Online Social Networking Goes Mobile

First there was Friendster, which introduced the concept of six degrees of separation to the Internet. Then came MySpace.com, which more than 26 million people now use to make friends, date, or post their blog or music recordings. It has more monthly page views than any site on the Web other than Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft MSN or eBay. And now there's Rabble, which creator Intercasting Corp. says is the first piece of software designed to allow people to create and publish their own content -- whether photos, video clips or a blog entry -- to a personal channel from a mobile phone. Users can also search for others who share an interest or location, since all content includes location tags, or what Intercasting chief executive Shawn Conahan calls "virtual breadcrumbs." < more >