vzaar launch of its free video service for eBay listings in the United States. Using vzaar, eBay sellers can quickly and easily add video to their eBay listings to showcase their products and gain a competitive edge. The core service is available to all users for no charge. Special features tailored to the needs of PowerSellers are available for a low monthly fee.

“Video is the perfect medium to demonstrate the condition of our products. It allows us to show potential buyers a 360 degree view of the product, to hear the machines or motors we sell, and the opportunity to get a feel for who we are as a seller,” said eBay seller Jack Fitzgerald from Industry Recycles. “When we post with a vzaar video, our item gets more visits, more bids and a higher sales price. Viewing the videos, our buyers see and hear exactly what they are getting for their money, and that means a lower return rate.”

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Volkswagen of America, Inc. launches a multi-platform national polling effort to find out exactly what the people want. Utilizing media, technology and user-generated content like never before, the campaign allows consumers to engage in live online and mobile polling. A real-time mouthpiece of the people’s collective voice, user-generated live polling begins at the hub site, vw.com/whatthepeoplewant , and then spreads across the web and in-market. The initiative is part of Volkswagen’s new global brand platform, Das Auto, and underscores its fundamental message of It’s what the people want.

“Volkswagen has a rich heritage as part of American popular culture and a deep personal connection with its customers,” says Tim Ellis, Vice President of Marketing for Volkswagen of America, Inc. “It’s what the people want is a way of keeping in touch with what matters to people today. Through this campaign, we offer a unique way for consumers to interface with the brand by providing an interactive platform for their thoughts and opinions to be seen and heard on a global stage.”

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Umambo.com, is the social network for the entertainment industry, the place where you as an artist , musician , dancer , filmmaker , comedian , model or any kind of entertainer, can interact directly with your fans, other people in the show business and even talent agencies.

Umambo offers exposure by giving you the tools to build a website within the site. With the advantage of adding modules and new pages to your personal portfolio, you can manage the way you want to express your self.

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Silverpop, a leading provider of on-demand marketing technology, has closed a $15 million round of funding. The funds are earmarked for international expansion, R&D acceleration and to fund additional acquisitions to round out the company’s on-demand marketing suite. The D.E. Shaw group’s venture capital unit, a new investor, led the round along with existing investor Draper Fisher Jurvetson and others. Silverpop is the only company that has consistently been named by JupiterResearch as one of the top two enterprise oriented email service providers each of the last four years.

“On-demand marketing solutions are changing how marketers do their jobs. They are able to be more flexible, more responsive and more competitive, all with lower costs,” said Silverpop CEO Bill Nussey. “The demand for Software-as-a-Service marketing solutions is growing at an amazing rate, and investors are beginning to realize the tremendous upside of this market.”

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The BBC Sound Index is a massive index of the hottest bands and tracks that are being talked about on the internet right now. Every 6 hours the Sound Index crawls some of the biggest music sites on the internet – Bebo, MySpace, Last.FM, iTunes, Google and YouTube – to find out what people are writing about, listening to, watching, downloading and logging on to. It then counts and analyses this data to make an instant list of the most popular 1000 artists and tracks on the web.

All the demographic data they collect and use is entirely anonymous, so they can never attribute any age or location data to any specific person. So, if you are a user of any of these sites, you don’t need to worry that the Sound Index has any information about you. However, if you are concerned, or want more details, please contact us at soundindex@bbc.co.uk.

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