Social Networking
ADOTAS – The Fox Broadcasting Co. has linked up with social networking service Passenger to launch an online community for passionate viewers of Fox Programs – giving the network a bird’s eye view of the audience’s programming and marketing preferences.
Despite the housing recession, there are still more than 1.5 million real estate agents in the United States.
Social Media Power, a Web 2.0 development firm based in Austin, TX, announces the launch of a practical, solutions-oriented guidebook to social media and Web 2.0 optimization to benefit entrepreneurs, small businesses, authors, and small publishers. The no-nonsense guide, titled A Step-by-Step Guide to Social Media Marketing and Web 2.0 Optimization, is written in an easy-to-understand manner that can lead anyone through the social media optimization process, even with little knowledge of programming or HTML.
Loopt, the mobile social network which is backed by Sequoia and NEA, has filed a lawsuit against Loop'd Network, a social network for action sports athletes and enthusiasts, over alleged trademark infringement, alleging that the two names are too similar and cause confusion. Loopt is asking the court to enjoin Loop'd Network from continuing to use the name, and is also seeking damages and three times the profit that Loop'd Network has earned, PEHub reports.
The New Zealand-backed social network for adults, iYomu, has closed its doors.
Even offering a US$1 million prize to encourage membership to its site didn't give the company the legs to last a year.
Imagine a newborn, starring on her own video network. Her first smile, first words, first steps and first potty successes. No, it’s not “The Truman Show,” but it’s pretty close.
BabySpot.com, a leading social networking site, designed for new families, today announced the 2.0 version of their website and the launch of their new video network service.
Employing the latest video upload and playback technology, the site allows customers to easily and quickly create video libraries of their new family.
AOL on Monday said it has completed the acquisition of Bebo, an online social network focused on the youth market and particularly strong in the United Kingdom.
Bebo will become the centerpiece of AOL's newly created People Networks business unit. Bebo chief executive Joanna Shields will serve as president of the new unit and report to Ron Grant, AOL's president and chief operating officer.
Did you participate in the Twit-Out yesterday? Do you even know what that is? To get you up to speed, a handful of Twitter users, fed up with the regular outages of their favorite service, decided to band together to show Twitter some tough love by boycotting the service for a day. (Unfortunately, despite having fewer users on the service, Twitter still went down). However, in light of recent world events, it's a shame that the cause the tech community has chosen to rally around is that of Twitter's instability. Aren't there more important things going on right now?
In one of my alternative lives I am the organizer of the Third Thursday New York meetup. Third Thursday is for PR and marketing folks interested in sharing and learning about the practical applications of social media in business.
Etiquette experts Debrett's have drawn up a new set of rules to help young people politely navigate social networking sites.
The authority on good manners said users should never post a profile picture they would not want to see in their local newspaper.
And it was always necessary to wait 24 hours to "gather your thoughts" before accepting or removing a friend.
I found this today and thought it was interesting:
"When I bought a domain name based on my full name, I had no idea what to do with it. I didn’t want to create a blog, as it would be high maintenance, but I wanted to use it for my work. Then I had the idea of using it as my online resume.
| Comment | Author | Created |
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| It is amazing how much money | Todd Fugere | 6 weeks 1 day ago |
| I love it! Fun and | Chris Bubny | 15 weeks 2 days ago |
