Source:CenterNetworks
Boxee presented their social media center last night at the NY Tech gathering. Boxee is a desktop app currently available for mac and linux and offers a slick way to browse your movies, music, photos and other media. Rather than view movies by name, Boxee shows you images of the covers similar to browsing at Blockbuster. Photos can pull from your local drive or from Flickr. Music comes from your library and iTunes (non-DRM). The social aspects come from sharing between friends. Boxee helps you share recommendations with your friends in all media categories and this is where the business plan comes into play. If you decide to order a movie on Netflix or Amazon, they get an affiliate cut on sales.
If you would like a Boxee beta invite, click here.
More CN Coverage:
– FriendFeed
– Amie Street
– Startup Tips
Source:CenterNetworks
NY-based Buzzd and Virgin Mobile have announced a new partnership that will bring the buzzd local city guides to the Virgin Mobile customer base. The service is named "buzzd on Virgin Mobile" and will provide event information to major cities around the U.S., Europe and India.
Using the location features of the mobile device, buzzd can provide information about the location you are currently at and find hot events near you. The new service reminds me of another location-based service we covered, Sense Networks. The content on buzz comes from sources including Flavorpill, TimeOut and Zagat.
Standard text and data rates apply when using the Buzzd service. My mother uses Virgin Mobile and her screen is TINY - how she could use a city guide on the phone is beyond me. In fact, if I remember when I picked out the phone for her, all of the Virgin Mobile devices have small screens.
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