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Identi.ca is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service. Based on StatusNet, a micro-blogging software package built on theOpenMicroBlogging specification, Identi.ca allows users to send text updates (known as “notices”) up to 140 characters long. While similar to Twitter in both concept and...
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MySpace, is a social networking website. Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California where it shares an office building with its immediate owner, News Corp. Digital Media, owned by News Corporation. Myspace became the most popular social networking site in the United States in June 2006. According to comScore, Myspace...
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Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed over 40 million active users based in more than 190 countries. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for £140m ($280m USD).
Using a music recommender system called “Audioscrobbler”, Last.fm builds a detailed profile of...
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Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community created by Ludicorp and later acquired by Yahoo!. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs and social...
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