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Foxmarks launches Xmarks.com web discovery and search

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Foxmarks, the one bookmark synchronization add-on with more than 14 million downloads, today announced the first bookmark-powered web discovery engine Xmarks. Powered by over 600 million bookmarks, Xmarks uses the “wisdom of crowds” to bring valuable site information and recommendations directly into the Web browser and onto the Google search results page.

Xmarks helps users discover the best sites on the Web based on what millions of people are bookmarking. The Xmarks browser add-on adds new discovery features to the category leading bookmark sync features that Foxmarks is well known for. In addition to unveiling Xmarks, Foxmarks announced that its company name is changing to Xmarks, Inc.

Originally posted on March 8, 2009 @ 3:59 pm

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HotPrints adds new themes to its HotPrints Facebook Application

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hotprintsHotPrints has released two new family themed photobooks, a Baby Book and Family Memories Book, for its HotPrints Facebook application, giving parents an even simpler way to produce high-quality printed photobooks to send to friends and family documenting their children’s lives.
 
HotPrints is simple and easy to use. Each 16-page book picks up the tags from the chosen Facebook photos automatically adding the names and captions under each photo. These high-quality photo albums are delivered speedily by mail providing lasting memories. New parents can document their children’s growth month by month and keep a copy or send it to family and friends.
  
In addition to the high-quality photobook, users will also receive a PDF version of their album to digitally share with their friends and family, even if they do not order the print version. All of the individuals tagged in the selected album photos will be notified that an album is being created, which gives them the opportunity to connect with the creator to request a book for themselves. Any comments made to the selected photos on Facebook will also be printed in the album as individual photo captions.

Originally posted on March 10, 2009 @ 10:13 am

Glam Media’s Brash.com launches new men sports channel

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brashBrash.com, Glam Media’s vertical content network for men, announced its new sports channel anchored by SB Nation, which has also joined the Brash Publisher Network.

Brash.com will package the content and premium advertising of SB Nation’s thriving and growing online communities of like-minded sports fans. For March Madness Brash.com will also offer a micro-blogging module on its homepage enabling real-time, filtered feeds leading up to the Championship.

SB Nation is a collection of nearly 200 individually branded web communities that reach more than four million monthly unique visitors, each site offering high quality year-round coverage and conversations led by fans that are passionate about their favorite teams, leagues or sports.

With the launch of the Men’s Sports Channel, Brash.com now has a presence in all of the major men’s ad categories, and will integrate the men’s ad sales team with the Glam.com team to create a streamlined structure for the benefit of its agency customers.

Originally posted on March 17, 2009 @ 7:16 am

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MyRegistry releases widget for websites

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MyRegistry.com has released its free Gift Registry Web Widget that enables all online merchants to quickly and easily place comprehensive gift registry functions on their website. This new tool allows any online store to now have their own Gift Registry functionality, enabling their customers to add that store’s products and services onto one universal gift registry with one click of a button.

The Gift Registry Web Widget offers a simple and customizable html code that will automatically place an “Add to MyRegistry” button next to the existing “Add to Cart” button on any product page of a website. Customers can add items to their shopping cart, and now can also add those items to their universal gift registry by clicking on the “Add to MyRegistry” button. Even non-MyRegistry.com members can easily sign up while still on the retailer’s website. The Gift Registry Web Widget is designed to give customers a seamless shopping and registering experience at any type of online store.

Originally posted on March 9, 2009 @ 9:00 am

Flickr Collection debuts on Getty Images

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Getty Images and Flickr announced the launch of the Flickr Collection, a creative imagery collection now available exclusively on gettyimages.com for commercial licensing. With the debut of this first-of-its-kind collection, customers can easily access and license the inspirational and unexpected photographs for which the Flickr community is known.

Photographs for the Flickr Collection were selected by Getty Images’ editors based on their expertise in licensing digital content and insights into customers’ needs. The collection features a variety of conceptual imagery, such as everyday scenes and believable subjects, and original and regionally relevant content. It is a living collection, with thousands of new images added each month to meet the evolving needs of Getty Images’ customers. Images from the Flickr Collection are available in both royalty-free and rights-managed licensing models.

Getty Images will continue to build this collection over time by inviting select Flickr members to participate. Members who choose to participate will benefit from the global reach and distribution power of Getty Images to help market their images, as well as its unmatched expertise and experience in rights and clearances of digital media.

Originally posted on March 11, 2009 @ 11:03 am

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