Ping.fm
Ping.fm is a free social networking and micro-blogging web service that enables users to post to multiple social networks simultaneously.
Making an update on Ping.fm pushes the update to a number of different social websites at once. This allows individuals using multiple social networks to update their status only once, without having to update it in all their social mediums individually. Ping.fm groups services into three categories – status updates, blogs, and micro-blogs – and updates can be sent to each group separately.
History
Ping.fm was created with the intent of making it as easy as possible to post updates to multiple social networking sites simultaneously. The idea came about when creators were updating status messages with micro-blogging sites Twitter and Tumblr. The idea of posting the exact same information in two places seemed a bit tedious, so Ping.fm was born.
Open Beta
After 6 months of being in closed beta, an announcement was made on Sep 2, 2008 that would no longer require private invite beta codes to be used to register and use the service. The launch into Open Beta was covered by outlets like Wired, and MashableComparisons with similar websites
Ping.fm has been compared favorably to other websites with similar functionality like HelloTxt.Technology
Ping.fm is powered by LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) with some .NET used in the core software. An API allows programmers to apply for an application key in order to develop third party applications. Users must apply for an API key through their user profile.Supported services
A user can configure his or her Ping.fm account to aggregate content to the following services:
- Bebo
- Blogger
- Brightkite
- Custom URL
- Delicious
- FriendFeed
- Friendster
3rd Party Applications
| Name | URL | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Blogo | http://www.drinkbrainjuice.com/blogo | Desktop |
| ceTwit | http://www.kosertech.com/blog/?page_id=5 | Mobile |
| Desktop Application | http://getsatisfaction.com/pingfm/topics/is_there_a_desktop_application_for_ping_fm | Desktop |
| Desktop Ping.fm Widget | http://anthonykosednar.com/pingfm | Desktop |
| koornk | http://www.koornk.com | Web |
| Kronologger to PingFM | http://kronologger.com/gprs/post2_pingfm.php | Other |
| Mozilla Ubiquity script for ping.fm | http://ubiquity.washing-up.co.uk/pingfm.html | Web |
| PHP API | http://dmitrizone.com/phpingfm | Web |
| PingBox | http://skamped.com/pingbox | Mobile |
| PingFeeder | http://www.pingfeeder.com | IRC |
| Ping Fire | http://www.pingfire.us | Plugin |
| PingPressFM | http://www.soldoutactivist.com/project-pingpressfm | Wordpress |
| Ping Ubiquity | http://waleed.doubleudesigns.com/2008/08/ubiquity-and-pingfm/ | Web |
| Ping.fm @ Ubiquity | http://maloki.net/projects/pingfm-ubiquity/ | Other |
| Ping.fm command for Mozilla Ubiquity | http://trodrigues.net/ubiquity/pingfm/ | Plugin |
| PingBoard | http://code.google.com/p/pingboard/ | Desktop |
| PockeTwit | http://code.google.com/p/pocketwit/ | Mobile |
| PostLater | http://www.postlater.com | Web |
| Profilatic | http://profilactic.com/ | Web |
| quickTwit | http://static.tmblr.us/hiptop/quickTwit.htm | Mobile |
| SocialThing | http://socialthing.com/ | Web |
| Spaz | http://funkatron.com/spaz | Desktop |
| Terminal Pings | http://www.pelikoira.net/terminal_pings.php | Desktop |
Notes
References
- Ping.fm helps platform overkill + Invites
- Ping.fm centralizes status updates
- Ping.fm: Update All Your Lifestreams from One Site
- Ping.fm: Company Profile
External links
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Last updated on Tuesday September 16, 2008 at 00:07:19 PDT (GMT -0700)
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