For much of the past decade, the internet has been a great example of the old adage about the best things in life being free – whether one considers the mass of free information, media content, software, or services offered by the web, it seems clear that these days you can get an awful lot of stuff via your connection without paying for it (even more if you are prepared to breach copyright laws… but that is a different story). However, one of the latest services to buck this trend is Ning – provider of specialised social networks that have been free since the site’s launch but which will remain so only until this July…
In essence Ning offers a social network which…
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Etondigital is proud to announce the launch of TallyFox – a new business social networking site aimed at connecting professionals and experts working in common fields from all around the globe.
The Swiss-based company is hoping that by bringing together leading figures from various sectors it can bridge the gaps that sometimes exist between those working in different areas of the same problems and goals – be it private industry, NGO’s, governments, public initiatives, individuals, academics, charities or whatever. In other words, a true knowledge network with perspectives and expertise coming from all angles!
Registration for new users is open now, and the first flourishing network is based around the theme of water, bringing in professionals and experts from all around the world…
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A recent market research report has compiled data on the world’s top 100 brands, covering all industry sectors from web and technology to aviation and motoring. Perhaps unsurprisingly Google once again comes in first – though what might come as a shock to many is just how staggeringly financially powerful Google actually is (the report values the firm at £75billion). The data also puts into perspective some of the recent debates about the consequences of Google’s withdrawal from China – showing that, though not irrelevant, the decision has as yet done little to reduce the company’s economic standing.
This is probably the most useful thing about the report itself, in that it offers quite a different sense of perspective on who actually…
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I’ve recently been looking over the current stats for the way the global social networking pie is shared out right now (in terms of users – not other standards like monetization potential for example). Once again we see Facebook and Myspace ahead in countries like the US, UK, Canada etc with Bebo and Orkut also having considerable presence in other territories. I can’t help but notice also that while these social networks have enjoyed (or endured) fairly significant changes in their positioning in the past couple of years – one remains always roughly fixed in its modest but steadily growing position – LinkedIn.
Yes the social network – that kind of isn’t – at least in the sense that maybe we should…
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I’ve just spent a bit of time exploring the latest version of StoryVault beta, and suffice it to say that the concept is looking fascinating right now. The unique new video-sharing portal is designed specifically for high-quality interview clips relating to an individual’s experiences of historical periods and events – like Youtube but for history clips really, except it also goes a lot further than that…
Think of it as a verbal time capsule of memories – ranging from testimonies of survivors of WWII POW camps to UK miners who recall the strikes of the 1980s, and hundreds of other equally momentous events. In design and layout, the site does indeed resemble Youtube and is thus very straightforward to use. Designed…
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