CNET acquires photo-sharing service; launches business site.CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. Networks (San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA), an Internet content and services company that focuses on the personal technology, entertainment and business technology categories, has acquired Windup Labs (Arlington, MA), the producer of HeyPix:, a four-month old photo sharing Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately). This functionality is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. service. No terms were given. CNET said the acquired property will complement its own photo-sharing service, WebShots, a company it purchased for $60 million and an additional $10 million in deferred payments in late December 2004. HeyPix! allows users to manage, edit and organize their photos on their computers. Features include photo tagging, social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network capabilities, sharing permission controls and the ability to post on blogs. Webshots had 6.2 million visitors in February. Also, CNET has launched BNET BNET Battle.net (Blizzard Entertainment) bnet Bungie.net BNET Bentley Intranet BNET Billy Noguera Entertainment Group Inc. BNET Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust , a web site that offers content for "self-motivated" business leaders. The site carries over 50,000 white papers, case studies, Webcasts and audiocasts for business professionals in the financial services, healthcare, government, manufacturing and retail industries. It produces e-mail alerts, newsletters, RSS feeds and business blogs and produces "Business Interest Index, a monthly look at the most relevant site material ranked on visits. |
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