Social File-Sharing Network exaroom.com Launches New Social Networking and File-Sharing Features.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 -- exaroom.com, a social file-sharing network that seeks to combine social networks with legitimate file-sharing, today unveiled the addition of customizable user profiles and a file-sharing web widget
A web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional that will enable users to more easily socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. and share files, bridging the gap between the social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network and file-sharing communities. "Our goal is to create a social network where you can easily, securely, and responsibly share files," said Song Kim, founder of exaroom. "Our new user profile page brings us a step closer to creating this community." Like user profiles on other social networks, members can post their own content and information. But unlike other sites, exaroom's focus is on ease of use and flexibility. Taking advantage of advanced AJAX and DHTML See Dynamic HTML. DHTML - Dynamic HTML technologies, exaroom's user profiles are completely dynamic; customized directly through the exaroom interface. In addition to profiles, exaroom also introduced its file-sharing web widget. Widgets can be embedded into web pages on other websites, such as MySpace, thus giving users exaroom's file-sharing functionality in whatever social networking community they choose. "We cannot ignore the fact that many people are socializing on other sites as well as ours," adds Kim. "We're all about sharing, and we wanted to make things easy; that once something is shared on exaroom, it can be accessed anywhere. Whether it's from our site or someone else's, we want to be flexible for our users." The launch of these two new features marks a milestone for exaroom. With the inclusion of their own hosted user profile pages, exaroom now offers a complete social networking experience. And with the addition of their file-sharing widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. , they reach out beyond their own boundaries to bring social file-sharing to other networks. Ultimately, it's a win-win for members of social networks and file-sharers, with these two exaroom features bringing more functionality to both communities. About exaroom Founded in 2006, exaroom provides a unique file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. solution available globally. You can browse and download your friends' shared files through the exaroom website using your browser, without installing any additional software. exaroom and the exaroom logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of exaroom, inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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