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Tween Social Media Site Everloop Partners With Mattel And National Geographic

Azam Khan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:30:47 +0000

Everloop, a social media site for kids under 13, recently announced that they will be aligning with National Geographic’s Animal Jam and Mattel’s Monster High. Everloop’s safe and secure network for tween socializing will provide National Geographic and Mattel a cool platform for interactivity with their kid-centric content. More after the jump. continued…

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PapayaMobile Raises $18M, Plans Expansion In Europe

Azam Khan — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:00:03 +0000

PapayaMobile today announced that it has raised 18M in Series B funding. The round was led by Keytone Ventures and DCM and will help Papaya expand its developer ecosystem, as well as product offerings, in the U.S. and Europe. More after the jump. continued…

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

Kenna McHugh — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:56:44 +0000

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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Vatican Seeks Social Media Advice, We Say Get The Living Pope On Facebook

Amanda Cosco — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:40:35 +0000

A recent article in the Washington Post confirms rumors that Pope John Paul II has joined Facebook. On March 14th, the Vatican launched a Facebook page for the late pope in hopes of creating an online presence for the Catholic Church.

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Music Lunge is Calling Itself a New Social Networking Contender

Kenna McHugh — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:47:37 +0000

I found an interesting social networking site for music lovers from all angles. It’s called Music Lunge, a social networking site designed to help Indie and Major artists with digital music and music video distribution, ringtone distribution and song mastering.
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SeeMeBecomeFamous Is A Social Network Talent Search

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:45:43 +0000

The Internet has a new social networking entertainment talent site called SeeMeBecomeFamous.com. The site sounds like a small town booking agent, which features music artists and bands, models, dancers, actors, and variety acts. I’d fall under the “variety of acts” if I joined because I am a mother.
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Watch Your Tongue — RateMySpeaker Will Be Ranking Every SXSW Presenter

Kenna McHugh — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:00:30 +0000

Ratemyspeaker.com claims they are going to start a riot at SXSW 2011 by allowing attendees to vote for the nicest voice, the finest presentation, in short the best speaker of the epic festival.
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Will MapleStory on Facebook Succeed Where Dragon Hunter Failed?

Leo Sark — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:10:14 +0000

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

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:30:36 +0000

Some Facebook users may find this kind of cool, burning their photo album on Facebook, and then having them still available to share with their friends. Nonetheless, it’s an attention-grabber that will send the message that we need to be aware of the impact of a fire burning of our most precious real estate.
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Will the First Dynamic Video Expandable Advertising Unit be Worth It?

Kenna McHugh — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:00:17 +0000

Mixpo launched a video expandable ad unit that offers agencies and brand marketers a chance to promote high-impact online campaigns without the cost, time or resource barriers of traditional rich media. I wonder if advertisers will use this service.
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Judge Judy Wannabes, Now is Your Chance with JabberJury

Kenna McHugh — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:23:14 +0000

For all those who desire to take the bench like Judge Judy or Judge Joe Brown, you now have your chance in a new virtual “courtroom” JabberJury.com launched this week, giving people around the world a chance to air their frustrations and settle everyday conflicts by presenting their case to a jury of their peers to determine, once and for all, who is right.

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Stardoll Online Fashion Community Launches JC Penney Clothes Line

Kenna McHugh — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:00:20 +0000

Even though back to school promotions are about 6 months away, J. C. Penney Company and Stardoll.com are busy creating the first-ever, exclusive Stardoll brand of clothing and accessories. The new brand is set to launch in 300 J.C. Penney stores and on jcp.com for the 2011 back-to-school season.
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Grateful Dead Alter Reality Once Again with Upcoming Game

Reid McCarter — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:30:16 +0000

Grateful Dead fans know what they like and, unsurprisingly enough, what they usually like is anything related to the Grateful Dead. In the past, Dead Heads have devoured live, bootleg recordings of any show they could get their hands on, followed the band’s tours across the world and, of course, bought nearly anything with those iconic Grateful Dead related symbols emblazened on them. Now, however, the Dead are set to give their fans something entirely different: a virtual reality game.

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FashionWorld Users Demand Facebook Credits Back, Start Care2 Petition

Ellie Cachette — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:50:19 +0000

FashionWorld, a social game on Facebook has found itself in hot water with users who are demanding justice after player’s stores disappeared. Users are claiming FashionWorld has been unresponsive and have started to collaborate online to seek help. There are claims that counters are not working, Facebook credits taken while machines break and many times what a player ‘builds’ in their store completely vanishing. One user summed it up on FashionWorld’s discussion tab “Gift giving messes up, machines breaking a few minutes after I put clothes on them, can’t receive gifts, clothes disappearing from machines. I used to love the game but I hate playing it anymore.” Another user went as far as starting a Care2 petition online as the problem seems to be affecting thousands of paying users. For the actual petition click here.

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How To Make Money From Virtual Goods in Social Games: The Social Times Pro Report

wjamesau — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:58:23 +0000

News that Zynga is attempting to patent virtual currency, whatever you think of the idea, highlights a larger point: Virtual goods continue growing as a major revenue source for social game developers, and competition among them is getting fierce. I recently had a chance to chat with several leading executives from top social gaming companies for my first Social Times Pro report, “Virtual Goods in Social Games: What Sells Best, Who Buys Most, and How Your Company Can Profit“. While the opportunities are huge, the executives I interviewed also warn of some fairly unique challenges that come with the category: continued…

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