Tag: myspace
Why Comic Relief is showing the more charitable side of Web 2.0
It can feel like the world of Web 2.0 is all about numbers sometimes. MySpace has 160 million members, and is getting paid $900 million by Google for the rights to sell advertising on it. YouTube attracted 133.5 million visitors in January, but is getting sued for $1 billion by Viacom for alleged copyright infringement. There are 262,958 pet pooches on Dogster.
HMV and Popworld taking on MySpace with music social networking
HMV is struggling in the face of competition from online retailers and download services, so could a MySpace-style social network be the answer? The company certainly hopes so – this morning, while announcing its latest profits warning to the City, it unveiled plans to launch a social network aimed at music, film and games fans.
MySpace may "die fast" if it doesn't get mobile social networking right
Us Brits will soon be able to access MySpace on our phones – well, we will if we're on Vodafone, anyway, as the two companies have signed an exclusive deal. But is it that important that MySpace launches a mobile…
3GSM 2007: FunkySexyCool is like MySpace meets Am I Hot Or Not… on your phone
Few of the mobile social networking companies at 3GSM are offering users prizes for being attractive. One who is, though, is FunkySexyCool, an Australian mobile community with over 200,000 users posting profiles and voting on one another's purdyness. The company…
3GSM 2007: Cerkle takes on MySpace for mobile social networking
Everyone wants to be the next MySpace, but for mobile. There are loads of mobile social networking firms talking up their prospects at 3GSM this year. One is Cerkle, who've been interviewed over on Techscape. "Our belief is that social…
Apple Quicktime worm is spreading through MySpace
A worm that uses a vulnerability in Apple's popular QuickTime video playback software has started chomping its way through the MySpace social networking site. It started over the weekend and could now have infected the accounts of as many as…
Pitch brings social networking to mobiles for free
Pitch have today launched a new mobile entertainment community, funded entirely by advertising revenue and so free for its users. Features include instant messaging, photo and video upload and sharing, and an 'exciting new online community'. Yes, it all sounds…
Tocmag: The mobile MySpace?
The UK version of Tocmag has launched today. Tocmag is a free service that allows anyone to create a mini-magazine optimised for mobile phones. Each magazine can consist of up to 6 pages of text, photos, audio and video; it's…
Friday interview: Yahoo's Mitch Lazar on mobile social networking
There's huge amounts of interest around mobile social networking right now, and in particular over who's best placed to make the most of it. Following Tech Digest's feature on the issue, and the follow-up interview with MTV's Angel Gambino, now…
Tuesday interview: Intuitive Media's Robert Hart on educational social networking
With all the hoo-ha over the dangers posed for kids by sites like MySpace and Bebo – you know, cyber-bullying, paedophiles lurking on every virtual corner, etc – it’s easy to forget the positive aspects of social networking for children. One company that hasn’t is Intuitive Media, which is trying to bring the benefits without some of the risks feared by many parents.
Intuitive Media is an education firm providing what it describes as protected online learning communities for children. It currently runs two main communities: SuperClubsPLUS for kids aged 6-12, and GoldStar Cafe, for ages 11-14. They’ve signed up over 120,000 children so far in the UK, along with over 12,000 teachers.
