27 December 2007
Popular online social networking site MySpace invites its US community to participate in the first MySpace Presidential Primary. The ballot will be hosted on the community's Impact Channel, just prior to the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primaries.MySpace users will be encouraged to choose their preferred Presidential candidate.The poll wi...
24 December 2007
The Royal Palace yesterday announced the launch of a Royal channel on YouTube, arguably the world's most popular user-generated-content (UGC) site. The channel, aptly named "TheRoyalChannel" went live on the Google-owned video sharing website at 0001 on Sunday 23rd of December. It will showcase both new and old video footage of The R...
22 December 2007
Popular social networking site, hi5 announced the introduction of two new music applications thanks to Google's OpenSocial.The applications, courtesy of collaborations with iLike and Qloud will allow users to add more music to their hi5 profile. hi5 were one of the first social networking sites to announce their intent to work with OpenSoc...
21 December 2007
The Asylum and Immigration News has announced a new social networking site aimed at immigrants from the USA, UK, EU, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.The new website, Asylumnews.org connects migrants so that they can share their stories, give and receive advice and discuss issues relating to immigration. Users will also be a...
12 December 2007
Social media platform KickApps have today launched a new solution that allows their customers to quickly and easily generated revenue through in-stream video advertising in conjunction with AOL's Advertising.comThe partnership combines KickApps community building services with Advertising.com's Lightningcast video ad-serving system. Accord...
11 December 2007
Piczo, the popular social networking site for teens is expanding their service to allow users to share and create content on their mobile phones.The new development was made possible through a partnership with mobile social networking company Intercasting Corporation. Through Intercasting?s ANTHEM platform, Piczo will offer users the abili...
10 December 2007
Following rumours over the last month that they were about to be snapped up by News Corporation, B2B social network LinkedIn announced the launch of new features in attempt to re-cement it's position as the leading business network.The new and improved LinkedIn will include a new homepage (yet to go live) and a developers platform, called Intell...
10 December 2007
Universal Music have today announced a licencing deal with one of this years fastest growing social networking sites, imeem. The agreement will provide imeem's 19 million strong community with Universal's entire catalogue of digital music and video at no cost. Working on an advertising-supported model, imeem users will be able to str...
07 December 2007
With the purchase of popular Facebook game FightClub, Webs.com have announced the launch of their new social media property, Social Gaming Network (SGN).SGN develops and integrates online games into popular social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace. The first game to launch from SGN was WarBook which went live in Facebook in August 200...
06 December 2007
The 23 year old chief executive of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg publicly apologised via the company blog for the release of their controversial advertising system, Beacon.Beacon is a part of Facebook Ads, a new advertising model that was introduced on 07 November 2007. By signing on as a partner of Facebook's Beacon, brands can employ a small...
06 December 2007
Funk band Jamiroquai announced the launch of their new social
networking enabled site, which is set to go live at some point today.
The new Jamiroquai.com site will enable fans to interact more
intimately with the band and other like-minded fans. Jamiroquai widgets will allow users to take content to their blogs and
social networ...
06 December 2007
Disney is launching an elaborate new version of its UK website on Monday, combining its retail and content offerings with virtual worlds, widgets and interactive tools as it tries to cement its audience base among a new generation of web-savvy children. The site also promotes Club Penguin as a channel, linking to the children's social netw...
06 December 2007
The founder of social networking site Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to users for the way it launched a social advertising system. Called Beacon, the system tracks web shopping on partner sites outside Facebook and then sells adverts to the social network based on purchases. Read full story on BBC News
06 December 2007
Funk band Jamiroquai announced the launch of their new social networking enabled site, which is set to go live at some point today. The new Jamiroquai.com site will enable fans to interact more intimately with the band and other like-minded fans. Jamiroquai widgets will allow users to take content to their blogs and social networking...
05 December 2007
With one login in and a few clicks, virtual communities are promising many marvellous things. Meet kindred spirits, find a job or customise your universe. Cafebabel.com looks at the various networks and what they offer. Read full story on Cafebabel.com
05 December 2007
There are applications available for Facebook which include some aspects of VoIP technology. However, as was recently pointed out in an overview of those applications by VoIP News, there is no official VoIP application for Facebook professionals to utilize. Read full story on PC World
05 December 2007
Facebook, the social networking site which has prompted fears over its users' privacy, has failed in an attempt to keep the personal life of its chief executive private. A court has ordered that a Harvard-based website should not be forced to take down documents which paint an unflattering picture of Mark Zuckerberg, 23, during his time as...
05 December 2007
Paypal today announced the launch of the PayPal Storefront Widget. The new tool allows any seller to embed a virtual storefront into blogs, websites and social networking sites.Judy Chang from the Distributed Payments team, who announced the launch on the PayPal blog this morning explains, "if you're an artist creating crafts, a band selli...
04 December 2007
Search Engine Land reports Yell has added Web 2.0 features to its website with a new design.Read full story on Search Engine Land
04 December 2007
According to FishbowlNY, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation have purchased Beliefnet, a site founded in 1999 that is dedicated to religious and spiritual groups.Reuters report that an official deal is expected to be announced on Tuesday 11 December 2007.Rumours have been flying since November that News Corporation, owners of MySpace and co-owners...
04 December 2007
People who sent cruel Internet messages to a 13-year-old girl on MySpace before she committed suicide won't face criminal charges, a suburban St. Louis prosecutor announced Monday. Read full story on Arizona Daily Star
04 December 2007
Despite some talks over a future partnership, sources close to LinkedIn and News Corp deny there is any discussions for Rupert Murdoch's media giant to acquire the fast-growing business online social network. The source shot down British media reports that the two were discussing a deal worth about US$1 billion (AU$1.13 billion). Rea...
04 December 2007
Researchers at software vendor CA have discovered that social networking site Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out of their account or have opted out of its controversial "Beacon" tracking service. Read full story on ZDNet Australia
03 December 2007
Technology company Six Apart today announced the sale of one of its more popular blogging operations, LiveJournal.The sale was made to SUP, an online media company in Russia. The terms of the deal are undisclosed, however from the sale SUP have set up LiveJournal, Inc. which will be based in San Francisco.SUP's purchase of LiveJournal foll...
30 November 2007
Social network Facebook promises to make changes to its controversial advertising system Beacon, amid uproar from users regarding their privacy.Beacon is a part of Facebook Ads, that was introduced to an audience of advertising experts in New York on 07 November 2007. Facebook Ads allows any and all brands to create a profile where their c...