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AOL Buys Bebo To Grow Global Online Ad Audience
ADOTAS — AOL has a new friend. The company announced today that they bought social network Bebo for $850 million in cash as part of a wider strategy to boost its online advertising network, Platform-A. Bebo is all the rage on the Continent – with a base of more than 40 [...] more...
MochiAds & Aeria Partner For The Good Of The Games
ADOTAS - MochiAds, a large online games ad network, announced today that it is partnering with Aeria Games, a leading gaming community of free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Aeria will have access to over 1,000 Flash-based casual games from MochiAds network in addition to their existing catalog of PC downloadable [...] more...
Social Network For Gamers In Beta
ADOTAS - The UGAME Network, an online gaming social network, entered a closed private beta this week. After 10 months and more than 6,000 hours of development the technical engineers at UGAME have unleashed the site for a select few. Participants will be able to interact, write blogs, support gaming teams, [...] more...
Nokia Launches Mobile Gaming & Social Network Services
On Tuesday, Nokia announced the launch of its online gaming service N-Gage, which will expand its online mobile offerings. The cell phone maker has also launched its own social networking site “Share on Ovi” today, allowing users to share videos and pictures, built on the technology from the U.S. firm Twango, [...] more...
ADTECH Helps Monetize Haystack
ADTECH US, a provider of digital ad serving solutions, announced that has signed an ad serving agreement with Haystack.com, an ad-supported online music network. Haystack users can create custom playlists, as well as be connected to artists through playlists that can be embedded into portable applications. Artists receive royalties through the [...] more...
i33 & Attendi Connect A New Kind Of Community
i33 communications, an interactive agency, announced today that it developed the newly launched Attendi.com. Attendi is a search-based site that focuses on a different approach for finding information online from users. Attendi uses chat, search and social networking to connect people with others who may have answers to their questions. Services [...] more...
Wal-Mart Booed On Facebook
Wal-Mart has teamed up with Facebook in a joint venture targeting would-be college roommates. The retailer has created a group on the social network called “Roommate Style Match” which is intended to have roommates discuss decorating options and college life, however the majority of the comments seen on the group’s [...] more...
Plaxo Bares All…Well Almost
Plaxo, a well-known content management site announced that it has made a part of its source code available to developers as well as the general public. The code for the company’s “Online Identity Consolidator,” is the code being released. This code can detect all of the social-networking accounts for a [...] more...
Bitmunk Creates Push-Pull Social Vintage Store
I’m not an “artist” — as in, I don’t list that as my profession come tax time, but I do create stuff, mostly intellectual property. In the year 2007, most of us do — and it’s only going to get bigger. Whether you’re making a silly personal video, a catchy [...] more...
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