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Facebook Overtakes MySpace

Posted in Technology by thinkabouttech on October 30, 2008
Facebook vs. MySpace

Facebook vs. MySpace (click image to view full size)

Facebook blew past MySpace in visitors from across the world back in April, but the global gap continues to widen. According to the latest figures from comScore, Facebook attracted 161.1 million unique visitors worldwide in September, compared 117.9 million for MySpace. For Facebook, that number was up from 4.7 percent from the 153.9 million people who visited the social network in August. Visitors to MySpace declined 1.6 percent globally from 119.8 million.

The global gap between the two is now 43.2 million visitors. To put that in perspective that is a tad more than the number of people who visit Facebook in the U.S. alone, which in September was 41.4 million. MySpace still dominates in the U.S., with 73.0 million visitors in September.

MySpace argues that it is more interested in winning globally in the top ad markets, and in general it is winning in countries such as the U.S., Germany, and Japan. But Facebook is leading in France and the UK. Those are the top five markets.

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Scate Releases Ignite 4 Home Edition – Web Videos, Social Media…

Posted in Technology by thinkabouttech on October 30, 2008

Scate Ignite 4 Home

Scate Ignite 4 Home

Create Web Videos, Photo Albums and Media Presentations for YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, iPod, Blogs & More…

Scate Technologies, Inc. (Scate) has released Scate Ignite 4 Home, a personal version of its popular Scate Ignite 4 social media creation software with publishing options for dozens of social media sites and devices. Scate Ignite 4 Home users can now create HD web videos, HD web cam recordings, narrated photo albums and multi-media presentations for iPod, YouTube, podcasts, Facebook, MySpace, Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP), Blackberry, Treo, Windows Media Player, QuickTime and many more. Scate Ignite 4 Home can even be used to create syndicated podcasts from the kitchen table, den or home office!

Scate Ignite 4 Home makes it easier than ever to transform media content, such as screenshots, home movies, PowerPoint slides, digital camera pictures, webcam recordings, text, audio and music into seamless presentations, videos and tutorials and then instantly share them around the world on just about any media sharing site or player. Scate Ignite 4 Home is being offered at an affordable price of $49.97.

Scate Ignite 4 Home includes a free account at Scate’s own media sharing website (IgniteCAST.com) for podcast syndication, blog posting, message board embedding and desktop sidebars. IgniteCAST.com sharing options include iTunes, iTunes Store, iTunes U, iGoogle, WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, Orkut, Friendster, Twitter, Bebo, Tagged, Xanga, Live Spaces, Windows Vista Sidebar, Yahoo Widgets and many others.

A free download and more information is available at http://www.scateignite.com