Kaneva - Combining a social network and a virtual world, Kaneva brings profiles and entertainment to the 3D realm in a modern-day, online digital world full of real friends and good times. Kaneva provides a whole new way -- a more human way -- to connect with friends online. Kaneva members create the digital version of themselves -- avatars -- and then meet up in a vibrant, 3D world based on the modern day. Every Kaneva member gets a Kaneva City Loft -- their own 3D space -- that they can decorate and furnish in their unique style. You can bring your favorite videos, photos, music, and games, and watch them on your 3D televisions. You can invite friends to hang out in your 3D home or meet up in any of Kaneva’s public spaces and chat in real-time. You can shop for the latest fashions or home decor, chat, dance, play games, watch TV and movies, and come back again and again to explore and have fun in an ever evolving world full of exciting people, places and entertainment.
Jaiku is a messaging service that lets people broadcast short updates about their activities and whereabouts to their friends and families, and even to interested strangers. Users can send their updates from the Web (see screen shots, above) or from a mobile phone. Google bought Jaiku this week, and while it hasn’t announced definite plans for the company, it says that the acquisition will help “drive the next round of developments in Web and mobile technology.”
CycleWorldNetwork serves the common interests of motorcycle enthusiasts and the cycle community through on-line Social Networking, Membership privileges, special services from strategic partners, event sponsorship, and legal advocacy.
Mobile Social Networks While Yahoo runs a public test for mobile banners 150 x 21 pixels of the Yahoo Mobile Web service, mobile social-networking services grows fast, as AIRG - social networking on mobile phones since 2000, a mobile community that is interconnected to more than 85 mobile operators globally, including Sprint Nextel, Cingular, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile, Hookt - social networking service for teens, Dodgeball by Google, Microsoft has develop a mobile social networking service based on Slam, but massive Myspace got mobilized too. More...
Google cosies up to mobile social networking 01.10.2007 - After a week of rumours circulating around Microsoft’s interest in Facebook, Google has just snapped up a small social networking site for mobile phones: Zingku. At a time when technology companies are realising the power of online communities for its advertising potential, Google has acquired its second mobile site in two years, the first one being Dodgeball, a small service developed by students in NYU and based in the New York area only.
Decoupling social networking - October 01, 2007 Not only do I think Facebook’s $10 billion valuation is far from ridiculous, I believe their future value exceeds that of Google. Simply put, Communication is more valuable than Search. According to Netcraft, there were just over 135,000,000 websites on the internet as of September 2007. Does that seem low to you? It did to me. It is a respectable number, but not inconceivable. I mean, the internet is supposed to be unfathomably huge, but the total number of websites has fewer commas in it than Mark Cuban’s net worth. That means that Google, for all of its tremendous value, is deriving that value by enabling people to search for a reasonably small number of websites.
ConnectU is an online meeting place for students and alumni of Colleges and Universities around the world. ConnectU connects people through networks of
Google Buys Stake in Chinese Social Network Tianya Club Shanghai - Google has acquired an undisclosed stake in Chinese social networking community Tianya Club, Reuters reported on Monday, adding that local media reports estimated the stake to be between under 10% and up to 60%. Founded in 1999, Tianya Club is one of China's largest community sites, and holds an official Internet content provider license from the government there.
iYomu - New Zealand social networking site start-up targets global social networking market for grown-ups The new website aims to combine online storage, photo-sharing, email and networking, in a user-friendly format. Local company iYomu aims to take on social networking giants Facebook and MySpace with its new social networking site for grown-ups. The company has its eyes set on the global market. The site is aimed at the 25-55 age-group with people under 18 being restricted.
Fashionising is a social network all about just that: 'fashionising'. OK, so maybe we made up that term but it makes perfect sense: socialising about fashion. And trust us, pretty soon you'll find the word fashionising in the Oxford Dictionary. Fashionising is made up of the fashion lovers, socialites, men-about-town, models, designers, photographers, bloggers, and stylists who make the fashion world what it is.
Plazes - Join a Plazes Group to stay connected with your favorite people and Plazes - or, better yet, create one of your own. Share where you are right now and what you are doing there. Let others know where you will be later today, tomorrow or next week. Stay on top of your friends' activities and plans. Update your activities and plans on-the-go with Plazes Text Messaging
Find a Friend, Free Pen Pal at Netfriendships.com - NetFriendships.com is a great place to find a friend, meet old and new friends, or for just hanging out. At NetFriendships.com you can be more than a pen pal since we have more features than any other online social network
Twitter, Inc. was born out of the offices of Obvious in March of 2006. We are located in the beautiful South Park neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) via SMS, instant messaging, the Twitter website, or an application such as Twitterrific.
Hyves is an online friends community and social networking site. Hyves.net Always in touch with your friends. Het vrienden netwerk Hyves is binnen een jaar uitgegroeid tot een van de grootste sites van Nederland
orkut is an online community designed to make your social life more active and stimulating. orkut's social network can help you maintain existing relationships with pictures and messages, and establish new ones by reaching out to people you've never met before.
Pimp MySpacehas everything you need to pimp out your MySpace profile. Myspace editor, layouts, backgrounds, codes.
Facebook offers a social networking service for students, corporate, and geographic communities. Features include news feed, social time line, and weblog options. Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you. Facebook is made up of many networks, each based around a workplace, region, high school or college.
Bebo is the next generation social networking site where members can stay in touch with their College friends, connect with friends, share photos, discover new interests and just hang out.
Search Marketers Seed Social Networks - MAY 18, 2007 Getting YouTube viewers to start searching. Nearly half of search marketers placed content on social networking Web sites in February 2007, according to the "iProspect Search Marketer Social Networking Survey" sponsored by iProspect and conducted by JupiterResearch. Respondents said they had "proactively placed content" on MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn and other social networking sites.
Tap the Sphere of Influence: 3 Secrets Smart marketers create their own social networks for customers, giving them the opportunity to self-identify and share information.
Facebook Opens Social Network to Companies, Developers Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook, the second-largest online social network behind MySpace, this week launched its anticipated open platform that lets businesses and developers create their own pages and applications. The company signed 65 initial partners, including Microsoft, Amazon.com, Photobucket, iLike, Twitter and Jaxtr, who can sell ads and provide e-commerce features on their pages, and aren't required to share revenue with Facebook.
Buzznet.com is a vibrant social media destination representing the next generation of social networking. Buzznet distinguishes itself from traditional social networks that are focused on profile pages and communication tools, by enabling Web users to interact with and create dynamic multimedia communities around the pop culture and music topics they are most passionate about. More media friendly than a website, and more interactive than a blog, Buzznet’s integrated media and community platform allows its users to network like never before with leading bands, trendsetters and their peers through self-created content, videos, photos and journals. This unique user-centric approach has attracted more than 6 million users who connect, discover and share media, making Buzznet a top destination for people seeking the most current and authentic content and news.
PeopleAggregator - social network web service - PeopleAggregator is an Identity Hub. At the center of all great Live Web software will be one’s digital identity. Each end-user will control who has access to their personal data, who can use it and how. Each end-user needs to be able to move their data to other systems – whether it be their personal profile record, list of friends, groups, their photos, MP3s, links, bookmarks or events. We’ve designed the PeopleAggregator to lay the groundwork of a foundation platform – we call an Identity Hub. We plan on supporting on major open ID systems to create federated authentication layer. We then plan on layering on top of that platform import/export capabilities and then layer on top of that – a set of common actions which will interconnect social networks and personal publishing systems – together.
Zaadz (from the Dutch word zaad, meaning seed; pronounced "Zahdzz") is a social networking website launched in 2005. Zaadz states its purpose as "changing the world."
Friendster - With more than 45 million members worldwide, Friendster is a leading global online social network. Friendster is focused on helping people stay in touch with friends and discover new people and things that are important to them. Online adults, 18 and up, choose Friendster to connect with friends, family, school, groups, activities and interests. Friendster prides itself in delivering a clean, user-friendly and interactive environment where users can easily connect with anyone around the world. Friendster has a growing portfolio of patents granted to the company on social networking.
Digg fires Google, hires Microsoft for online advertising SEATTLE (AP) -- Digg Inc., a reader-powered news site, fired Google Inc. as its online advertising partner Wednesday in favor of a company Digg's top executive described as young and willing to take risks: Microsoft Corp. ''We at Digg couldn't think of a better partner to get to where we need to go,'' said Jay Adelson, the company's chief executive officer. ''They're a young ad service, they're innovative, they're willing to work with us on the cutting edge.'' For three years, Microsoft will deliver ads -- mostly small, contextually relevant text links -- on Digg.com.
Social networking site tops in London, Toronto - Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:30pm BST - By Solarina Ho TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - It could be due the climate, the large number of students or the ethnic mix of the people who live there, but whatever the reason London and Toronto have the highest number of Facebook users. The social networking Web site, which began in a dorm room at Harvard University in 2004 for students, says it has more than 41 million active users. Its impressive growth has made it an Internet and social phenomenon. According to media reports, Toronto was top of the Facebook world as late as the end of June, but London surged ahead over the summer. Facebook said it does not keep statistics on networks, but a look through the regional areas in the top three countries -- the United States, Canada and Great Britain -- shows that London had 1,159,185 users, while Toronto was a close second with 836,605.
Gather is a leading social networking and media site for adults, with some of the highest quality user-generated content on the internet. Becoming a Gather member will not only be personally rewarding, but it can also be profitable. Just for your participation, you will earn Gather Points™, which can be redeemed for gift cards to well-known merchants or for charitable donations. Active members may even earn cash!
The Inescapable Impact of Social Networking In the current issue of The New Atlantis, writer Christine Rosen takes a hard look at the effect social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace et al) are having on our social interaction. Increasingly, she notes, people are giving up face-to-face relations, content to communicate through “technological surrogates”. Although social networking sites are in their infancy, we are seeing their impact culturally: in language (where to friend is now a verb), in politics (where it is de rigueur for presidential aspirants to catalogue their virtues on MySpace), and on college campuses (where not using Facebook can be a social handicap). But we are only beginning to come to grips with the consequences of our use of these sites: for friendship, and for our notions of privacy, authenticity, community, and identity. As with any new technological advance, we must consider what type of behavior online social networking encourages. What are the costs of our connections? How, as communities and as cultures, are our methods of interaction, even our very sense of what constitutes credible relationships, changing?
