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POPSThe End of Web 2.0? German GEMA against Rapidshare The german GEMA (ASCAP/BMI) tries to stop Rapidshare, a german share hoster service, because of copyright offenses. This would possibly be an extreme obstruction for other user generated content services like youtube and myspace.
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POPSMyTago: Put hyperlinks on real stuff in real life! Sort of like semacoding. Print barcode-like labels and stick them to things. Then photograph them with your cameraphone, upload them to the web, and decode them; they function like hyperlinks. MyTago can even OCR text from photos.
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POPSNew Features at coComment
AVAILABLE TODAY: THE COCOCRAWLER The coCoCrawler has arrived, and will keep an eye on your conversations for you. Remember when coComment would inform you of new comments only when they were made by other users of the system? It’s over now, the most requested feature by all our users is now up and running. If you make any comments on platforms such as Wordpress, Typepad, MovableType, Blogger, Flickr, digg, Kaywa, Blogsphere, Kulando, ExpressionEngine or tblog, all subsequent comments in that comment stream will be viewable in the conversation thread on your “my conversations page” – whether they are from registered coComment users or not. Of course, we’re working hard to add even more supported platforms. TRACK THIS CONVERSATION Another heavily requested feature: you can now track conversations even if you don’t participate! Simply check the appropriate box after coComment has been activated. The conversation will appear in your page and be followed by our crawler. NEW
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POPSCompletely Tag based Forum New forum system thats nearing the end of development, vennt has completely got rid of top level categories and has put the user in control of the discussions. The system also has a nice approach to design opting for a clean and simple design and a strong information hierarchy which goes against the most popular existing software which favours plenty of shiny buttons and statistics crammed into every last inch of whitespace on the screen.