Posts Tagged with ‘social’

Intodit Wants to be Ning, Can’t Do It

Leslie Poston

Intodit came across my radar this week as a new platform for easy group creation. I am already a devoted fan of Ning as a platform for creating and managing groups, so I was interested to see someone else's interpretation of the concept. After checking out the Intodit platform I can say that they missed [...]

The Twitter Team Responds to Criticism

Triston McIntyre

Most of the social geeks out there are more than aware of the recent Twitter issues that have been happening off and on for a week or so now. Slowdown, errors, and even complete downtime have plagued the popular update and communicating medium, and like all good tech nerds, many were frustrated by the downtime [...]

SoSauce Cooks Up the Ultimate Travel Journal

Triston McIntyre

And to call it a journal is truly unfair, but for lack of a better term, I'll settle for really fantastic super travel journal.  Now that your interest is no doubt aroused to some degree or another, here's exactly what SoSauce is: SoSauce is a new platform on which you can record everything that goes down [...]

Contemplating The Potential Of The Social Gaming Space

Paul Glazowski

Over the weekend, Om Malik (of GigaOM fame) laid bare some information that most any avid gamer might enjoy. He spoke of a brief encounter with Shawn Fanning (of Napster fame) at a holiday party, at which point he learned of the imminent public release of Rupture, a startup more than a year [...]

Dig Up Deals With Snoopr

Leslie Poston

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 [...]

Microsoft To Challenge Flickr, Among Other Web Media Outfits, With New Service

Paul Glazowski

Hey everybody, Microsoft’s putting together a Flickr competitor!
Yes, it’s true. Haven’t you heard? Shocking it is that the world has so far failed to take notice of this revelation. Much notice, anyway. As reported in CNET’s Webware publication – and not many news outlets elsewhere – Redmond has let known its intentions (via [...]

Yahoo! Mash Unmasked

Allan Herman

I was very intrigued by an article by Paul Glazowski on how Yahoo had unveiled Mash. In his initial remarks Paul stated,” Yahoo! wants to change..” “…it's launched Mash, a site that promises, not unlike all other creations…” As Paul continues, “…right now you’re probably wondering what, if anything, makes Mash special…” Ever being the [...]

Fluther.com - Live Q & A

killerStartups.com

Q&A site Fluther taps the collective mind power of ordinary citizens like you. To sign up and benefit from the site’s brain trust you’ll have to fill out a short registration form. Once you’ve registered you’ll be able to submit and answer questions. The very cool thing about Fluther is the real-time interaction; you can discuss [...]

JamJunky.com - Write Songs Right

killerStartups.com

JamJunky is the site that allows songwriters to get feedback on what others think of their creations. As an artist, you can upload your song, along with any details including tempo, key, lyrics, the song’s inspiration, and liner notes. Then you can send the page to friends to check out and comment on. If you’re feeling [...]

RadiusIM.com - The Social IM

killerStartups.com

RadiusIM isn’t just another site where you can combine all of your IM accounts at one time. What makes it special is its inclusion of maps, letting you know who is close by of the people you’re chatting with, including other users of radiusIM. In this way, you can make new friends based on your location, [...]