MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Purplenova
(http://www.purplenova.com) has announced the release of FunCaster -- A widget
that allows users to make selective PC content directly accessible from
popular social networking sites, forums and portals. The FunCaster, says the
company, was developed in response to concern among Internet users about
having to upload photos, videos and other personal content on to third-party
servers to be able to share them with friends.
    With instances of content misuse growing in number, many users believe
that not all content is to be shared forever and not all content should be
uploaded on third party servers. Uploading pictures and videos to third-party
servers raises questions about their privacy, security, ownership and fair
use. The FunCaster allows users to bypass these questions entirely by making
it possible to display content on social networks directly from an Internet
connected PC.
    The FunCaster widget is embedded once on the user's personal page on any
of the popular social networking sites. The FunCaster desktop agent is then
used to designate content on the user's PC that is to be displayed through the
widget. Only the designated content is displayed, and sharing can be turned on
or off at any time from the desktop agent. Viewers who visit the social
networking site do not need any additional software in order to view the
content, when using any of the commonly used Internet browsers such as IE,
Mozilla, Opera, etc.
    The FunCaster widget works with most of the social networking sites,
including the more popular sites such as Myspace, Blogger, Yahoo 360,
Microsoft Live Spaces, Facebook, AIM, Xanga, Ning, Friendster, and hundreds of
others.
    The FunCaster Widget is free.
    About Purplenova
    Purplenova offers solutions that promote a 'do-it-yourself' approach to
web-hosting and content serving. With broadband connections becoming faster
and reliable, and with powerful machines residing in people's homes and small
offices, Purplenova makes a case for "Unlimited Hosting" directly from
end-user machines. Purplenova users not only retain control over their content
but also get more from their investment in computers and broadband.
    Purplenova has offices in Mountain View, California and India. More
information: http://www.purplenova.com
    *(PHOTO 72dpi: Send2Press.com/mediaboom/07-1212-FunCaster_72dpi.jpg)
    *(Photo Caption: FunCaster widget.)
    All trademarks acknowledged.
    This release was issued on behalf of the above organization by
Send2Press(R), a unit of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com
SOURCE  Purplenova
Milind Pandit of Purplenova, +1-262-408-9163, [email protected]