Posts Tagged with ‘social-network’

Everyone is all excited this week about “Data Availability.” Well, everyone except for some of the Data Portability folks, that is. MySpace and Twitter are hooking up, while Facebook and Digg are hooking up, and people are throwing confetti in the streets.
Or at least it seems that way.
I know that I'm not the only person who doesn't really WANT these little mash-ups, and the more I've thought about it, the more I've realized I don't want a social graph. And [...]

I downloaded Net4Mac this weekend to see what it was all about. As a long time Mac user (there is still a working Apple IIe kicking around my parents' house) and social web writer, I was excited to see a network of fellow Apple heads. With high hopes that the other users on the network would not be the kind of Apple user everyone hates (the cult-like unquestioning “followers” that turn so many off of switching from Windows to Mac), [...]

If you thought FaceBook's Beacon and web sites like Plaxo's life streams and content aggregators were intrusive, wait until you see the next phase of Web 2.0 social networking: Genebase. The premise behind GeneBase is DNA based social interaction. I can only hope that this a social network that is doomed to fail.
Why would I want it to fail? Aside from the obvious reason that it is incredibly invasive, even for someone volunteering that information, it isn't free. [...]

Gamers have been waiting for more than two years for Spore, the release from Sims creator Will Wright that has been rumored to be vaporware. With a final release date given as September 7, 2008, the wait finally has an end date. But what does Spore have to do with Web 2.0?
Spore will be the first game released that not only has social networking capabilities, but also takes advantage of existing Web 2.0 technologies from outside the EA umbrella. [...]

How would you like a project planner that helps you plan for the bumps in the road? LiquidPlanner, releasing today at DEMO '08 , claims to be just that. They are calling themselves an “on-demand project management solution”.
They have taken traditional project management software and added what they claim is a patent pending probability algorithm they are calling a “probabilistic scheduling engine”, along with social aspects similar to a social network centered around each project. Their patent pending [...]

UnLtd World is a new beta that I was invited to test today. This charity based social network has a vision to be a platform for social entrepreneurs and a base for socially minded people to interact. My first impression of the site (outside the slick design) was skeptical I must say. My vision of the next social network, if we ever need another, has been something possessing unprecedented flexibility and function. While UnLtd does not possess Web [...]

Have you been looking for a place to put all of your Web 2.0 information? A solution to the pressing need to keep track of all of your social networks, RSS feeds, photo streams, calendar items and more? Look no further, OnaSwarm is here.
I've seen a few other Web 2.0 solutions that have claimed to offer the same “all in one place” Web 2.0 service, but OnaSwarm is hands down the most comprehensive. It offers a way to keep track [...]

In late November, we shared with you some information about Classmates.com concerning the company’s then-stated intentions to be the first social Web construct to file an IPO.
Well, you can forget everything we said back then, ‘cause…uh…they changed their minds. Yes, apparently they’re not going through with it. We know, we know, quite a surprise. It would’ve been a pretty momentous spectacle, eh? Ah well, the buzz was fun while it lasted.
Wait, you’re thinking. What buzz? And “momentous spectacle?” Come [...]

This shopping holiday season is a time when new shopping sites start popping up everywhere. How do you tell the good from the bad? We already reviewed a product review / shopping site that fell short of the mark, so we were happy to see Snoopr pop up on our radar.
According to the creators of Snoopr, this is the second generation of their site. They added several new features in a bid to become a [...]