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Buongiorno Launches Mobile Social Network; Peoplesound
Italian mobile content company Buongiorno has unveiled a mobile social network dubbed peoplesound. The distinguishing characteristic about this mobile social network is that it is limited to 20 people—rather than have hundreds of people in your network that you haven’t seen since primary school it’s just the 20 people who are most important to you (who have also signed up for the service). Users of the service can share status updates, pictures, comments and content with their friends, and follow up to 10 channels. The channels are currently being developed by Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) to give constant updates on music, sport, movies, news events and so on—with the content designed to be shared amongst the 20 people on the network.
Motorola Karma QA1 brings serious mobile social networking
It’s pretty fair to say that Motorola has one very specific demographic in mind with its new Karma QA1: socially connected teenagers.
Launching on June 28th, the Motorola Karma QA1 is all about keeping you connected on the go by any means necessary, and doing it at a price that won’t send parents in to a tizzy over buying it for their youngsters. Priced at $79.99 on contract after a $50 mail-in rebate, the QA1 may not be an iPhone, but it is certainly going to give teens the features they want.
Moms’ Social/Mobile Web Use Up by 400%
As far as hardware is concerned, almost all moms - 91 percent - say they never leave home without a mobile device. More than half say they have replaced traditional photo albums with online photo-sharing services. And moms are also the primary console gamers in the household after the birth of a first or second child.
Nimbuzz Launches with O2 (Toshiba TG01 Handset) in Germany
O2 and Toshiba chose Nimbuzz as its social messaging partner in Germany. Accessed via a central icon on the home screen the fast, reliable and easy to use app integrates seamlessly onto the handset and the always on nature of Nimbuzz suits today’s “hyper-connected” digital lifestyle. The three companies worked closely together to deliver lifestyle communications features on the Toshiba TG01 for contacting all of your friends across multiple networks from one place. Integrating Nimbuzz achieves this goal thanks to the inclusion of local social networks such as StudiVZ in the client alongside all of the major global communities.
Mobile Social Networking
Today, in this the 21st Century, our social lives have been thoroughly extended into the digital realm of cyber space. Sure we still have to socialize... once in a awhile, to have a more personal feel but these days it’s the Social Networker that probably get’s more ‘brownie’ points than those able to reach a real live physically ‘visible’ audience. In my opinion it’s becoming a rather impersonal way of communication and I’d rather go out and meet people instead of sending messages or notes, or ‘Posting’ on walls etc. What exactly did we do before the Social Networks came around?
The iPhone saves (Mobile) Social Networking
Sadly, not much has changed. The Facebook mayhem was substituted by Twitter. The hype, the same, if not worse. Twitter is three years old and get-rich-quick e-books are abound. People now sell themselves to businesses as Twitter experts (Seriously). Tech crazy TechCrunch is smitten by it and Twitter even graced the front page of Time Magazine (Seriously).
People all over the world are dancing at its feet. No…wait a minute…that’s a lie. For all the online craziness the Twitter population is anything but mainstream. Hard to believe, yet most, yes most people I know, either have no inkling of what Twitter is, or worse, have absolutely no desire to dabble in it. And just when the Twitterati think they have digested enough bad news for a day, damning evidence proves that it’s hardly a retaining concept too.
Future of Social Networking is on Mobile
One of the biggest assets of a mobile phone is its ability to gather location co-ordinates which adds context to a situation. I have talked about mobile social networking and location in my previous posts. In this post, I am going to talk about two of my favorite mobile applications that have become more relevant due to context. There purpose here is to illustrate how mobile enhances the experience of social networking as compared to that on PC and why mobile social networking is likely to be successful in future:
Toshiba TG01 has USB Host, cross-platform social networking
Toshiba’s TG01 Windows Mobile smartphone is almost ready to launch in Germany, and a few more details regarding the slimline handset are emerging. Not only have O2 and Toshiba partnered with Nimbuzz to put their cross-platform social networking app on the TG01, but USB Host support has been confirmed.
Goojet Secures $8.4 Million for Mobile Social Networking Tools
Previous backers Partech International, Elaia Partners and IRDI also participated in the investment round.
Paris-based Goojet provides tools to help users create personalized mobile home pages, as well as free mobile messaging with embeddable widgets.
Mobile Social Networking Tips
In the past few months, I've reconnected with friends from kindergarten through college and beyond. I've discovered thought-provoking online articles and videos I probably wouldn't have found on my own. I've also read meaningless updates from friends, such as "I'm getting in the hot tub," or "just received a special gift from a special friend." And I've done it all through Facebook--the social networking phenomenon where Top Five lists reign, long-lost friends are reunited, and, inevitably, countless hours are consumed.
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