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  OneDomus is a fairly new social network created by young Filipino-American webtrepreneur Eric Wallace. Previously known as TheOosh, OneDomus has evolved into just your usual social networks into something more. So, what's make OneDomus, which incidentally means, One Home, is the ability for members or subscribers to create their own social network within the OneDomus community but is actually independent of OneDomus as a whole. Sounds confusing? Read more
  jamielendino on December 31, 2007 1:46 PM
  andrewgr on December 31, 2007 12:16 PM
  So much of the Web focuses on meeting other people. From romance to friendship – many of us are constantly expanding our network. What ever happened to self-discovery? I'm talking about using the Internet to find out what we're made of. 23andMe hopes to do just that – literally. Read more
  jamielendino on December 31, 2007 11:40 AM
  If you bought an extra battery for your cell phone, take note: New rules from the Transportation and Security Administration that take effect on January 1 ban travelers from carrying loose lithium batteries in checked baggage, CNET News reports.
  Passengers are allowed to pack "two spare batteries in their carry-on bag, as long as they're in clear plastic baggies."
  This doesn't apply to batteries that are already installed in gadgets, such as the one in your cell phone or laptop. This is if you decide to bring along an extra one to power your laptop throughout a cross country flight, or to let you charge one cell phone battery in the hotel while using another one during the day.
  New security rules for batteries on planes [CNET News]
  jamielendino on December 31, 2007 9:38 AM
  The Associated Press reports that while all sorts of initiatives are underway, mobile advertising is an industry still in its infancy but showing promise:
  "More than 80 percent of Americans now own cell phones – a statistic Jupiter Research analyst Neil Strother equated with carrying a potential advertising channel in their pocket."
  Advertisers are gambling small amounts of money with lots of different chips, trying everything from contests to banner ads, to see what works and what doesn't.
  "It's the Wild, Wild West right now," said Rick Sizemore, chief strategy officer for the tech consultancy Multimedia Intelligence, in the report. "This is an interesting and compelling vehicle, but they don't necessarily know who to work with. There are so many options out there – a lot of hype with no substance, and then a couple of gems."
  This will all likely continue through 2008 as well. "That's how a new market is being created," said Dan Olschwang, chief executive of JumpTap Inc., an ad-technology company, in the article. "People adopt all kinds of stuff they know from other medium and gradually the industry learns how to utilize the best in this new medium that's called the mobile phone."
  Mobile advertising still at tryout stage [AP via Yahoo! News]
  jamielendino on December 31, 2007 8:54 AM
  If it wasn't in the Washington Post, we'd have a hard time believing it. But apparently the RIAA doesn't think that suing 20,000 customers trading songs is enough. Now, despite the fact that "the recording industry has utterly failed to halt the decline of the record album or the rise of digital music sharing," the RIAA is now suing someone who imported music from CDs he legally bought into his own computer:
  "The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs are 'unauthorized copies' of copyrighted recordings." This is essentially what Sony's head of litigation also claims.
  Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use [Washington Post]
  Faith-Based Social Community Godkut Launches
  andrewgr on December 31, 2007 1:12 AM
  Are all those provocative photos posted on MySpace and Facebook one big sin? I'll leave that up to you and your moral conscience to figure out. I guess God didn't want to wait for you to make a decision so he has "created" a faith-based community Web site for the religiously-inclined, Godkut.
  Timing is everything, as the site launches several days after Christmas.
  While taboo talking points on many social communities, conversations about faith, spirituality and religion are encouraged on Godkut. God takes center stage and those photos from Beerfest '07 take a backseat. The site also welcomes atheists and agnostics who are willing to debate in a "non-offensive" manner.
  The social community aspects are the run of the mill type items: blogs, forums, chat rooms and sharing media. There is also one-click video recording that allows you to save the file directly to your profile. Get that sermon ready!
  Godkut is taking on similar Web sites such as MyChurch and Youthroots. We wish Godkut luck. Actually, they might not need it if God is on their side.