Friendster
Today in Tech: RIP, Friendster (sort of)
April 27, 2011: 6:30 AM ETA curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you everyday.
Remember Friendster? The social network pioneer which launched in 2002 and lost ground to MySpace and then Facebook, is deleting all user-uploaded photos, blogs, comments and groups -- effectively killing off its roots -- repositioning itself as a social entertainment site, and focusing on Asian users. Not quite the death of Friendster proper, but certainly the end of Friendster as we know it. (TechCrunch)- Amazon's recent spending on warehouses and data centers showed in first-quarter profits that surprised analysts by missing expectations: profits fell 33% to $201 million compared with a year ago. (New York Times)
- Why Fox, Paramount, and Disney are holding out on YouTube's movies-on-demand service. (The Wrap) More
Posted in: Amazon, AOL, Brian Solis, Facebook, Friendster, Kevin Rose, MySpace, PlayStation Network, TechCrunch, Twitter, YouTube
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Aww, social networking is growing up
A brief history of social technology, and what it means to you
By Gina Bianchini, CEO and co-founder, Ning
At the outset of online social networking, around, say, 2002, early users had to wedge their personalities into static, cookie-cutter profile pages -- it was the price we all paid for the convenience of this new and powerful social tool. How times have changed: Instead of altering yourself to fit the MORE
Jul 20, 2009 8:00 AM ETPosted in: Facebook, Friendster, Gina Bianchini, Marc Andreessen, MySpace, Ning, personal technology, social networking
