Tuesday, April 04, 2006
TechCrunch » CNET rolls out “College Live” at Webshots:
"Webshots, a photo publishing and sharing service which was acquired by CNET in August 2004, is starting to launch social networking features to compete with the more cutting edge photo services like Flickr. Last month they launched the social networking features. Later today they will launch a new service called “College Live”, which targets the 30 million or so U.S. young adults between 18-25 years.
College live is a network of college specific Webshots sites that focus on photos from students at that college, and event planning. It’s for students only, and Webshots is using the same method as Facebook to try and keep a sense of exclusivity - by requiring the use of a .edu email address. The idea is to create a sense of community around those photos and events, and allow students to get to know eachother. It targets the same audience as Facebook, but offers different features. And while photos uploaded to a specific college site will be grouped there, the individual pictures will also be available on Webshots as well..."
"Webshots, a photo publishing and sharing service which was acquired by CNET in August 2004, is starting to launch social networking features to compete with the more cutting edge photo services like Flickr. Last month they launched the social networking features. Later today they will launch a new service called “College Live”, which targets the 30 million or so U.S. young adults between 18-25 years.
College live is a network of college specific Webshots sites that focus on photos from students at that college, and event planning. It’s for students only, and Webshots is using the same method as Facebook to try and keep a sense of exclusivity - by requiring the use of a .edu email address. The idea is to create a sense of community around those photos and events, and allow students to get to know eachother. It targets the same audience as Facebook, but offers different features. And while photos uploaded to a specific college site will be grouped there, the individual pictures will also be available on Webshots as well..."
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