social networking

1.In 2006 it was YouTube, MySpace, Bebo, Facebook and many other social sites that grabbed the headlines. The focus on users and online communities will continue in 2007 said Kathy Johnson from Consort Partners - a Silicon Valley-based firm that advises start-ups targeting the so-called Web 2.0 space. The ease and speed with which web programs can be put together is driving more and more businesses to question how they create the software they use to keep their organisations running.
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The Puffin, from Singapore, offers its own network and also connects to Yahoo, MSN and AOL instant messaging accounts -- allowing multiple social communities to converge in one portal.You can chat, do on-the-fly blogging and share photos and video on the multiple networks from the Puffin portal. They call this ``integrated social networking'' and it can be used on Java-compatible mobile devices.
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The latest addition to social networking sites is DesiMartini.com, an SMS-based online social networking site catering to Indians residing across the globe.
Launched end November'06 by Gurgaon-based Vivek Pahwa (25), an entrepreneur and recent Graduate from the Indian School of Business, DesiMartini.com claims not only to incorporate the best from sites such as Orkut, Friendster, and MySpace, but also go a step further and enhance user experience through a rich user interface and SMS-based features