Category: Web 2.0
Barack Obama puts UK politicians to shame for Web 2.0 skillz
Still think this Web 2.0 revolution is just about finding hot bald Britney lookalikes on MySpace to add to your Friend list? Well, yes. Kind of. But there are more serious aspects too. Take politics, for example. Next year's US…
UK Web 2.0 site TrustedPlaces gets a revamp
It's a social networking site based around cool places, from restaurants and pubs through to gig venues and art galleries. You build a profile, and then find places to go based on reviews of other users, while posting your own…
MSN Soapbox video sharing service enters public beta
Microsoft's would-be-YouTube video service Soapbox that we first mentioned in September last year has now entered public beta testing. Though Bink.nu reckons it's only supposed to work on Internet Explorer and not Firefox (presumably on a PC), I've been able…
Chelsea FC launches its own YouTube channel
And you thought the only grainy videos of footballers worth viewing involved hotel-room roastings… Chelsea has signed a deal with YouTube to launch its own branded channel on the video-sharing site, with daily news and archive footage. Techscape isn't too…
Top 10 things Dell customers want from the company
Thumbs up to Dell for the launch of its IdeaStorm website, which asks customers what new products and/or services they'd like Dell to launch, then gets them to vote on the best ones. So what are they asking for? At…
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…
ShoZu launches automatic Flickr and YouTube geotagging for your mobile photos and videos
There are plenty of people out there geotagging their photos (uploading info on the location they were taking) already, but it takes a bit of knowledge. However, mobile application ShoZu has just added a feature that automatically geotags your photos…
The only web 2.0 account you'll ever need – Useless Account
5px; float: left;"/>Doubtlessly you've heard the term web 2.0 bandied around like a drunk's brown paper bagged bottle, heck, it was just a few weeks ago that Shiny Shiny's very own Susi weighed into the issue with her theories…
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: "The big internet players don't understand mobile"
Can YouTube be a big hit on mobile phones? The company signed a deal with Vodafone last week, but some industry rivals aren't so sure. One is Yospace CTO David Springall. The company runs the See Me TV and Look…