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		<title>MySpace Rolls Out its Official Toolbar</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/03/26/myspace-rolls-out-its-official-toolbar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there have been many MySpace Toolbar already available for free in the web, it is only now that MySpace is releasing an official one.   While these unofficial MySpace Toolbar may have successfully given MySpace users a useful toolbar which they can use for easily accessing their MySpace profile, still nothing would compare to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3771" title="myspacetoolbar" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/myspacetoolbar-300x86.jpg" alt="myspacetoolbar" width="300" height="86" />Although there have been many MySpace Toolbar already available for free in the web, it is only now that MySpace is releasing an official one.   While these unofficial MySpace Toolbar may have successfully given MySpace users a useful toolbar which they can use for easily accessing their MySpace profile, still nothing would compare to the official Toolbar released by MySpace. <span id="more-3770"></span>MySpace Toolbar boasts of the following cool features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Auto Login lets you stay connected to MySpace all the time that your browser is open</li>
<li>Alerts allows you to receive up-to-the minute alerts for your MySpace comment, messages and friend requests</li>
<li>Updates lets you receive your MySpace&#8217;s friends status and moods updates</li>
<li>Google-powered search engine</li>
<li>Quick Links for accessing other MySpace content properties</li>
<li>User links for instantly accessing your profile, comments, messages and more</li>
</ul>
<p>MySpace Toolbar is compatible with both Windows Firefox and IE Browsers, as well Firefox for Mac. You may download the toolbar <a href="http://www.myspace.com/toolbar">here</a>, and may you have fun using MySpace again.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3772" title="toolbarmyspace" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/toolbarmyspace.jpg" alt="toolbarmyspace" width="500" height="33" /></p>
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		<title>MySpaceID Becomes More Friendly</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/03/18/myspaceid-becomes-more-friendly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MySpace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[myspaceid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, MySpace woke up from slumber and launches enhancements to its MySpaceID product. In case you may have forgotten already or unaware at all, MySpaceID lets any website to access MySpace&#8217;s social graph. Meaning, you as a MySpace user can link your MySpace profiles, friends, and other activities on the site to any websites.  But [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3723" title="myspaceid" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/myspaceid.jpg" alt="myspaceid" width="183" height="58" />Finally, MySpace woke up from slumber and launches enhancements to its <a href="http://www.myspace.com/MySPaceID">MySpaceID</a> product. In case you may have forgotten already or unaware at all, MySpaceID lets any website to access MySpace&#8217;s social graph. Meaning, you as a MySpace user can link your MySpace profiles, friends, and other activities on the site to any websites.  But a more important part of this announcement is MySpace&#8217;s integration to the new Yahoo homepage which is curently under closed private beta testing mode.  <span id="more-3721"></span></p>
<p>Interestingly, the <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20090317006398&amp;newsLang=en">integration of MySpace</a> social stream into the new Yahoo homepage gives MySpace something to compete with Facebook while Yahoo with Google. Facebook has Facebook Connect while Google has Google Friend Connect. Both service offers an open sociability to their sites. This is something which both Facebook and Google could not simply do. And it is very clever for MySpace and Yahoo to have done it this way.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/myspaceyahoointegrated.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3722 alignnone" title="myspaceyahoointegrated" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/myspaceyahoointegrated-300x217.jpg" alt="myspaceyahoointegrated" width="300" height="217" /></a></p>
<p>Going back to the MySpace OpenID, we are given with the following three new features:</p>
<ul>
<li>MySpace Activity streaming to any websites</li>
<li>Easy Authentication through the integration of OAuth and OpenID into MySpaceID, enabling you to securely login to any website that uses MySpaceID using your MySpace credentials</li>
<li>Developer Resources &#8211;        The new MySpaceID workflow makes it easier for developers to create and        manage their applications. It streamlines the build process and makes        configuring an application easier than ever.</li>
</ul>
<p>and pretty soon you can also start publishing content from on your MySpace site from MySpace partner sites.</p>
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		<title>Top 25 Free e-books Sites, the Definitive List</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/03/09/top-25-free-e-books-sites-the-definitive-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySpace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Amazon spiced up the e-books industry with the release of its second generation e-book reader the Kindle 2. Then last week, Amazon also announced the availability of its Kindle for iPhone application. With these two products Amazon hopes to beef up the sales of its e-book catalog. Although e-books are good source of portable [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently Amazon spiced up the e-books industry with the release of its second generation e-book reader the <a href="http://www.dailybits.com/kindle-is-here-to-stay-newspapers-should-get-on-it/">Kindle 2</a>. Then last week, Amazon also announced the availability of its <a href="http://www.dailybits.com/amazon-releases-a-kindle-iphone-app-but-why/">Kindle for iPhone</a> application. With these two products Amazon hopes to beef up the sales of its e-book catalog. Although e-books are good source of portable reading materials, Amazon&#8217;s price tag on its e-book titles may turn off some of you. You&#8217;re in luck because Amazon is no the only site where you can get yourself some good e-book titles. In fact, we have compiled 25 of these sites that offer free e-books download.<span id="more-3660"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.onlinecomputerbooks.com">OnlineComputerBooks</a> &#8211; contains details about free computer        books, free ebooks, free online books and sample chapters related to Information        Technology, Computer Science, Internet, Business, Marketing, Maths, Physics        and Science which are provided by publishers or authors on their websites</p>
<p><a href="http://www.snipfiles.com">SnipFiles</a> &#8211; offers free software and book downloads in PDF or Word format.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bookyards.com">BookYards</a> &#8211; offers around 16,000 books, and other reading materials including web links, videos, ebook links and access to online libraries.</p>
<p><a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/">The Online Books Page</a> &#8211;   provides access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.  Lists over 35,000 free books available online.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.asksam.com/ebooks">AskSam Ebooks</a> &#8211; organizes, searches, and manages online  information. askSam offers free ebooks downloads as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baen.com/library/">Baen Free Library</a> &#8211; offers both free e-books downloads and online viewing from their site.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freeebooks.info/">Free ebooks.info</a> &#8211; covers various subjects including arts and photography, memoirs, business and investing, children&#8217;s books, and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://knowfree.net/">Know Free</a> &#8211; offers free e-books download. Their e-books were gathered through exchanges with users.</p>
<p><a href="http://spotbit.com/main/">Spot Bit</a> &#8211; offers both free and paid e-books and magazines. Registration required.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ebookshare.net/">ebookshare.net -</a> provides links to thousands of e-books available for download. Does not host the e-books but the links to their download sites instead.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ebookee.com/">EBOOKEE </a>- a  free ebooks search engine offering free ebooks download library. It&#8217;s an open directory for free ebooks and download links.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wowio.com/">Wowio</a> &#8211; lets you <span class="class1">legally access high-quality copyrighted ebooks from leading publishers for free. Covers a wide range of offerings, including works of classic literature, college textbooks, comic books, and popular fiction and non-fiction titles.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freebookspot.com">FreeBookSpot</a> &#8211; has more than 90 categories of  free e-books with topics ranging from fiction, to sciencitific programming and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://4ebooks.org/">4eBooks</a> &#8211; a comprehensive source of free e-books covering computer programming. The site was made in a blog-like layout.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.free-ebooks.net">Free-eBooks</a> &#8211; offers unlimited e-books downloads covering many categories.  You can also subscribe to the site&#8217;s RSS feeds to get updates about new e-books added to the site.</p>
<p><a href="http://manybooks.net">ManyBooks</a> &#8211; lets you browse through popular titles, recommendations, recent reviews. 	There are 23,216 eBooks available online.<em> </em></p>
<p><em></em><a href="http://www.getfreeebooks.com">GetFreeEBooks</a> &#8211;  free ebooks site where you can download free books totally free. The ebooks which you find within this site are collected from all over the net or either personally compiled by the site owner.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freecomputerbooks.com">FreeComputerBooks</a> &#8211; contains a huge collection of Free online Computer, Programming, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technical Books, Lecture Notes and Tutorials. The e-books are categorized by topics, with 12 top level categories, and over 150 sub-categories.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freetechbooks.com/">FreeTechBooks</a> &#8211; a list of free online computer science, engineering and programming books, ebooks, texts, textbooks, lecture notes, documentations and references.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.scribd.com">Scribd</a> &#8211; offers free downloads of e-books in PDF format. These e-books were submitted/uploaded by users, so they are freely available for download.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globusz.com">Globusz</a> &#8211; a unique epublishing site that offers free e-books download as well. Covers fiction and non-fiction titles.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.onlinefreeebooks.net/">OnlineFreeEBooks </a>- prides itself for providing a real e-book download service and not just links to e-books site.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.memoware.com">MemoWare </a>- contains thousands of  documents for <em>PalmOS device</em>, <em>Pocket PC, Windows                CE, EPOC, Symbian</em> or other handheld device.</p>
<p><a href="http://worldlibrary.net/">World Public Library</a> &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest digital archive of PDF e-books and other eDocuments. Membership is required to download books and to get access to their entire collection.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top">Project Gutenberg</a> &#8211; Of course, a list of top free e-books sites will not be complete if Project Gutenberg is not included. It is really your ultimate resource for millions of e-books but the site needs a little bit of polishing when it comes to usability though.</p>
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		<title>MySpace Music Previews U2&#8217;s Latest Album</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/02/20/myspace-music-previews-u2s-latest-album/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySpace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you got excited when Sydney Morning Herald reported that the full copies of U2&#8217;s latest album No Line in the Horizon have found their way to the web, you might want to stop scouring the web to find ways of obtaining it the not so legal way. MySpace  is offering an alternative, by way [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you got excited when <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/look-who-leaked-u2s-new-album/2009/02/20/1234633039937.html">Sydney Morning Herald</a> reported that the full copies of U2&#8217;s latest album No Line in the Horizon have found their way to the web, you might want to stop scouring the web to find ways of obtaining it the not so legal way. MySpace  is offering an alternative, by way of a streaming preview of the full tracks of the new U2 album right on its Music site.<span id="more-3544"></span><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3545" title="u2-myspace-music" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/u2-myspace-music-300x229.jpg" alt="u2-myspace-music" width="300" height="229" />Yes folks, all the 11 tracks in their full stereo sound quality right on the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/u2">MySpace Music site</a>. I am listening to it right now as I write this post. And <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/20/forget-about-those-leaked-downloads-listen-to-u2s-new-album-on-myspace-music-for-free/">Eric </a> was right, after so many years U2 is still the best. And I&#8217;m not saying this because I&#8217;m as old as Eric (or probably I am). I just love U2&#8217;s music &#8211; always have and always will.</p>
<p>So, if you visit the U2 page on MySpace music you will see a preview of  just one track from the album, but as Eric mentioned, you can click on the album to see the full listing of each of the tracks and then listen to them as well.</p>
<p>And since you are already there, if you are an avid U2 fan, you might want to pre-order the new album. Too bad I can do it since MySpace Music only accepts pre-orders from users in UK and US.</p>
<p>Anyway, enjoy listening to U2&#8217;s new songs folks.</p>
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		<title>MySpace Beefs Up its Mobile Site, Will Facebook Follow?</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/02/17/myspace-beefs-up-its-mobile-site-will-facebook-follow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the ongoing Mobile Web Congresss, MySpace has joined the slew of companies making their product announcements, more particularly new mobile phone devices.  And MySpace is taking advantage of the event  to announce a new beefed up mobile website and additional support for other mobile devices, particularly &#8211; Palm and Nokia S60 handsets.MySpace mobile website [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the ongoing Mobile Web Congresss, MySpace has joined the slew of companies making their product announcements, more particularly new mobile phone devices.  And MySpace is taking advantage of the event  to announce a <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20090216005783&amp;newsLang=en">new beefed up mobile website</a> and additional support for other mobile devices, particularly &#8211; Palm and Nokia S60 handsets.<span id="more-3533"></span><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3534" title="myspacemobile" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/myspacemobile-122x300.jpg" alt="myspacemobile" width="122" height="300" />MySpace mobile website currently supports the iPhone, Google Android, Sidekick, Nokia, Palm and BlackBerry, either through these phones&#8217; mobile browser or as a downloadable applications.</p>
<p>The new MySpace mobile website will be launched this week and you can check it out by pointing your device&#8217;s browser to -&gt; m.myspace.com or wap.myspace.com.</p>
<p>Basically the site redesign will be addressing optimized viewing experience for users with mobile phones with screen sizes to as small as 176 pixels in width. It will still sport the usual &#8220;MySpace blue&#8221; color scheme and will feature the web version MySpace site&#8217;s capability to configure email photo uplaod.</p>
<p>The new MySpace Mobile Website will also support 13  languages as well as local languages of 29 countries.</p>
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		<title>It Could Have Been a Facebook Week, if not for Social Bar</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/02/13/it-could-have-been-a-facebook-week-if-not-for-social-bar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook has received quite a number of coverage from various tech blogs that we usually read and monitor, this week. Ealier this week, you may have heard of the invasion of the &#8220;25  Things&#8221; Meme. Then it was followed by a statement coming from a former MySpace employee saying that Facebook will soon beat MySpace.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Facebook has received quite a number of coverage from various tech blogs that we usually read and monitor, this week. Ealier this week, you may have heard of the invasion of the &#8220;25  Things&#8221; Meme. Then it was followed by a statement coming from a former MySpace employee saying that Facebook will soon beat MySpace.  Finally, a lot of talks have surfaced regarding Facebook&#8217;s plan of offering more mobile services. These three items would have made Facebook the king of this week&#8217;s news, if not for Google&#8217;s Friend Connect&#8217;s Social Bar destroying Facebook&#8217;s streak.<span id="more-3515"></span>So, let&#8217;s recap on what was hot items this week. First on the list is the spread of the &#8220;25 Things About Me&#8221; meme on Facebook. I was personally a witness to how my friends have participated in this<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10161471-2.html"> meme</a>, like it was 1998 in Facebook. The meme gives 25 things about the personal who&#8217;ve forwarded you his answers, and after reading that person&#8217;s answer to the question, it&#8217;s now your turn to spread the love by sharing it with your Facebook friends. Now, is it bad or good, if you may ask? The answer depends on how you use Facebook and its social networking features.  But honestly, it was an utter waste of time and space on Facebook. Sorry folks.</p>
<p>What follows the meme was another buzz generated by a <a href="http://business.smh.com.au/business/facebook-tipped-to-outshine-myspace-20090211-84qt.html">Sydney Morning Herald</a> report saying that  Facebook will soon beat MySpace. This is based on the growing number of Facebook userbase. This came in right after we wrote about the latest <a href="http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/02/09/as-facebook-takes-over-myspace-twitter-becomes-the-no-3-social-network/">ComScore re-ranking</a> of the top social networks wherein Twitter emerged as the number 3 site and Facebook number 1 with MySpace number 2.</p>
<p>Then Facebook rolled a minor feature which enables you to rate a friend&#8217;s updates or activities in Facebook via a &#8220;like&#8221; <a href="http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/02/10/facebook-adds-like-rating-feature/">rating feature</a>. This was a good feature as it eliminates the need to post trivial comments to your friends&#8217; profiles if you happen to like what they just shared or updates they&#8217;ve made.</p>
<p>Finally, Facebook was reportedly working with mobile phone developers to offer more mobile Facebook services. According to <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&amp;sid=aNQnHUreliV4&amp;refer=india">Bloomberg</a>, Facebook is seeking more partnerships with wireless-service providers and phone makers to beef up its mobile services. This is in addition to its current application in the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. More particularly, Facebook wants to have the synchronization feature enabled.</p>
<p>There you go, some nice coverage of Facebook this past week.  But wait, stealing some hype and buzz from an almost Facebook week was the announcement coming from Google Friend Connect about its new social bar. This <a href="http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/02/11/add-a-google-friend-connect-social-bar-to-your-site/">Social Bar</a> is a nifty Google Friend Connect feature which lets you make your sites/blogs more social by adding a social bar on either the top or bottom of your site.  The Social bar contains your Google Friend Connect activities and provides a facility for your site visitors to quickly socialize with you and other members of your site.</p>
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		<title>As Facebook Takes Over MySpace, Twitter Becomes the No. 3 Social Network</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/02/09/as-facebook-takes-over-myspace-twitter-becomes-the-no-3-social-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you take glimpse of Compete&#8217;s latest re-ranking of social networks based on monthly visits, you&#8217;d not be surprised that Facebook is the no.1  site, followed by MySpace. But wait, somewhere not far behind at number 3, all of sudden is Twitter.  So, are we seeing the inevitable?  Facebook&#8217;s dominance as the top social site [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you take glimpse of <a href="http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/">Compete&#8217;s latest re-ranking</a> of social networks based on monthly visits, you&#8217;d not be surprised that Facebook is the no.1  site, followed by MySpace. But wait, somewhere not far behind at number 3, all of sudden is Twitter.  So, are we seeing the inevitable?  Facebook&#8217;s dominance as the top social site and Twitter&#8217;s dominance as the pseudo-social networking/microblogging/lifestreaming site?<span id="more-3488"></span></p>
<p>Of course we&#8217;ve already told you before the <a href="http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/01/23/rb-weekly-highlights-facebook-is-now-two-times-bigger-than-myspace/">Facebook has grown bigger</a> than MySpace in December. And the gap is even getting bigger since December 2008.</p>
<p>Interestingly, Twitter which was previously ranked #22 is now ranked #3. Thanks to the surge of monthly visits that the site has been receiving.  Most of these monthly visits are repeat visitors though and not really unique visitors.  This is understable since Twitter is more of a microblogging site than a social network.  If you could see from the chart, Twitter only got around 5million plus UV. And yet, managed to get into number 3 because of the total monthly visitors which count those returning visitors.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3491" title="top25socialnetworks" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/top25socialnetworks.gif" alt="top25socialnetworks" width="382" height="500" /></p>
<p>Now, if Twitter manages to get more unique visitors in the coming days, which mean more new users registering at the site, soon it may even overtake MySpace which seemed to be stagnating in terms of growth.</p>
<p>Twitter has the potential to grow, no doubt about that. But to achieve Facebook&#8217;s level of usage, membership activities, and perhaps usage would mean that Twitter has to become a full social networking site.  Unfortunately that might diminish its novelty.</p>
<p>For now, let us be contend with Facebook as the number one social network, and Twitter as the number one microblogging site.</p>
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		<title>Five Q&amp;A Sites That Answer your Burning Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/02/02/five-qa-sites-that-answers-your-burning-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question and Answer sites have been around for quite some time now.  But despite the its being useful, it is one online niche that has never really received too much attention. So, we can count only a handful of Q&#38;A sites which have managed to live on.   Here are five top Q&#38;A [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Question and Answer sites have been around for quite some time now.  But despite the its being useful, it is one online niche that has never really received too much attention. So, we can count only a handful of Q&amp;A sites which have managed to live on.   Here are five top Q&amp;A sites which will all give you answers to your questions, no matter how mundane or burning those questions are. The list include the newly launched Wikianswers  from Jimmy Wales who became well known for the Wikipedia.</p>
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<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-3429 alignnone" title="mahaloanswers" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mahaloanswers-300x60.png" alt="mahaloanswers" width="300" height="60" /></p>
<p><strong>Mahalo Answers</strong></p>
<p>Jason Calcanis, founder of &#8220;human-powered&#8221; search engine calls <a href="http://www.mahalo.com/answers/">Mahalo Answers</a> as a knowledge exchange site where you can post questions which are answered by other users.  In case you&#8217;re not in the loop, Mahalo is a search engine which utilizes human editors when selecting which sites on the web to crawl.  Mahalo Answers sits right inside the Mahalo.com site.  Mahalo Answers stands unique from other Q&amp;A sites by allowing users to give tips to those who answers their questions.  Users can earn Mahalo Dollars, which is a virtual currency with a one-to-one rate with U.S. dollars.  Aside from this, Mahalo Answers also run Google Ads which is of course a way to sustain the service.</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-3430 alignnone" title="yahooanswers" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/yahooanswers.gif" alt="yahooanswers" width="264" height="33" /></p>
<p><strong>Yahoo Answers</strong></p>
<p>Among the Q&amp;A sites, <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Answers</a> is among the most established and widely used. December data from comScore showed that the site was able to register 114 million unique pageviews.  Yahoo describes it Answers service as &#8220;a one place where the world shares what they know to help each other out.&#8221;  Typically, you can ask questions, answer other people&#8217;s questions, find out what other people are asking.  To participate, you need to register a nickname. You may use your current nickname attached to your current Yahoo services account or use a different nickname for your activities in Yahoo! Answers.  You may also add cutesy avatars to represent your in the Yahoo Answers community.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3434" title="wiki_answers" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/wiki_answers-300x32.png" alt="wiki_answers" width="300" height="32" /></p>
<p><strong>Wiki Answers</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wiki.answers.com">Wiki Answers</a> (difference from Wikianswers.com)</p>
<p>Wiki Answers is Answers.com&#8217;s take on the Wiki model. It is sort of a mini-Answers.com site with the Wiki twist.  Anyone can participate and contribute to the development of the Wiki-Question-and-Answer site.  Wiki Answers&#8217; unique pageviews in December according to comScore was at around 27.4 million. Like the other Q&amp;A sites, Wiki Answers lets you answer questions, post your own question, search for questions asked by other members and more.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3433" title="linkedinanswers1" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/linkedinanswers1.jpg" alt="linkedinanswers1" width="238" height="47" /></p>
<p><strong>LinkedIn Answers</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/answers">LinkedIn Answers</a> is different from the other Q&amp;A sites for the simple reason that it was created not for the sole purpose of providing a basic Q&amp;A site but rather to be used as a social networking tool.  Since it is tied up with LinkedIn, the business-oriented social networking site, the questions asked on the site are work and business related.  So, be cautious when answering questions since your audience will be fellow professionals.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3431" title="wikianswers_logo" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/wikianswers_logo.png" alt="wikianswers_logo" width="156" height="29" /><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Wikianswers</strong></p>
<p>Not to be confused with the other Q&amp;A site with almost the same name, <a href="http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Wikianswers">Wikianswers</a> is spelled as one word, and was from Jimmy Wales, more popularly known for his work in Wikipedia. Wikianswers brings the same formula and technology that made Wikipedia a successul open encylopedia.  Hence, you have a question and answer site/service utilizing the power of the Wiki platform, and dependent on user participation to create a vast resource of knowledge. You can immediately ask questions or look for answers to question already posted on the site using category browsing or topics browsing.</p>
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		<title>RB Weekly Highlights:  Facebook is now Two Times Bigger than MySpace</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/01/23/rb-weekly-highlights-facebook-is-now-two-times-bigger-than-myspace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like we didn&#8217;t know that this is going to happen? We all see this coming right? Facebook continously growing in terms of pageviews and unique visitors, leaving behind MySpace? Well, it will just be a matter of time before every social networking fanatics turn to Facebook for their daily fix of &#8211; telling the world [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like we didn&#8217;t know that this is going to happen? We all see this coming right? Facebook continously growing in terms of <a href="http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/01/07/great-facebook-hits-150m-users/">pageviews and unique visitors</a>, leaving behind MySpace? Well, it will just be a matter of time before every social networking fanatics turn to Facebook for their daily fix of &#8211; telling the world what they&#8217;ve just eaten, what they&#8217;ve just finished reading, which cause they&#8217;ve just joined, and practically any minute details of their lives. And did we say, they do all of those in a vibrant and eternally alive social networking site?<span id="more-3377"></span></p>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-3378 alignright" title="facebookvsmyspace" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/facebookvsmyspace-300x132.jpg" alt="facebookvsmyspace" width="300" height="132" />Facebook is now <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/22/facebook-now-nearly-twice-the-size-of-myspace-worldwide/"> two times bigger</a> the size of MySpace, and so TechCrunch reported based on the latest ComScore Metrics. If you&#8217;re still not convince, the figures say in December Facebook was able to pull in 222 million visitors. Compared with the 200 million unique worldwide visitors it had in November 2000, this amounts to a 10.8% month-over-month growth rate. And another way of looking it is that 22% of the total internet users visited Facebook in December. As for MySpace&#8217;s visitors, well it&#8217;s only around 125 million.</p>
<p>For the page view numbers of MySpace and Facebook, the trend is no different. Facebook&#8217;s got 80 billion monthly page views against 43 billion of MySpace.</p>
<p>Alright enough of these numbers. So, Facebook is now bigger than MySpace, so what? Are the numbers the only thing that matter in the social networking site wars? Apparently, MySpace didn&#8217;t think so.  In a comment sent to TC, MySpace say that despite the lower eyeballs, MySpace still managed to stay profitable especially in this trying times. Being on top of the social networking industry in the U.S. brings MySpace more profit and monetization opportunities. And that&#8217;s what matters especially in times like this.</p>
<p>Point well taken.  And granting that MySpace is still raking in more money than Facebook because of a successful site ads management, still the unique visitors and user engagement on the site still matters, especially in the long run.</p>
<p>MySpace maybe earning more than Facebook right now. But with the eyeballs and pageviews that Facebook is getting and will continue to get, it will only be a matter of time before Facebook eclipsed even MySpace&#8217;s revenues.</p>
<p>Facebook just needs a good &#8220;site monetization program.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Would You Like to Get Married on MySpace</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/01/19/would-you-like-to-get-married-on-myspace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What else can we probably not do on social networking sites?  We can meet friends, both old and new, promote brands, get hired for a job, and more. Now here&#8217;s something that&#8217;s quite different. How about getting hooked through MySpace? MySpace in partnership with popular reality TV producer Endemol is launching a new reality web [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-3349 alignleft" title="gettingmarriedmyspace" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gettingmarriedmyspace-300x187.jpg" alt="gettingmarriedmyspace" width="300" height="187" />What else can we probably not do on social networking sites?  We can meet friends, both old and new, promote brands, get hired for a job, and more. Now here&#8217;s something that&#8217;s quite different. How about getting hooked through MySpace? MySpace in partnership with popular reality TV producer Endemol is launching a new reality web service dubbed &#8220;Get Married on MySpace.&#8221;<span id="more-3345"></span></p>
<p>Gettting Married on MySpace is a reality web series that will awardone lucky couple their dream wedding, complete with all the works of a well-prepared, grandiose wedding ceremony, in exchange for allowing MySpace Community to plan and experience their wedding first hand.</p>
<p>The deal is that MySpace community will choose the winning couple from a list of participants. Once choose, the community themselves will plan every step and detail of the wedding, from selecting the bride&#8217;s wedding gown, selecting the couple&#8217;s rings, and even choosing the wedding location which will be put into an open voting system, where the MySpace Community will determine the perfect place where the wedding will be held.</p>
<p>The reality web series will have 13 webisodes, ending with the live coverage of the actual weddding ceremony of the couple.</p>
<p>Those who want to join this competition should send a video entry profiling theirselves. By March MySpace users will choose from submitted video entry, the lucky couple who will be the start of the Getting Married on MySpace web reality series which will begin in May. The wedding will take place sometime in August.</p>
<p>Getting Married on MySpace will streamed live on the recently relaunched <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/">MySpace Video Channel</a>.</p>
<p>Sounds fun? Well, if you are currently engaged, you better get your digital video camera, and start creating that interesting video of you and your partner.</p>
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		<title>20 Best iPhone Games of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/01/12/20-best-iphone-games-of-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still couldn&#8217;t get enough of your new iPhone 3G which you&#8217;ve received as a Christmas gift? Still scouring through the Apps Store looking for applications to install? Look no further as we&#8217;ve selected 20 of the best iPhone games which made it big in 2008.  Most of these iPhone games are paid apps, so [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still couldn&#8217;t get enough of your new iPhone 3G which you&#8217;ve received as a Christmas gift? Still scouring through the Apps Store looking for applications to install? Look no further as we&#8217;ve selected 20 of the best iPhone games which made it big in 2008.  Most of these iPhone games are paid apps, so might as well select only a few that you would most likely enjoy.<span id="more-3245"></span></p>
<p><strong>FieldRunne</strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3253" title="fieldrunners" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/fieldrunners-300x146.jpg" alt="fieldrunners" width="240" height="117" /><strong>rs </strong>($4.99)</p>
<p>If you are an iPhone owner, there&#8217;s no reason why this game should not be on your iPhone&#8217;s app screen. If you haven&#8217;t installed this game, you&#8217;re definitely missing a lot. <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292421271">FieldRunners</a> is a Tower Defense strategy game will definitely keep you glued on your iPhone&#8217;s screen, playing countless hours trying to setup your defense. It&#8217;s got all the ingredients of a full-featured mobile game &#8211; great graphics, great gameplay, great sound, and great replayability factor. No wonder, it has receive the accolades of many people.  FieldRunners will cost you $4.99 at the Apps Store. Believe me, it&#8217;s all worth the penny you have to spend for it.</p>
<p><strong>Flick Fishing </strong>($1.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3255" title="flickfishing" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/flickfishing.jpg" alt="flickfishing" width="95" height="84" /></p>
<p>Next to FieldRunners, <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=295314913&amp;mt=8">Flick Fishing</a> is also one of the best game that the iPhone got for 2008. This cool fishing game offers tons of features including 6 fishing locations with varying sea water conditions, 9 types of baits and tackles which you can use to get the biggest catch, 12 tournaments to complete and tons of fish species. For a full review of Flick Fishing, read it <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=30&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brighthub.com%2Fmobile%2Fiphone%2Freviews%2F21466.aspx&amp;ei=mqBpSYKCFomQtQOl_sWVAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBtphuUMKrkfVh8MYC55WKYpSRaw&amp;sig2=TXa8LFnfhzwTSy9QijcIdA">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>SimCity </strong>($9.99)</p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-3256 alignleft" title="simcity" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/simcity.jpg" alt="simcity" width="180" height="68" /></p>
<p>When this game came out last year, I had second thoughts of getting it because of its price &#8211; $9.99. But I told myself, what the heck, I love the PC game. And was I disappointed? Certainly not. The dollar I spent for it was definitely well worth the fun and enjoyment I got from playing it especially during the Holiday Break. The iPhone&#8217;s Sim City is an addictive game. If you&#8217;ve enjoyed building cities from the ground up in your PC, there&#8217;s no reason why you wouldn&#8217;t enjoy doing the same thing on your iPhone. Best part is, you can play it anywhere you go without bringing your PC along.</p>
<p><strong>Orions Legend of Wizard </strong>($4.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3260" title="orions" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/orions.jpg" alt="orions" width="200" height="89" />This game offers a unique gameplay and great replayability as a fantasy cards strategy game. If you&#8217;re into magical worlds, fantasy creatures, Dragons, Liches and Demons which are beautifully rendered on cards, this game will definitely please you. The PC version of this game was awarded  as Best Strategy Game of 2007, and this iPhone version definitely deserves to be among the iPhone&#8217;s best game for 2008.</p>
<p><strong>Labyrinth ($6.99)<br />
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3261" title="labyrinth" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/labyrinth.jpg" alt="labyrinth" width="203" height="91" />This classic labyrinth game surely deserves to be among the iPhone&#8217;s best game apps for 2008. It offers more than 800 levels of well crafted and realistic labyrinth maze. Like the old David Bowie movie of the same title, this game is certainly fantastic.</p>
<p><strong>Moto Chaser</strong> ($.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3262" title="motochaser" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/motochaser.jpg" alt="motochaser" width="200" height="102" />For one cent less to a dollar, this game, Moto Chaser is one of the best game that your money can buy for the iPhone. Featuring flawless animation, full-3D racing environments and many more features, Moto Chase would definitely give you value for your bucks. It works flawlessly with the iPhone&#8217;s accelerometer when steering your motorbike to the finish line.</p>
<p><strong>2079</strong> ($1.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3264" title="2079" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/2079.jpg" alt="2079" width="200" height="44" />This futuristic space shooters offers tons of awesome animation, graphics and sound effects. You wouldn&#8217;t think that you&#8217;re actually playing a game made specifically for a mobile phone. Suits well with the iPhone&#8217;s small screen and yet big enough in features, gameplay and replayability. As a bonus, the game allows you to play your own MP3 from your iPod while blasting away enemy spaceships.</p>
<p><strong>Rolando</strong> ($9.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3254" title="rolando" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rolando.jpg" alt="rolando" width="200" height="77" /></p>
<p>Another expensive game and yet worth every penny you&#8217;d spend for it. It&#8217;s a full-featured platform game for your iPhone and perhaps even the best game in the said genre. Rolando features fully interactive environments, intuitive controls, and four unique worlds with 36 fun-filled and challenging game levels. For $10, you&#8217;d get to help the Rolandos from regaining the Rolandolands which was invaded by the enemies.</p>
<p><strong>7 Cities TD </strong>($4.99)<strong><br />
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3265" title="7cities" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/7cities.jpg" alt="7cities" width="200" height="82" />Wait, before you continue reading on this list, you might want to check out the Apps Store for 7 Cities as it is currently on sale for $4.99. While your iPhone is downloading the app, then continue reading. This game is another engaging Tower Defense game set in the Amazon region. You have to defend the seven golden cities by any strategy that you can possibly think of. These game&#8217;s got tons of features including 2 game mods, 12 tower skills, and more.</p>
<p><strong>Snail Mail </strong>($1.99)<strong><br />
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3266" title="snailmail" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/snailmail.jpg" alt="snailmail" width="200" height="74" />Who says Snail Mail is dead and long gone due to email? Well, at least in this game the old reliable way of delivering postal mail is still alive and racing. Guide Turbo the Snail in delivering mails as he races through 50 levels or three game modes &#8211; postal, challenge, and time trials.</p>
<p><strong>Nanosaur 2</strong>($2.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3267" title="nanosaur2" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nanosaur2.jpg" alt="nanosaur2" width="200" height="82" />This is another one of my favorite games for the iPhone. Fortunately I got it when it was up for sale at $.99 (current price is currently $2.99). This shooting game is not your ordinary shooting game for the simple reason that you take the role of a nanosaur out to gather some eggs in the prehistoric times to save his race in the future. Great storyline right? Wait till you play the game as it features great graphics and animation and great game play and level of difficulty. Read the full <a href="http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/iphone/reviews/18413.aspx">review</a> here.</p>
<p><strong>Air Hockey</strong> ($.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3268" title="airhockey" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/airhockey.jpg" alt="airhockey" width="200" height="80" />This game&#8217;s got several awards up on its sleeves. And it&#8217;s not surprising since it perfectly simulates the old air hockey arcade game. Realistic mallets and rockets, play with your friends or alone against a computer and experience an exhilirating game of air hockey on your iPhone.</p>
<p><strong>Hero of Sparta</strong> ($10)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3269" title="heroofsparta" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/heroofsparta.jpg" alt="heroofsparta" width="200" height="71" />The third $10-iPhone game on our list is this epic action game Hero of Sparta where you get to play as King Argos. If you love the movie 300 or Troy, you&#8217;d definitely want to have this game on your iPhone. It features iPhone-specific controls, 360 degrees 3D environment, weapons to upgrade and items to upgrade and more.  Forget about the $10 you&#8217;re about to lose from your wallet, get his game now and you won&#8217;t regret it.</p>
<p><strong>Enigmo</strong> ($1.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3270" title="enigmo" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/enigmo.jpg" alt="enigmo" width="200" height="81" />Another award-winning game for the iPhone. Enigmo is an innovative 3D puzzle game that is not like your ordinary puzzle game. By tilting your iPhone, you direct various liquids into getting to their destination the fastest possible time possible. The faster you get the liquids flow into their destination, the higher your points become.</p>
<p><strong>Lumen</strong> ($1.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3272" title="lumen" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/lumen.jpg" alt="lumen" width="200" height="80" />Another puzzle game like no other puzzle game type of game, Lumen is an easy-to-learn game that offers long hours of gameplay once you&#8217;ve mastered the game mechanics. The game task you to light up all the checkpoints in the game by maneuvering a laser beam through various obstacles. The game currently offers around 2K+ of puzzles including those submitted by online gamers.</p>
<p><strong>Texas Hold&#8217;Em Up </strong>($4.99)<strong><br />
</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3273" title="texasholdem" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/texasholdem.jpg" alt="texasholdem" width="200" height="76" />Looking for a real-deal in casino card game for your iPhone? Then this game is what you&#8217;re looking for. Featuring 8 advanced AI opponents, autosave, natural user interface, 10 unique challenges and various game options, this game shoul definitely in your long list of great iPhone games.</p>
<p><strong>Uno ($4.99)<br />
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3285" title="uno" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/uno.jpg" alt="uno" width="97" height="65" />Of course, we don&#8217;t have to describe what this game is all about. This is the all-time classic game made available for the iPhone. Relive memories of playing Uno the card game during your younger days. Offers customization, various action cards and multiplayer support through Wi-Fi.</p>
<p><strong>Cro-Mag Rally</strong> ($1.99)<strong><br />
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3281" title="cromagrally" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cromagrally.jpg" alt="cromagrally" width="121" height="48" />Ah, the iPhone&#8217;s best kart racing game set ala-the Flintstones. Two words to describe this game &#8211; great fun! Read my full review of <a href="http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/iphone/reviews/16312.aspx">Cro-Mag Rally</a> here.</p>
<p><strong>GTS World Racing</strong> ($4.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3283" title="gtsworldracing" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gtsworldracing.jpg" alt="gtsworldracing" width="200" height="80" />It&#8217;s no Sega Rally or Gran Turismo, but GTS World Racing offers almost the same fun and goodness of those two console racing games for the iPhone. Of course, that goes without saying that the game takes the iPhone&#8217;s graphics engine to the limit. Featuring 4 play modes, great music soundtrack, and great accelerometer implementation, this game is worth installing on your iPhone. It&#8217;s the next best thing to having GTS on your iPhone.</p>
<p><strong>Galcon</strong> ($4.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3277" title="galcon" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/galcon.jpg" alt="galcon" width="121" height="45" />This awesome space invasion game offers multi-player action with cool animations and great graphics. It&#8217;s fast-paced and yet offers a great strategy game play.</p>
<p><strong>Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart 3D</strong> ($5.99)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3278" title="nitrokart" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nitrokart.jpg" alt="nitrokart" width="200" height="87" />Although this game has been out as early as July 2008, I couldn&#8217;t help but put it on our list of best games for the iPhone. It&#8217;s a personal favorite of mine since the Playstation days of Crash. Read my <a href="http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/iphone/articles/14057.aspx">full review here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Brace Yourself Folks, MySpace Will Soon Be on your TV</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/01/08/brace-yourself-folks-myspace-will-soon-be-on-your-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amidst the frenzy in the ongoing CES event at Las Vegas which are dominated primarily by consumer electronics companies, MySpace was able to get some mileage thanks to its partnership with Intel, Yahoo and Toshiba. The deal will bring the MySpace experience on your TV sets, thanks to Yahoo&#8217;s Connected TV service and Toshiba which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amidst the frenzy in the ongoing CES event at Las Vegas which are dominated primarily by consumer electronics companies, MySpace was able to get some mileage thanks to its partnership with Intel, Yahoo and Toshiba. The deal will bring the MySpace experience on your TV sets, thanks to Yahoo&#8217;s Connected TV service and Toshiba which will be the first to showcase the MySpace TV Widget on their new products. <span id="more-3230"></span></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3232" title="myspacetvchannel" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/myspacetvchannel-300x200.jpg" alt="myspacetvchannel" width="300" height="200" />MySpace TV is being developed on Widget Channel, a  new TV application which is being co-developed by Intel and Yahoo.  This will allow you to do your MySpace activities directly from your TV as well as receive updates from your MySpace network.</p>
<p>Specifically, MySpace TV Widget</p>
<ul>
<li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"> Receive Friend Updates</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"> Read and respond to Messages</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"> Receive Friend Request notifications</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"> See friends’ Status and Mood updates</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"> Publish personal Status and Mood updates</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"> Browse photos</li>
<li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"> Browse profiles</li>
</ul>
<p>The MySpace TV Widget will consist of the MySpace TV Dock which will contain links to the &#8220;My Profile&#8221;, &#8220;Messages&#8221;, &#8220;Friend Requests&#8221; and &#8220;Status Updates&#8221; channel of your MySpace account, and the MySpace Sidebar which will be displayed on your TV screen.</p>
<p>Once the MySpace Sidebar is displayed, you can then interact with the MySpace environment and lets you navigate all functionality of the widget in an organized, familiar and friendly way.</p>
<p>To use the MySpace TV, you need to have access to your MySpace ID and of course the Toshiba TV which is the first to carry the said feature. Hopefully, other TV manufacturers will get the MySpace TV Channel too. Unless of course the idea of social networking on your TV screen does not appeal to you.</p>
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		<title>Meebo Weds MySpace and Facebook, Sort Of</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2008/12/20/meebo-weds-myspace-and-facebook-sort-of/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know it&#8217;s the closest to the impossible thing to happen &#8211; the union of MySpace and Facebook as we all know that these two top social networks are nemesis for so long now. It would probably take a lot to make them work together, oh well at least Meebo wants to try as the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3103" title="meebo_logo" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/meebo_logo.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="72" />We know it&#8217;s the closest to the impossible thing to happen &#8211; the union of MySpace and Facebook as we all know that these two top social networks are nemesis for so long now. It would probably take a lot to make them work together, oh well at least Meebo wants to try as the official <a href="http://blog.meebo.com/?p=1246">Meebo blog</a> announced that Meebo now support IM sessions from MySpace and Facebook right smack into the Meebo IM client.<span id="more-3102"></span></p>
<p>It took Meebo several years before it finally supports Facebook and MySpace, joining other IM platforms currently supported by Meebo including GTalk, ICQ, Jabber, Flixter and AIM. Aside from Facebook and MySpace, Meebo also now supports both Yahoo Messenger and MSN Live Messenger.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3104" title="meebo" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/meebo-300x217.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="217" />What this new feature enables you to do is basically to let you enter your Facebook and MySpace account and then let you chat with your friends in both social networks in the Meebo IM Box. As Eric of TC noted, the Meebo-MySpace integration was done through the official MySpace API, so expect to experience a seamless integration between the two from now on.</p>
<p>However, for the Facebook-Meebo integration, this might get stalled later on as Meebo engineers just used reverse engineering with the Facebook IM. So, if Facebook decided to to something with its IM protocols, Meebo will no choice but to turn off the features. However, we really see don&#8217;t see any reason why Facebook would do such thing. After all, it&#8217;s the age of the Open Web. Everyone seems to be interconnecting and Facebook has even launched its Facebook Connect features. Although it&#8217;s a different thing from IM integration, the fact is, Facebook is sending a signal it is open for collaboration with other social media sites.</p>
<p>If there&#8217;s one problem with this new features of Meebo, it&#8217;s got to be the fact that it will certainly propel its growth to tremendous bounds as it currently is. And this could probably one reason why Facebook would not want to work with Meebo.</p>
<p>Via <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/19/meebo-passes-ims-between-myspace-and-facebook/">TechCrunch</a></p>
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		<title>World Economic Forum Embraces Social Media Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2008/12/15/world-economic-forum-embraces-social-media-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s any indication that social networking and social media tools have become more relevant, it&#8217;s got to be the fact that even the World Economic Forum is utilizing some of the famous social networking and social media tools in advancing its cause and carrying out its socially-relevant activities. In time for its upcoming annual [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3088" title="worldeconomicforum" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/worldeconomicforum.jpg" alt="" width="116" height="78" />If there&#8217;s any indication that social networking and social media tools have become more relevant, it&#8217;s got to be the fact that even the <a href="http://www.weforum.org/en/index.htm">World Economic Forum</a> is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/15/digitalmedia-youtube">utilizing</a> some of the famous social networking and social media tools in advancing its cause and carrying out its socially-relevant activities. In time for its upcoming annual meeting in Davos-Klosters next month, the WEF has launched various social media tools that it hopes would generate more interests to the WEF&#8217;s cause from the online crowd.<span id="more-3087"></span></p>
<p>Among WEF&#8217;s social media initiatives include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://twitter.com/davos">Twitter account</a> for the Davos annual meeting</li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Economic-Forum/7746841478">Facebook</a> account for WEF</li>
<li><a href="http://www.myspace.com/worldeconomicforum">MySpace</a> account for WEF</li>
<li><a href="http://forumblog.org/openforum">OpenForum Wiki</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum">Flickr Photo Group</a></li>
<li>and its own <a href="http://weforum.org/video">video streaming</a> services on its website</li>
<li>live broadcast of web conferences through Mogulus and Qik</li>
</ul>
<p>It&#8217;s good to know that international organizations such as the World Economic Organizations are beginning to realize the value of social networking and social media tools in pursuing their advocacy work. With the popularity of these online tools among people coming from all walks of life, it would definitely be a great way of reaching out and educating the online masses. Hopefully, online users would partake of what the WEF and other organizations with similar initiatives have to offer.</p>
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		<title>Introducing MySpace Toolbar</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2008/12/10/introducing-myspace-toolbar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Available today for MySpace users in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India and Ireland, is MySpace Toolbar. This is MySpace&#8217;s latest move to ensure that members would have instant access to their MySpace as they do their daily web surfing habits. MySpace Toolbar runs on IE 6 or higher and Firefox 2.0 or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3052" title="myspace_toolbar_header" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/myspace_toolbar_header-300x93.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="93" />Available today for MySpace users in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India and Ireland, is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/toolbar">MySpace Toolbar</a>. This is MySpace&#8217;s latest move to ensure that members would have instant access to their MySpace as they do their daily web surfing habits. MySpace Toolbar runs on IE 6 or higher and Firefox 2.0 or higher. <span id="more-3050"></span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3053" title="myspacetoolbar" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/myspacetoolbar-300x44.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="44" /></p>
<p>If you install MySpace toolbar on your PC&#8217;s browser, it will provide your activity notifications, new friend requests, new messages, comments and Friend updates as well. Hence, the new toolbar is another way for MySpace users to connect constantly as well as to stay in touch with their Myspace friends.</p>
<p>Key features of the MySpace Toolbar includes the ff:</p>
<ul>
<li>Automatic connectivity to MySpace without entering your email and password</li>
<li>No need to refresh the browser for updates</li>
<li>Real-time New Messages, New Comments, New Friend Requests alerts</li>
<li>Real-time Friend Activity Updates</li>
<li>Update My Mood and Status</li>
<li>See Friends’ Mood and Status</li>
<li>Search the Web, People, and MySpace using Google-powered search engine</li>
</ul>
<p>Unfortunately, MySpace Toolbar doesn&#8217;t support uploading of photos directly from the toolbar your MySpace Profile page. But MySpace promises to roll out this feature sometime in the near future.</p>
<p>To get MySpace Toolbar on your PC&#8217;s browser, you may download it <a href="http://toolbarupdate.myspacecdn.com/MySpaceToolbar_Setup-A_1.0.14.0.exe">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>MySpace to Launch Mobile Video Streaming via Members Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2008/12/03/myspace-to-launch-mobile-video-streaming-via-members-pages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoping to leverage on rival Facebook and also to boost its mobile phone presence, MySpace is launching a new feature of its mobile MySpace interface that would let members watch video clips from their MySpace pages as well as TV shows on their mobile phones. The new feature will be made available soon on various [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-2965 alignleft" title="myspacemobile" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/myspacemobile.jpg" alt="" width="216" height="30" />Hoping to leverage on rival Facebook and also to boost its mobile phone presence, MySpace is launching a new feature of its mobile MySpace interface that would let members watch video clips from their MySpace pages as well as TV shows on their mobile phones. The new feature will be made <a href="http://newteevee.com/2008/12/02/myspace-video-goes-mobile-but-sans-hulu-not-on-iphones/">available soon on various mobile phones</a> including the BlackBerry Bold, Palm Centro, Motorola Q9, LG Voyager, Nokia N95 and Samsung Instinct.<span id="more-2964"></span></p>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-2967 alignright" title="myspacevideostreaming" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/myspacevideostreaming-260x300.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="300" />The new MySpace mobile feature would enable you not only to watch video on your own homepages but from your MySpace&#8217;s friends&#8217; pages as well. Likewise, you can also watch commercially produced videos from celebrity news and gossip website TMZ, the National Hockey League, National Geographic, Onion and others.</p>
<p>The new service will be provided by MySpace to its members for free, but of course we don&#8217;t expect MySpace not to do something without getting anything from it. In the case of this new feature, it will be in the form of mobile ads.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re wondering if this new feature will be made available also on the iPhone, the answer is a resounding no since the <a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081203/wr_nm/us_myspace">video streaming</a> will be done from the MySpace&#8217;s pages instead of being downloaded onto the phones. Hence it will not be available on the iPhone which plays only downloaded videos. Although MySpace is not closing its doors on video downloads, but this will have to wait at a later date.</p>
<p>This new feature of MySpace mobile is being implemented in partnership with RipCode company who will be in-charge of making sure that video contents can be streamed on various mobile handsets eventhough they have different platforms.</p>
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		<title>Send Photos, Videos from Your Sprint Phone to MySpace and Online Services</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2008/11/27/send-photos-videos-from-your-sprint-phone-to-myspace-and-online-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sprint users would be glad to know that they can now upload photos and videos which they took using their Sprint mobile phones directly from their phone to various online services including MySpace, Photobucket and YouTube and other social media sites. This is definitely a good service would be most useful during the Holiday Season [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sprint users would be glad to know that they can now upload photos and videos which they took using their Sprint mobile phones directly from their phone to various online services including MySpace, Photobucket and YouTube and other social media sites. This is definitely a good service would be most useful during the Holiday Season where picture-taking and video capturing would be higly in-demand during festivities. <span id="more-2948"></span></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2949" title="sprintpicturemail" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/sprintpicturemail-300x198.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="198" />Through Sprint&#8217;s Picture Mail service, you can now directly upload your digital photos and videos if your mobile phone belongs to around 30 Sprint phones which carry the said features. These phones include popular mobile handset including Samsung Instinct, LG Rumor,  Sanyo Katana and MOTORAZR2.</p>
<p>The new feature was made possible with the use of the Verisign Xoomerang platform which enables users to easily capture and publish video and still images to those 30 online services. Although currently, the service is available only for MySpace, Photobucket and YouTube. But both Sprint and VeriSign promises to make the new service available to other sites as well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.slashphone.com/sprint-customers-now-can-share-photos-and-videos-on-myspace-photobucket-and-youtube-with-picture-mail-enhancement-273421">Via</a></p>
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		<title>Guns n&#8217; Roses Rocket (Queen) to the Top</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2008/11/21/guns-n-roses-rocket-queen-to-the-top/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew G.R.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Receiving a record-smashing 25 listens per second, Guns n&#8217; Roses have not only completed their (Axl&#8217;s) comeback, but they have just held the largest &#8216;listening party&#8217; in the world.
I guess that&#8217;s what 14 years of anticipation will do.
The long awaited &#8216;Chinese Democracy&#8217; drops at Best Buy stores tomorrow, but you can take a listen now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2926" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/gnr.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="112" />Receiving a record-smashing 25 listens per second, Guns n&#8217; Roses have not only completed their (Axl&#8217;s) comeback, but they have just held the largest &#8216;listening party&#8217; in the world.</p>
<p>I guess that&#8217;s what 14 years of anticipation will do.</p>
<p>The long awaited &#8216;Chinese Democracy&#8217; drops at Best Buy stores tomorrow, but you can take a listen now at<br />
<a href="http://www.MySpace.com/gunsnroses" target="_blank">MySpace.com/gunsnroses</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s ironic that an old band swoops in and takes control of a new technology.  I also find it amusing that I will be making the album the first CD I have purchased in about 5 years.  It ain&#8217;t vinyl, but I still feel nostalgic.</p>
<p>The band might be long gone, but who understudies can&#8217;t put on a good show too. What&#8217;s old is new again.  If you&#8217;ve checked out the album on MySpace, we&#8217;d love to hear what you think.</p>
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		<title>2nd Open Web Awards &#8211; Vote!</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2008/11/20/2nd-open-web-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maris Dagis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t noticed jet 2nd Open Web Awards are going on right now and we need your vote! Nominations was open from November 5th and Mashable reports that they received more than 43.000 nominations this year. Now top ten nominated sites in each category are up for voting. You are welcome to cast your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you haven&#8217;t noticed jet 2nd <a href="http://mashable.com/openwebawards/">Open Web Awards</a> are going on right now and we need your vote! Nominations was open from November 5th and <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/11/19/openwebawards-voting-1/">Mashable</a> reports that they received more than 43.000 nominations this year. Now top ten nominated sites in each category are up for voting. You are welcome to cast your vote until November 30th when final round of voting will begin. Here are the voting widget:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="210" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://mashable.polldaddy.com/widget/x2.aspx?f=f&#038;c=&#038;cn="></iframe> <noscript><a href="http://mashable.com/2008/11/19/openwebawards-voting-1/">Mashable Open Web Awards</a></noscript></p>
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		<title>MySpace TV Now Streams Video from Hulu and other Channels</title>
		<link>http://www.rotorblog.com/2008/11/12/myspace-tv-now-streams-video-from-hulu-and-other-channels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnold Zafra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MySpace just launched a new internal application called MySpace Primetime which would allow you to embed a video widget on your MySpace profile and homepages. That MySpace Primetime video widget is your ticket to watching contents coming from the ever growing Hulu as well as other MySpace video content partners including Sony and Warner Bros.
Embedding [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2866" title="myspaceprimetime" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/myspaceprimetime-300x91.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="91" />MySpace just launched a new internal application called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/primetimeapp">MySpace Primetime</a> which would allow you to embed a video widget on your MySpace profile and homepages. That MySpace Primetime video widget is your ticket to watching contents coming from the ever growing Hulu as well as other MySpace video content partners including Sony and Warner Bros.<span id="more-2865"></span></p>
<p>Embedding the MySpace Primetime application on your profile would allow you to search for and watch video content from Hulu, and when we say video content we mean premium content such as high-res episodes of show like Roommates and Special Delivery. It&#8217;s a free-to-download application for your Myspace profile folks, so what are you waiting for download it now, or read on some more.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2867" title="primetimeappscreenshot" src="http://www.rotorblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/primetimeappscreenshot-218x300.jpg" alt="" width="218" height="300" />For MySpace, this adds another revenue stream since the the application is ad-supported by multiple ad-solutions coming from MySpace advertising partners. So, you can just imagine how profitable this new application would be for MySpace if it becomes popular. And I have no doubt that it will become such a hit. Hulu is gaining better grounds in the video streaming market, especially because of the high-quality video content that it provides to users.</p>
<p>To add the MySpace Primetime Application to your MySpace Profile or homepag, follow this steps outlined by the MySpace Primetime application team:</p>
<ol>
<li>Step 1 &#8211; Visit http://www.myspace.com/primetimeapp</li>
<li>Click the &#8220;Add this App&#8221; button in the top right hand corner</li>
<li>Choose where you want the application to appear on your profile and how often you want it updated</li>
<li>Click on Add</li>
</ol>
<p>And basically that&#8217;s it. Enjoy premium video content right smack on your MySpace profile.</p>
<p>Via <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10094949-36.html">The Social</a></p>
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