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Kiwibox offers mobile version of website

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Kiwibox, the social networking destination and online magazine where teens produce, discover, and share content while connecting with friends, has launched a new WAP service designed to expand their online community to mobile users.

Kiwibox partnered with Quattro Wireless to mobilize the existing Kiwibox.com website. Using Quattro’s Juicing technology, the site content rapidly develops into a dynamic format suited to a mobile presence with the layout and intuitive navigation specifically adapted for all types of handsets. This creates sophisticated new opportunities for advertisers, including special banner creatives and channel sponsorships. In addition to Kiwibox, Quattro powers hundreds of other mobile sites for a variety of top tier media brands and content companies.

Originally posted on June 30, 2008 @ 6:50 am

AOL launches websites in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela

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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.

Originally posted on June 25, 2008 @ 10:38 am

Nokia agrees to acquire social activity service provider Plazes

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Nokia is acquiring substantially all assets of Plazes, a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. Plazes provides a context-aware social-activity service that people can use to plan, record, and share their social activities: why they are at a given location at a given time, whether in the past, present or future.

By acquiring Plazes, Nokia will be able to extend its context-based service offering with social presence and time-based activity planning features. After closing of the acquisition, Plazes will become part of Nokia’s Services & Software unit.

Originally posted on June 23, 2008 @ 7:21 am

Yahoo! partners with Malaysian and Indian companies for mobile ads

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Yahoo! has inked mobile advertising partnerships with Maxis Communications Berhad in Malaysia and Idea Cellular Limited in India. The two mobile operators plan to carry a variety of graphical advertisements, sold and served by Yahoo!.

The new partnerships with Maxis and Idea are the result of continued collaborations to develop and enhance the mobile Internet experience for consumers.

Originally posted on June 17, 2008 @ 2:38 pm

Digby releases mobile commerce platform

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Mobile commerce service provider Digby announced the availability of Powered by Digby, a mobile commerce software platform that gives retailers the ability to deliver a superior mobile shopping experience to their customers.

Powered by Digby uses the same proven infrastructure that powers the Digby Marketplace, an award-winning consumer service that allows smartphone users to effortlessly buy products from an array of leading merchants. Retailers utilizing Powered by Digby will enable their customers to purchase products anytime, anywhere, thus capturing additional sales and increasing customer affinity.

Retailers using Powered by Digby gain access to mobile commerce technology and expertise, as Digby creates, produces and manages the branded mobile stores on-behalf of the retailer.

Originally posted on June 18, 2008 @ 10:51 am