Interview with Jaiku co-founder Jyri Engeström - Twitter Alternative

Seeded on Sun Apr 8, 2007 2:30 PM EDT (606tech.com)

With the extreme popularity of Twitter, and the talk of how it should be acquired soon, it only makes sense that similar services emerge and gain traction as well. Jaiku is Twitter's most relevant rival, and I can clearly see why.

sports, social, phone, interview, mobile, blogging, cell, update, friends, networking

FBI goes to Second Life

Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2007 5:27 PM EDT (606tech.com)

ou can do just about anything in Second Life, including gamble. That's why the FBI has been a frequent visitor of the virtual world lately. The type of gambling that goes on within Second Life is technically illegal by anti-gambling statutes in the U.S.

technology, fbi, world, tax, laws, game, life, virtual, gambling, second

Weblo Another Second Life for Property?

Seeded on Tue Apr 3, 2007 5:17 PM EDT (606tech.com)

Weblo may be hoping to leverage the popularity of Second Life's virtual real estate market.

technology, digital, real, life, money, estate, virtual, property, second, weblo

WiiSportsLeauges Launches Game Forum Today

Seeded on Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:51 AM EDT (606tech.com)

The Nintendo Wii has taken the world by storm. It's interactive platform and the Wii Mii's are in line with everything society wants from a game system. Even their wrist strap incident failed to put a dent in Wii's popularity.

technology, social, game, team, system, network, gadgets, forum, nintendo, console

Interview with Bob Ralian of ZingFu - Photo Effects for MySpace

Seeded on Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:32 PM EDT (606tech.com)

You may have heard of ZingFu. They're the ones that let you do crazy things with your photos and post them all over MySpace. ZingFu is a photo-sharing site at heart. You can share your own photo fun-ness, or take someone else's to post wherever html code will let you.

technology, interview, images, sharing, crazy, myspace, photo, fun, effects, templates

Twitter's Command Query API Launches Today. Is that why Twitter is slow Again?

Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:38 AM EDT (606tech.com)

Twitter is keeping up with the new feature roll out, and during the great week for mobile apps too. They've launched their API for SMS command queries today, enabling the use of command queries to be text to a twitter username in order to retrieve information.

rss, technology, new, phone, mobile, cell, launch, blog, update, release

Microsoft's Zooming ZenZui: Early Adopters vs. End Consumers

Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:41 AM EDT (606tech.com)

But how will the consumer really feel about it? We early adopters may or may not like it. We may marvel at the design but scratch our heads at the short-term goal of ZenZui. But the consumer will probably eat it up.

technology, phone, internet, consumer, microsoft, mobile, cell, launch, early, widget

::: Home - 606Tech :::

Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:36 AM EDT (606tech.com)

Sunday night, we bloggers stay awake 'till the wee hours, awaiting for all those embargoes to be lifted. Here's a quick run down of what the press saved for your Monday morning jolt.

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Coldwell Banker selling property in Second Life

Seeded on Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:42 AM EDT (606tech.com)

Coldwell Banker selling property in Second Life

Interview with Steekr CEO Christophe Camborde

Seeded on Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:58 AM EDT (606tech.com)

Interview with Steekr CEO Christophe Camborde

media, technology, digital, space, home, online, interview, storage, secure, steekr

Have More fun with Your Media

Seeded on Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:56 AM EDT (606tech.com)

Have More fun with Your Media

rss, technology, phone, mobile, cell, slow, traffic, feed, widget, widsets

Google Gadget - watch more Viacom Content

Seeded on Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:55 PM EDT (606tech.com)

Google's new frontpage gadget lets you watch MTV content. This gadget, one of thousands provided for your frontpage, brings in all kinds of tv programming that's been provided by networks' broadband channels.

google, technology, viacom, search, video, mtv, network, broadband, pirate, gadget

Niche Search 2007 - Part I - Real People, Real Answers

Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:07 PM EDT (606tech.com)

Niche Search 2007 - Part I - Real People, Real Answers

google, technology, people, engine, social, human, search, help, results, powered

Interview with Christine & Jay of HomeAndTell

Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:41 PM EDT (606tech.com)

HomeAndTell is an online social network that creates neighborhoods for you to converse and share ideas, hopes, and desires regarding your home.

home, social, online, interview, magazine, neighborhood, advice, do-it-yourself, garden, jay

MySpace Impact & other ways of Raising Political Awareness Online

Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:06 PM EDT (606tech.com)

MySpace will be launching a site as an aggregate of U.S. presidential hopefuls in an effort to raise political awareness for a demographic that is easily out of touch with much of what goes on in the world of politics.

congress, social, first, open, impact, politics, presidential, network, giving, raise

Interview with Daniel P. Dykes of Fashionising

Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:11 PM EDT (606tech.com)

With the recognition and success of niche social networks, Fashionising looks to make their mark on an overall segment of culture.

technology, social, opportunity, network, models, industry, events, networking, clothes, lifestyle

::: Home - 606Tech :::

Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:10 PM EDT (606tech.com)

In the wake of the film awards season, YouTube is coming out with their own virtual red carpet.

technology, peoples-choice, kristen-nicole, pitch-roll-call-advertise-all-gen-tech-business-st

Interview with Rick Lansky of Tipstrs

Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:14 PM EDT (606tech.com)

Tipstrs is one of those sites that may slightly confuse you when you first happen upon their homepage; only in the sense that they have a liquid format that is flexing to the users' manifestation of the site. That being said, their name says it all. Tipstrs is for tips.

technology, social, tips, question, network, digg, del-icio-us, content, reddit, bookmarking

Why Bud.TV is a failing Branded Niche site

Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:30 PM EDT (606tech.com)

Bud.TV is among the few professionally produced, branded niche sites that hasn't gone over too well.

technology, campaign, social, anheuser-busch, beer, marketing, drinking, site, networking, niche

Interview with Visitopia's Managing Director Atze Zwirs

Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:37 PM EDT (606tech.com)

Visitopia is a travel website of a different breed. It essentially sets up satellite agencies around the world, handing over the responsibility to its users. You can pick a city to represent and add information and resources for those looking to travel.

technology, food, agent, city, visit, flight, guide, shopping, franchise, wiki

Interview with Ismail Elshareef of Noisetap

Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:32 PM EDT (606tech.com)

Noisetap is a product of Cottenblend, a creative agency specializing in web development, and provides a rare blend of user-generated resources for the music community. There is a ranking system built into their service that pushes the best content to the top.

technology, people, music, social, research, news, vote, gossip, network, beta

Interview with MyStrands VP Gabriel Aldamiz-echevarria

Seeded on Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:22 PM EDT (606tech.com)

MyStrands is a social music discovery site that has been in the press quite a bit lately. Their most recent announcement was the launching of their Social Player yesterday, which makes their service available through their Symbian mobile platform.

technology, music, social, phone, search, player, apple, mobile, cell, nokia

Update: Texticate is now Free & DigitalCharisma Seeks funding and employees

Seeded on Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:39 PM EDT (606tech.com)

DigitalCharisma's Texticate, which provides mobile marketing and notification solutions, has opened up their service to offer it 100% free for all users.

technology, phone, interview, mobile, cell, marketing, update, notification, sms, organization

Last.fm to add video search

Seeded on Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:26 PM EDT (606tech.com)

Last.fm took the opportunity while at SXSW to mention that they will be incorporating video search into their services. Modeled after their vast music social recommendation technology, they feel that video is the natural next step. Online video is, after all, the new music.

netflix, technology, music, social, search, warner, amazon, deal, emi, video

iVillage Connect Launches Beta. What took so long?

Seeded on Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:00 PM EDT (606tech.com)

iVillage, owned by NBC, has launched their social network, iVillage Connect. The social components that have been incorporated into the iVillage platform are pretty useful, and they've done well to support external widgets.

technology, social, platform, nbc, networking, adult, niche, trend, widgets, mature

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