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Tween Social Media Site Everloop Partners With Mattel And National Geographic

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Everloop, leading social media site for kids under 13, has just announced that they will be aligning with National Geographic’s Animal Jam and Mattel’s Monster High. Everloop provides a safe and secure network for kids to socialize while both National Geographic and Mattel brands bring entertaining kids-centric content.

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WTF! Social Media Propels Oxford Dictionary To Accept OMG, LOL and More

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Instant Messaging clients like Messenger and ICQ once made terms like WTF and LOL mainstream, as they were used in person-to-person chats, but it can be said that the rise of social media has meant that these terms now live in the public domain, and are becoming ubiquitous in today’s culture. Oxford Dictionary agrees, as they’ve added a whole slew of WTF words to the library.

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SeeMeBecomeFamous Is A Social Network Talent Search

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SeeMeBecomeFamous.com (SMBF) is calling itself unique in that it’s a social network talent search and fan site designed to create exposure for talent and will soon be the destination spot for the hottest new talent worldwide. Are you listening American Idol and X-Factor?

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Watch Your Tongue — RateMySpeaker Will Be Ranking Every SXSW Presenter

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According to its co-founder Andrei Vestemeanu, at the end of each event attendees are sure to talking among themselves about the speaker, but now they can do even more. The can rate the speaker at ratemyspeaker.com. They are able to let the speakers and the masses know what they really think of the speaker’s overall presentation.

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Will MapleStory on Facebook Succeed Where Dragon Hunter Failed?

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Nexon, the Korean gaming giant, has just announced that it’s entering the mobile and social gaming markets by bringing two of its most popular titles onto Facebook and iOS. KartRider Rush will be available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad as well as the Android devices, while Maplestory will be launching on Facebook. Despite what some other blog sites may have reported, KartRider will not be launching on Facebook. Rather KartRider will be a freemium title with single player gameplay and Facebook connect functionality to enable players to compare their scores against their friends.

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Burn Your Facebook Photos To Raise Awareness For Home Fire Prevention

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By visiting www.every80seconds.com, users can connect to Facebook and see their own photographs and memories “burn” away. After experiencing the virtual fire, users will have the option to donate to the Red Cross or they can help spread the “burn” by posting the experience on their wall, tweeting and “burning” their profile picture. No photos are actually harmed in the experience.

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