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Social software and social networking 2.0.
Social software and social networking 2.0.
- Renkoo and Skinnyr Facebook Apps - 2007-07-03 03:21:33-04
Renkoo, the casual event planning site, has created a Facebook application that takes one of the more fun aspects of getting together with friends and makes it a great way to connect with your network in Facebook. The Booze Mail app lets you send drink gifts to any of your friends. There's a [...]
- Feedburner Now Offering PRO Features for Free - 2007-07-03 05:31:26-04
Ed note:this was embargoed until 10am CST, but unfortunately others have already jumped the gun. Note that the free pro accounts won't be available until then. – Feedburner will make a couple of announcements today as a direct result of its acquisition by Google. What's this really mean? It means Feedburner can now afford [...]
- Miniblogging:8 Pownce Rivals Compared - 2007-07-03 06:40:28-04
Pownce isn't the only site offering to share snippets of text with friends. Miniblogging sites let you write extremely short entries via the web and cellphones, and some let you share media too. We tested 9 of them: Jaiku, Twitter, Tumblr, Moodmill, Pownce, Hictu, Facebook's status updates and the spin-offs from Bebo and [...]
- Google Acquisitions by Year, 2001-2007 - 2007-07-03 09:21:58-04
Google has just acquired yet another company, telephony service GrandCentral, leading me to the conclusion that they're on an acquisition spree. The hastily-made graph above is an attempt to represent that - although it's extremely hard to get good data on Google acquisitions, it's still a startling reminder that Google has bought more companies [...]
- CoReap Launches Integrated Bookmarking Tool - 2007-07-03 16:47:42-04
CoReap is a social bookmarking service that lets you manage your bookmarks and your network directly from your browser sidebar. This downloadable application lets you search for websites, add them to your bookmarks, filter by tag words, and invite and manage your friends from within the browser. Searching with Google or Yahoo will now give [...]
- Meebo Announces iPhone Compatibility - 2007-07-03 17:58:43-04
The guys over at Meebo were anxious to see how the chat tool worked on the iPhone and were sad to see some rather large roadblocks in the way of launching the Meebo service on the mobile device. So for those of you that have noticed a few bugs with the Meebo service on [...]
- Bill Gates Falls to #2 Spot on List of World's Richest - 2007-07-03 18:42:56-04
Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. It really is the end of an era. Carlos Slim, owner of a Mexican wireless telecommunications company American Movil, has been cited as the man that's taken Bill Gates top spot. American Movil has seen a 27% surge in stock price during [...]
- Flock Overhaul for 0.9 Beta Release Offers Great Improvements - 2007-07-03 19:29:26-04
Flock, the social web browser that has somehow failed to live up to its initial hype, has released a preview of its latest release. The version 0.9 has updated several aspects of the 0.7 version, and added a few new features as it makes its way to becoming the site everybody hoped for. You will [...]
- The 7 Most Disruptive VoIP Services - 2007-07-03 20:00:29-04
While the world is buzzing about Google's acquisition of GrandCentral, there are a variety of other startups creating web-based services for managing different aspects of your telephone experience, and in some cases dramatically lowering the cost of staying in touch. Several are also taking advantage of social networks, creating widgets that connect MySpace profiles, [...]
- Netvibes Loses co-CEO Pierre Chappaz - 2007-07-03 20:12:26-04
Netvibes, the personal start page provider, has lost one of its CEOs. Pierre Chappaz is leaving Netvibes to focus his attention on Wikio, the personalized blog and news search service. Based on Chappaz' parting remarks, the split didn't go so well, and was a result of the ongoing difference in opinion between Chappaz and Netvibes' [...]
- eBay Launches Kijiji, Craigslist Rival - 2007-07-03 20:47:56-04
eBay's International classifieds site Kijiji has just been launched in the United States. Founded and launched in 2005, Kijiji was not available in the US until now. The classifieds site was spread across several countries in Europe and Asia, and was also released in Canada, gaining its user base. Kijiji is free, though the [...]
- Ikordo Schedules Meetings With Attendees for You - 2007-07-03 21:15:43-04
Ikordo is a meeting planning service that does all the heavy lifting for you. Enter in the contact information of people you'd like to invite to your meeting, indicate which attendees are required to come, set the schedule parameters, and let ikordo go to work. The service will contact your attendee list via email to [...]
- Change.org Application Now Live on Facebook - 2007-07-03 21:31:39-04
Change.org, the network for those looking to be active in the community for making effective changes, has launched its Facebook application. The application operates in a very similar manner to the change.org website. View group projects that have been started by other members, read news that's been updated by participating group members, join the group [...]
- Technorati Loses Two Team Members - 2007-07-03 22:31:35-04
Technorati, the blog and media search tool, is losing two team members: Vice President of Engineering Adam Hertz and Chief Technologist Tantek Celik. While both are leaving their current roles at Technorati, both will remain rather involved with the company overall. Hertz will be a member of the newly created Technorati Fellows program, offering strategic [...]
- Sexbed Stealer in Second Life Lawsuit - 2007-07-04 03:32:52-04
We haven't heard much in the way of Second Life drama lately, but this next copyright infringement case may remind us all of the juicy real life implications of playing in a virtual world. Kevin Alderman is a successful entrepreneur that manages to rake in a good amount of money from his business dealings in [...]
- Second Life Resident Subpoeaning for True Identity of Virtual Thief - 2007-07-04 03:32:52-04
We haven't heard much in the way of Second Life drama lately, but this next copyright infringement case may remind us all of the juicy real life implications of playing in a virtual world. Kevin Alderman is a successful entrepreneur that manages to rake in a good amount of money from his business dealings in [...]
- Clickable Gets Funding for Centralized Ad Management Tools - 2007-07-04 04:17:00-04
Clickable is an online solution for advertisers and marketing agencies, to offer a centralized service for ad analytics and campaign modification. With Clickable, advertisers can manage their ad campaigns across the major ad networks, including Google AdWords, Yahoo Search Marketing, and Microsoft adCenter, among others. Clickable will give you metrics regarding your search marketing performance across [...]
- 10 Richest People in Tech - 2007-07-04 08:13:20-04
Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first (and not by a small margin; Carlos Slim Helú beats him by over $8 billion). Is this a sign that IT [...]
- Current.tv in Bebo Deal - 2007-07-04 08:33:41-04
It seems that Current.tv, Al Gore's cable TV network that sources user-generated videos from the web, is still alive and kicking. Today they're announcing a deal with Bebo that will promote Current on the social network: users will be asked to upload a video to Bebo for the chance to visit Current's London studios. [...]
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