04 August 2008
YadaHome.com,
an online community site specifically targeted at parents and grandparents,
has announced the addition of groups and forums to its existing network of
individual user profiles. Soft-launched
as a beta in May 2008, the site aims to provide both baby boomers and
?Generation Jones? with an online venue where they can share ...
04 August 2008
Whilst everyone is
aware of social networks? crucial importance as a marketing medium, their
usefulness as an in-house management tool is sometimes overlooked. Socialcast, a provider of bespoke corporate networks
that aims to help its clients leverage this potential, announced today
the addition of several new features to its Sof...
04 August 2008
The mobile internet has
acquired a new port of entry today with the announcement by software provider ACCESS CS.,
LTD., that its Linux Platform functionality now supports Mobile Internet
Devices (MIDs), as well as NetFront Browser Widgets for mobile handsets and
consumer electronics. This significantly
expands both the actual and ...
04 August 2008
Now
that social media have become a major tool for marketers, it would seem that
consumers are starting to organise themselves in return, comparing notes in
order to source the best terms of service available. Launched today, a new website called mybanktracker.com illustrates this trend, providing an online
venue where users can exch...
01 August 2008
On
most generalist professional networking platforms, the option to post a ?live
resume? in the form of video footage promoting one?s skills to prospective
employers can seem something of a gimmick.
For dramatic artists and entertainers however, user generated video is
an invaluable tool, since it can enable them both to demonstrate t...
01 August 2008
GeoSentric Oyj (GyPSii) has
announced that its geo-mobility social networking platform GeoSolutions BV
Business Unit is to integrate with Chinese mobile handset company Ramar
International Co. Ltd. Following an
agreement between the two companies, GyPSii will be included as standard in Ramar?s
new package of location-based services....
01 August 2008
In an entry posted yesterday on the company?s official blog, social recommendation platform Digg announced the launching of a new, enhanced version of its mobile networking platform.Redesigned to better exploit the more robust browsing capabilities of the most recent web-enabled hand-held devices such as the iPhone 3G or those produced by manufa...
31 July 2008
Online business referral
community Passitto.com has announced its integration with professional
networking website LinkedIn. The two
platforms are now connected through several new applications, with the potential
to expand the viral range of Passitto?s word-of-mouth referral and leads system
to all LinkedIn users.
The new functi...
31 July 2008
Private
content sharing enabler Drop.io has announced a new version of its applications
suite, timed to coincide with the package?s integration with social networking and micro-blogging
platform Twitter.
Twitter
users will now benefit from ?real-time? sharing of files previously uploaded to online sharing
points (called a ?drop?) throu...
31 July 2008
Google-owned
popular video sharing site YouTube has announced the addition of a new
functionality that will allow for further personalisation of user experience on
the platform. Following up on the opening last year in
different parts of the world of local sites tailored to specific national communities, YouTube has now separated langu...
31 July 2008
Omnisio, a
provider of online video customisation technology, has been bought by
Google-owned YouTube. The mind-child of
three young Australians, it offers a panel of options for personalising video
content found on video sharing sites such as YouTube or daily motion.
The
applications on offer enable cut out the sequences that re...
30 July 2008
Mobile
social network service Whrrl has released a new social discovery
application for Facebook. Christened ?Been
Here? Like it or Not??, it presents itself as an interactive game in which
users compete to show their friends that they are the most clued-up as to where
the best venues are in their locality and beyond.
First tim...
30 July 2008
The strong love the British
feel for their animals is one of the nation?s many idiosyncrasies. According to a survey conducted by pet
charity The Blue Cross, 97% of pet owners take it as far as routinely chatting
to their companions. This finding has
inspired the organisation to launch an innovative viral campaign based on a
q...
30 July 2008
Mobile social media
solutions provider Moblyng announced today the expansion
of its website?s mobile component m.moblyng.com, enabling users to directly
access rich media content such as videos, slide shows and photos hosted on popular
social media sites such as MySpace or YouTube.
The new functionality will
take its place alongsi...
30 July 2008
As the use of social media
spreads, private individuals are increasingly concerned with giving a
professional feel to the online content they create. The organisers of the upcoming BlogWorld
& New Media Expo,
a tradeshow, conference and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic
industry of blogging and new media, have dec...
29 July 2008
Social media marketing
agency LiveWorld, Inc. has launched a new range of application
program interfaces (APIs) for its social network platform. Christened LiveAPI 2.0, the new offering is
designed as a tool for independent agencies as well as corporate development teams who
wish to plan, construct, maintain and fine-tune branded socia...
29 July 2008
Announced
today, the latest version of the Volantis Storefront mobile commerce product aims to enable promoters to
reach out to consumers accessing Facebook through their mobile handset,
providing them with a new tool for leveraging the marketing potential of mobile social networks.
The
ability to access their favourite social netwo...
29 July 2008
As from september, British
Sky Broadcasting (Sky)?s Sky Community platform will be supporting a new range of
social media tools from Pluck, a provider of of social media capabilities to publishers,
brands and retailers.
The new functionality incorporates cross-site user
profiling that is intended to enable seamless navigation betwee...
28 July 2008
Media design and services
firm 3jane has announced the relaunching
of Makeoutclub (MOC), a pioneering social networking platform that since its
foundation eight years ago has been a meeting place for the underground music
community. The new version showcases
several original functionalities that aim to offer hardcore, emo and indi...
28 July 2008
Geo-mobility social
networking platform GeoSentric Oyj (GyPSii) has announced an agreement whereby it will be
providing technology, products, worldwide data centre infrastructure, and
GyPSii branding rights on a worldwide non-exclusive basis for a number of hand-held
devices manufactured by international technology giant Samsung.
...
28 July 2008
Announced
today, a website called UAN.ME aims to reconcile social
bookmarking with online marketing. Built
on the new DOT ME top level domain (TLD), the platform calls this deliberately
liberal approach "Social Bookmarketing".
In concrete terms, UAN.ME is an online venue that allows search
engine optimization (SEO) firms and inte...
25 July 2008
A new
website announced today claims to embody the next stage of development from
classic social networking platforms, in the shape of a fully integrated ?Lifestyle
Management System? Netkot.
The press
release announcing the launching endeavours to make explicit the innovative
character of the offering by listing a number of original fea...
25 July 2008
A
new online networking platform was launched today to the rallying call of,
"We've Got Issues - Social Networking for the Unbalanced." Geared towards those whose mental health, basic
character or mere current state of mind is a hindrance to their social life, mychillpill.com
aims to provide a venue where such problems can be freely ad...
24 July 2008
Popular outdoor lifestyle
network Trails.com was relaunched today, introducing a
variety of new features. Announced by
Trails.com?s parent company Demand Media, the new version aims
The applications on offer
include interactive ?Browse by Map? feature to help users plan their treks in
advance, trail summaries, trail photos, tra...
24 July 2008
In
the first five days of its pre-launch campaign, a new website combining social
networking and affiliate marketing has gained over 10,000 members. Built around a ?one-click? affiliate
networking tool that enables individual users to quickly build a large personal
buying network (or ?grapevine?), OfferGrapevine.com is alleged to o...