Archive for January, 2007

The New York Times is doing it. The Financial Times is doing it. A great number of other reputable newspapers are doing it. What am I speaking of? Blogging. David Pogue of NYT fame (Circuits writer) regularly submits items to Pogue’s Posts, a collection of informal writeups about stuff not quite column-worthy or stuff that [...]

Multinational media holding Naspers Limited has acquired 30% stake in Port.ru for $ 165 million. Port.ru owns one of the largest Internet portals – Mail.ru. Mail.ru is definitely the best-known and one of the most visited Russian portals: it receives 3 million unique visitors daily and about two billion monthly page views. Mail.ru is also ranked [...]

OdiogoTM has launched a new web 2.0 application that allows users to create audio media from text content. With this new application bloggers can create and podcast textual blog entries to be viewed on MP3 players, PDA's, cell phones and laptops. The blog entries are converted into high fidelity voice files that can be loaded [...]

ShoutPost has just launched a free, innovative site for creating blogs. Following the new trend for advertising free blog sites, the creators of tBlog.com have built a site where users can be heard without the "noise" of advertising.  According to their press release, ShoutPost is the first free blog syndication host with no advertising. Unlike sites such as MySpace.com, [...]

Previously spoken about on Profy, PartyStrandswas introduced to the world – and its clubs and bars – as a way to involve those present in a communal conversation through SMS messages, which would be emblazoned upon big screens placed throughout a room or hall. PartyStrands bore other features in addition to their hallmark technology, but [...]

A new social network has launched today. Do you think you don't need another one? I still think it won't hurt reading on – this may be something that you will really like if you don't think that MySpace is the right place for you. UbiPlanet is a France-based startup that clearly states its purpose: [...]

We’re all aware of how unthinkably popular MySpace is. If it could spank its competition, it would – and it would do so in strides. Or would it? Just because MySpace has allegedly topped 60 million registered users (Clearly some of those must be dupes.) doesn’t mean they’ve gone and done a Microsoft and eaten over [...]

The BBC announced yesterday that their affiliate CBBC is developing an online virtual world for children. CBBC is a channel for 7-12 year old children, and the new plans will allow digitally capable children to access virtual character avatars. The children will be able to create the characters and build an online presence with an array [...]

You have probably already read about a new website launched today – Parentography. It has launched as promised (and has properly informed subscribers via email of their launch). Parentography is a new parenting social network for users to share information on children-friendly excursions. The website provides information on various activities and places: restaurants, lodgings, kid [...]