Here at ReadWriteWeb, we’ve talked about how the hot new trend of lifestreaming has been taking off lately. Now the social news service Socialmedian aims to capitalize on that trend by releasing an upgrade to their service that features something they’re calling "news streaming." Like lifestreaming, news streaming lets users automatically share their "newsworthy" content on the service without sharing their other more personal content. Think FriendFeed minus the tweets about the about cat or the favorited YouTube videos of the kids.
News Streaming
In the latest release of Socialmedian, you now have the ability to share content from other sites including Google Reader, Twitter, Digg, Delicious, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn, Flickr, and the RSS feed for your own blog. In a way, this is similar to the popular lifestreaming service FriendFeed , which brings in everything you do from across the social web. But where FriendFeed forces those that subscribe to y...
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SanDisk working on new Sansa Fuze?From: buzzya.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 14:48:07
While it’s not official, SanDisk is getting ready to launch a new mid-market PMP called the Fuze. Aimed at the 3rd generation iPod Nano, the Fuze will be an SSD-based tiny-screen having PMP that appears to have almost all the same features as the iPod Nano, plus an FM radio, but with more storage, possibly up to 16GB.
So far, SanDisks PMPs have been pretty decent, I’ve had a Sansa for awhile and it’s a great alternative to the iPod. You contrarians should have love in you...
more Qtrax says it now has deals with major labels, doesn’t actually have dealsFrom: buzzya.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 14:34:00
Filed under: Portable Audio
Man, Qtrax just can’t stop lying about those label deals , can it? The company issued a press release over the weekend saying it has (finally) signed up with Sony / BMG, Universal, EMI and Warner, but Wired did a little bit of digging and found out that Qtrax isn’t being exactly honest -- spokespeople from all four labels flatly denied that any deals were in place. Apparently there have been some experimental licenses and older deals m...
more Nike and Apple burrow further into the lives of gym bunniesFrom: buzzya.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 14:25:12
As if it wasn’t enough that your Nano was counting your every step through the chip in your Nike+ shoes, now it can track every mile you pretend to bike at the the gym. Ellipticals and such, too. They’re teaming up with 24 Hour Fitness and some Virgin thing to provide machines that track your use, assuming you have the time and inclination to plug your gear into the the thing’s port. You can then take it home and plug it in at home, at which point it will upload its data to...
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