Social Networking AIR App SocialU Wants to Be Your Everything (Invites)

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Social Networking AIR App SocialU Wants to Be Your Everything (Invites) August 26, 2008 — 11:45 AM PDT — by Doriano "Paisano" Carta — SocialU claims not to be just another social network aggregator. Instead, they call themselves a social networking portal that runs as a desktop application via Adobe Air. The application is like a Web browser that displays all of your social networks in their own tabs. You can undock networks and tabs if you want. You can choose which networks to load at startup in tabs. There’s a decent amount of social networking sites you can choose from. Just as in FriendFeed and other services, you will be able to keep up with your friends and their activity on all of the social networks that they belong to. It Pays to Be Social! Socialu rewards members for being active in the community by giving social dollars (SD) whenever someone makes comments, adds friends, and so on. These social dollars can then be used to purchase virtual versions of real products from well-known brands in the Marketplace. You can purchase these items for yourself or give them as gifts to others. The social dollars and merchandise that you accumulate contribute to your social net worth and lifestyle in the community. Yes, it’s like Linden Dollars on SecondLife and Karma on Plurk (ugg, don’t get me started on that one!). DIGG Digg + Delicious Features One of unique features is the ability to leave comments on any website, which ...

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