Product Reviews Tasck and KonoLive: Two Approaches to To-Do Lists We heard about a new to-do list service today: Tasck. Tasck is a web-based application that stands out because of the pure simplicity of the service. Another to-do list service, KonoLive, just released a major update to its service and now features integration with Google Docs. KonoLive is an Adobe Air-based application that focuses on sharing… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Music Mufin Player: Music Jukebox With a Focus on Recommendations Mufin, a music recommendation service we looked at a few times in the past, just released a stand-alone music player for Windows that combines some of the most interesting features of Mufin's online service and iTunes plugin into one coherent desktop application. While it looks and acts like a standard music jukebox, Mufin Player's most important… Play Frederic Lardinois View comments
News How Many Friends Can You Really Have on Facebook? According to Cameron Marlow, Facebook's "in-house sociologist," that number is four if you are male and six if you are female. As the Economist reports this morning, Marlow's research indicates that the average Facebook user has a network of about 120 friends, but only has two-way conversations with a very small subset of these 'friends… Social Frederic Lardinois View comments
News A Newspaper Refuses to Die Quietly Denver's Rocky Mountain News daily paper is being closed by its owners the Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group. The newspaper had a difficult year economically, was put up for sale for a mere one month and this week was told by its owners that the doors were simply going to shut. It's a story that we may see more and more often in coming… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Social Networks MySpace Continues to Play Catch-up but Is It Too Late? While it used to be a bit of a media darling, it's not often that we write about MySpace anymore, but they continue to plug along - as one of the most popular sites on the Web. And, they continue to roll out new features for their user base. For many, these features may fall into the "too little too late" category. But it's still interesting to see… Social Rick Turoczy View comments