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Who is nibbling at Facebook's heels?

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    Renee Schmidt talks about how social networking competitors are on the rise

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Let's get to tech news now I'm joined in the studio by -- Schmidt who is president of she bites dot com.

And you have your blog at cheap bytes long I guess is your Twitter account it's at she -- blog is my that are she bites blog -- you're trying to -- very good.

I'm so -- tech news and did some companies out there hoping that they can sort of -- away at the huge monster that is -- Look yeah absolutely you know now we're seeing trend where where social media is moving towards more intimate social networking meeting won't exactly.

So on the one of -- that.

I have talked about last summer I was on the show is -- which is an app that's made specifically for couples so it's only for you -- your partner or we're UN may be a best friend if you wanna use it together.

And you can share more in -- more private things and it's limited to just you know the -- of the -- so now we're seeing other apps that are similar that have you know maybe a 150 friend -- -- maximum.

Like past -- -- you know really really gaining popularity.

And what's really cool about it is not only is the experience much more -- -- But actually it's only basis for -- the mobile and tablet so you -- it's not even browser centric false it's completely different animal than face.

And it's really really gaining a lot of popularity is this is this -- Eighty reflection all of more more people.

Becoming unhappy with FaceBook the whole privacy issue and all that sort of thing.

To some extent and you know it's interesting on face but you can also limit your notification settings but it's so cumbersome people don't know how to do -- they don't know how to control -- privacy.

Whereas with something like half.

On the U -- all of the notifications but only from a 150 people saw what indeed it is something.

Like pat.

I don't quite understand it's for couples have a sitting down and having dinner together you really.

Communicate -- some -- repeat that you've probably got bigger -- in your relationship.

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