Microsoft yesterday unveiled a new software+services application to beta testers in Seattle, Washington.The software is a desktop client for Windows which allows you to post information to it via e-mail or SMS. The application gathers local news from 20,000 sources and displays it on a map. Like Twitter it allows you to post short updates named alerts. Vine will also integrate with Facebook and the short messaging service, Twitter, at a later date.
Microsoft's main emphasis for the application is marketing it to emergency management officials, who could use the new tool to broadcast and receive information during a disaster or other major event. According to The Seattle Times, Seattle is the first place Vine will be publicly available. The software giant plans to open the test up to other locations at a later date.
More information on Vine and how to sign up to the beta is available at the newly launched Vine site
The application seems kind of cool though. I doubt I'll ever use it though.
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You should be banned for web-ignorance.
Whoa. People are crazy.
When ABC company releases a new product, people would say "having alternatives is good". When Microsoft releases a new product, people would say "this company is living in his own world".
What is going on?
Who doesn't?
I don't like how the user display picture is perched on what should be the title bar. It goes against the user interface guidelines that Microsoft has set for Windows.
Microsoft's main emphasis for the application is marketing it to emergency management officials, who could use the new tool to broadcast and receive information during a disaster or other major event.
Yup, sounds just like MySpace.
Oh wait.
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Twitter, Vine, Myspace, Facebook, Bebo, Habbo, OkCupid, Wasabi, Tribe, MyLOL, Vox, Tumblr, LiveJournal, Tagged, lifeknot, SocialVibe, Plurk, kaioo, LinkedIn, Pingsta, Meetup, Meetin......
Yes we need more places to blab nonsense to each other....
*I prefer the phone myself
And in answer to your question, none. They're all variations of MySpace and they all serve the same purpose: To give false hope that other people care enough what you had for breakfast that it's worth publishing on the Internet.
Twitter, Vine, Myspace, Facebook, Bebo, Habbo, OkCupid, Wasabi, Tribe, MyLOL, Vox, Tumblr, LiveJournal, Tagged, lifeknot, SocialVibe, Plurk, kaioo, LinkedIn, Pingsta, Meetup, Meetin......
Yes we need more places to blab nonsense to each other....
*I prefer the phone myself
Errr. Pick one that has all your friends colleagues on it?
Otherwise, just stay out of it and leave it alone?
Not all of us have unlimited minutes on our phone with unlimited long distance. Just a hint.
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