, The Social Web weekly, OpenID
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
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