Article Archive for August 2009
WEB HOSTING PROVIDER LCN.COM LAUNCHES DISCOUNT PROGRAMME VIA TWITTER
Leading domain registration and web hosting company, LCN.com, today announced huge discounts on domain names and web hosting packages exclusively for twitter users following @LCN_com Exclusive discounts in the form of promotion codes, such as 25% off .com domains and 50% off web hosting, will be sent directly to those who follow the LCN.com twitter profile, @LCN_com Mark Boost, Managing Director, LCN.com Ltd, said “Twitter has become a fantastic platform for companies to communicate ... Read More
Msnbc.com acquires EveryBlock
MSNBC Interactive News LLC (msnbc.com) has acquired Chicago-based EveryBlock, a ground-breaking site that has pioneered the local news space by offering news and information down to the neighborhood block level in 15 cities. The acquisition answers the growing consumer demand for more local news, underscores msnbc.com’s commitment to innovative news gathering and advances the site’s unique ability to deliver a fuller spectrum of news. EveryBlock, which will continue as an independent ... Read More
SAP Launches New Social Media Tools
Recently named one of the top-10 “most engaged brands on the Web” for its engagement with customers and partners through its social media channel, theSAP community network, as well as through Facebook, Twitter, wikis and blogs,SAP AG(NYSE: SAP) continues to add new services and features to the SAP community network to enhance the user experience for its more than 1.7 million global members. target=”_blank”>Wetpaint/Altimeter Group’s ENGAGEMENTdb reportranks ... Read More
Social Networking and Mobile Collaboration on Your Google Android T-Mobile MyTouch and G1 3G Phones With Glide Engage
Glide Engage launches perhaps the most significant new social networking and mobile collaboration application of 2009 for the Google Android T-Mobile MyTouch and G1 Phones. Glide Engage is available for download on your Google Android T-Mobile MyTouch and G1 Phones today at http://glideos.com/mobiledownloads.html and from your desktop at http://www.GlideEngage.com and http://www.GlideOS.com. Glide Engage is a rights-based social networking and macro or micro-blogging service that enables ... Read More
TurnTo Delivers Significantly Enhanced Social Shopping Experience
TurnTo Networks, Inc. has launched a major upgrade to the TurnTo Social Shopping Widget that offers new features to provide shoppers with more connections to trusted sources of advice with less effort. TurnTo is also welcoming 17 more ecommerce websites to the network. These new partners are joining the TurnTo network of online stores, travel portals, and non-profit sites, all of which have upgraded to the new version. The new TurnTo system offers expanded capabilities that foster ... Read More
Twitter Integration with Pluck Social Media Platform
Demand Media™, the leader in distributed social media, today announced the availability of Twitter functionality within the company’s industry leading Pluck® social media platform. By combining the two technologies, Pluck now enables leading publishers, brands and retailers to make their community content and conversations visible on Twitter, allowing their members to interact on Pluck-powered sites as well as engage with their friends and followers across the social Web. The ... Read More
SocialNetworkingNanny.com Minds Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Accounts
A new virtual assistant (http://socialnetworkingnanny.com) service helps savvy businesses capitalize marketing opportunities on social networking web sites. Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are important marketing tools. They can create new opportunities — but it’ss important to be consistent — and that takes time. SocialNetworkingNanny.com to the rescue. www.SocialNetworkingNanny.com provides administrative services. Businesses can either ... Read More
Omnipress Unveils New Social Networking/Content Tool for Conferences and Meetings
Association industry partner Omnipress announced today the release of Conference 2.0™, a conference-based social networking/content site designed to enhance the learning and networking experience of attendees before, during and after the event. “Meeting planners have seen the benefit of using social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook to promote and enhance their events, but when you’re using so many platforms, it’s almost impossible to compete with the ... Read More
Artists from Around the World Compete for World’s Largest Art Prize
More than 1,000 artists from 24 countries and 44 states are now registered to compete in ArtPrize, an unprecedented competition that will award, based on a public vote, nearly one-half million to prize winners, including $250,000 to the first-place artist. ArtPrize will take over a three-mile district throughout downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. transforming it into an art exhibit space from Sept. 23 through Oct. 10. ArtPrize has no curator or jury. Artists were invited to show their work ... Read More
Ground-breaking social marketing app connects Facebook and YouTube video comments two way
-Ground breaking business TV channel, yourBusinessChannel, has this morning launched an app which links Facebook and YouTube together like never before. The app allows people on either platform to comment on videos, with their comments appearing on both platforms simultaneously. YouTube and Facebook are amongst the biggest names in online social media. With literally hundreds of millions of people spending many hours a month on these platforms, it comes as no surprise that many ... Read More
