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sociogami logo thumb Facebook, Myspace and Twitter   Sociagami Just like Friendfeed is all the rage nowadays, here comes another entrant to this market. Sociagami, inspired from Origami ( even the logo says that ), is a desktop application which allows you to manage Facebook, Myspace and Twitter from it. The application looks good and is well designed. Although it should be expected to have a crowded interface as it serves 3 networks at once, it does get the job done well. Although the same can not be said about their tagline which says "Fold your friends". If you’re to fold your friends, you wouldn’t be needing Sociogami for sure!
Through Sociogami, you can get your latest messages, comments, wall posts, friend requests or browse through friends and photos.

Sociogami plans to add support for more social networks soon. Sociogami also has support for Data Portability although it’s uncertain how that works yet, as the social networks themselves haven’t completely implemented it yet.

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capture thumb 3D news reader   Spectra from MSNBC 

Spectra is a visual news reader from MSNBC focused in their feed content. It provides a very interactive design and viewing experience while providing comprehensive live news coverage. It is designed to bring a "Fuller Spectrum" of news to life in their most immersive extension yet.

Immersive, it is. But productivity does seem to take a back seat with the visualizations they’ve chosen. The feeds are either viewed in constant orbital mode which does provide an over view of almost all the channels. The other one is a new concept, Color Sensor view. It utilizes your webcam to provide "Human interaction", which isn’t really anything more then it sensing the colors from the camera and changing the background to provide you with a psychedelic feeling ( which has proved to be quite laggy as well ). Another issue is that, to read the complete stories, it launches another window to open the link which just beats the concept of a news reader, which should be really aggregating the news, not just providing links and snippets to them ( like Google Reader, or the feed readers in popular web browsers today ).

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799v1 max 250x250 thumb Every voice has a face   Thanks to EkkoTV Although it uses a .tv domain address, it’s not another Online tv startup.

EkkoTV is a web based video chat service which allows more then 3 users to have a video conversation at a time. No downloads required or anything. The users only need to be equipped with a webcam and Internet connection and they can join live video-based topic discussions and interact with others users. It doesn’t even require you to sign up!

EkkoTV claims that the EkkoTV Discussion Platform can be embedded on blogs and websites to create a whole new level of interaction between users. The service aims to generate revenue through ads. The company is pursuing an interesting concept, although every Instant Messaging software now supports video chat, with Oovoo providing simultaneous video chats for upto 6 users.9040v1 thumb Every voice has a face   Thanks to EkkoTV

logo s thumb Fingers tired of typing? Call TwitterFone for twittering! TwitterFone is free service that lets you update your Twitter feed using your voice from any mobile or cell phone. You call it, speak your tweet, and hang up. A short while later, your tweet will be posted on Twitter. Magic!

TwitterFone is great to use when you’re on the go – in the car, on a train, or running between meetings – and don’t have WiFi or time to log on to the Internet.

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