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...