http://onthestreet.today.com THE site to get your social networking news fix - from MMORPGs to cell phone applications and how they affect our lives Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:42:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're a self confessed foodie and already enjoy sites like yelp.com you may want to check out foodbuzz.com the site for, and I quote; "the first-ever community site devoted exclusively to food and dining content—an unparalleled resource for searching, surfing and sharing with fellow foodies everywhere". Feeling that I'm ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/28/foodbuzz-a-social-network-for-foodies/ I've mentioned sites here on this blog that aims at consolidating your own posts on multiple social networking sites into one place as well as sites that makes it easier for you to update all those sites you belong to. The site socialthing.com does the consolidation 'the other way' in ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/26/its-a-socialthing/ Today, July 24th 2008, 12seconds.tv (note, that's .tv and not .com)  is opening their doors to the public Alpha testing phase of their new product...12seconds. What is it and who cares? To answer the first, and most likely easier, question it's a - and I am totally borrowing this term from ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/24/share-twelve-seconds-of-your-life/ Walking downtown today I came across group of people passing out pamphlets for free massage sessions by, for some odd reason, some high-tech company that I couldn't recall hearing about. Seeing its rather generic five-six letter one-word 'trendy' sounding name I started wondering how many information-based companies pick their name ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/23/why-dont-we-name-itplurk/ Launched a mere four months ago (which sometimes in internet-time can be considered about four years..) muxtape.com sparked a lot of interest and hype around the web. To quote muxtape: "Muxtape is a living music platform in its early stages. Our goal is to redefine the mixtape on the internet as a ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/22/muxtape-creative-music-mixing-and-sharing/ The core social network for most people are your own immediate family and if you are looking for ways to further your understanding of your heritage at the same time as involving your family members in an exciting journey you may want to check out Geni.com. Geni is a free on-line ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/20/your-social-tree/ Sometimes you want to share your photos, videos, blog posts, etc - but maybe not to the big, anonymous internet population but to a more targeted audience consisting of your friends, families and other trusted recipients. There are obviously a number of ways to do that but one that you may ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/19/feeling-semi-social/ Let's start with a quote from the site itself: "Bored with watching others' lives and showing yours when nothing really happens? Want a true digital social life with live feedbacks and real sharing experience with your friends?" If you answer yes to one or more of those questions you may want to ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/17/do-you-know-yoono/ As if we needed more applications that can aid the cyber stalkers in tracking your every move. Well, BrightKite.com may be a great tool for that jealous ex or creepy co-worker that will go out of his or her way to track your internet escapades  - but this time ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/15/brightkite-stalkertool-sure-but-great-fun/ EIOBA is an new venture into what seems to be a never-ending growing population of article publishing sites. If you have used sites like digg.com, del.ico.us, etc you are well familiar with the basic concept of sharing content/articles with other like-minded people on the internet and have your submitted content receive ... http://onthestreet.today.com/2008/07/12/social-article-submissions-made-easy-through-eioba/