Investors snub Friendster in patent grab: Alarmed by a potential expansion by Friendster on their turf, two competitors who are also investors in Friendster have teamed to buy a patent they call a key asset in the battle for the nascent social networking market.
Mobile, Social, and Trustworthy? by Howard Rheingold
Remember the olden days before the Internet, when you couldn't call on a community of interest with a few keystrokes on your computer? [...] Nowadays, the millions of people who know how to tap into online social networks take readily-accessible communities of interest for granted.
