Skip to content

Social Media Portal

News

19 January 2011

Social media ad spend to hit $6 billion worldwide in 2011

Social media ad spend to hit $6 billion worldwide in 2011Ad spend across social networks is to reach almost $6 billion USD in 2011eMarketer has released a report predicting the global advertising spend across social networks will reach $5.97 billion USD in 2011.This figure represents a growth of 71.6% from social media ad spend in 2010, which will translate to 8.7% of total online ad spend this year.&...

14 January 2011

Social games platform Viximo adds new games to portfolio

Social games platform Viximo adds new games to portfolioRavenwood Fair, Backyard Monsters & Resort World added to Viximo?s catalogue of social gamesSocial games company Viximo has announced the addition of three new games to its catalogue.Viximo's app and game platform now includes Ravenwood Fair, Backyard Monsters and Resort World who it will distribute to a number of social networks on behalf o...

17 December 2010

Myspace delivers fan management tools to bands and artists

Myspace delivers fan management tools to bands and artistsReverbNation enables Myspace Music to offer better fan management toolsMusic social network Myspace has announced a partnership with ReverbNation that will see the marketing and promotion platform integrate its fan relationship management application with Myspace Music.The FanReach application will be available automatically for all bands and ar...

16 December 2010

MTV Networks implement social media functionality with Janrain

MTV Networks implement social media functionality with JanrainComedy Central, Nickelodeon and other MTV sites get upgraded with social media sharing and login capabilityMTV Networks has announced that visitors to its group of sites, including Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV will have social media functionality for users to login and share content more easily.The social media functionality has been impl...

15 December 2010

Facebook and Twitter announce social network trends of 2010

Facebook and Twitter announce social network trends of 2010Haiti, FIFA, iPad and Justin Bieber trump discussions on social networks in 2010Social network giant Facebook and micro-blogging site Twitter have announced the top trending topics of the last year.  Only four topics* appeared in both sites Top Ten list, namely the Haiti earthquake, FIFA World Cup, Apple?s iPad and teen pop sensation Justin...

10 December 2010

New social network launches for people with addictions

New social network launches for people with addictionsOnline community unveiled for addicts to give and receive peer advice anonymouslyA new social network for people with a range of addictions has launched today.  Circle-in, which offers a discussion board, private messages or live chat rooms, is free for members to interact anonymously about their addictions and other issues.Founder and pres...

09 December 2010

Hard Rock donate to charity via Facebook Deals

Hard Rock donate to charity via Facebook DealsWhyHunger charity to benefit for Facebook Places check-in to Hard RockHard Rock International has announced a special Facebook Deal that to support non-profit organization WhyHunger.The Deal, which is available to any customer visiting a Hard Rock Café at any of the company?s US branches from now until 31 December 2010, is in support of WhyHunge...

07 December 2010

New location based music app connects artists and fans

New location based music app connects artists and fansNew mobile application Flowd to connect fans with artists and bandsA new mobile application for iPhone and Android devices has launched today.  Flowd, created by NASDAQ listed company Digia, is a new location based mobile app that aims to connect fans directly with their music idols.The official announcement says that Flowd ?facilitates two...

01 December 2010

Myspace unveils new mobile site and iPhone application

Myspace unveils new mobile site and iPhone applicationMyspace expands its new social networking makeover to mobile entertainment sideSocial networking site Myspace has announced a new mobile site and iPhone application to expand their mobile social entertainment offering.The new Myspace site, which officially re-launched at the end of October 2010, is now accessible on iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, ...

29 November 2010

GaGa, Timberlake and Kardashian quit Facebook and Twitter for charity

GaGa, Timberlake and Kardashian quit Facebook and Twitter for charityAlicia Keys organizes celebrity charity campaign to raise money for World AIDS DayLady GaGa, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and other celebrities will be signing off social networking sites in a campaign to raise $1 million USD for charity.The campaign, called Digital Life Sacrifice, is by Alicia Keys? cha...

25 November 2010

Are social networking sites such as Facebook ethical?

Are social networking sites such as Facebook ethical??Ethics and Social Networking Sites: A Disclosive Analysis of Facebook?A new research paper announced today, explores the idea around whether social networking sites such as Facebook are or are not ethical.The paper, published by Emerald Journal Information Technology & People, was written by Ben Light, a professor of digital media and Kathy...

24 November 2010

Businesses can now create a version of website for Facebook

Businesses can now create a version of website for FacebookNew Facebook App allows customized version of website for Facebook tabsWix, a free website builder platform, has today announced the launch of its new Facebook application that allows owners of a Facebook Page to create a version of their website for Facebook.The Facebook application is available only to individuals and businesses that have buil...

23 November 2010

New social network for dog lovers unveiled

New social network for dog lovers unveiledOnline community for dog lovers around the world launchesMy Doggy Life, a social networking and blogging community has launched for dog lovers around the globe.On MyDoggyLife.com, dog owners can keep a record of their favourite moments with their dog, upload and share photos and videos and share and give advice with other like-minded dog owners....

22 November 2010

Localised iPhone and iPad App WhosHere expands global reach

Localised iPhone and iPad App WhosHere expands global reachWhosHere social networking iPhone and iPad App to support several new languagesLocalisation iPhone and iPad application WhosHere has announced that the rollout of its social networking App in several languages; Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.The application, which first launched in July 2008, saw rapid growth in its first months ?...

19 November 2010

Ravelry wins Best Community against Facebook and Twitter

Ravelry wins Best Community against Facebook and TwitterBest community award goes to knitting and crochet site Ravelry in last nights .net AwardsThe .net Awards 2010 last night saw popular social networking site Ravelry win the award for best community site against the likes of social network giant Facebook and micro-blogging site Twitter.The win comes less than a week after the site for crafters tha...

18 November 2010

MyHeritage.com unveils new family tree chart

MyHeritage.com unveils new family tree chartGenealogy site MyHeritage announces new features to connect familiesPopular genealogy site MyHeritage.com has today announced a range of new features for users building their family tree.The Israel based company, which has more than 7,000 family trees created every day, has entirely revamped its service offering by enabling free customization an...

17 November 2010

Yahoo! defies cries of collapse and unveils new social products

Yahoo! defies cries of collapse and unveils new social productsYahoo! unveils plans for new social and local service at Web 2.0 SummitOne of the longest standing web giants Yahoo! has unveiled a host a range of  product and content offerings with social media and localization at the core.The announcement, which came at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday, says that the improved products will deliver Yahoo! cu...

16 November 2010

New photo based sharing network Path launches on iPhone

New photo based sharing network Path launches on iPhoneNew photo sharing app on iPhone launches as ?a personal network?A new application based network has just launched.  Called ?Path?, what the makers are billing as a new ?personal network? The Path will first launch on iPhone.Dave Morin, one of the early Facebook staffers and founder of Path comments, ?Path is the personal network.  A pl...

12 November 2010

PayPal type money transfer application comes to Facebook

PayPal type money transfer application comes to FacebookNew funds transfer application called The Vault soon to come to FacebookThe launch of a new peer-to-peer funds transfer application has been announced today.  Named ?The Vault?, the Facebook application is designed to allow users to transfer money to others directly to their bank accounts.Top Line Ventures, the ?corporate owner? of The Vaul...

11 November 2010

Facebook introduces localised deals via its Places platform

Facebook introduces localised deals via its Places platformBusinesses to offer exclusive deals to Facebook users via the social networks localisation platformSocial networking giant Facebook has unveiled the next step in its plans for online offline dominance.  Via its recently launched localisation platform Places, where Faceook users can ?check in? to a specific location and/or venue, its introdu...

09 November 2010

Travelers less enthusiastic than industry about social media

Travelers less enthusiastic than industry about social mediaReport suggests only 1/3 of Brits take to social media ahead of holidaysAccording to a new report out today by World Travel Market, just one third of British travelers are taking to social media to research their holidays prior to setting off.The 2010 Industry Report, which details a poll or both people within the travel industry and 1000 consum...

08 November 2010

RAK unveil new community website ahead of World Kindness Week

RAK unveil new community website ahead of World Kindness WeekThe Random Acts of Kindness Foundation in brand push ahead of World Kindness WeekWorld Kindness Week, which runs from 08-13 November 2010 sees The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation (RAK) unveil its new social media powered website.From today,  visitors to randomactsofkindness.org are able to create a profile (either directly through the si...

04 November 2010

Social commerce company LivingSocial opens in seven new cities

Social commerce company LivingSocial opens in seven new citiesLivingSocial to opens to businesses in Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Liverpool and NewcastleSocial commerce company LivingSocial has today announced the launch of its social deals for local businesses in six new UK cities and one in the Republic of Ireland.LivingSocial, which was named as the 25th most valuable start-up in the ...

27 October 2010

Myspace to better focus on social entertainment with new website

Myspace to better focus on social entertainment with new websiteFormer social networking giant Myspace unveils new brand identity, website and suite of products for ?Gen Y?News Corporation?s Myspace has today announced a new brand, website and suite of products to reinvigorate the brand and re-define itself as the first destination for young people looking for entertainment online.MySpace?s content will cent...

26 October 2010

Can Facebook campaign see Wagner win X Factor?

Can Facebook campaign see Wagner win X Factor?X Factor protesters start Facebook campaign to back Brazil?s Wagner CarrilhoDetractors of ITVs hit show The X Factor have started an online protest on social networking site Facebook to make this years eccentric contestant Wagner the winner.At the time of writing, more than 70 separate Facebook Pages had been set up to support Brazilian contesta...

Previous | Go to page: | Next

Search


Tags