Article Archive for September 2009
Dweeber First Social Network for Homework Collaboration
SmartWired today announced a new version of Dweeber (www.dweeber.com), the first social networking site for student homework collaboration. Based on positive response from teachers and the need for education technology in the classroom, Dweeber enables students to solve problems together, participate in virtual study sessions, and work with friends in a number of ways. The collaborative whiteboard can be used to solve math problems or to create joint drawings and diagrams. Most importantly, ... Read More
Social Network Sonico.com Partner With GlobalCollect
The popular Latin American social networking platform www.sonico.com offers its over 40 million registered users a safe and fun environment to connect and stay in touch with real-life friends, colleagues, and family. The partnership with GlobalCollect enables Sonico to process international online credit card payments via Visa, MasterCard, and American Express for its premium subscription services. Future plans entail expanding the range of payment methods to include local and alternative ... Read More
WorldFriends turns Facebook’s old friends network into a global new friends network
WorldFriends, one of the world’s leading international social networking services, today announced that it has launched the WorldFriends Facebook application. The WorldFriends application enables any Facebook user to find new friends with common interests from WorldFriends’ more than 2 million registered members from 200+ different countries including 140,000 language teachers, browse more than 1 million photos uploaded by members, and share travel advice and tips. With the recent launch ... Read More
MeterNet Launches Webpage VoiceMail v2.0 on Ning
MeterNet today announced it is launching the upgraded WebPage VoiceMail Inbox Gadget v2.0 on Ning, the social platform for interests and passions online. By joining forces with Ning, the WebPage VoiceMail service is now available to more than 1.5 million Ning Networks and 33 million Ning Network members. Ning Network Creators now have even greater choice over the features and applications they can add to Ning Networks to create the perfect social experience for a given topic, interest or ... Read More
Adventures in Social Media Show
Adventures in Social Media released their second video and audio this week with some great news, and fun stories. Hosts Bob Liddle and Gary Davis reviewed the news items in an entertaining format that is fun, fast and easy to watch and listen. Burglars use Facebook and Twitter. Interesting that thieves are using Social Media to see what you have, and how to get it. So the deal is, you post on Facebook, you are going out of town, you have also posted pictures of your Plasma TV. Burlars ... Read More
Calgary Twestival: Global Twitter-Based Charity Event
The first global Twestival on February 12th 2009, involved events in 202 cities, including Calgary, and raised over $250,000 for charity: water. Twestival is back. This time with a local twist. Events continue to be volunteer-run, charity fundraising events for people who know each other through the micro-blogging service twitter.com. But each city voted, via twitter, for their charity of choice and chose a date between September 10 and 13. The Calgary event will take place on 12 September at ... Read More
