Tech Buzz The New York Times has launched a plug-in (still in beta form) that will function as an intra-site social network without the whole "self-branding" thing. Academics and liberal boomers will finally have the chance to imitate their kids, only they'll be swapping shared interest in "random play" with, you know, "foreign policy" and stuff.
The web designers at Fox Interactive take their stab at making MySpace look more like Facebook.
Celebrity Buzz Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, the notorious couple from The Hills, have announced the launch of their own social networking website Speidiweb. Watch out, Mark Zuckerberg! Heidi and Spencer claim their site does everything Facebook and Myspace does, and more. The site's been down for the past few hours (hax0rs??) so we can't verify if this claim is actually true or not.
Imagine if your life worked just like it does on the mammoth social network. Scary, right?
Celebrity Buzz Jessica takes part in an online staring contest in order to promote Cash Warren's new social networking site. This makes me feel dirty, either because this is the second Jessica Alba thing I've posted within 24 hours, or because I can't help comparing Jessica Alba to Magibon with bigger boobs.
Tech Buzz MySpace Karaoke will allow users to belt out their favorite songs, record their renditions, and stick them up on their MySpace profile. A place for friends...and terrible singing? It seems kind of random. But it has inspired us to start working on our BuzzFeed side project, the Glow Dick (you can send any inquiries to editor@buzzfeed.com).
Tech Buzz PMOG, currently in private beta, is a Firefox add-on that lets you interact with other users asynchronously on websites you visit. It stands for "passively multiplayer online game." What does all this mean? We think it means that your boss can leave virtual bombs for you every time you log into MySpace.
Music Buzz Last.fm moves to an ad-supported and subscription service model while offering free streaming of all tracks. We liked using Last.fm just to see what our friends were listening to (the ones with good taste, anyway), but now that we can listen to whole tracks of any band we want for free, we like it even more.
Tech Buzz A social networking site that's like Twitter, but dirty. We're amazed they didn't take this opportunity to call their site Titter.
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