Thursday, May 15th, 2008...4:23 am - Peter Giles
Social Network meets Cable TV
Plaxo Pulse is an interesting social networking service which, unlike Facebook, allows you to separate your personal and business contacts. It also has a sophisticated address and calendar function which are linked to all those highly addictive sharing and communications tools. News this week is that Plaxo has partnered with cable TV company Comcast to blend social networking functionality with TV viewing. Babelgum, Joost and Hulu are all web-based TV services which have built social networking and recommendation-based functions into a full screen viewing experience. But how long will it be before a cable set-top box connects viewers with each other and structures our viewing around recommendations of peers rather than the whims of a TV programmer? Maybe not long at all. More about the Comcast/Plaxo deal here.
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