Media Coverage

For all of Facebook's recent successes, MySpace continues to thrive. That's the theme of my recent big Fortune story on the MySpace/Facebook battle, "As Facebook takes off, MySpace strikes back." Meanwhile, innumerable permutations of the seductive social networking model continue to arise, because this is increasingly the kind of Internet that users are showing, with their behavior, that they want. (more)

The funeral industry has always sought a standard of care and service and for the most part, this has remained a constant, with your resources invested in the tried and true. It is safe to say bringing down costs while increasing your return on investment are aspects of the same two-sided coin. (more)

Two tech entrepreneurs, Todd Wilkinson and Richard Derks, have been aware of this phenomenon for some time. In July, they launched Respectance, a social network for dead people. (more)

There are certain social landmarks around which our lives are built: births, marriages and deaths are the obvious ones. So far these landmarks are absent from the social web. There are exceptions but, in the main, our online social interactions are restricted to the trivial. (more)

When Raj Abhyanker knocked on hundreds of doors two years ago, asking his neighbors to elect him to the city council of Cupertino, Calif., he grew convinced that somebody needed to introduce them to one another. His forays up one street and down another gave him glimpses into cloistered lives: one neighbor was looking to sell a used bicycle; another wanted to buy one. (more)

A idéia de usar a internet para prestar homenagem a amigos e parentes queridos que faleceram já foi explorada pelo Tnow, ao tratar da comunidade virtual Respectance, uma rede social, nos moldes do Orkut, em que os usuários cadastram um perfil dos mortos para prestar homenagens pós-vida. (more)

The 10th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is expected to be marked with a special memorial service, television documentaries and floral tributes from the public. Mourners not wanting to trek to the gates of Kensington Palace with flowers, however, can log on to a commemoration site – Respectance.com – where they can share their memories of the “people’s princess”. (more)

Most people see the recent explosion of social-networking Web sites such as MySpace and Facebook as new avenues to stay in touch with friends or promote breaking cultural trends. Richard Derks, co-founder of Respectance, an online tribute site with offices in San Francisco, saw the latest networking developments as an opportunity to create something a little more profound. (more)

There's a new online social media site called Respectance where you can create your own tributes and share your memories of the dead. I first learned of it from this article by Will Reisman of The Examiner. (more)

The 10th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, today is expected to be marked with a special memorial service, television documentaries and floral tributes from the public. (more)