Pownce

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Official Site: Pownce | About Pownce | Pownce Help
The Pownce Blog
Pownce: Download Desktop Software
Wikipedia: Pownce
CrunchBase: Pownce Company Profile
Pownce Wiki: Pownce Community Wiki / API Documentation
News: Pownce now open to everyone, still only useful to some (January 22, 2008)

Pownce News

Google News: Pownce
Wired.com: Pownce: Micro-Blogging Social Network Goes Public (January 22, 2008)
Webware: Pownce now open to everyone, still only useful to some (January 22, 2008)
ZDNet: "Pownce Using AIR (and I've Got Invites)" (June 27, 2007)
Webware: "First Look at Pownce" (June 27, 2007)

Pownce Blogs and Wikis

Google Blog Search: Pownce
The Pownce Blog
Technorati: Pownce Search Results
TechCrunch: Pownce Tag
Mashable: Pownce Search Results

Pownce Blog Articles

Download Squad: Pownce goes live (January 22, 2008)
LifeHacker: Micro-Blogging Site Pownce Now in Public Beta (January 22, 2008)
Digital Back Country: Pownce Opens Up Registration, Gets New AIR Client
Techcrunch: Pownce Opens To Public Tonight At Midnight; Early Screen Shots Of New Features (January 21, 2008)
ParisLemon: Pownce Pounces On the Public At Midnight Tonight (January 21, 2008)
CenterNetworks: Pownce - it's pretty freakin' sweet! (June 27, 2007)
MediaVidea: "Techmeme and Techcrunch Launch Pownce"
Valleywag: "Kevin Rose: Third Time's Not the Charm"
Phill Ryu's Blog: "The Hunt Begins: Pownce vs. Twitter"

Pownce Information

Pownce: About | Advertise
Wikipedia: Pownce
TechCrunch: Pownce Company Profile
Viddler Video: "Review of Pownce"
Leah Culver’s Stupid Blog: "Pownce!"

Pownce Founders

Kevin Rose

The Mahalo Guide to Kevin Rose
Official Blog: kevinhasablogg
Wikipedia: Kevin Rose
Pownce: Kevin

Leah Culver

Official Blog: Leah Culver’s Stupid Blog
MySpace: Leah C.'s Profile
Pownce: Leah Culver
TechConfidential: Leah Culver, 25, Writes the Code That Powers Pownce

Shawn Allen

Digg User: Shawn Allen
Pownce: Shawn A.

Daniel Burka

rukapedia: Daniel Burka
Delta Tango Bravo: Author: Daniel Burka
Digg the Blog: Author Archive: Daniel Burka
Pownce: Daniel B.

Pownce Tips and Tools

Pownce: Pownce FAQ
Pownce: Download Desktop Software

Related Searches

Twitter | Jaiku | Digg | Diggnation | TechCrunch | Techmeme | Kevin Rose | Leah Culver | Daniel Burka | Django | Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) | Social Networking

Guide Note: Pownce is a micro-blogging site similar to Twitter and Jaiku. Pownce users may post short messages and media to be seen by the public or just (all or some of) their friends. Such messages can be posted via the website or with the use of an external application. Although the service is comparable to Twitter in virtually every way, it has not garnered the user base or third-party support of Twitter.

Fast Facts

Open to everyone
Launched: June 2007
Founders: Leah Culver, Daniel Burka, Kevin Rose, and Shawn Allen
Platform: Adobe AIR

Pownce Software

Though there is less third-party support for Pownce than there is for, users who prefer a desktop application can use one that was developed by the Pownce team. The Ponce application is very similar to Twitter applications Twitterific and Twhirl.

Pownce Founders

Kevin Rose, one of the founders of Pownce, already had a successful track record in the technology industry. He gained public attention as a host on Attack of the Show on the G4 network, then called Tech TV. He star rose even further after he left; he went on to found the social link-sharing site Digg and to host the popular webcast Diggnation. Leah Culver was known for her "Help Me Buy A Laptop" campaign, but she quickly became one of the most visible and talked-about women in the tech sector after the launch of Pownce.

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