First of all - Pownce? Yes, a new social networking site, only you can’t get in. Well, not unless someone invites you, for now. They say it’s because of scalability:

At least to start, we’re keeping some control over registration so that we can scale the system under control. Scaling? It basically means that if a ton of people joined all at once at the beginning our site might slow down to a crawl. That would suck for everyone. So, as we get confident with the performance of the site, we’ll begin letting more and more people in.

So, there. For now, users can send messages, links, files, and events. More to come in the near future, so they promise. The interface is customizable, so everyone can make Pownce their own. There is a desktop application which uses Adobe AIR technology, to enable Pownce users to get latest data from the site straight to their desktop. The people at Powncy have announced they plan to offer a Powncy public API library for integration in third party software. This might be interesting, especially since Facebook and other similar projects have successfully been integrated in other applications. Powncy looks promising. If tha API proves to be useful, a lot of interesting projects may find their way to life.

Oh yeah, you can drop your email address over there and wait to be contacted when the network reopens for new subscribers. So, check out Powncy!

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