Online/Offline Social Network MingleNow Launches in Los Angeles at Danny Bonaduce's Singles Party
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MingleNow, the online/offline social network that connects users to their favorite nightspots and the people who go there, is launching in Los Angeles on May 31. MingleNow will kick off its LA presence at the Danny Bonaduce Singles Party presented by 97.1 Radio FREE FM and hosted by Adam Carolla.
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CollegeHotList.com, the most comprehensive, innovative social networking  site designed exclusively "for college  students by college students," officially  launches today.
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Blog: The News Corp.-owned social networking site touts successes and announces a high-profile concert in Mexico City as it expands its global reach south of the border.
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A new partnership will allow indie artists and established rockers to sell mp3s of their songs directly to fans on MySpace.
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A Microsoft Corp.  spin-off on  Tuesday said it will take on Internet social networks  MySpace.com and Facebook.com, touting tools users can buy to  craft better-looking Web pages.
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The social networking service has made its first acquisition, a small one in online social music service Anywhere.FM.
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It began about a decade ago as an e-mail newsletter from Craig telling friends about upcoming events in San Francisco, and grew so popular it is now a full-fledged online community with information on jobs, apartments, even dating.
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Kicking off Oct. 16 in Seattle, this is the social network's first official concert tour--and further differentiates MySpace from rivals by branding it as a pop culture hub.
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Hoover's Inc. today launched a social networking site to help business people connect with friends and colleagues and to establish new connections.
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The online community is introducing tools for developing games, media-sharing features and other programs that better integrate with the Internetâs leading social-networking site.
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The long-rumored site, dubbed "Mash," lets people create profiles for their friends.
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Imeem Inc., a music-based social  networking site, on Wednesday launched a digital music service  supported by advertising and will share the revenue with the  musicians and record companies.
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Social network will allow individual creators to put a price on their content.
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Social networking website MySpace is to allow unsigned bands to sell their music as downloads.
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(InfoWorld) - Ever wanted to hang out with The Beastie Boys or Korn? Members of teen-friendly virtual world There.com will soon be able to virtually get up close and personal with those musicians and others through a deal the world's creator Makena Technologies has struck with Capitol Music Group. The companies announced the first phase of what they expect to be a significant, long-term partnership between Makena and the EMI Group business unit on Thursday. They didn't reveal any financial details about the deal. As record companies search for new ways to make money while protecting their intellectual property, they're becoming more interested in the possibilities of virtual worlds, according to Ben Richardson, vice president of business development at There.com. Over the next few months, specially created avatars of Capitol Music Group artists including The Beastie Boys, Korn, Lily Allen, MIMS, and Yellowcard will come into There.com to meet and be quizzed by their fans. All of the musicians have new albums coming out and have also been chosen to appeal to the virtual world's inhabitants. There.com has aroundÂ 1 million members, 70 percent of whom are aged between 13 and 26 years old, according to Richardson. About 46 percent of the user base is female, he added. Rap artist MIMS will be the first to make a There.com appearance on July 10. Members of the virtual world will receive an invitation to the meet-and-greets, which will take place at a particular time. Makena is buildingÂ 10 virtual nightclubs in There.com, each able to hold a maximum of 50 fans, Richardson said. The bands' avatars will teleport between the nightclubs over the course of an hour to an hour and half so that fans can ask them questions and view their videos. Makena is also creating interactive kiosks throughout There.com where fans can buy both real world CDs and DVDs by the musicians as well as virtual band merchandise, including T-shirts and posters. Any object created for There.com has to be approved by a product submission review board, according to Richardson. The board checks that the object is appropriate for a PG-13 audience, that it doesn't infringe on any copyright, and that it works correctly. In the case of a virtual T-shirt, the clothing would contain no objectionable words or imagesÂ or pirated logos, and itÂ would fit avatars properly. Initially, the meetings between fans and bands will be conducted through text messaging, Richardson said. In future, There.com might use the world's voice chat feature and the bands may perform live music as well, he added. Being a PG-13 world, There.com has already some measures in place that it can call upon to avoid any band and fan interchanges getting out of hand. For instance, there are controls on extreme language so that if you try to type an obscenity into the world's text chat, it shows up as asterisks. There.com also doesn't allow nudity or porn and is able to eject any member who's causing trouble. Makena has the ability to block the hardware ID on a troublesome member's computer so that, once ejected from the virtual world, they can't re-enter under a different identity. Through an earlier partnership with MTV Networks, which resulted in the creation of the Virtual Hills and Virtual Laguna Beach worlds, Makena has already been involved in hosting meet-and-greets with some actors and musicians. Members of the band Korn were able to take time out from rehearsing and log onto four laptops to meet fans virtually recently in one of the MTV worlds, Richardson said. Looking ahead, as well as bringing in more musicians, There.com may well host actors and other celebrities for virtual meet-and-greets, even U.S presidential hopefuls eager to garner the youth vote, he added.
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Interactive recruiting firm TargetX is making it possible for colleges  to host social networks that resemble MySpace or Facebook so prospective  students can come together online.
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Just in case the world needs yet another Web site for sharing photos, videos and other assorted content, Sony BMG has joined up with Italian mobile-oriented social networking site Dada to build an entertainment service that works with both PCs and cell phones.