) June 15, 2009 -- Motionbox, the leading personal video sharing and storage site, announced today that it has been selected as the video provider for Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY), the leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service on Shutterfly Share sites. On Shutterfly's Share site users can now upload, edit, store and share both standard and high definition videos using Motionbox's technology. The relationship will expand Motionbox's growing customer base and build on the company's recent video service partnerships with Bebo and AOL.

) January 14, 2009 -- Motionbox, the leading personal video sharing and storage site, today announced the initial closing of its $6 million Series C investment round. The investment was led by the Company's current investor, Constellation Ventures, with participation from earlier venture investors, Canaan Partners and SAS Investors.

Chat to Text has been launched successfully, targeted primarily at users of social networking sites such as MySpace, FaceBook, and Bebo

Germany company Trivid has released the hotly anticipated Version 2 of their highly successful web app ClipGenerator on Facebook, MySpace and Bebo as well as German video portals Sevenload and MyVideo

) August 27, 2009 -- Rolling Stones are celebrating the release of their remastered, post-1971 studio albums with "Name That Riff", the Facebook and Bebo game application that quizzes how quick you can put a name on a Stones' riff.

15 riffs, 3 song choices and only one correct answer: be quick to gain more points and secure a spot within the top players. Inviting 5 friends will unlock the hidden games to boost your score further with extra points.

On the 4th of October the winner will be selected at random from the best 100 players and will be prized with a vinyl box set of the remastered album and a money-can't buy framed artwork signed by all the four Stones. The 10 runners up can comfort themselves with a Rolling Stones t-shirt.

With all these social network websites out there like Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5. etc...

) February 27, 2009 -- With news headlines about the worsening economy, stimulus packages, automobile company bailouts and a nationwide foreclosure crisis, it is nice to see good news. Social Media Companies such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace are harvesting unprecedented numbers of visitors and ad revenue. This is one of the few sectors of our economy that seems to be in a positive trend. This has also caught the attention of the investment community looking for any safe harbor to put their money.

) June 29, 2009 -- Measured as a network of websites, FamilyLink.com announced today that it is now a Quantcast Top 100 site, marking it as one of the most popular websites in the United States.

Quantcast, a leading Internet audience tracking service, ranks websites based on the number of unique people who have visited each domain.

According to Quantcast, FamilyLink attracted more than 7.9 million unique people in the U.S. and more than 12 million worldwide in the past 30 days placing the FamilyLink.com Network #99 in the Top 100 most popular sites.

) September 16, 2008 --
On March 31, 2008, vyrl mkt, Inc., announced its official company launch
with the formation of its executive team, board of directors, and the
publishing of its corporate website (http://www.vyrlmkt.com).
vyrl mkt will provide a unique marketing solution for
intelligently targeting relevant product and service offers to the more
than 400 million users of social networks such as Facebook, MySpace,
Bebo, Hi5, Orkut, Ning and many more.

) 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).

) October 31, 2008 -- Planetwide Games Inc, creators of the MashON suite of creative social media applications announced the MashON 2008 Halloween Comic Strip Contest, which begins on October 31, 2008 and ends on November 15, 2008. The MashON Halloween Contest is the first in a series of three MashON Holiday contests for 2008, where participants will have the opportunity to create and share their favorite holiday stories at MashON.com.

2008 MashON Halloween Contest

) October 9, 2008 -- 10to1.com, a social voting site, announces their new 10to1 Button, which provides an easy way to add voting and social networking to your site or blog. The button is one line of code that you add to your blog, website or article that quickly and easily introduces social voting and interaction to your readers. Because there is a lack of interaction on most sites, adding the 10to1 voting button quickly gives your users an easy way to give feedback on what matters to them.

) October 12, 2009 -- SmallWorlds, a new generation of 3D virtual world that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the web, today announced their win at the Adobe MAX Awards in Los Angeles, winning the top prize in the Social Computing category for 2009.

Halloween in SmallWorlds

) November 19, 2008 --
Ooyala, Inc, a leading global online video platform provider, is
announcing the launch of Ooyala Backlot™ Ads. This feature simplifies
the process of monetizing online video content by enabling easy ad
integration with major ad servers and ad networks such as YuMe, Tremor,
Doubleclick, Lightningcast, and Google AdSense for Video. Ooyala also
offers access to its own, custom-built ad server, which intelligently
returns key metrics for ads within the Backlot Analytics module.
Ooyala's Ad module supports various ad formats such as pre-roll,
post-roll, mid-roll, and overlays. Backlot Ads is a key module in
Backlot, Ooyala's enterprise grade video platform, that provides all the

) March 4, 2010 -- Reservoir Hill was a New Zealand trail-blazer - an exclusively online drama where viewers could interact with the main character. Now, it’s also earned another national first: a nomination in the International Digital Emmy Awards.

Reservoir Hill

) May 14, 2009 -- Travelscream, the leading provider of travel deal distribution and social media marketing solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced a partnership with Where I've Been, a leading travel application provider and social network with more than eight million users worldwide.

) 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.

) 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.

) September 17, 2008 -- Pixelpipe Inc. (http://pixelpipe.com) today announced availability of its new service allowing simultaneous posting of photos, videos, text and audio to many of the most popular sites of the Social Web with one action. Publishing is enabled from a variety of sources, including desktop software, browser extensions, mobile phones, email/MMS and the company's Web site. Application developers are able to integrate with and make use of the service thanks to Pixelpipe's robust API as well as support for the Atom and Flickr APIs.

) 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.

) June 25, 2009 -- The Halo Group today announced Tyler Jennings, a veteran communications pro with an extensive background in social media, joined the agency as Social Media Specialist. Tyler further rounds out Halo’s digital offering and keeps the agency on the forefront of the newest marketing communications disciplines.

Before joining The Halo Group, Tyler consulted with various companies where he was responsible for social media efforts, monitoring and administration for specifically selected brands. He has worked with Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Blogger, WordPress, Ping and Bebo.

BOCA RATON, Fla., VOIS Inc., http://www.vois.com (pronounced "Voice") (OTC Bulletin Board: VOIS - News, VOISW - News) one of the faster growing, global social networking communities for people ages 25 to 50 proudly announced today that it is now a top three finalist for Mashable's "Open Web Awards" for both Favorite Large Scale Social Network under the category: Mainstream and Large Scale Networks, as well as Favorite Photo Sharing Website under the category: Photo Sharing. The Three Finalists for Favorite Mainstream or Large Scale Social Network are: Bebo, NetLog and Vois. The Three Finalists for Favorite Photo Sharing Website are: Flickr, PhotoBucket and Vois.

) December 16, 2008 -- Dailymotion continues to be the most popular independent web video site globally, with over 38 million unique visitors worldwide, according to global Internet information provider comScore Media Metrix Data (October 2008). In addition, Dailymotion’s year to date monthly average of over 36 million unique visitors leads all independent online video web sites.

) December 22, 2008 - Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer service software, announced today that Playfish has selected and implemented Parature Customer Service™ software to support its customers. Playfish develops and publishes video games on social networks and is responsible for some of the most engaging games on Facebook including top-10 hits Bowling Buddies, Pet Society, Who Has The Biggest Brain? and Word Challenge.

Parature Logo

) December 18, 2008 -- Zoosk, the fastest growing social dating network in the world, celebrated its first anniversary today and announced it now has 12 million users. The company also announced it has won a 2009 People's Choice Open Web Award in the "Dating and Romance" category. During the past year, Zoosk has made 150 million connections for its users and it has expanded from one social network site to now five, including Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, Friendster, and Hi5. The company has also launched www.zoosk.com as a destination site to capture users who are not on social networks.

) February 2, 2009 -- Enigma Games has unveiled their online strategy RPG which has been welcomed with open arms by RPG fans on the MySpace and Facebook application networks.

Wargods Online mixes the classic RPG elements of character progression and dungeon crawling with the build-a-solid-team strategy using four of the twelve available character classes. The game boasts a few firsts, including a chat room where players discuss tactics and form alliances, in-depth character customization, and of course, ninjas.

Wargods Online

) June 16, 2009 -- Monetize Media (www.monetizemedia.com) announced today the launch of their version 2.0 Live Streaming Video Platform. The Online Video Platform provides businesses with an all-in-one solution for online video management, encoding, publishing, syndication, aggregation, analytics, and advanced monetization capabilities.

) September 16, 2008 -- Today PHPmotion.com a company behind the fastest growing media sharing script has announced the release of a new set of web templates. These templates are designed to give media webmasters that extra edge over their competitors. These templates are 100% customizable css layouts with vivid graphics that visitors and members of such community websites will be sure to enjoy. For more details visit: PHPmotiontemplates.com

) July 4, 2009 -- Reality Digital, the leading provider of brand focused social media solutions, has indicated that the summer festival period is likely to be followed by an influx in the number of consumers using online video and user generated content within social networks.

The constant development of technology has meant that recording devices such as camcorders and cameras have become far more mainstream through the combination of their features in new equipment such as digital cameras and mobile phones. Video recording has become more accessible to the consumer, and because they are also much more portable, many people will no doubt look to capture some of their favourite acts at festivals across the world using video.

) July 30, 2009 -- uShow today announced a leap forward in relevant online video discovery and sharing by unveiling a simple service to let users automatically find the videos of people they follow, cue up precise moments within them that are worth watching, express their opinion on those moments, and instantly share these "Jump Frames" on Twitter and Facebook.

uShow - 1st Real-Time Video Community

) November 10, 2008 -- SeeToo, a leading provider of Instant Video Sharing (www.seetoo.com) is proud to announce the launch of a new application on ICQ's new open platform ICQ 6.5 Open Xtraz (http://dev.aol.com/icq). ICQ's open platform allows developers to create user-generated applications and share them with over 37 million ICQ users worldwide. The new synchronized video service is one of the first applications to be launched on ICQ's new platform.

) September 17, 2008 --
vyrl mkt, Inc. (http://www.vyrlmkt.com),
a new channel for social network promotions and marketing, is pleased to
announce the acquisition of an existing patent application, titled “Group
Profiling with Electronic Offers,”
from Internet Consumer Exchange, Inc., on August 12, 2008.

) April 8, 2009 -- Two of the most successful online communities for everything automotive have joined forces to create the largest and most versatile automotive community on the web. CarDomain Network, the leader online automotive community, today announced that is has acquired StreetFire.net, the leader in automotive video file sharing. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"We have been long-time fans of StreetFire," said Alex Algard, founder and chairman of CarDomain. "StreetFire has developed a great online video platform and built a tremendous asset of automotive video content. We are excited about bringing a strong video offering to CarDomain."

) September 11, 2009 -- The Glasshouse, the international membership community for entrepreneurs, innovators, start-ups and investors, has today announced that it is releasing a new block of memberships due to intense interest in its next event: On 17th September, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek will break his current media silence to talk about his real life experiences as an entrepreneur in conversation with the BBC's Katie Ledger

) June 9, 2009 -- MAGIX MAGIX, the market leader in video editing software releases Video Pro X 1.5, a program for professional video editing and post production. MAGIX Video Pro X is the most complete solution for editing High Definition (HD) recordings from multiple cameras, creation of professional special effects, and detailed audio dubbing and mastering. This high-performance video editing solution is especially useful for professional and ambitious users who expect the best for their money - get the maximum out of your videos.

MAGIX Video Pro X packshot

) 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.

) March 20, 2009 -- Gigya, Inc., the standard for connecting content with the social web, today released the results of a study comparing campaign performance data for the two primary types of brand advertiser widgets: "Social" and "Utility." The study found that as a group, Social widgets outperformed Utility widgets, when installed by users on Social Network pages, in the categories of User Interaction, Widget Longevity, and Widget Virality

) September 18, 2008 -- Producers of instructional videos can now gain additional exposure for their videos and track their performance as a result of a new partnership between Graspr and TubeMogul. Graspr, the leading instructional video network and TubeMogul, the web's most popular syndication and tracking service for online video, have joined forces to enable video creators to upload their content to TubeMogul and automatically distribute and track their videos on Graspr.

) August 5, 2009 -- Jivox, the leading online video advertising and marketing platform for local businesses, today announced a number of video marketing tools that help small businesses use online video to market their products and services.

) August 10, 2009 -- Xilisoft.com has introduced the YouTube Video Converter, a unique piece of software that allows one to download videos from YouTube and instantly convert the YouTube videos into a format suitable for iPhone, iPod, or any other multimedia device. This can come in handy since we live in a fast paced world where everything is on-the-go, and with the ever growing popularity of iPhone, PSP, and other portable multimedia devices, users can now watch their movies, TV shows and video clips on-the-go as well.