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Tween social network imbee.com launches holiday toy drive online

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imbee.com, the parent-approved social networking and blogging destination specifically designed for kids from ages 8 to 14, announced the launch of its second annual toy drive in cyberspace. Proceeds will go to the Toys For Tots Program developed by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. The mission of the program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.

In order to facilitate the toy drive online, imbee.com created a special holiday blog and then invited its growing community of kids and tweens to post their good wishes for this holiday season. For every child that makes a post, the tween social network will donate a new toy to the Toys for Tots program.

Originally posted on December 7, 2007 @ 10:56 am

Friendster now available in Japanese and Korean

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friendster.pngFriendster, Inc. is now available in two additional major languages – Japanese and Korean – allowing Friendster users and visitors a choice of languages to navigate the site, enter content and use Friendster’s complete set of social networking features. Friendster now supports five of the top languages on the Internet: Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and English. These languages represent 66 percent of the world’s Internet users, or approximately three quarters of a billion Internet users in total.

Friendster has implemented multi-language support on a single domain– Friendster.com– to promote communication and interaction among users who speak different languages. A large percentage of friend networks on Friendster cross borders and continents, requiring multi-language support to be implemented in a single, global web site. The new language offerings will help Friendster maintain and extend its leadership position in Asia.

Originally posted on December 6, 2007 @ 10:50 am