Raketu Tries Combining IPTV, Social Networking
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A new application from Raketu Communications aims to integrate Internet Protocol television with social networking.
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Sneak previews in select areas this evening will be followed by an official global launch and webcast by Wi-Fi TV Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WTVI) on Tuesday, at 1 PM PST, of Social Internet TV(TM).
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Dal piccolo (e tradizionale) schermo alla IpTv. La guida per godersi sullo schermo di casa nuovi e vecchi contenuti digitali dal web
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For business or pleasure? Reg Technology Panel Over the past two or three years, zanily named social networking tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Flickr and Twitter seem to have come from nowhere to wheedle their way into just about every aspect of online life, both in business and pleasure. Such facilities share a handful of simple, but powerful core features: each will enable information sharing of some form, will have some kind of community orientation and will be constructed in a way that several of the blighters can be merged (or should I say, âmashed upâ) into clever, multifaceted concoctions of collaborative capability.â¦
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A Silicon Valley start-up is gearing up to embed free, Web-based telephone services on a variety of popular social networking and blogging services, including MySpace, Friendster and Blogger.
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Wireless broadband and satellite TV -- together at last.
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By RACHEL METZ  NEW YORK - Fingers all tired from typing Web addresses from Bebo to Zebo to hit all your social networking and media sharing sites?  Daniel Graf believes he has an all-in-one solution - one you can put in your pocket.
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Voice over IP, online presentations, and multiparty video conferencing under consideration.
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The MIT thesis-turned-company wants to build Wi-Fi networks in India. It's starting in San Francisco.
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Worm creates scrapbook entries on Orkut profiles and then propagates to friends on the network.
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As the social space keeps developing and growing, you really think Google will just sit in the sidelines and watch? I think not. Besides Orkut, Google has been working to develop new social media projects, like SocialStream.  Human Interaction Computer Institute states:  SocialStream is the result of a Google-sponsored capstone project in the Master&#8217;s program at [...]
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SBC and Microsoft plan to launch an Internet television service in about a year. With IP technology, video, voice, data and other broadband services will be integrated and delivered over a
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Joost or Slingbox killer? Skinkers, using technology called LiveStation that it acquired from Microsoft, has developed a peer-to-peer-based video service that allows consumers to watch live television on their PC.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - A new application from Raketu CommunicationsÂ aims to integrate IPTV (Internet Protocol television) with social networking, two of the Internet's hip technologies. Raketu.tv, which became available in beta mode on Tuesday, delivers IPTV and VOD (video on demand) programming. The social-networking component factors in when using the IPTV or VOD services with Raketu's other communication and entertainment application, which shares the company's name. Raketu, which debuted last September, aims to integrate separate communication and entertainment programs that should be combined into one client, said Raketu CEO Greg Parker. It includes VoIP, instant messaging, and file-sharing. While simultaneously using other applications and Web sites accomplishes the same tasks as Raketu, Parker said that his software eases communicating and information gathering by combining several services into one program. Users no longer have to use multiple programs and Web sites to accomplish the same task that one application provides, said Parker. For example, friends could use Raketu to watch a video on surfing while discussing it via VoIP or instant messaging. The friends could then use a travel search feature in Raketu that locates airfares in an effort to plan a surfing vacation. "We're a bit of YouTube, a bit of MySpace, a bit of Joost, a bit of different social-networking technologies," said Parker. "We feel that we do a better job of integrating these services." Parker also noted that Raketu differs from other p-to-p services like Skype and Joost by not using super nodes, which link multiple computers together to transfer data. "This means you don't use your bandwidth to help other people get content, which means users get a more secure and faster service," said Parker. Media Global Intertainment will provide the IPTV content. As of Tuesday, the service offered five stations, including Cartoon TV and BBC Parliament. VOD content will come from Klikvu.com, which offers shows in categories such as extreme wrestling, soccer, and sports. VOD selections offered four categories as of Tuesday, including action sports and documentary. The VOD offerings are pay-per-view, which is how the media service will generate revenue, according to Parker. Social networking, which permits users to find friends and create and manipulate online content, has increased in popularity with the advent of Web sites such as MySpace.com, which News Corp. purchased for $580 million in 2005, and Google's YouTube video-sharing site. While Internet video is seen as playing a major role in the Web's development, the availability of content is crucial to this service. YouTube has been sorting out charges of copyright violations from entertainment companies whose content users illegally uploaded to the site. Meanwhile, Joost, an IPTV company launched by Skype's founders, announced Tuesday that it entered a deal with Viacom International to offer its television shows and feature films.
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Norwegian hacker's DoubleTwist Ventures unveils its first product, a desktop client for sharing any kind of video, photo, or music file on a variety of personal gadgets.
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InfoWorld - A new application from Raketu Communications&#160;aims to integrate IPTV (Internet Protocol television) with social networking, two of the Internet&#39;s hip technologies.
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Services showcased at the CTIA trade show use GPS and phone cameras to keep friends connected.