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Here’s a social shopping site were teen-age girls and their parents don’t have to worry about getting victimized by bad elements in the social networking world - ShopLikeAnna. The social shopping site is being policed by Shop Like Anna staff round the clock and the aside from having a working relationship with the FBI to ensure that the site stays as clean and as safe as possible to teen-age girls.

Continue reading the story called Teen-Age Girls Don’t Shop Like Crazy, They ShopLikeAnna

The travel industry has explored every angle of the social media craze. In fact, there are so many opinions online, that I often find myself overwhelmed when searching for feedback on a destination.

If you want to take a trip off the beaten path, new travel destination TripSay is for you. Just tell the recommendation engine your vacation preferences, where you’ve been before, and where you wish to go in the future, and you will be matched with people who share similar travel interests - destinations that are up your alley.

Continue reading the story called TripSay Says: Get Out and Travel

There was a time when I would have been a rich man if I had a nickel for every band I predicted would become ‘big.’ I’m not bragging. It’s just one of the useless gifts I was born with. I would have much rather been able to play the guitar.

But now I might be able to convert my talent scout abilities into cash.

Launching in beta today is PopCuts, a Y-Combinator startup that rewards early adopters. Continue reading the story called Call the Next Big Band With PopCuts; Get Rewarded

From the for fun social networking site for dogs, we now move on a more professional and serious social networking site, this time geared fro law students - Casemaker X. Previously announced during the American Association of Law Librarians Conference in Portland, Casemaker X is set for a full launch in early fall of 2008. Continue reading the story called Casemaker X is a Social Network for Law Students

If you are planning to start a niche social networking site but couldn’t decide on what niche to market, perhaps you’re best bet would on pets and pet lovers niche, more particulary dogs and dog lovers. Social networking sites for dogs and dog lovers have been around since niche social networking sites have became popular. One dog/dog lovers-related site even got an award from the 2007 UK Social Find of the Year.Could DoggySpace repeat the same feat, only time could tell.

Continue reading the story called Doggyspace is a Doggy’s Place

MySpace was pretty active to support ‘08 electoral process and now they are launching new site - MyDebates.org. Website  will offer live streaming video and real time polling for MySpace users starting from debate day one which is on September 26.

Te see presidential debates live you will nee to downlad application which will be available before the the first presidential debate so stay tuned.

Additionally, ‘MyDebates.org’ will feature high-quality video streaming and as the candidates are speaking, “issue icons” will light up as candidates discuss specific main topics. Users will be polled periodically throughout the debates with short questions with multiple choice answers (or iconic responses, e.g. thumbs-up/ down). This format will reduce distraction while eliciting specific and valuable feedback.

Immediately following each debate, ‘MyDebates.org’ will house videos of the debates in their entirety, available for viewing at any time. Videos will be “bookmarked” to allow users to easily jump to their important issues, and will be searchable and tagged by event, candidate, issues, and questions asked of the candidates. Users can also “share,” “comment” and “rate” links in the Video Clip Player. MySpaceTV will host the debate clips which will be accessible to anyone on the Internet.

I’m happy to see that social network potential are being used to rise activity of voters and users are motivated to take a part in election process. You can say exactly how big can be impact of such activities but knowing how huge are MySpace user base you can try to imagine.

Self-publishing is a tough racket. On paper, the business model looks good; anyone can write a book and then sit back and watch the money roll in. Not so much. The reality is, most people have very limited success in generating interest in their goods.

Lulu, a major player in the self-pub sector, is hoping to change that with a partnership with WeRead, the book lover’s social network. Continue reading the story called Lulu Teams With WeRead

MySpace have had its share of bad experiences with teen members getting entraped by malicious adult members or even by fellow teen-age members. Hence, we couldn’t blame parents for trying to control their kids participation in social networking sites. But, we couldn’t blame also our teen-age member of the web 2.0 world if they won’t just stop using social networking sites. Solution - how about a social networking site built by teens for their fellow teens, like KiwiBox? Sounds safe enough right? Continue reading the story called KiwiBox is a Social Networking Site Built by Teens for Teens

If you’re a social networking fan like Andrew, Maris and I, or if you are looking for a job or perhaps a better job and a professional with contacts listed on various online boards, then you might find AtomKeep a useful online service. Continue reading the story called AtomKeep Keeps Your Accounts in Sync on All Social Networks

Adobe and CCTV.com are joining forces to create an “Olympic Network TV Station” with international appeal. Rooted in Adobe Flash and Flex technology, millions of sports fans in mainland China and Macau will be able to keep their eye on the games.

Thousands of hours of video will be available on CCTVOlympics.com, with sports fans able to view the Olympic sports, athletes and country teams of their choice.

Promising to be “Your window on China and the world,” users will have easy access to Olympic results, statistics, athlete bios, and sport rules.

A social networking aspect of the site allows enables fans to share their unique perspective on their Olympic thoughts.

With over 3,800 hours of worldwide broadcast Olympic Games video and 1,200 hours of CCTV’s own video, you won’t miss a beat - or a medal ceremony.

With the start of the games a mere four days away, the site is getting ready for its prime-time close up. If you’re into the games, we think you’ll like what you see.

Popular social bookmarking site Delicious and social netowork for bloggers MyBlogLog have updated their design. Looks like AOL also had busy summer working on new projects - check out Tour Tracker and Buddy Updates.

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We haven’t really featured too many sports-related social networking site here at Rotorblog. But while scouring the web for a new social networking site to feature, I stumbled upon Footbo, a social networking site for football lovers. At first, I had second thoughts on whether to feature Footbo, but I couldn’t help it. The site has a very elegant and simple design with the green accent on its predominantly white theme. Disclosure: Ok, I admit I was a frustrated football player during my younger years, and I spent countless hours playing the Fifa series during my Playstation playing days not so long ago. Continue reading the story called Football Lovers Unite at Footbo Social Network