Archive for November, 2009

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November 12th, 2009 Social Guy

Squidoo

Squidoo is one of the most popular publishing platforms which authorize the creation of pages for its users, by its users. It is also known as a social website or a community that helps in the creation of online lenses.

Lenses are commonly known as pages. They are overview articles or signposts that contain everything the creator and creator knows about the topic of interest. So if you are writer try to snap everything you know into focus. You will be able to express whatever you know in topics like travel, business, books, health and medicine, politics and news, kids and parenting, shopping, art, work at home, etc… This shows that you can get information on any topics with the help of Squidoo. (more…)

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Adfonic Secures Investment as It Gears Up for Expansion

November 12th, 2009 Social Guy

Adfonic

Adfonic, the web-based self-service global mobile advertising marketplace, has secured $600k in its first round of funding. The money raised will fund the recruitment of key personnel and the next phase of development for its advertising platform, as well as allow it to expand internationally.

The funding comes from Gordon Shields, a clean tech entrepreneur, who is best known for founding Shields Environmental, the world leader in re-use, re-marketing and recycling of surplus network assets for mobile network operators. Working with Adfonic, Gordon’s role will be one of leadership and mentoring, not simply as an investor. (more…)

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PhotoTagger – Facial Recognition Auto-Tagging App Hits Facebook

November 11th, 2009 Social Guy

PhotoTagger

With an average of 101,000 photos in each Facebook user’s social network, how many clicks would it take to caption every one? Face.com launches Photo Tagger, a program that harnesses the most advanced facial recognition technology to auto-tag photos in seconds. Previously a private alpha, Photo Tagger debuts to the public with an unprecedented Face Alerts system, which notifies users when photos of themselves or their friends are uploaded – even if they are not tagged.

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Multicultural Social Network XIHA Life Exceeds Half a Million Global Users

November 11th, 2009 Social Guy

XIHA Life

XIHA Life, the multilingual and multicultural social network, surpassed the milestone of half a million users. XIHA users live in over 200 countries, with no country accounting for more than about five percent of total traffic.

XIHA Life users can read and write in multiple languages, allowing them to connect anywhere in the world in the preferred language of their family, friends, and colleagues. The revolutionary multilingual chat feature allows XIHA members to communicate within the community in over 50 different languages. By bringing together this global community, XIHA Life creates a truly multinational dialog on the Internet. (more…)

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Loopt Unites Mobile, Social, Local Discovery on BlackBerry

November 10th, 2009 Social Guy

Loopt

Today at the 2009 Blackberry Developer Conference, Loopt announced a major update for its free application for BlackBerry smartphones, designed to connect users to the most relevant places and people nearby using background location updating. Now BlackBerry users can take online, offline to discover who’s around, what to do and where to go – representing the convergence of mobile, geo-location, status, connections, and hyper-local – all in one app.

On BlackBerry smartphones, Loopt runs in the background so, even when the Loopt application is not running in the foreground, users are still updating their location in real-time while they are on the move. (more…)

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