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Social software and social networking 2.0.
Social software and social networking 2.0.
- Pownce - Kevin Rose Dives Into Instant Messaging - 2007-06-27 15:41:04-04
Remember when we told you about the rumors about Kevin Rose's new startup, which was all hush-hush except for the fact that it somehow has to do with the concept of instant messaging? Well, now it's live, and it's called Pownce. The quick official explanation of the service says the following: "Pownce is a way to [...]
- Wonga Raises $6M For Small Loan Service - 2007-06-27 16:31:54-04
Wonga, the UK-based small lending site, has announced its first round of investment for $6 million, led by Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe). Also participating in this round is Betfair and Setanta, and the Accelerator Group, which specializes in early stage technology funding. The site is currently in closed beta. The investment funding [...]
- Thoof Launches Social Bookmarking Site - 2007-06-27 17:04:32-04
Thoof is a new bookmarking tool of sorts, creating a community to read and submit news stories, as well as continually develop the content that appears on the site. The site has just launched its public beta after 12 days of private testing. As with most bookmarking tools such as Digg and Newsvine, you can [...]
- Vimeo Relaunches - Major Design Overhaul - 2007-06-27 17:08:17-04
Vimeo, the video sharing site with an emphasis on user-generated content, launched Version 5 last night.The changes include a complete overhaul of the oft-forgotten video site, which claims to differentiate itself by avoiding professional clips from TV, music videos and movies - instead, Vimeo is more focused on homemade clips. Site founder Jakob Lodwick had [...]
- eMusic Launches 10 Internet Radio Mashups - 2007-06-27 17:29:22-04
eMusic has just launched ten mashups that marry its music library and download service with several online radio services. Topping the list for the new eMusic mashups is Pandora, followed by Indie Pop Rocks, KEXP, Groove Salad, KCRW Music & Live, WOXY, Secret Agent, cliqhop idm and Bootliquor. The great part about these mashups is [...]
- YouTube Still On Top, and Google's Keeping It There - 2007-06-27 18:39:35-04
According to Hitwise, YouTube is still the king of video sharing. Its traffic data shows that the market share of visits to YouTube has increased 70% between January and May, for the US. To put this in context, the market share of visits to some 64 other video sites has only increased by 8% between [...]
- Swaptree to Finally Launch Next Week - 2007-06-27 19:52:56-04
Swaptree, the online media barter system founded in 2004, is finally getting ready to emerge from private beta. The site will launch on July 4, next week. The long awaited barter site has set itself apart from the other barter communities with its complex and effective algorithms that matches your items with others to determine [...]
- Meebo Launches Partner Edition Rooms - 2007-06-27 20:09:39-04
Meebo announced its new Partner Version of meebo rooms, which is designed to meet the needs of high-traffic and feature-rich sites and is an improved release since its initial version launched last month. Read here for more details on meebo rooms. Some of the new partners include VH1's WorldOfPop, which will launch its branded meebo [...]
- More European Sports Leagues Join Class Action Lawsuit Against YouTube - 2007-06-27 20:27:39-04
The Europeans are really starting to hate YouTube. The Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) announced that it "strongly" supports the copyright class action lawsuit against YouTube and Google. Sheez, Google just can't seem to stay out of lawsuit trouble when it comes to copyright issues in Europe. The EPFL is representing 19 [...]
- NowLive Launches Talk Radio Broadcast Service - 2007-06-27 20:57:54-04
NowLive is a recently launched broadcast service for people to have a live radio talk show from just about anywhere. On the plus side, you won't have to download anything in order to get set up with NowLive. You can use your mobile phone, Skype or GoogleTalk to host your own talk show, and broadcast [...]
- YouTVPC and Peekvid Being Sued for Providing Access to Illicit Video Content - 2007-06-27 21:31:43-04
The Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) is looking to shut down YouTVPC and Peekvid, as it's filed a lawsuit against the two video sites for streaming copyrighted television shows and movies for free. Filed in a California federal court, the MPAA's suit states that businesses shouldn't be able to prosper from illicit material, even if [...]
- MyDogSpace Launches Pet Community - 2007-06-27 22:06:43-04
MyDogSpace is exactly what the name implies: a MySpace for your dog. Created by the folks behind DateMyPet, the online community offers the basic networking tools for your dog to meet other dogs. Upload pictures of your dogs, create blog entries, make doggie friends, leave comments (or "barks") on other profiles, and participate in forums. [...]
- Google's Venture Initiative Enables Ecosystem Around Gadgets - 2007-06-27 22:46:47-04
Google announced its new pilot initiative entitled Google Gadget Ventures, which is an ecosystem of sorts formed around gadgets. The Google Gadget Ventures will offer third-party gadget development and business funding in the form of grants and seed investments. The grants will be $5,000 each, and will go to developers who've created gadgets already in [...]
- Alleskar Acquires German Twitter Clone Dukudu - 2007-06-27 23:59:37-04
Allesklar, the German media company, has acquired the German micro-blogging community, dukudu. The Twitter clone had been posted on eBay last week, with the highest bid going to allesklar for €43,000. Dukudu will be integrated with allesklar's local information site meinestadt (my city), which serves as a prominent portal for search and discovery regarding location-based [...]
- PBWiki Adds Five New, Useful Features - 2007-06-28 00:35:40-04
PBWiki, the wiki editor tool for groups and communities, has released a few new features, as requested by its user base. Among the new features added include a spreadsheet, which is a live collaborative tool for users, voice chat, which enables you to leave a message for others that are viewing your wiki, and a shared [...]
- Baeble Music Partners with Babelgum for Live Concert Footage Distribution - 2007-06-28 00:59:52-04
Baeble Music, the online site for finding professional videos of live concerts, is partnering with online video site Babelgum to syndicate its catalog of live music performances. Babelgum will stream several selections from Baeble's music library, which currently has over 70 videos of live concert footage for up and coming indie band across a handful of [...]
- MySpaceTV: MeTooTube is Here - 2007-06-28 03:34:34-04
As promised, MySpace has just launched its YouTube-inspired video sharing site MySpaceTV. It's a faithful YouTube clone: videos appear at the top left and the tabs, upload button and related videos all mimic the appearance of the more popular video sharing site. There's no doubt that the developers were given a link to [...]
- Feedster Back, More Greenster - 2007-06-28 04:31:55-04
Feedster, the blog search engine that coulda been someone, has undergone a redesign and now focuses on providing hand-selected feed channels on topics like entertainment, technology, sports, food and politics. The search engine remains, too. Channels can be put into a customized widget and posted to your site. One last change: it's [...]
- Pownce: Against All Odds, Pownce Blew Us Away - 2007-06-28 05:45:20-04
Described as a mishmash of existing services (Twitter, chat, file sharing) that has only attracted attention because its founder was behind Digg, things didn't look good for Pownce. We expected the worst: but like the iPhone, Pownce miraculously lives up to the hype. Don't judge it before you test it. I have a [...]
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