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"UbiPlanet - UbiPlanet is a new social network and media sharing site that's launching today.  The target audience is 25 to 50 year olds who value privacy and control  - in other words, the post-MySpace generation.  The service features more privacy controls than most, and focuses on keeping out spam and fake profiles.  We're still waiting on the confirmation email, but my first impressions are that it may be very similar to many of the existing social media sites.\nBud.tv - Budweiser is set to launch Bud.tv, a video site based around the Bud brand.  What's interesting is that they plan to implement \"reliable\" age verification for all visitors by asking for their first name, last name, date of birth and zip code.  Those who aren't 21 get turned away.  The lack of good age verification on sites can lead to problems, but Budweiser seems to be going too far the other way: they're likely to turn away the majority of their visitors.  (via press release)\nFeedblitz Tracks Links in Posts - Feedblitz, the RSS service that's focused on converting RSS feeds to email newsletters, has added \"in-post link tracking\" today.  That means they track clicks on every link in your newsletter, not just when people return to your site by clicking a post title.  That includes, of course, links to external sites. (via)\nBabelgum - This IPTV startup is riding on the coattails of Joost.  As you can probably tell by the lack of coverage, we're not all that interested in the non web-based stuff, but take a look at Babelgum if you are.\nSweeble - Sweeble is a new \"open-source news network\" that just launched - it allows people to share stories, videos, music, pictures and free classified ads.\nAkismet 2.0 - If you use the Akismet plugin on your Wordpress blog, you'll know that it's an amazing spam catcher but lacks in a few areas - you can't view more than 150 spam comments, and you can't search the Akismet spam.  All those issues and more have been fixed by Akisment 2.0, which debuted yesterday.\nMyStrands Update - MyStrands, the musical recommendations site with a focus on mobile, let us know of a series of updates to the service today.  The new stuff includes support for Symbian and Windows Mobile devices, and a new mobile web portal.\nCBBC World - The BBC is reportedly working on a virtual world similar to Second Life, aimed at 7-12 year olds.  You can build an avatar and create and share content, although there isn't an internal currency like in Second Life.  CBBC World will go live in the summer, and hopefully they'll put some serious safety measures in place. (via)\nNewsvine Question of the Day - Newsvine has created a QOTD contest where each daily winner gets an iPod Nano and \"Nike + iPod Sport Kit\". \nGoombah - I've never been able to tolerate Goombah's interface for more than a few seconds, but it's worth mentioning that the music recommendation site has added social networking, so you can now explore the profiles of other users.  Goombah works by analyzing your iTunes tracks and recommending music from 20 similar people on the service - now you can also connect with those users.  Rivals include iLike, MOG, Pandora, MP3.com and many of the music social networks.  \nFoxyTunes Planet - Somewhat related to Goombah and music recommendations, the makers of the FoxyTunes Firefox extension have launched a site in private beta called FoxyTunes Planet.  The service provides profile pages for artists which mash up Pandora, Wikipedia, YouTube and more.  Worth a look if you can get an invite.\nOomph.net - Another new social network that just launched.  Oomph.net was created by the women's entertainment company Oxygen Media, and seems to act as a way for their audience to connect. (via)\nComScore - We mentioned before that Alexa dramatically overcounts certain tech sites, but it's also generally agreed that ComScore may undercount them.  Some groups are bullying Comscore to look into their measurements, we learned over the weekend. (via)\nDutch Web 2.0 Awards - Yes, there is a Web 2.0 Awards in the Netherlands.  Don't let the '06 on the logo fool you: voting is open now and nominees include Fleck, Last.fm, eBuddy, Netvibes, Digg and plenty of regional sites we've never heard of.\nParentography Launches - We covered Parentography last week.  The site is now live.\nSharea - Yet another community and media sharing site we hadn't seen.  Sharea launched in December, it seems, and I don't see how it differentiates itself from the pack.\nPlanet Minibox - One service that seems to keep coming back on the Mashable radar is Planet Minibox, a service established last fall to put a shoutbox on your blog.  Related services include Gabbly, Meebo (specifically, MeeboMe), Plugoo and Geesee.  We're not won over by Planet MiniBox's design.\nWikio Funded - Wikio has raised $5.3 million for its European version of Digg, according to a press release today."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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