http://www.socialmediaportal.com/news/ News from SMP Wednesday, August 06, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/images/rss.gif http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/Celebrity-blog-PerezHilton-com-adds-social-networking-elements.aspx Celebrity gossip website PerezHilton.com has announced the addition of new features, in a video presented by Perez himself on the site’s homepage.  Aimed at making Perez Hilton a friendlier, more social experience, a registration proce... Wednesday, August 06, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/MySpace-launches-political-networking-platform-MyDebates-org-to-track-presidential-debates.aspx Partnering with a web-based media property for the first time, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has authorised the launching of MyDebates.org, a political social networking platform rolled out by MySpace especially for the 2008 U... Wednesday, August 06, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/Disney-com-launches-user-generated-music-video-contest-to-meet-Disney-stars.aspx Children’s entertainment website Disney.com has announced a promotional user generated video (UGV) contest in which fans are encouraged to create and upload their own music videos to song clips from popular Disney artists.  The winners... Tuesday, August 05, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/New-LiveWorld-widget-LiveEngage-1-0-integrates-brand-community-sites-with-Facebook.aspx Social media marketing agency LiveWorld, Inc. has announced the launch of its LiveEngage Widget Series 1.0 for popular social networking site Facebook. The application can be directly embedded into any Facebook page.  It functions a... Tuesday, August 05, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/New-social-network-Mybanktracker-com-helps-consumers-compare-banking-services.aspx 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 webs... Monday, August 04, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/ACCESS-s-Linux-platform-to-support-MIDS-and-NetFront-Browser-Widgets.aspx 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 f... Monday, August 04, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/Socialcast-announces-new-features-for-intranet-social-networking-platforms.aspx 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 i... Monday, August 04, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/Parenting-online-community-YadaHome-adds-forums-and-groups.aspx 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 ... Monday, August 04, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/Digg-announces-new-mobile-networking-platform-and-increased-traffic.aspx 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 capabilitie... Friday, August 01, 2008 http://www.socialmediaportal.com/News/2008/08/Mobile-social-network-GyPSii-goes-mobile-in-China-with-Ramar-handsets.aspx 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 tw... Friday, August 01, 2008