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• The DMCA on 7 Social Networking Sites

  Published: August 23, 2007, 1:48 pm

  Tags: Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Articles, Dmca, Bebo, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Designated Agent, Facebook, Friendster, Linkedin, Myspace, Orkut, Safe Harbor, Xanga

  Email Address: help-dmca at xanga dot com Location of Policy: Xanga’s DMCA Policy Registered with USCO: Yes Comments: In the past, I have been very hard on Xanga. Initially there was no DMCA information on their site and no registration with the USCO. After letters, calls and emails, I was able to get in touch with Xanga and, at least in a

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• Xanga Adds Live Stream Webcams to Blog Platform

  Published: September 14, 2007, 10:30 pm

  Tags: Xanga

  heard much from Xanga lately, but it’s recently added a new live video streaming feature to its blogging platform called XangaTV. There’s a video module that will be added to the top of your blog, with your live stream and a chat option for other Xanga users to chime in. There’s also a tab within the video

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• Xanga Adds Flare for Your Comments

  Published: October 5, 2007, 9:22 pm

  Tags: Xanga, Social Networking

  Xanga is adding a couple of features to its blogging network. First up is Xanga Minis, which are animated figures and icons that you can place in comments you leave for other users. If you don’t want the extra flare on your profile, however, you can opt out of Xanga Minis. These are set to be available for your use some time next week.

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• Xanga Clones Justin.TV

  Published: October 9, 2007, 1:16 am

  Tags: Xanga

  Xanga, the blogging network that’s just recently launched XangaTV for live video blogging, is expanding on its content to include Johnny Lechner, the guy that’s been in college for 14 years. He now has his own show, a la Justin.tv. Catch the 24/7 broadcast of Johnny on his Xanga page here. You may remember that XangaTV includes

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• Xanga's Widget Gallery Supported on New Themes

  Published: October 10, 2007, 10:51 pm

  Tags: Xanga

  these new widgets work with Xanga Themes. Since the conversion to Xanga Themes, a lot of third party widgets haven’t been working on Xanga, so the provision of this widget gallery is in part to appease those that no longer have working widgets, and to buy Xanga some more time while it works on a way to support more widgets within Xanga

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• The Big MST3K Sell-Out: Why Are They Destroying America? [Idiot Control Now]

  Published: November 7, 2007, 2:55 pm

  Tags: Also The Kids In The Hall Are Back Together, Cris De Coeur, Idiot Control Now, Internet, Mst3k, Nerd Stuff, Pareene S Xanga, Top

  The best thing on the TV ever was the mid-'90s Comedy Central cheap-looking cowtown puppet show Mystery Science Theater 3000. From, let's say, 1990-1995, it was both a totally brilliant show (that I...

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• Facebook use predicted by race, ethnicity, and education

  Published: November 19, 2007, 8:30 pm

  Tags: Bebo, Culture, Ethnicity, Facebook, Friendster, Myspace, Northwestern, Race, Xanga

  Talk about free research for social networking sites(SNS) - researchers at Northwestern  surveyed over 1000 students at the University of Chicago to determine whether ethnicity, race, or the a read more

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• Student Facebook use predicted by race, ethnicity, education

  Published: November 20, 2007, 7:58 am

  Tags: Society, Education, Ethnicity, Facebook, Myspace, Xanga

  New research from Northwestern University finds that college students' choice of social networking sites -- including Facebook, MySpace and Xanga -- is related to their race, ethnicity and parents' education.

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• YouPorn, We're Coming Up Behind You

  Published: January 17, 2008, 3:24 pm

  Tags: Techcrunch Network, Web 2 0 News Amp 038 Ideas, Aoutobytel, Datehookup, Linkedin, Netscape, Reddit, Six Apart, Stumbleupon, Techcrunch, Veoh, Wordpress, Xanga, Youporn

  notable sinkers are Bolt, Xanga, Netscape, and Autobytel. TechCrunch has the distinct honor of taking the No. 5 spot in the fastest-growing list, right behind YouPorn and in front of DateHookup. I am not exactly sure what to make of that. I guess Compete thinks we’re hot. Crunch Network: MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications,

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• The New York Times (Tries) Getting More Social

  Published: June 18, 2008, 2:09 pm

  Tags: Local, Nyc, News, Search, Web 2 0, Web2 0 Startups, Facebook, Myspace, Myspace Music, Social Networking, Social Software, Web, Xanga, Nyt, Social News, The New York Times, Timespeople

  In an effort to enhance the reach of its content and services to a growing supply of Web users heavily invested in online communities, The New York Times has introduced a new service called TimesPeople, according to Caroline McCarthy of CNET News. In effect, it is positioned to be a social networking service for the news junkie crowd. And by news

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• Sightix Offers B2B Social Networking Search Solution [Israel Media Tour]

  Published: July 10, 2008, 4:01 am

  Tags: Israel Media Tour, Search, Web 2 0, Social Networking, Social Software, Xanga, B2b, Google, Israel, Sightix

  Company name: Sightix Founded in: 2005 R&D Location: Netanya Sightix, a B2B search service targeting social networks, has headquartered its research and development in Netanya. The company offers a unique search engine solution for social networking sites. While Google’s algorithm is based on page rank, Sightix gives users more

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• DashGo Connects Musicians and Labels to Social Media (The Startup Review)

  Published: July 22, 2008, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Los Angeles, Music, Startupreview, Web2 0 Startups, Facebook, Social Networking, Web, Xanga, Analytics, Dashgo, Digital Distribution, Music Record Label, Social Media

  Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series at Mashable - The Startup Review, Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Startup Essentials. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: DashGo 20-word Description: DashGo provides digital distribution and social

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• PlayCrafter Lets You Play and Create Casual Games (The Startup Review)

  Published: July 29, 2008, 1:10 pm

  Tags: News, San Francisco San Jose, Startupreview, Web2 0 Startups, Facebook, Myspace, Myspace Music, Social Networking, Web, Xanga, Casual Games, Online Gaming, Playcrafter, Zipzapplay

  Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series at Mashable - The Startup Review, Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Startup Essentials. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: PlayCrafter 20-word Description: PlayCrafter enables anyone to easily create

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• Quote This: 11 Resources for Word Lovers

  Published: August 4, 2008, 10:04 am

  Tags: Lists, Web2 0 Startups, Facebook, Social Networking, Web, Xanga, Quotations, Quotationsbook, Quotedaddy, Quotes, Social Media

  There’s a social network for just about anything you can imagine these days, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are services centered around quotations and famous words. Increasingly, these sites are offering more ways to collect and share your favorite quotes with widgets and plugins. Some are even making connections with

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• Deep Twitter Every Journalist's Friend

  Published: August 15, 2008, 8:51 pm

  Tags: Web2 0 Startups, Citizen Journalism, Facebook, Fotolog, Googlevideo, Social Networking, Xanga, Youtube, Twitter

  For as long as there has been reporters or journalists, there have been those anonymous sources who have helped them break more than a few stories. In most cases, these fountains of information have preferred to remain anonymous and out of the spotlight, but it is safe to say that without those sources a journalist's job would be a lot harder.

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