South Africa’s mobile social network giant creates multi-platform bridge between social communities
- MXit users can communicate with contacts across instant messaging platforms
- This will create a bridge between its mobile users and pc-based internet social network users
- MXit users can communicate with contacts across instant messaging platforms
- This will create a bridge between its mobile users and pc-based internet social network users
JamzOTA is an online social platform engaged in the development of digital communities. Allowing users to create content & share social activities. Providing internet based portals.
O2 Slovakia brings customers the fring mobile social community for free, allowing users to communicate and share web-based experiences from their mobile devices on popular social network services such as Skype®, Google Talk™, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, and AIM®. Customers can choose from a variety of mobile devices supported by fring on various mobile platforms including Java, Symbian and Windows Mobile. Starting today, customers can download the fring application for free by visiting www.sk.o2.com/fring. (PRWeb Oct 16, 2009)
• Virtual gifting provides users with a new way to communicate and creates revenue
• QEEP enables its on-the-go users to send gifts to each other from their mobile phones
) May 13, 2009 -- AdviceYard.com -- a new local Yahoo Answers competitor -- beta launches its community based platform, providing members with an easier way to get questions answered while social networking.
A New Approach to Social Advice
The site is a New York centric version of Yahoo Answers where users can post and answer questions about a variety of topics. It also incorporates social media elements, such as the ability to create a profile, join a topic specific community, instant message, and make contacts.
) December 9, 2008 -- Wireclub Media Inc. has announced today that despite intense competition from giants such as MySpace and Bebo, over a million users have chosen Wireclub.com as their Chat and Social Network of choice.
Wireclub.com is an upcoming chat-centric social network for ages 18 and up. The company provides their users with an impressive selection of free services (chat rooms, profiles, friend networks, photo galleries, blogs, forums and instant messaging among others).
) June 29, 2009 -- Commuto has officially released their new community bartering widget, targeting social networking, gaming and blog type websites, based on the ever growing Commuto.com social bartering site.
"We're very excited to release our Community Widget, a first of its kind, which allows users to take their bartering communities and place them on their sites. Now users can create or join hobby specific communities like book clubs or more obscure ones like plant trading and place it on other sites.
) March 24, 2009 -- Social networking website SocialGO has entered the market for adult social networks, by setting up Zocku.com this month. Zocku is a dedicated platform for creating monetized adult social networks.
With social networking communities becoming more commonplace, the web has become more social across all types of websites, and adult websites are no exception. Online adult communities are growing faster than ever before offering users a rich experience to browse content, make friends and share their personal videos.
) November 3, 2009 -- http://www.qmpeople.com/ , a fast growing social network, adds new video functionality to its service allowing users to upload unlimited videos and also share them on other popular video sharing sites.
“We want our users the have tools to communicate; to share their experiences and video provides this. We choose vzaar http://vzaar.com/ , to power our video requirements. They offer an API that was easy to implement on a robust platform which we are delighted with.“ comments founder of qmpeople.
UNBOUND SNI (Social Network Intelligence) allows users to identify, target and analyze more than 290 million social media users, communities and influencers.
The insight and data derived from UNBOUND SNI enables marketers, brand professionals and sales organizations to connect and communicate with individuals and community influencers.
UNBOUND SNI empowers companies to direct, with pinpoint focus, their sales and marketing messages towards key influencers and their communities to qualitatively and quantitatively move brand perception and positively influence purchasing decisions.
Officially launched 9 days ago, (Friday October 12, 2007), Nexodex.com is the first stand-alone sophisticated web-based contact manager, enabled with info sourcing from social networks.
Users can create a complete custom stand-alone Contact Book with the click of a button. The most novel aspect of the service is the patent-pending synchronization technology which finds differences between the users custom Contact Book and info sourced from the Nexodex.com social network (as well as others). The user can choose updates/info they want to pull in, and what they want to ignore.
) November 6, 2008 -- Moborazzi.com is proud to announce the launch of their social photo sharing platform for mobile phones. In beta since April of 2008, Moborazzi provides mobile phone users with instant over-the-air upload and direct-to-mobile broadcasting of mobile photos to personalized networks of friends and followers. Snap a picture, post it to Moborazzi and the photo is on the phones of friends and family, posted to the web, and saved to an online Moborazzi account from anywhere, instantly.
At GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona mobieTV, the leader in mobile interactive entertainment and TV broadcasting, presented an exciting new social network community TV.
) December 19, 2008 -- Commuto.com, the first social bartering network, is pleased to announce that after extensive testing and reworking of the site, they are no longer in beta.
Commuto launched in beta during the summer and has received high praise since its launch from publications such as Mashable, Daily Candy, CNET, Financial Post and others. Through this publicity Commuto was able to develop a wonderful community of active and vocal users who have helped shape Commuto and ready it for its launch.
) July 8, 2009 -- eBuddy, the world's leading independent web and mobile instant messaging (IM) service, today announced the global launch of eBuddy for iPhone, the first, free multi-network mobile instant messenger application with push notification, available now via iTunes.
) September 25, 2008 -- After Moximity CEO Bryan Jones learned he was only a mile away from meeting up with old friends after a concert last summer, he set out to change the way in which people organize their social lives. Moximity brings together your existing social networks with information on the most relevant venues, events and specials in your current area. The service is launching as an iPhone application.
) September 16, 2008 --
vyrl mkt, Inc., a new channel for social network promotions and
marketing, is pleased to announce the filing of a new patent application
on June 19, 2008, another addition to the portfolio of patents held by
vyrl mkt (http://www.vyrlmkt.com).
Entitled “Social Behavioral
Targeting Based on Influence in a Social Network,”
the patent application breaks new ground in the area consumer
classification and the targeting of promotional information.
) July 22, 2009 -- The Branning Group has just launched a feature-packed, independent social networking platform. This package will allow investors and businesses to launch their own social network (like MySpace, Facebook, etc) targeted towards a local and/or niche market. The first site that launched off of the platform is bluecanvas.com; a social networking site geared towards the artist community.
) March 8, 2009 -- Extensions, Inc. (OTC: EXTI) today announced that it has launched its EXT Social Network at www.EXT.com. EXT outfits users with all the tools they need to create their own micro-social network. Users are able to host multiple profiles, control content visibility, embed items with a single-click, and unite with others in a way that increases effectiveness and collaboration. We believe our toolset unlocks the power of social networking as a utility, instead of being simply a novelty.
) November 22, 2008 -- Today marks the launch of YoungWriters.com - a social network for writers. On the website writers will be able to share their works, get feedback and suggestions from others, create support groups and socialize. During the pre-launch days new users have shown remarkable enthusiasm and have already started sharing their works and helping each other with writer's blocks and inspiration.
It's no secret that some writers aren't fans of blogging and social networking. The remarkable ease in which anyone can get their thoughts posted online has brought in massive amounts of people whose writing skills are not as polished as those whose craft is the written word. And so many writers have shunned the Internet and have not been enjoying what it has to offer.
Laserfiche users describe BOLT Bridge as their new 'Speed Dial' feature for scanning. The BOLT Bridge connector for Laserfiche provides fast, easy, and practical distributed scanning.
) December 9, 2008 -- Friendster, Inc., a top 20 global website based on traffic and the #1 social network in Asia, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the social networking pioneer a new U.S. Patent, titled "Compatibility Scoring of Users in a Social Network" (U.S. Patent No. 7,451,161). Friendster has been granted four patents since July 2006, validating the company's early and continuous innovation in online social networking.
) November 11, 2008 -- WeTxt (www.wetxt.com), a start-up dedicated to providing unique and easy-to-use mobile phone applications, has announced their Beta release. The WeTxt application currently provides Reply-To-All messaging in conjunction with Unified Mobile Inbox, and additional mobile services to their users free of charge. The Reply-To-All functionality allows users to send and receive group-wide text messages. The WeTxt application employs a Unified Inbox that allows users to seamlessly send and receive messages from their mobile phone, their email client, or online at wetxt.com. WeTxt also provides their users with Reply-To-Me and Message-Blast messaging to suite a variety of messaging needs.
) June 4, 2009 -- Active Modules, Inc, a leader in community management solutions, announces today the latest version of Active Social, an extremely customizable social networking solution that effectively builds and promotes a strong social community in a user-friendly environment. Active Social continues to leverage the latest technologies while also adding new features relative to the current social media trends. Twitter integration, advanced search options, unique web address capability and photo galleries are just a few of the newest features.
Are you interested in implementing a corporate social network for your organization? Pringo offers a very unique corporate social network development platform that will help organizations
) July 2, 2009 -- According to metrics released by Admob, Inc., WhosHere is in the top 5% of all free apps that run across the Admob network. A little over 100 applications have more than 100,000 users a month in a review of over 2,300 free iPhone apps that run on the Admob network.
See who is around you on the WhosHere tab
The Admob report states "5 percent of applications had more than 100,000 active users in May 2009…"(1) WhosHere uses Admob, among others, to provide ads to WhosHere users. Just under 90 percent of WhosHere users were presented Admob ads in May.
) September 17, 2009 -- The variety of accessible content on a website is of vital importance when it comes to engaging users and consumers according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of social network software for brands and businesses.
The rise of social media as a marketing tool has meant that brands have had to look at all possible avenues in their efforts to make their brand stand out. The creation of a brand focused social network is one of the key methods of tapping into online audiences, and - as with the majority of online marketing initiatives - content is of huge importance.
Mobile Social Networking Forum – www.socialnetworking-forum.com - will showcase the leading mobile social networking publishers demonstrating that subscriber growth in mobile.
MobiQuest releases new version of MobiQuest’s Mobile Instant Messaging (MQIM) with innovative conference chat. The newly added conference chat feature allows user to conference with users from any of the public IM.
) November 5, 2008 -- The Wayzon Project is a new venture designed to provide Internet users with a simplified way to find and interact with others that share their same interests. This innovative enterprise is formally announcing the launch of their Web site, Wayzon.com.
The goal of Wayzon.com is to optimize the way people network and socialize online by connecting users through their interests rather than social connections. Wayzon founder, Paul Holcomb states, "Many people are connected via popular social networking sites, but they have no idea what their connections are interested in. They may be connected to a subject-matter expert or fan of the same sports team and never know it."
) November 26, 2008 -- Mytalk, an early stage mobile networking firm, today announced that it has selected PointAbout's thin client mobile device applications to power Mytalk's proximity aware social networking service and opt-in mobile advertising platform.
September 12, 2008 --
Sim free mobile phones are the next best thing in the world of connectivity since they offer the user the freedom to change their network whenever they want without any obligation. These mobile phones remove the numerous limitations that have to be followed when a user wants to remain connected. These may be the limitation to follow a pre-defined network even if the user is not satisfied with its services.
) November 17, 2008 -- GROUPS.IM, a leading online group chat service, recently reached three million users worldwide. A free Web 2.0 service with versions in several languages, GROUPS.IM allows users with different IM applications to chat in one group. The service is compatible with Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, and will soon serve AIM, ICQ, Skype and Gtalk users, as well.
) September 19, 2008 -- BlogCatalog, the fastest-growing social network for bloggers on the Internet, has launched "Mobile BC," a Web-based application specially developed for Apple iPhone.
In addition to being able to access the social network's discussions, BlogCatalog members can track member activity across BlogCatalog and more than 20 other social networks, including Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Last.fm, Multiply, MySpace, Sphinn, StumbleUpon, Twitter, and YouTube.
) November 17, 2008 -- Miyowa, a dynamic global company providing compelling instant messaging, email and presence enriched Mobile Web 2.0 technologies, has announced that 3 businesses in the UK and Ireland have launched Miyowa's MoveMessenger™ Mobile Instant Messenger (MIM) solution on its network.
Following the lead of 3 Scandinavia - which rolled out the solution earlier this year - the deployment means that 3's customer base across the UK and ROI will now be able to enjoy advanced, feature-rich MIM which mirrors the experience of PC instant messaging and includes functionality such as "multi-chat", and the ability to send photos and files via the mobile handset.
