For some singles, apparently, going to a Web site and emailing back and forth before actually meeting someone is way too cumbersome. With the MeetMoi cellphone service, one can receive a potential date’s profile (that of a person who’s selected by MeetMoi for his/her physical proximity) via text message and set up an encounter minutes away. The Wall Street Journal calls this “instant Internet … [Read more...] about Real-time (very) mobile dating
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Social Web exploding in China
Watch out, YouTube, here come KU6.com. Well, YouTube probably doesn’t have to worry too much, but baby video-sharing site, based in Beijing, is the 46th most popular site in China, one of the world’s most populous countries, and says it broke even in three months, “attracted 2 million unique users a day in the last week of May … and unique users have been growing by 200,000 a day on average per … [Read more...] about Social Web exploding in China
Virtual money to real income
If people doubted – or never thought about - the real-world value of virtual economies (their children probably didn’t), the BBC has challenged any skepticism. “The possibility of making real money from virtual creations is the subject of the latest episode of the BBC show The Money Programme,” CNET reports. The show, which aired last Friday and was broadcast on both regular and virtual TV (the … [Read more...] about Virtual money to real income
Downturn in P2P downloads
Illegal file-sharing by US youth has dropped sharply in the past few years, a new study sponsored by the Business Software Alliance has found – though music remains the biggest reasons for P2P file-sharing. The percentage of US 8-to-18-year-olds “who acknowledged illegal downloads of software, music, movies or games fell from 60% in 2004 to 36% in 2007, Australian IT reports. Last year it was 43%. … [Read more...] about Downturn in P2P downloads
Flak from LiveJournal’s mass deletion
After deleting some 500 online journals in an effort to remove pedophilia from its site, LiveJournal apologized and restored a number of journals that were in some cases explicit but not illegal. The company’s CEO apologized for going to extremes and reinstated some of the journals. CNET’s report is indicative of some of the more risqué content on the social Web: “The mass reinstatement means that … [Read more...] about Flak from LiveJournal’s mass deletion