Everything about Pownce totally explained
Pownce is a free
social networking and
micro-blogging site started by Internet entrepreneurs
Kevin Rose, Leah Culver, Daniel Burka, and Shawn Allen. Pownce is centered around sharing messages, files, events, and links with already-established friends. The site launched on June 27, 2007, and was opened to the public on January 22, 2008.
History
Its launch, on June 27, 2007, was covered by outlets like
Wired,
Business Week,
Webware, and the
San Francisco Chronicle, with most of the coverage focusing on Rose, known for his involvement in
Digg,
Revision3 and
TechTV. Due to this media exposure, invitations for Pownce were in high demand and were being sold on sites such as
eBay. The developers have also created a
Pownce API Google Group 
. Originally, it was primarily for discussing the release of the API, but it now serves to gather feedback and help developers.
On November 12, 2007 Pownce launched a custom theme editor for Pro users. They also added eight more preset themes for non pro users to use.
On December 20, 2007 Pownce launched a mobile version of their service. This version can be accessed from a variety of mobile devices at
m.pownce.com.
Comparisons with similar websites
Pownce has been compared favorably to other websites with similar functionality like
Twitter, and has been called a "Twitter on steroids".
It has also been recommended for use over Twitter in a work setting because of its enhanced discussion-tracking capabilities.
Technology
Pownce is built on a variation of the
LAMP stack:
Debian GNU/Linux,
Apache,
MySQL, and
Python. The web application is made with
Django, an
open source web application framework, written in
Python. File storage is supported by
Amazon S3. The desktop application is written in
Flex for
Adobe's
AIR platform. The icons used throughout the site are taken from the open source FamFamFam Silk and ISO series icon packs.
Further Information
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