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FriendFeed Releases Notifier

March 13, 2009 by Jeff Hester  
Filed under Social Networks

friendfeed-logoSocial network aggregator FriendFeed has released a desktop notifier. FriendFeed Notifier is an Adobe AIR app, so it runs on muliple operating systems.

The Notifier allows you to view notifications for either your FriendFeed home or any of your Friends lists. Read more

The Lifestream Goes Mainstream

February 23, 2009 by Jeff Hester  
Filed under Social Networks

Bebo

AOL’s $850 million purchase of the Bebo social networking site may pay off after all. AOL announced today the first of a series of major project changes with the addition of lifestreaming capabilities. This is similar to the stream of activity and status updates found on rival social networks from Facebook, MySpace and FriendFeed, but with a twist. Bebo’s lifestreaming integrates these activities and status updates from a range of existing AOL features, including AIM Profiles and ICQ. Yes, the millions of existing AIM Profiles will be migrated over to Bebo this week, meaning there is a good chance you will be on Bebo, (probably without even knowing). Read more