Article Archive for October 2009
50 million go mobile on Chinese social network
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Kaixin001, the largest and fastest-growing social networking site in China, are joining forces with a three-year partnership to develop innovative mobile applications that will help millions of users access the site wherever and whenever they want. Launched in March 2008, Kaixin001 already has more than 50 million subscribers in China and among Chinese speakers across the world, and is attracting about 200,000 new registrations a day. With subscribers now mainly ... Read More
iPhone Twitter App with Push
SimplyTweet 2.4, the iPhone Twitter Application adds new features and bug fixes. This is an update to their full featured Twitter application for iPhone and iPod touch. SimplyTweet combines a fast, simple user interface and a rich set of features. It supports advanced functionality such as mentions and direct messages push notifications, themes, photo search, and photo and video posting to sites including TwitPic and Posterous. SimplyTweet is a full featured Twitter iPhone Application that ... Read More
ahoy-ahoy.net, the First Seafarer’s Social Network
ahoy-ahoy.net , the first seafarer’s social network optimized for the maritime broadband connection, has been named the winner of the 2009 Seatrade Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Award in the Technical Innovation category. The awards presentation was held in Dubai. The award was presented by Captain Jitendra Misra, Chairman at the Institute of Chartered Ship Brokers to Mr. Asad Salameh, President of World-Link Communications. Originality, imagination and practicality are the ... Read More
NASA Launches Tweetup for Space Shuttle Atlantis
For the first time, NASA Twitter followers are invited to view a space shuttle launch in person at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA is hosting this unique Tweetup on Nov. 11 and 12. Space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to launch at 4:04 p.m. EST, Nov. 12 on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station. “This will be NASA’s fifth Tweetup for our Twitter community,” said Michael Cabbage, director of the News Services division at NASA ... Read More
AVG LinkScanner Solves Critical Social Network Issue
The popular practice of embedding shortened URL into Twitter tweets, Digg posts and other social networking communications is being threatened by hackers who use the anonymity of these URLs to hide poisoned web pages. AVG LinkScanner® is the only security tool available today that can detect the presence of these poisoned web pages, because it tests the destination of each URL link in real time and does not rely upon blacklists that become outdated as soon as they’re created due to the ... Read More
Gospel Music Goes Social at Gospelville.com
The Gospelville.com site now provides it’s members with gadgets that will allow members to share their Gospel music through other social networks on the internet, bringing other like-minded, believing individuals to share in our community. Gospelville.com is getting ready to launch their first annual Gospel Music Talent Search using Social Media. A representative of Gospelville says, “Come join our family at today www.Gospelville.com. Here you can share your beautiful musical gifts ... Read More
