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Placely Tracks Your Travels
Placely is a social network that revolves around travel. The site is currently in private alpha, and I got a chance to check it out. The team has given us an invite code, so Mashable readers can check it out. Sign up with “locationcalendar” to take it for a spin.This network is [...]

Argue with Friends and Experts with YouFig
YouFig is an upcoming network that offers an online location for discussing topics of interest. The site is currently in private beta, and I got a chance to check it out. The premise of YouFig is to let you have a space to discuss, argue, debate, collaborate and talk about any topic that’s [...]

BlackBerry Outage Not As Bad As Skypes
If you have a BlackBerry mobile, you may have noticed that your email functions weren’t working earlier today. Research In Motion’s BlackBerry email service was down starting around 10 a.m. EST. Just before 4 p.m. EST, BlackBerry sent out a message saying that service had been restored, though some customers still reported [...]

LiveStation: Microsofts Joost Rival Debuts at IBC
LiveStation, the service that lets you watch broadcast television online using Silverlight, is being debuted in Europe at IBC. Read our initial post here.You’ll remember that with LiveStation, you’ll get access to an array of live radio and television channels to your computer. This is, of course, different than video on-demand services like [...]

Amazing ImInLikeWithYou Preview
We’re not sure whether they intended to make this one public, but someone has let it out: a cool preview of new features at the dating site I’mInLikeWithYou. They’re really taking Rich Internet Apps to the next level. Awesome presentation.See also: Iminlikewithyou Invites at Mashable InvitesRecommended: Hi5 Layouts at Mashcodes!Share This

Google to Offer Image, Video & More Complex Ads?
Google has indicted its intention to expand on the type of ads it uses for its search results page. The ads could include image or video ads in a variety of ways, offering more options to advertisers. Google insists that whatever image and video ads are shown, they will match the type of [...]

Prom Queen Summer Heat: The Saga Continues
Vugaru’s “Prom Queen” is launching its spin-off series “Prom Queen: Summer Heat” and it has a group of distributors for distribution.Partners include Bebo, MySpace, YouTube, Veoh, Verizon, Imeem, Revver and Blinkx. Additionally, its deal with VideoEgg will be incorporated into its distribution, and its deal with Starstyle brings in e-commerce incorporation. [...]

MTV Networks to Launch Tons of New Niche Sites
Viacom’s MTV Networks is getting ready to aggressively launch a whole bunch of niche sites, with new websites for The Daily Show and Sarah Silverman at the forefront of this foray.The Daily Show’s website will archive all of the show’s videos, with features for interviews, headlines, and “Back In Black.” There will also be [...]

DigFoot: A Directory Just For Social Networks
DigFoot is an upcoming site that is a directory for other social networks. The site is currently in private beta, and I got a chance to check it out.Acting as a searchable directory, DigFoot has about 1,000 social networks indexed so far, and will be adding more. Users can help out to this [...]

Socialbib is a Free Book Swap for College Students
Socialbib is a book swapping network just for college students. With this extremely simple service, you’ll need a valid .edu email address to sign up. From there, you can post books you have available for other students to use, and you can search the network for books you need, as listed by other [...]

Netvibes Rugby World Cup Widget for Vista
Netvibes has launched a Rugby World Cup 2007 widget to be placed on your start page. To find it, look in the Netvibes Ecosystem. With this widget, you can follow all of the games, see matches results, and see who’s still in the running for the championship. Keep up with [...]

1,004 Grooveshark Invites
That’s how many the founder just dropped into my account today - I’ll be distributing them through the Grooveshark section on Mashable Invites, so go sign up and add yourself to the list if you want one. Remember to come back and invite others once you get yours - this boosts your position on [...]

Tag Radio Songs, Buy Later on iTunes
A new service from iBiquity Digital, a company that develops HD radio technology, is teaming up with Apple and various radio broadcasters for tagging songs to be purchased at iTunes.This tool lets you “tag” songs with your HD radios that have been manufactured by Harman International Industries’ JBL unit, and Polk Audio. The service [...]

USA Today Launches Travel Widgets
USA Today has launched its first set of widgets for additional distribution options for its content.There are currently three widgets for you to choose from, and they’re all weather-related. You can get the top Travel News, the latest travel deals and destinations, or Ben Mutzabaugh’s analysis on current events regarding airlines, airports and travel. [...]

Huddles Half-Birthday Bash with Special Offer for Mashable Readers
Huddle, the team collaboration network, is celebrating its half-birthday, having launched 6 months ago out of beta. And for this celebration, Mashable readers get an exclusive offer of the Huddle Basic Package for half price. That will get you 500Mb of storage, 10 huddles & whiteboards, 50 users, and unlimited project calenders for [...]

Facebook Inventor Trying Again: Qubescape is Facebook for Companies
Aaron Greenspan, the man that’s seeking credit for his houseSYSTEM’s contributions to the Facebook social network as we know it, is getting ready to launch Qubescape. The site is currently under pretty tight wraps, but Greenspan has indicated that it will be a “Facebook for companies.” Whatever that means, we don’t yet [...]

400 Million Firefox Downloads
The unstoppable machine that is Firefox appears to have surpassed 400 million downloads according to the Spread Firefox site. This number should not be confused with actual installs, but is an impressive figure nonetheless.It wasn’t that long ago that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer had a stranglehold on the the web browser market, especially after the [...]

ESPN Founder Launches Dismal Sports Network
ESPN founder Bill Rassmussen has launched a college network for sports fans, called CollegeFanz. The site is a place for fans to keep up with their favorite sports teams, focusing on Division II and III schools that are largely under-represented, and share photos and videos with friends.For your profile you get a dorm room, [...]

WeBot Brings Media Streaming to the iPhone
WeBot is aiming to make sharing digital files from your home computer that much easier .Currently still in beta, the service consists of a desktop application that turns your home computer in to a server. Install it on all your computers and you can then access all of your JPEGs and MP3s over [...]

Universal Sued by Video Network for Copyright Threats
DivX, the company that owned video-sharing network Stage6, has filed a federal lawsuit against Universal Music Group in response to the record label’s constant threats pertaining to copyrighted content on its site.Universal’s complaints are what you’d expect–DivX is promoting copyrighted material and is not doing enough to prevent it from being uploaded. DivX has [...]

MySpace is Ground Zero for Rappers Battle: 50 Cent vs. Kanye West
50 Cent is premiering his latest album “Curtis” exclusively on his MySpace profile today, letting all of his 900,000 “friends” get a first listen to the album before it’s released in stores. You have from now until Tuesday, when the album hits stores, to check out the album in its entirety here.In conjunction, [...]

Closed Network for Doctors Gets Another $25M
Sermo, the online social network for physicians, has just raised another $25 million in a Series C round of funding. The round was led by Legg Mason, and returning investors include Longworth Venture Partners and Softbank Capital. You may remember that Sermo is a closed community for physicians to share knowledge with each other, [...]

DNAStream - The Web-based Joost
If you want a Joost-like experience without the download, try DNAStream.TV.It’s about smooth and beautiful as a site can get with full browser-window video, simple navigation, and excellent video quality. The majority of the content, for the time being, is in Spanish as that is where the site originates from, but there is [...]

IBM Widgets for your iPhone
IBM has launched developer gizmos that are accessible online, for your desktop, and have also been optimized for your iPhone.With these gizmos (widgets, really), you gain access to IBM content from its developerWorks community as a sort of news feed. You can select what kind of content you’d like to see in your widget, [...]

iPhoneSIMfree Acquired: Resolves Software Unlock Issues For your iPhone
iPhoneSIMfree, the company that lets you use any SIM card in your iPhone using software, has been acquired for an undisclosed amount.The larger company that has taken in iPhoneSIMfree has not been identified, but as iPhoneSIMfree has grown considerably in the past three months, it’s obviously of some value to someone. The service provides a [...]

40+ Ways To Access Your Computer Remotely
There are lots of reasons why you’d want to access your PC remotely, and luckily there are also plenty of ways to do so. Crossloop is one of the simplest (it’s also free), but for those willing to venture further, you’ve got lots of options.Excuse us while we get technical for a second. [...]

50 Great Widgets For Your Blog
Widgets are a handy, easy and simple way to add some flare to your blog. Whether you’d like to display the number of currently online visitors to your site or simply the weather report for Los Angeles, you can do it with widgets. We’ve assembled a list of 50 useful or simply cool widgets for [...]