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Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but soon a video could be worth a million bucks. At least that is what social media giant Facebook could look to get for its upcoming video ads, which launch this summer. Trade magazine Ad Age reported on Wednesday that the social network would offer video ads that would be no longer than 15 seconds, and would be scheduled so that no Facebook user sees more than three...
- More Than 1.5 Million Connections Made Through Mutual Friends on AYI since Launch of 'Friends of Friends' Feature in March NEW YORK, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SNAP Interactive, Inc. ("SNAP") (OTCBB: STVI), creator of AYI is excited to announce that more than one and a half million connections* have been made in the weeks since launching its new 'Friends of Friends' feature for singles to meet new people through mutual friends in March 2013. In addition, more than 30,000 AYI...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The rumor du jour yesterday claimed Facebook was in talks with Apple to bring Facebook Home to iOS. Facebook Home acts largely as a wrapper for Android phones to bring the Facebook experience to the lock screen, home screen, and other points all over the phone. Since the only iteration of Home requires so many permissions and so much cooperation, it seemed unlikely Apple would ever allow any company so much access to their walled...
NEW YORK, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BET Networks announced the following programming at its annual Upfront presentation: NEW PROGRAMMING ON BET: BEING MARY JANE - From the producers of the award-winning, record breaking BET comedy THE GAME, GIRLFRIENDS and box-office hits JUMPING THE BROOM and SPARKLE comes an original series starring the gorgeous and talented Gabrielle Union. The series is a follow up to the release of the BEING MARY JANE movie of the week slated to launch...
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Those fleeting images sent through photo start-up Snapchat are really adding up. In a panel at the D: Dive Into Mobile conferences hosted by All Things D, company founder Evan Spiegel said the service traffics roughly 150 million photos on a daily basis. Snapchat is growing in popularity. The reported volume is three-times what the service reported four months ago. The start-up company lets users take photos and videos, ad a...
Social media marketing suite provider enhances its publishing tool to help companies increase social media engagement, followers; users can easily post relevant content to their social media accounts in just two simple clicks SAN MATEO, Calif., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Viralheat, the social media marketing suite provider, today announced it is unveiling Flint 2.0, a new version of its popular publishing tool for Chrome. Flint 2.0 now also includes social sharing for Firefox...
Renters now have option to post a rental request through Facebook, ensuring that when there is rental demand, car owners will follow SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, RelayRides, the nation's largest peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace, announced a new social innovation called Renting Social that enables renters to advertise their interest in renting a car via Facebook, inviting car owners in their social network to rent their cars to them through the RelayRides...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Facebook is teaming up with the National Association of Attorneys General to help educate teenagers and their parents about safety and privacy on the social networking community. Maryland attorney general Doug Gansler, who serves as president of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), said the nationwide initiative would kick off with a number of informational Web pages and videos. "Teenagers and adults need to...
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Electronic Arts has said it will shut down three of the games it runs on Facebook. The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society will go offline on June 14 of this year. The company posted a statement on its website to announce the "update." "After millions of people initially logged in to play these games, the number of players and amount of activity has fallen off. For people who have seen other recent shutdowns of social...
6 Million Viewers to Watch South Africa Become the First-Ever Travel Destination on 'Apprentice' Series NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- South African Tourism North America will unveil its ground-breaking campaign, What's Your BIG 5? on NBC's hit series, "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice" this Sunday, April 21(st) at 9/8PM Central. A year in the making, the multi-faceted What's Your BIG 5? platform aims to increase awareness and travel to South Africa by educating travelers...
