Friendster, Inc. announced that its users in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will soon be able to subscribe to Friendster Text Alerts, a full suite of alerts covering activity in their Friendster network, sent directly to their mobile devices via SMS text messages. Friendster Text Alerts is Friendster’s second mobile offering and complements its mobile site, m.friendster.com, launched in May 2008.

Friendster users can subscribe to receive text message alerts for friend requests, new messages, comments, bulletins and more. When such activity takes place within their network of friends on Friendster, they will receive an SMS text message on their mobile phone. Users will also be able to share and communicate by sending a text message to Friendster to update content on their profile, such as shoutouts and bulletins, send messages, and reply to friend requests.

Online retailer for buyers and sellers of digitally delivered products and services, ClickBank, is offering PayPal for its recurring billing.

ClickBank is using PayPal’s recurring billing solution to give product publishers an easy way to sell subscription-based content and services, such as online newsletters or annual software licenses. It has proven to be very popular with customers, growing rapidly each month since its introduction.

This is seen as a strategic option for product publishers seeking to increase business and meet customer needs.

AOL’s international expansion remains on an upswing with the launch of websites serving Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela.

Among the features are free email with unlimited storage, instant messaging, the Winamp Media Player, as well as relevant, regional content related to news, sports, celebrities, games and more. In addition, AOL will leverage its worldwide distribution partnership with HP to deliver co-branded, local language portals for these four Latin American countries.

I don’t know about your blog, but I pull a nice chunk from Mixx – something I can’t say about Digg. I now the site is stirring things up again with their self-dubbed “Ning for social media.”

Users are now able to build their own Mixx community site using a personalized subdomain. These microsites feature the content and design that the creator fashions.

Just like any other social community, members may join the group and submit stories of interest directly to the group. Of course, they may still submit stories to all Mixx users too.

Network creators select tags that will automatically pull sories from the main Mixx stream, meaning your part of th eMixx universe won’t starve for content.

Rounded out with a message board and stats feature, there are even awards for top submitters.

If you want to Make Work Better, you can check out my Jobacle Mixx community.

Sony Pictures Entertainment online video network Crackle revealed numbers for its hit new web series The Jace Hall Show. The show, launched on June 5, had a staggering half million visitors in its first 48 hours and over 1 million views for first two episodes, and it is not showing any signs of slowdown.

The Jace Hall Show is a 13-part original series with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the hottest game developers and features rare interviews in which actors, musicians and athletes discuss their lives in context of the entertainment convergence world.
 
Part of the viewing frenzy at launch time was fueled by rumors and speculation around Hall’s “special glimpse” of the long-awaited Duke Nukem Forever video game – which he delivered in episode one.  Episode two featured singer/actress Christina Milian as she challenged Jace’s gaming skills.

Single father Richard “RJ” Jaramillo today announced the launch of SingleDad.com, the first comprehensive online resource and social network developed for single dads. Created to address the needs of a growing number of men raising families, the new site provides an array of services, advice and referrals, plus an interactive social network to connect single dads nationwide.

Founded by the single father of three SingleDad.com is a free web site dedicated to helping single dads navigate through the challenges of single parenting by providing the highest quality resources to support the family’s continued health, wealth and general well-being. The site’s content is geared toward divorced, widowed, remarried and single men with children.

There is something special in projects like this, where the driving force is a personal experience.

MyToons.com, now in HD, announced the launch of its innovative and imaginative contest for animators all over the world. Get with the Times!, an HD animation contest sending one Grand Prize Winner to New York City to see their animation played on a Clear Channel billboard, powered by Adobe Flash technology, in Times Square. Animators are invited to submit their HD animations.

Running through September 4, 2008, Get with the Times! invites animators to upload their HD animations for a chance to win a two-night trip to New York City to eat dinner at the strategically located and world renowned Chop Suey restaurant while watching their animation play once every hour on the Spectacolor HD Clear Channel billboard over Times Square. In addition to this all-inclusive trip, the winner will also take home a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection.

Evernote, announced that is opening its service today to open beta, rolling out changes, and offering premium accounts.

Evernote wants to be your storage. They want you to capture everything: any moment, idea, experience, or object. However, your initial account is only limited to 40 MB in size.

If you really want to make them to serve as your long-term memory, then it would cost you $45 per year. The premium account gives you 500 MB storage space per month, enhanced security through SSL, priority access to the recognition queues (for faster image recognition) and premium customer support.

Social network for action sports Loop’d Network has launched the Nike 6.0 online community. Nike 6.0, a division of Nike, Inc., supports the next generation of action sports athletes and chose to build a dedicated community on Loop’d to reach athletes and enthusiasts who are passionate about surf, snow, freeski, freeride, wake, moto and BMX. The community features the first ever viral mash-up widget created exclusively for action sports and offers a unique opportunity for Nike 6.0 to connect with more than 300,000 action sports core enthusiasts that have joined Loop’d and helped make it the fastest growing social network in the category.

Once registered on the Nike 6.0 community on Loop’d, members can build their own viral mash-up by mixing and mashing their favorite videos and photos, and combining them with original content supplied by Nike 6.0. This allows members to create and design their own signature mash-up, get featured on the community and also publish the mash-up to other social networking profiles including MySpace and Facebook, among others. The community also features event news and information about the Nike 6.0 team athletes as well as new product information.

I am not a fan of viral mash-ups, though it is evidently a hit among teens and Nike and Loop’d is hitting the right mark here.

After a full year of private beta testing, Yoono is finally ready to roll out their interactive, widget-driven browser sidebar. According to the site:

“Bored of watching others’ lives and showing yours when nothing really happens? Want a true digital social life with live feedbacks and real sharing experience with your friends? Get a Life!”

While I’m not convinced Yoono with give me (or you) ‘a life,’ the free download does keep you tuned in and in control of your communication experience. At the very least, it’ll give your browser a high-tech look that will have your co-workers asking ‘what’s that?’

You can add Yoono to Firefox as an add-on.

The Website recently secured $4 million and is looking for more financing.