3 posts and columns on Alice Truong

Q&A: A Social Network Built on Mobile Phones

in News on July 14, 2010 at 7:56 am PT

Even before Facebook had an iPhone app, MocoSpace, a social network that appeals to a young, diverse demographic, had capitalized on the idea of networking via mobile devices. From its inception, MocoSpace was designed for use not on smartphones but on traditional “feature” phones, which account for 80 percent of its traffic.

Q&A: A Real Study of Virtual Worlds

in News on May 4, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

Students of Ulrike Schultze might know her better by her Second Life avatar, Uskla. That’s because the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business professor utilizes the online game to connect to her students in an unusual way.

A "Macroblogging" Service, Woofer, Launches as Twitter Homage

in News on August 27, 2009 at 8:03 am PT

Is 140 characters simply not your style? Lucky for you, there’s a new site billed as the “anti-Twitter”: Woofer, a so-called macroblogging service with a 1,400-character minimum per post.