ReadWriteWeb:
Distributed social networking - where users can connect their profile, friends and other data across multiple sites - is still a relatively new concept and not fully developed. There are plenty of companies and projects vying to be a major piece of the distributed social networking puzzle. The big Internet companies have in (Read More)
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Health information social networking site DailyStrength has been acquired by HSW International, the digital content company which is a spinoff from HowStuffWorks.com (which later got acquired by Discovery Communications). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.DailyStrength raised a seed and a first round, both from Redpoint (Read More)
The Guardian:
When news came out that Conde Nast was launching its teen social media site Flip.com, back in 2006, Staci had a very pertinent question: "Can Conde Nast, which has been so good at matching demographics with ideas for print, create an online place appealing enough to catch and keep teen girls attention among so much competit (Read More)
The Guardian:
MySpace is wheeling out a new streaming video service for mobiles, which will allow its members to watch all MySpace-hosted videos on a range of popular multimedia phones including the Nokia N95, Motorola Q9, Palm Centro and Blackberry Bold. Note the iPhone isn't supported yet, because it uses "progressive transmission that (Read More)
The Guardian:
Paul Carr challenges the Evening Standard's sceptical film critic to try Twitter for a week pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CIrWbZ-Az1KqVVATbzQav8rPoBM/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CIrWbZ-Az1KqVVATbzQav8rPoBM/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg width='1' height='1' src='http://www.gu (Read More)
The Guardian:
How would our government react to a terrorist attack in the age of social networking? Mumbai and other atrocities have led to draconian plans, says Michael Cross Related StoriesInternet start-ups going cheap, says MySpace's Chris DeWolfeGame review: Left 4 Dead on Xbox 360 and PCGame review: MotorStorm Pacific Rift for PS3M (Read More)
The Guardian:
2007: November: The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 announce ambitious plans for an online video-on-demand download service offering more than 10,000 hours of programmes at the touch of a button, codenamed Project Kangaroo.2008: April 14: Project Kangaroo is given a boost with the appointment of one of the BBC's most senior executiv (Read More)