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Empire Avenue – Fun, cool and why it could be big

A screen shot of Empire Avenue for user e(LARRE)

For the last year I have been hanging around on Empire Avenue (EAv). EAv is a website started in 2009 by a group of people with background from among others the gaming industry (i.e Electronic Arts). On February 23rd 2010 they launched a closed beta for “friends and family” with 250 players. Early in May…

Google buys Jaiku

Google operates orkut a social network service similar to Facebook. Today they bought Jaiku so it seems that Google is really focusing on the competition they get from Facebook and other social networking sites, and I look forward to see what Google will do with orkut and jaiku related to the amazing success that Facebook…