Microsoft is getting into the area of social computing, starting with your contacts. The idea of “Inner Circle” software will be to maintain and update a list of about 20 people with whom one is e-mailing and instant messaging the most. The list is based on your behavior — the software will keep track
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A newcomer to social networking
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Orkut, a newcomer to this whole social networking thing, was designed by a Google software engineer. Danny Sullivan has a review of Orkut, which has had some periodic server problems since launching.
Right now, membership is by invitation only; if you do get invited, make sure you read this post over at Boing…
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By Tom Mighell on
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Last week, Dennis Kennedy mentioned the boomlet in social networking — sites like Friendster, LinkedIn, Ryze, and Tribe.net are allowing individuals to set up networks on the Internet, facilitating friendships, romance, business relationships, and more. It’s an interesting idea — I am signed up at LinkedIn just like Dennis — if anyone…