Alodia Friendster Layout
You know you’re famous when a fan turns you into a Friendster layout. That’s what one fan just did for Filipina gamer Alodia Gosiengfiao. Read the rest of this entry »
Social Networks
Facebook Panics as MySpace Opens Up
Two days ago, I said MySpace’s new data portability initiative will force competitors to open up. Looks like it’ll happen sooner than I expected. Facebook announces its own data portability initiative, Facebook Connect.
Thing is, Facebook Connect is still weeks away, and they’ve announced only one partner. Facebook is infamous for jealously locking in user data, even at the very public expense of A-list customers, so this announcement sounds less like a working strategic plan and more like a panicked press release. This is just Facebook trying to save face.
Klaudia Koronel’s OFW Social Network
As the Filipino online market matures, user-generated content is becoming a business option for savvy Filipina showbiz sexpots. Asia Agcaoili owns a video-sharing site, and now I find out Klaudia Koronel owns Mabuhay City, a social network for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
I guess it makes sense. Eight million Filipinos work abroad, and Klaudia studied computer science in college. Klaudia needs to differentiate Mabuhay City through new services especially useful to OFWs; just another “me-too” social network won’t cut it. If she wants developers to help with that, she should adopt OpenSocial.
(Photo via Manila Standard Today.)
