“I’m connected to a big world online.”™
Have a vacation home you’d like to rent? Looking to rent one from someone you can trust? Facebook is making it easy with its new application from SecondPorch.com.
While Twitter is still trying to find a way to make money, Dell recently reported that it made $3 million using Twitter. That isn’t a huge fortune these days, but that’s not the point. The news is how Dell connected the reality of product selling with the virtual world of social networking.
Recently a beach party planned on Facebook became so huge, it set alarm bells off in the town of Torbay, Devon in the U.K. before it even happened. Described as a “Night of Mayhem” on the invitation, the number of potential party-goers reached over 7,000, and drew the attention of the local police.
It had to happen. A virtual thief committing a virtual crime was arrested by some very nonvirtual policemen and charged with a real crime.
Think Wikipedia is hot stuff? Go look at the demonstration pages at www.eol.org. The Encyclopedia of Life is being developed as a resource for a broad audience, from teachers to media to scientists. What are called “species pages” will attempt to explain and visualize life in a wide range of languages.