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MySpace India officially launches

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MySpace announced the official launch of MySpace India, a new dedicated community designed for Indian users.

MySpace India will focus on delivering the best possible experience of content and culture through a range of industry partnerships and product innovations including an alliance with Star TV, India’s largest television network, to create an original network television program “Campus Star” featured on Channel V (http://www.myspace.com/channelv). The new show, currently airing on television in India, is a nationwide college talent competition featuring celebrity judges and the voting MySpace audience.

On April 21, the MySpace Developer Platform team will be on-site in Bangalore to welcome local developers onto the open MySpace platform. As one of the most innovative technical hubs worldwide, MySpace is committed to working with local developers across India and empowering them with the necessary tools to build applications for the site’s more than 250 million registers users worldwide. To date, MySpace has hosted local “devJAM” developer workshops in Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney, London, Berlin, Seattle, Stockholm, and San Francisco.

Originally posted on April 17, 2008 @ 5:38 pm

Stable Media launches 3-D social network platform RipLounge.com

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Stable Media, LLC has launched their new social networking website RipLounge.com, an innovative fusion of music and socializing bundled up in a unique (and free) virtual community. Eschewing static profiles and pictures in favor of custom-made avatars, RipLounge brings 3-D, real-time interaction to users who might otherwise be intimidated by the consuming nature of Web 3.0.

Users can fulfill their basic social media needs with profiles, photos, videos, message boards, friends and more; with the added benefit of creating unique 3-D representations of themselves and interacting with new environments and other individuals. Setting RipLounge even further apart from its competitors is the role music plays on the site. In each of the three venues for users to explore — the yacht deck, the pool scene and the dance-bar area — a different style of music will be made available. Whether your interest is Top 40 Pop, Techno, or R&B, RipLounge will satisfy your interactive and auditory needs. In an effort to keep the music as ground-breaking as the site itself, RipLounge has partnered with Hit the Ground Running, Inc. to showcase new artists and debut underground music.

Originally posted on April 16, 2008 @ 10:32 pm

JuiceCaster launches on T-Mobile

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logo.jpgJuiceCaster, the mobile social-networking service, is set to launch on T-Mobile USA. The wireless carrier will make JuiceCaster version 6.0 available on 12 of its top handsets. T-Mobile joins Alltel, US Cellular and Cricket Wireless as the US operators who provide JuiceCaster to their mobile subscribers.

JuiceCaster instantly connects users to their online lives. It enables easy, one-touch sharing of pictures and videos directly from a camera phone to more than 20 top online social-networking and blogging sites, including MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. Additionally, the latest version of JuiceCaster, 6.0, now includes the ability for users to post and watch real-time video status updates on their mobile devices.

Originally posted on April 15, 2008 @ 10:37 pm

Private launches adult social networking service in US and Canada

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Private Media Group, Inc. and Pilgrim Telephone, Inc., provider of social networking services for wireless and wire-line subscribers, announced the US and Canadian launch of Intimate Connections instant voice messaging platform.

The service gives fans the opportunity to connect with each other, and to hear from Private girls and their friends. Intimate Connections is accessible by both wireless and land line telephones, and callers spend on average $50 per call, which is expected to generate substantial incremental revenue for Private.

Originally posted on April 15, 2008 @ 6:29 am