Developers of a “social” Web browser called Flock have released a new test version which you can check out here.
Flock uses building blocks from Mozilla, an open-source community in which thousands of people collectively develop free products. This new version includes improvements from Mozilla’s Firefox 3 browser, which is scheduled for release later today.
Flock is [...]

 
What is Loconut?
Loconut is WA’s online hub. It’s a locally owned and run website where Western Australian people, clubs & groups and businesses can communicate based on common interests. 
The level of participation is up to each user – active users set up their own page (my Place) to keep in touch and share photos with [...]

Microsoft is allowing its Windows Live customers to consolidate their contact lists across different websites with the release of Windows Live Contacts API.
When featured on a website, Windows Live Contacts API allows the 400 million Windows Live customers to integrate their contacts, including their Hotmail, Messenger, and Mobile contacts, with the specific site.
“We thought ‘Wouldn’t [...]

According to Opera, the top reason people are buying mobile devices that can surf the web are for using them on Social Networking sites such as Loconut, Facebook and Bebo.
The Norway-based software firm — which says its mobile browser, Opera Mini, is the world’s most popular — studied the Internet habits of more than 44 [...]

Google has announced Google Friend Connect – a service that helps website owners grow traffic by enabling any site on the web to easily provide social features for its visitors.
Websites that are not social networks may still want to be social – and now they can be, easily. With Google Friend Connect, any website owner [...]