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Sunday, April 11th, 2010 | Author: Ananda Perwira

I have a plan to buy a new notebook next month. When I searched on Google about HP Pavilion, I found acobay.com. At first I thought it was just a portal for products because on its homepage I can see listings of various product categories such as Auto accessories, Computers, PC accessories, Cell phones, Software, etc. But I was wrong.

Acobay is a kind of social network site. As a new social network site, I think it give a unique way to be connected with other people online. Unlike other existing, famous social network sites like friendster or facebook where you can invite friends, send testimonies, comments, etc, in Acobay you will be connected with other acobayers because of the similarity of stuffs you belong to with what they have.

Yes, the main idea of this social network site is to share your “stuff” and let people know what you think about it. Of course you can send messages to your acobay friends as same as other social network sites. You can add your stuff such as vehicles, computers, gadget, home appliances, media players, tools, software more…

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 | Author: Ananda Perwira

Virtual world for Muslim internet users has been launched with the goal to make online communities popular such as Second Life. Muxlim Pal allows users to use an avatar or “pal” to explore the world that promote the custom of Islam.

Users can purchase gift for friends with online currency, sholat in the mosque and wear jilbab. Each user has a meter showing the level of spirituality, happiness, health and knowledge that can be changed after the user does some specific tasks. In addition Muxlim also have a bar on the beach, and shopping area. Each user is also given a private room that can be decorated by user.

Mohamed El-fatatry, founder Muxlim.com said that the site is not a religious site, but the site is focus on the Islamic lifestyle. Because there is no other virtual world that offers a friendly environment for this community, it encouraged him to build Muxlim. El-fatatry explains that the site is open to both Muslim and non Muslim users.

Friday, January 30th, 2009 | Author: Ananda Perwira

What is a friend for you? There are many definitions to reveal it. Friendship is a personal relationship that really provides a reason to feel any concern and care as a friend. In general, the friendship basically involves a special kind of attention to your friends. This type of special attention is called “love”. As we know, loving someone is based on several reasons. The first is based on the passionate desire to objects that is usually related to physical or sexual attraction. This type of love is usually becomes one of the factors for the relationship between two people who are in “Eros” love. The other type is “Philia”; it can be said that this is a love with warmth and closeness not only to an individual, but also to families, relatives, neighbors, and anyone else. So that, “Philia” appears to be more relevant to we call a friendship. For those who fall in love, a combination of “Eros” and “Philia” certainly is an absolute requirement for a relationship of eternal love. more…

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 | Author: Ananda Perwira

Social networking company, Facebook has been hold discussions with the acquisition of Twitter, the company’s micro-blogging. Negotiations put a value of $ 500 million to Twitter, which has become one of large Silicon Valley companies. Speech is first reported in the AllThingsD blog, which directly confirmed by both parties.

Facebook offers payment for acquisition in-stock. Compare with value of purchace worth $ 15 billion offered by Microsoft Corp. to buy Facebook last year, the value of purchases from Facebook to Twitter still be quite small. more…

Friday, May 30th, 2008 | Author: Ananda Perwira

If open source software has become part of your life, you may need to know the Community Choice award, in July this year in the Oscon event(O’Reilly Open Source Convention) 2008, which will be held by Sourceforge.net, an online community that host open-source project. Community Choice Awards are made without error because this award more than usual award because there is a category of “Best Project for the Enterprise” and “Most likely to Be the Next $ 1B Acquisition”, which is designed to highlight unique and challenging cases faced by the source developer. more…