A social network which allows users to create their own content (stocks, rss feeds, bookmarks, scratch pads, multi media albums, calendars, alerts, etc.), and share it with other users in real time, search various things like people of similar interest, or content on web, generate interest based notifications and chat with other users, all in one web application.
Palmchip has created an application similar pageflakes, netvibes, and igoogle which provides a personalized homepage as an alternative to traditional web portals. It lets individuals create a web start page that keeps them up to date on the blogs and news sources they read daily. The users can even make special pages that they can share with friends, family, or post on the web for everyone.
The application provides a web 2.0 interface to publish information and knowledge, based on the users’ interests, and allows this collective intelligence to be shared with other users in real-time. It allows users to publish, customize and share content. It offers rule-based notifications to the end-users in the shape of emails, SMS or system messages. The application make it possible for the users to aggregate, monitor and get notified about content they are interested in as stock prices, headline alerts, weather advisories, or emergencies in their cities or universities etc. Users can also create their own social network around a common interest, activity or association.
The application offers some cutting-edge features that make it a leading information aggregator and social networking site. Some of the major differentiators include:
- Ability to aggregate collective intelligence
- Ability to share this knowledge and information in real-time with peers
- Ability to create interest-based notifications
- Ability to mass notify in case of emergencies
- Ability to create social network around a common interest, activity or association
Technology Used:
- .NET 2.0 (C#)
- Html
- JavaScript
- Css 2.0
- Microsoft SQL Server