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Yahoo has launched another social network that’s part My Yahoo and Myspace. Mash is currently in beta. TechCrunch has details.
Big question, what about the millions of people who put time and effor into building up their Yahoo 360? They better have an integration plan for users otherwise there will be plenty of pissed-off 360′ers.
Takeaway quote:
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I had a great conversation with OkCupid’s Sam Yagan last week. Sam had this to say about social networks and the Facebook application OkCupid is developing:
OkCupid.com has always enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with the social networks. Our user-generated content is syndicated across sites like MySpace and LiveJournal which in turn drives tremendous traffic back [...]

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WPP has invested in the Chinese venture capital firm which is spearheading the launch of MySpace in China. The marketing services group headed by Sir Martin Sorrell has ploughed an undisclosed sum into China Broadband Capital Partners, a Beijing-based investor in the technology and media sectors.
In 2006 WPP Group said it has joined with online [...]

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Playboy is launching a social network for college students called PlayboyU, billed as an exclusive college-only non-nude social network.
I have a feeling this isn’t going to work out so well for Playboy.
Why don’t they sponsor an area on Facebook or Myspace? A much better use of their money based on major brands previous attempts at [...]

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IamFreeTonight has launched on Facebook, although I can’t find the service in the applications listing.
Talking about launching HotOrNot on Facebook (which isn’t a dating site IMHO), Markus at Plentyoffish says:
As for growing pageviews via facebook I think that is a mistake for a dating site,  even when they allow advertising you’d make cents on the [...]

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I am going ga-ga over the new Facebook platform. Compared to what Facebook is doing to change the face of social computing (there’s your real Paradigm Shift, Markus), the recent space of failed dating site acquisitions and summer doldrums leaves me hungry for a new project.
So far the summer has brought us eHarmony and Chemistry [...]

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I can’t believe that the Facebook Platform is three weeks old and I’m just getting to it. Busy with clients, moving and life in general, plus the usual summertime blogging malaise has set in. I really need to get a Treo so I can blog on the run, as I can’t seem to make the [...]

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Mycircles seems to have launched as a beta, again. I thought it was supposed to be adult dating, seems like something for everyone this time around. Lame intro Flash animation, what is it, 1998? Is it dating, social networking, or both?

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There are scores of companies focused on connecting people on the Internet. But what about people without computers, or prefer to communicate by phone?
Ccube, in Cupertino, CA, is making it easier for billions of people without computers to communicate. To use the CCube Service, one only needs a phone. after a brief web-based signup [...]

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