Social news in a nutshell March 7 2008

Student faces Facebook consequences
"Study groups may be a virtual trademark of the Ivory Tower – but a virtual study group has been slammed as cheating by Ryerson University." Toronto Star

The future of social networks: Social networks will be like air
"Instead, I believe that in the future, social networks will be like air. They will be anywhere and everywhere we need and want them to be. And also, without that social context in our connected lives, we won’t really feel like we are truly living and alive, just as without sufficient air, we won’t really be able to breathe deeply." Forrester

Songpull Music Community for Singers, Songwriters
"I was one of those orchestra kids growing up, lugging around my cello, so I’m not entirely familiar with the concept of a guitarpull or a songpull. But I think I get the gist, and a new site called Songpull is looking to bring the collaborative, spirit-lifting efforts of songpulls to the web. First, let’s start off with a brief description of what a songpull is. A songpull is an event where a group of singer/songwriters get together and perform original songs they’ve written in the past 30 days." Mashable

Flixwagon Adds Mobile App and Twitter Integration
"Flixwagon, the self-broadcasting tool that was recently chosen by MTV to help out with its citizen journalism efforts, is releasing some new upgrades today. The new features span Flixwagon’s mobile and web access points, so you’re better able to submit and maintain updates. Flixwagon’s new mobile application is the biggest news for today’s updates, giving users more options for sending and receiving multimedia updates." Mashable

Searchles – I think they are on to something in social search
"While I have not participated much in social search, I am exploring several social search services. I recently signed up at searchles (social search site). I am quite impressed with the community there." - fvrit.com

I knew it - Digg is up for sale
"Ever since the last Digg town hall meeting where Kevin and Jay Adelson skirted around the “Is Digg for Sale” question, I knew there had to be more to the story. The silence spoke for itself. There was no admission or denial of the rumor.

I had no idea though that Google and Microsoft both were sniffing around Digg. It does make in a sense that both industry giants would be interested in Digg, after all Digg is one of the most visited websites on the Internet. " - fvrit.com




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