July 26th, 2007
The social networking site, MySpace provides a forum to meet old friends, catch up on news, and listen to the latest music. But like the real world, it also has its share of undesirables. The online site has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders among its 180 million members, it was revealed yesterday. (more)
July 18th, 2007
Check out this recent independent review of the NetIDme service.
Excerpt: NetIDme is specially targeted at young users of internet chat rooms due to the fact that youngsters are vulnerably exposed to internet predators. With this in mind, NetIDme was established in 2004 to provide a secure solution for social networking, online dating, instant messaging, e-commerce, online gaming and online chatting. It is the first identity verification service for the internet. At the time of writing, no other company worldwide has taken the similar approach in tackling the problems occurring in social interactions via the internet.
Recent NetIDme developments:
July 17th, 2007
Disney is launching DGamer, a social network for gamers. It’s set to launch initially in USA, in may 2008. The community will be accessible through Nintendo DS and Disney’s website. The plan is that users will be able to play each other and chat, as well as create personalized avatars, befriend other users, track high scores and vote in polls. More from Mashable