by John Jorgensen on November 13, 2008

- Home.Live.com
- As of last night, Microsoft’s Live.com is now a full blown social network in addition to a search engine.
- In conjunction, Windows Live Photos and Windows Live People have both been launched.
- Users are automatically ‘friends’ with all of their contacts on Windows Live Messenger (#1 messaging service worldwide with 268 million users vs Yahoo’s 116m).
- Similar to FriendFeed, Live pulls in your content from around the web including blog posts, Pandora, Twitter, Flickr, Yelp and RSS.
- A Facebook-like activity stream announces every change to your profile and every photo you upload or review you write.
- Yahoo had been talking about building this out around their email platform a year ago.
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by John Jorgensen on October 8, 2008
by John Jorgensen on October 6, 2008
- Lizzle lets you embed pictures/videos and share links with one click.
- Automatically embed content from G Docs, Gmail, Wordpress and Tumblr.
- Search big content sites, like Flickr and YouTube, from Lizzer’s toolbar, and embed straight from its interface.
- Also works with sites like MySpace and Facebook, although it requires the link to be manually entered.
Mashable
by John Jorgensen on October 5, 2008
- Trailino is a web app that takes GPS data you upload while hiking and displays your path on a topographical Google Map.
- Specify what mode of transportation the trail is geared for: bicycle, foot, car, ski, etc.
- Add geocoded photos via Flickr in addition to info such as elevation and speed for each trail.
Mashable