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Beat100 is a site where everyone may upload a video and may win prizes. It is all about user generated video and social networking.

People may participate in current awards by uploading their videos and let others vote and favor. The site has two categories, music videos and lifestyle at all, which summarizes everything interesting or funny. And there is another interesting fact, the prizes do continously increase with the existence of the site.

A further great feature are the social networking options. Beside being a video award and video sharing site Beat100 is a real social network with all that features one may expect, which means beside or additionally to have fun with videos one may find new friends and communicate with others. For more visit Beat100.

FOLDEN.INFO Directory Sources: Internet Video – Music, Music Videos – Awards – Participatory Media, Social Media Advertising – User generated Media

YaCy is a new search engine and search engine software. The software is based and working on the p2p principle, which means each user is a point in the network and by this one may use the search engine and contribute to it either on a private or even a company level.

The idea is both old and revolutionary. Old because there are already existing other search engines based on the p2p principle like the formerly introduced Faroo. Nevertheless the decentralized approach is still revolutionary as by this there is no central authority gathering data, like it is common today and a major concern of users. For more watch the video below and visit YaCy.

FSCONS: YaCy Demo from Michael Christen on Vimeo.

FOLDEN.INFO Directory Sources: Search Engines – Search Engine Solutions

The online music scene has a new topic, live streaming of music concerts. After some early birds focussing on broadcasting big events like livedome, meanwhile by the way also broadcasting sport events, and Baeble Music lately some new services have been launched. These do embrace trends of today, do include social networking and show artists and musicians in a new context and the way they may like to be seen.

Formerly the indie scene has already been served by LiveBeats.com and GotSeeN.com both enabling live broadcasts of music concerts.

The idea to let musicians represent themselves the way they like to lately has come up with Stageit and Likezebra with its event site Backbeat. At these services musicians may perform at their studios or even at home within private sessions. And both the audience may chat with each other as well as the audience and musicians.

FOLDEN.INFO Directory Sources: Live Streaming, Personal Broadcasting – Online Events – Music, Music Videos