Popcurrent.com takes a slice of Digg, adds a large spoonful of Last.fm, a sprinkle of Haystack and mixes it all together to create a music-based social network where people vote for artistes, songs and videos by adding the link, then voting on whether the content is ‘pop’ or ‘flop’. It provides an interesting way [...]
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San Francisco based Fuzz (Beta), is a good example of a hybrid record label and social network service (SNS). On the surface the site looks and feels like another SNS (think HayStack, PureVolume etc). However, dig a little deeper and the services they provide are extremely well thought out.
Three features stand out:
The ability to sell [...]
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There appear to be two kinds of social networks opening up. First are those who try to beat MySpace on the design stakes - which let’s face it, isn’t hard - and offer superior usability, clear profiles and plug-ins - think Virb, Imeem and Facebook. Then there is the second who aim to beat [...]
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OK, so as I write this the biggest storm I’ve ever seen since….well, Glastonbury 2005, is crashing over my head, so I guess it’s gonna be a very wet next 5 days. I’m there as crew man for an artiste called Gipsy.cz. Gipsy is a Romany gipsy from Czech Republic who sings Hip Hop rhythms [...]
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Podcasting is very popular, with reportedly huge numbers of podcasts created and downloaded each week. The impact of these shows is not immediately apparent since, we suspect, there is a delay between the listener downloading and then taking action, which makes the impact difficult to track.
To host your podcast you need a server and a [...]
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As the web becomes increasingly more open and accessible ChizMax shows what can be done with some clever search tools and links to existing content.
Type in any artiste or song title and the chances are ChizMax will find it. But not only that, it will find virtually every other song by that artiste or songs [...]
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With the huge amount of video being uploaded online it’s important to realise what can be done with it. A popular misconception is that users can only download a video if you choose by clicking ‘Downloadable’ (or equivalent). Or, by placing a file on your site either in Flash or as a streaming MOV or [...]
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