Monthly Archives: August 2008

by Jacob Morgan

Hi5 is rapidly growing to become one of the most popular social networks in the world. Today Hi5 announced that the are going mobile worldwide in 26 different languages. Here is what this sleek new mobile platform looks like.

This a big step in the social network world as more and more people from around the world are beginning to access social networks from mobile. Hi5 is trying lay stake in mobile internet market as it continues to grow. According to the CEO of Hi5, Ramu Yalamanchi:

“Mobile use represents a huge opportunity for social networking and this functionality is particularly relevant to hi5’s international user base who are more advanced than their U.S. counterparts in terms of mobile device usage. We are providing the tools for users to connect and share information with their hi5 network from almost anywhere in the world. In addition. as we see the number of users accessing hi5 via their mobile phones increase, it will open up the opportunity to roll out hyper-localized advertising.”

Hi5 actually did their due diligence to understand how people in different geographical and cultural areas communicate with one another. Currently, no other social network offers mobile support in as many languages as Hi5 does. This is definitely a huge step in the growth and evolution of Hi5 and should continue to propel them into being one of the world’s largest and most popular social networks.

Congratulations Hi5!

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by Brian Solis

The Office 2.0 Conference opens its doors in San Francisco next week I’ll be attending the event from the opening reception to the very last panel – along with The Bub TV crew.

Now in its third year, this is one of the few conferences that I genuinely look forward to. I’m an avid enthusiast of online workflow applications and mashups and not only do I have the opportunity to see what’s new and what’s next, I also can meet the creators as well as thought leaders who are forging the next landscape for collboration and productivity.

Visit the Office 2.0 site for the full agenda.

Paid attendees will receive the new HP Mini-Note UMPC. Register here.

Speakers include:

In memory of Marc Orchant.

Visit my albums on flickr for pictures from the event last year.

Opening Reception

Day One

UPDATE: Office 2.0 is seeking last-minute sponsors to help ends meet. Please contact Ismael Ghalimi directly.

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by Michelle Lentz

There are still a lot of sites out there that don’t have a mobile version available. So if you’re on your Treo or Blackberry and want to visit a non-mobile-enabled site, you can now get the latest information from Dotgo.

Just send a text message starting with an internet domain name to the phone number DOTCOM (368266), DOTEDU (368338), DOTGOV (368468), DOTNET (368638), or DOTORG (368674) as appropriate. Dotgo will send you back the latest info from the site. For instance, 368638 writetech.net returns this:

In response, #1 returns this:

You can also use Dotgo to search for an answer. For example, 368266 wikipedia chardonnay returns this:

You can text back M to view more of the entry.

As a web site publisher, you can also customize your Dotgo response. You simply whip up a little index.cmrl file and include it in your root directory. The Dotgo engine identifies the file and returns your specialized information. Dotgo includes some decent instructions for accomplishing this.

I noticed that Dotgo has a beta advertising program about which you have to email them for more information. I’m fairly convinced that mobile is the future of the Internet, or at least a large part of the future. This interactive method of accessing the Web via text message could be just the beginning.

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by Michelle Lentz

I’ve seen a great response to the multiple status updates post from a few days ago (albeit most of you responded via Twitter). So we now have some beta invites for Updating.Me.

The first 29 50 of you interested in the service can use the code bubblicious. So hurry on over to the new service and let us know what you think.

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by Michelle Lentz

I was glancing through the online NY Times business section when I came across an article on George Orwell’s diaries.

Image from The Orwell Diaries blog

The Orwell Prize, a political writing award group in Britain, is publishing Orwell’s diaries in real-time. The first diary entry, August 9, 1938, was published 70 years after its writing at the blog The Orwell Diaries. For about a month, Orwell is watching the weather, and chickens, and recovering from an illness. However, near the beginning of September, he begins his political diaries. These are the diaries in which I’m interested. I’m curious how similar situations today are to 1938.

According to the NY Times article, the blog will be publishing through at least 2010, and cover the years 1938 through 1942, when the diaries end. I like to imagine Orwell as a blogger, sharing his thoughts online and carrying on conversations with those willing to comment.
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