Music There's Plently of Value in Awareness There was a lot of chatter over the weekend about folk punk rocker Billy Bragg's New York Times editorial where he argues that music artists who uploaded material to social network Bebo were entitled to a cut of the site's $850 million sale price. Because bebo owes much of its success to becoming an indy music hub, that seems reasonable, right… Social Josh Catone View comments
Social Networks LiveJournal Says Goodbye to Unique Account Structure, Against Wishes of Advisors Groundbreaking social network LiveJournal is no longer allowing new users to sign up for Basic level accounts, which traded a pared-down feature set for an ad and cost free user profile. SUP, the Russian company that recently acquired LiveJournal, angered a substantial number of its users last week by instituting the policy before discussing… Social Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Product Reviews Blist Cloud Database App Adds New Features, Opens Public Beta Cloud database app, Blist, has recently added some new features to their online tool, including a social network built around Blist users and the databases they create, as well as features that make the online database application even easier to use than before, like the ability to import CSV data or share databases with friends. Sarah Perez View comments
Product Reviews Interview: Socialthing! Founder Matt Galligan Recently people have been comparing lifestreaming services FriendFeed and Socialthing!, trying to determine which one will win or whether they even compete. For example, see ReadWriteWeb's post FriendFeed vs SocialThing!. I signed up for FriendFeed when it first came out and more recently I was lucky enough to get a private beta invite for… Muhammad Saleem View comments
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