Loaded: Wimbledon love Video

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>> Welcome back to Loaded, coming to you from New York again. Nokia advises social network, Wimbledon starts streaming online today, and the AARP helps to keep your mind sharp with online checkers games. It's Monday, June 23. I'm Natali Del Conte, and it's time to get Loaded ^M00:00:15 [ Sound effect ]

>> Nokia purchased a mobile social network today called "Places." Places is a location-based service that lets users network with people in their physical proximity. It's sort of like Looped with more social features. In the past year, Nokia has launched online services such as its music store, Ovi, that makes them more than just a handset maker. With Places, they become even more of an online portal, so we should expect to see more social features in Nokia phones using GPS technology. ^M00:00:43 [ Sound effect ] Google Trends has a new analytic tool that lets you track traffic to any given site, comparing it to other sites. You can compare up to five websites at a time from as far back as May of 2007. This is useful, except as Tech Crunch points out, when you want to compare Google's traffic. The tool is not able to track or compare Google's own activity. But if you're wondering whether or not your own site is doing better than Google in traffic, I can run that calculation in my head. It isn't. ^M00:01:09 [ Sound effect ] The Democrats are working hard to get ready for the online rush to their Democratic National Convention this summer. The party is working with Microsoft and a company called Level 3 Communications to stream all convention activity, including speeches. The site will use Microsoft Silver Light, and let users get more information about speakers, policy, and scheduling while watching the program live. Details are still incomplete, but we can expect to learn more in the coming weeks at Demconvention.com. ^M00:01:35 [ Sound effect ] Wimbledon starts this week, and if you're a Windows user, you can watch live online. The tournament isn't exactly as free and easy to watch as the NCAA games, but never the less, the prestigious tennis tournament is available for $24.99. If you pay that, you get an all-access pass to the 300 matches to watch in your browser as they occur. Unfortunately, you must have Windows XP or Vista Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player. So I guess you can say Mac and Linux users get "love?" ^M00:02:03 [ Sound effect ] The AARP's getting into casual games. Center Networks reports that the American Association of Retired People has launched a gaming portal for its members who claim to spend more than 100 minutes per week playing video or computer games online. Apparently the top game is Mahjong, with over 11 million players to date. This is a smart idea for the AARP to help its members keep their minds sharp and competitive. In fact, it's a good idea for any of us. You don't have to be retired to play. ^M00:02:29 Those are all your headlines for today. And I will be back tomorrow with more. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Natalie Del Conte with CNET TV, and you've just been Loaded. ^M00:02:37 [ Music ]