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Kiwibox monetizes mobile version of web site through partnership with Burst Media

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Kiwibox, the social networking destination and online magazine where teens produce, discover, and share content while connecting with friends, announced a strategic partnership with Burst Media. The partnership is designed to monetize a mobile version of the Kiwibox.com web site with mobile-specific advertising.

This agreement extends Kiwibox’s current mobile advertising strategy, which includes delivering age appropriate content to the highly sought after teen market. The agreement, an extension of the two companies’ ongoing eight-year relationship, gives Burst and Kiwibox the ability to easily monetize available inventory on the fast growing mobile web. Burst Media currently runs several teen friendly advertisers on Kiwibox.com.

Originally posted on April 15, 2008 @ 10:51 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

Madonna Goes Mobile With Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Verizon Wireless to Debut Exclusive Underground Remix of ‘4 Minutes’

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Verizon Wireless has teamed up with Madonna, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake to deliver the mobile underground remix of Madonna’s highly- anticipated debut single “4 Minutes” from her album “Hard Cndy.” Available exclusively in the U.S. to Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music customers and internationally to Vodafone customers, “4 Minutes” is the first single from Madonna’s 11th studio album for Warner Bros. Records. “Hard Candy” is scheduled for international release on April 28, 2008, with the U.S. release the following day.

The underground version of the song is available to Verizon Wireless customers through V CAST Music as a full-song download, ringtone and ringback tone. This exclusive Madonna track produced by Timbaland, Verizon Wireless’ mobile producer in residence, and featuring Justin Timberlake is available for download to Vodafone customers in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and the UK. This extraordinary remix was created on the Verizon Wireless mobile recording studio bus in New York City last month, following Madonna’s induction ceremony into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Fans who download the full-song, ringtone or ringback tone of Timbaland’s exclusive mobile underground remix of “4 Minutes” through Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music service will also have a chance to win a barcoded ticket to the exclusive Madonna performance on April 30 at New York’s famed Roseland Ballroom. Lucky winners will receive tickets on their mobile phones, which will admit them and one friend to this exclusive show.

Originally posted on April 14, 2008 @ 10:10 pm

itsmy.com reaches 1 million users on mobile phones

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itsmy.com announced that its mobile-only social network has over one million registered users now. The ad-funded mobile community dedicates every user a free personalisable mobile homepage with a unique mobile web address to show and tell all friends – the main reason for the fast viral growth. All users register via the browser of their mobile phone in mobile internet, wherever they are.

itsmy.com identified two usage groups within the community: The active content creators who are uploaders with full profile (registered users) and the downloader-surfers, who watch Mobile TV, download videos and pictures and surf within the community (no registration necessary). The total user number of both groups reached 2.5 million by beginning of Q2/2008.

80% of the mobile phone users are from US and Europe. The leading states in the US are California and Texas, the leading cities Detroit and Cincinnati. The fastest growing countries in Europe are UK, Ireland, Italy and Spain. The users surf more than 300 million mobile internet pages per month. To this day more than 5 million videos, pictures and wallpapers were created and uploaded. Users built more than 4.5 million WAP sites like personalized homepages, “about me” pages, group galleries, flirt pages etc.

Originally posted on April 12, 2008 @ 3:15 pm