Here’s Delicious 2.0 — what on Earth took them so long?

Here’s Delicious 2.0 — what on Earth took them so long?

Months in the making, Yahoo’s bookmarking site Delicious finally rolled out its 2.0 version today.

First, the good:

The confusing del.icio.us web domain has been replaced with delicious.com. While I kind of liked the quirkiness of the old name, it was hard to type into an address… Continue Reading

Diigo releases new version, promising that social bookmarking ain’t dead yet

Diigo releases new version, promising that social bookmarking ain’t dead yet

Social bookmarking was one of those hot areas for a while back in 2006, as Del.icio.us and StumbleUpon exploded into popularity. Clones began to pop up everywhere, but few have managed to gain much ground.

That makes Diigo, a newer social bookmarker aimed toward information gathering… Continue Reading

Roundup: Free calls via texting, Mr. Wong takes on Delicious, Facebook’s growth and more

Roundup: Free calls via texting, Mr. Wong takes on Delicious, Facebook’s growth and more

Here’s the latest action:

Free mobile calls, via texting — An Ottawa company called bOK is using VOIP to give Canadians free mobile calls, using SMS. Here’s how it works: You send a text message with your contact’s phone number to bOK, and, just like better-known JaJah,… Continue Reading

Roundup: Google’s roadkill, the VC president?, Winer’s Twitter, more

Roundup: Google’s roadkill, the VC president?, Winer’s Twitter, more

The latest action:

My Maps kills start-ups? — There is plenty of commentary about how Google’s new feature My Maps is killing off start-ups doing the same thing. The new feature lets you build maps. Platial and Frappr are already doing this. This doesn’t make Google an… Continue Reading

Yoono, a social search engine — without tagging

Yoono, a social search engine — without tagging

Yoono is a tool that finds pages relevant to the one you are surfing on, and locates people who are also interested in that site.

This company is notable because similar players like StumbleUpon have become popular lately.

France-based Yoono relies on the goodwill of other users,… Continue Reading

Wink, a place to flirt — and prowl

Wink, a place to flirt — and prowl

Wink, the social search engine that searches for Web pages that people have bookmarked, tagged or otherwise marked as interesting, has introduced a people search.

You click the people tab (see screenshot below), and you get results from three leading social networks, Bebo, LinkedIn and MySpace…. Continue Reading