Social networks
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Virgin Mobile USA debuts “Fund My Phone” app on Facebook
May 15, 2008
Virgin Mobile USA has extended its Sugar Mama mobile advertising program to Facebook, the world’s No. 2 social network after MySpace.
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ShoZu targets social networks with one gateway
May 9, 2008
ShoZu Inc. expanded its mobile social media service to Photobucket, Dailymotion, Friendster, Twitter and four additional Web 2.0 and Mobile 2.0 communities.
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Frengo debuts social network interoperability via mobile
May 7, 2008
Social mobile service provider Frengo introduced a suite of applications that run on top of and across Facebook, MySpace, hi5, Orkut and Bebo.
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Consumers use social media to influence purchase: Nuance
April 23, 2008
Consumers are relying more on sharing their customer care experiences through social media and new communications tools, according to a report by Nuance.
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Social networkers yearn for WAP technology: ad:tech delegate
April 17, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO – Social networks are a big theme at ad:tech San Francisco. And guess what these networks claim that their members are asking for? Mobile features.
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MySpace Mobile debuts on Sprint phones
March 21, 2008
MySpace has launched MySpace Mobile on Web-enabled Sprint phones, marking the first time for the social network to have free direct access on a U.S. wireless carrier.
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Social.FM signs distribution deal with Handmark
March 4, 2008
Social.FM, a social music service for mobile and online users, has inked a deal a distribution deal with mobile media specialist Handmark.
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LinkedIn goes mobile
February 26, 2008
LinkedIn, the world’s leading professional online network, has gone mobile.
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Second Life to debut beta trials on mobile
February 20, 2008
Second Life, a 3D virtual world online platform created by Linden Lab, will be available on 3G handsets via Vollee’s streaming mobile games service.
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British social network Bebo partners with Intercasting
February 14, 2008
British social media network Bebo has partnered with Intercasting Corp. to let Bebo’s 40 million members produce and share content on their mobile phones.
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Mosio debuts free mobile question service
February 1, 2008
Social community Mosio has launched Twitter Answers, a free social mobile question service for people on-the-go who want quick answers to life’s daily questions.
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A chat with MySpace Mobile’s Jason Ling
January 31, 2008
It’s been almost 13 months since MySpace launched its Java application on Cingular Wireless, now AT&T Wireless. The numbers aren’t public, but MySpace Mobile is said to be moving along plan.
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Immediacy triggers growth in mobile social networking
January 28, 2008
Social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube will strengthen their presence in mobile as consumers increasingly are charmed by the immediacy offered by social networking on the phone
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Mobile social computing not an extension of desktop: Forrester analyst
January 25, 2008
The combination of Web-based social networks with the pervasive use of mobile phones by young consumers will lead to the inevitable: a surge in mobile computing.
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MyLifeBrand debuts Greg Brady community
January 23, 2008
Web and mobile service MyLifeBrand allied with brand consultancy The Blake Project to launch an online Greg Brady community.
