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JOI Media Inc has announced the public release of its proprietary crowdfunding software to serve as a white-label solution for enterprises and non-profit organizations in need of an out-of-the-box crowfunding Platform. The software will be released under the name Katipult, which is the same name that the company previously hosted a community of non-profit fundraising campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »

AOL Canada has announced the launch of MapQuest Discover, a social platform for travel related content, brought to you by AOL’s popular mapping site MapQuest. Discover encourages users to create personal pages with curated locations, events, and destinations and will also allow users to follow one another, browse popular feeds, favourite and share their collections on social networks. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite has teamed up with HootSuite Enterprise client WWE to bring to you the ultimate social media command centre. The live display will bring the social interactions of WWE WrestleMania 29 viewers to fans in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on April 7, 2013. Before the bout between two wrestling legends, The Rock and John Cena, fans will be able to follow along as these two athletes “duke it out” on Facebook and Twitter. Since WWE fans are some of the most active social media users on the planet, they’ll have plenty to say about the competing wrestlers before, during, and after the main event. Read the rest of this entry »

Intertainment Media Inc. is pleased to announce that its development platform Yappn, an upcoming online multi-lingual social community where people can meet, chat, engage and consume media, set to fully launch in Summer 2013, is releasing a concept design sneak peek today to provide the public with a preliminary glimpse into the platform’s user interface. Currently moving towards its beta testing stage and powered by Ortsbo‘s real-time multi-language technology, Yappn is set to create an engaged online community for users all over the world by providing access to topical discussion boards in almost 70 languages. Read the rest of this entry »

The first Canadian Connecting Bloggers and Brands Conference will be held in Vancouver on April 30th from 10am – 4pm, bringing bloggers and national brands together face-to-face so they can learn about how they can work together. It is the first of a six-city, cross-Canada 2013 tour. This year, the free conferences will focus on introducing the business of blogging to those new to the digital media world. Active bloggers will get to meet with some of the largest Canadian brands they might write about, while those brands will get to hear about what interests bloggers active in their industries. Attendees will get valuable time to build relationships with representatives from the conference’s title sponsor, TELUS, as well as other sponsors including Canada Beef Inc, and Chicken Farmers of Canada. Read the rest of this entry »

Social media management system developer HootSuite has released HootSuite Assignments, a Google Chrome extension that empowers HootSuite Pro and Enterprise clients who are part of HootSuite Teams to quickly assign social media posts to their Team members as they browse Twitter.com and Facebook.com. – expanding the team’s monitoring capabilities. Not every social media crisis or marketing opportunity happens during core office hours. HootSuite Assignments is built to help social media managers who may not be using the HootSuite dashboard, defuse crisis situations or take advantage of marketing opportunities in real-time – keeping social media management at the forefront of the user experience.  Posts can quickly be assigned to the most appropriate team member in sales, customer support, public relations, marketing departments and more – then dealt with instantly. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite, makers of the market-leading social media management system, formally announces the HootSuite Developer Program, providing app developers with prime opportunities to create high-quality apps for HootSuite’s over 6 million users. With the inclusion of Premium Apps in HootSuite’s popular App Directory, developers can now easily test concepts and create brand new subscription-based revenue streams through this specialized program. Developers can get started now by learning more about the program, monetization opportunities, and benefits of developing on top of a leading freemium SaaS platform. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite, makers of the market-leading social media management system, has expanded their App Directory with the introduction of three premium, best-in-class #SocialApps: CRM tool Salesforce.com, Instagram social marketing tool Statigram, and an enhanced version of YouTube. With over 50 customer-driven app integrations available, HootSuite continues to lead the new generation of business software – enabling tight integrations with best-of-breed applications. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile social video network Keek has announced the release of its app for BlackBerry. The new Keek app is available for download in BlackBerry World and supports smartphones using BlackBerry 10. Keek is experiencing explosive growth around the world, adding over 200,000 new users per day and is consistently ranking as one of the top social networking apps on iPhone and Android. Read the rest of this entry »

LinkedIn is the world’s largest and most influential professional social network, and in order to help organizations effectively build their presence on this epicenter of networking, HootSuite is excited to release powerful new LinkedIn features in the HootSuite dashboard. Marketers, HR professionals and community managers using LinkedIn Company Pages can now fine-tune messaging with advanced targeting options (for Enterprise clients), and improve the performance of page and status updates with the introduction of new analytic modules (available to Pro and Enterprise clients). Read the rest of this entry »