Tag: FRIENDSTER

Don't check your calendar, it is actually 2009, and we have some news about ... Friendster? Founded way, way back in 2001 (before Facebook was even a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg's eye), Friendster was one of the original social networks. It was outpaced by competitors like MySpace and Facebook, though, and didn't show up in the public consciousness as anything but a punchline for years. Well, now ...

Ever wish you didn't have to visit 20 different web sites to keep up with your friends on social networks like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter? 8hands has you covered. 8hands is a desktop client that displays all the latest updates from all of those sites as well as media updates from your YouTube and Flickr contacts. All you have to do is download and install 8hands and you'll almost never need ...

In its continuing quest to keep up with yesterday, Friendster has launched a developer platform and a handful of 3rd party widgets that users can already add to their profiles. We kid, we kid. From what we understand, Friendster is huge in Asia these days, but in the US, the new kids on the block like MySpace and Facebook have kind of stolen the limelight. Well, if you can't beat them, join ...

Microsoft became the market leader in operating system deployment largely by making its OS and software available to any hardware maker that wanted to license the technology. Apple, on the other hand, has always insisted the its OS should only run on Apple-labeled computers. So while Microsoft is often slammed for not being "open," the company owes much of what it is to early openness. And it ...

Facebook and MySpace may get all the media attention these days, but social networking pioneer Friendster isn't resting on its laurels. The site got over 10 billion page views last month, making it one of the most trafficked sites on the web. A few days ago Friendster, which is apparently huge in the Pacific Asian region launched a Chinese language version of the site. Today, Friendster ...

The internet is starting to look like a Highlander movie. In the end, there can be only one company. And that company will have untold power over all the web. Today's big news is that Microsoft and Google are reportedly in a bidding war for a minority stake in Facebook. Sure, neither is planning on buying the site outright, but the move could help Microsoft bolster its online business or help ...

According to Business Week, Digg is launching a series of new social networking features today. But wait, isn't Digg already pretty social? Well yeah, the site leverages the power of communities by letting users submit and vote on news stories. And you can add "friends" to your profile to make it easier to see what other people are digging. But Digg is no MySpace/Facebook/Friendster. First up, ...

There's no doubt that Facebook is the 'most' popular social networking site to hit the scene. This one, unlike LinkedIn (although it has a whole other target, however users seem to be sliding towards Facebook recently), MySpace, and Friendster, seems like it could quite possibly be here to say. The proof is in the numbers. Shrel Israel, social media guru, picked up the phone and contacted the ...

If it seems like there's a new social networking site popping up every other day it's because, well, there is. A lot of us juggle registrations at multiple sites and sometimes there's a lot of overlap with out contacts so we were thrilled to hear about a new site that looks like it could help us keep our social networking organized and also search for friends and colleagues that have fallen ...

While Craigslist founder Craig Newmark insists that online classified ads are not solely to blame for the decline in newspaper revenue, more and more online marketplaces are popping up. And they're partnering with sites like Facebook and Friendster, not just news sites. Friendster's new service launched today, and it's a partnership with OLX. In fact, basically what you get if you click the ...

What Friendster and Facebook have done with personal social networking, Socializr hopes to accomplish with event planning. Socializr was created by the founder of Friendster and a player in the social networking phenomenon, so it does have its similarities. A private test has been running since September 2006, with the live launch occurring last Friday. Socializr is a free online service for ...

If it seems to you that the social networking landscape is dominated by a handful of big players, you should take a look at Sid Yadav's round-up of social networking sites at rev2.org. Yadav does a mini-profile of each of 33 sites, in two categories, general and niche. Of course MySpace and Friendster and Facebook are covered, but did you know that there are social networking sites just for moms ...

Reading a lot of articles about social networking, one gets the impression that the consensus is that MySpace is peaking. MySpace will ever die, I think, but whether it will be the destination it is now in five years seems doubtful. Right now no other site holds a candle to its critical mass, but that doesn't mean everyone else is resting on their laurels. Blogger Fred Stutzman has written an ...