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Social worker gets into social networking to help children in foster care

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Stewart Gordon, a California social worker, is taking an innovative, high-tech approach to solving a longstanding problem by launching FosterCareCentral.org. The online community hopes to bring information, resources and people together to improve the lives of foster-care children nationwide.

Foster Care Central is the first social network for people dedicated to enhancing the lives of foster youth. The website capitalizes on the power of Web 2.0 technology and the popularity of social networking to offer a variety of interactive features, including discussion forums, resource listings, groups, videos, and education and training.

Originally posted on February 28, 2008 @ 6:07 pm

Last.fm debuts applications gallery, adds 19 million to user base

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build.pngLast.fm launched a new section called “Build.last.fm”, a gallery promoting the growing number of Last.fm third-party applications that extend the Last.fm experience across the web.

Built by fans and partners of the social music discovery network, “Build.last.fm” organizes and showcases the many Last.fm applications and widgets tÅ“hat have been developed using the site’s open platform architecture and free webservice tools, which have been available since 2003.

Last.fm estimates that activity around third-party applications on other websites added 19 million music fans to its user base in January, in addition to the 21 million active users engaging with the Last.fm site itself.

Originally posted on February 28, 2008 @ 10:48 am

eDrugSearch launches social network for prescription drug consumers

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eDrugSearch.com, a search engine for Americans seeking medications from prescreened international pharmacies, has expanded its mission by unveiling the eDrugSearch.com Community, a new social network for prescription drug consumers.

Members of the eDrugSearch.com Community are able to:

Rate and review pharmacies. Members can rate and contribute candid reviews of participating pharmacies, providing firsthand accounts of their experiences;

Rate and review drugs. Members can share their experiences with specific medications, sharing information on efficacy, side effects and value;

Track medications. Members can monitor the latest news, member comments, and price changes for the medications they take regularly;

Make friends and join groups. Members can add to their knowledge of specific conditions and medications by forming interest groups and adding friends;

Ask the community. Members can ask questions of the community and rate the answers received; and

Earn drug discounts. By participating in the eDrugSearch.com Community, members earn points that soon will be redeemable for drug discounts at participating pharmacies.

Originally posted on February 27, 2008 @ 10:50 am

Online community for interns launched

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gi_logoredifiedpng.jpgTwo advertising executives and two undergraduate business students has launched YouIntern.com, the first free online community of interns in the advertising and marketing industry, featuring advertising internship reviews, submitted by college students, and advertising internship openings, submitted by employers.

Along with internship reviews and openings, YouIntern.com features “expert advice” from advertising professionals to help guide students toward their career goals. The founders also maintain a blog with stories from the field and from their experience in advertising.

YouIntern.com has plans to become the definitive platform for honest, open information and dialogue in the form of internship reviews, and open internship postings. Current reviews and postings include leading marketing and advertising agencies like Arnold, TBWA/Chiat/Day, Burson-Marseteller, Hill Holliday, MMB, BBH, GSD&M, Mullen, Modernista! and more. Cities covered include Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and many more, with internships in summar, fall and spring semesters.

Originally posted on February 26, 2008 @ 11:10 am

EA announces closed beta for TheSimsCarnival.com

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simscarnival.pngElectronic Arts Inc. announced an invitation to participate in a special closed beta at The Sims Carnival’, a new online community and gaming experience from The Sims’ studio. An innovative online destination, TheSimsCarnival.com empowers members to play, create and share casual games within an online community.

With the launch of TheSimsCarnival.com, hundreds of games will be available to play and as members create and contribute games this number will grow. The online community is made to be collaborative, so that designing games becomes a fun and shared creative process. To design games, TheSimsCarnival.com provides game creation tools for a range of user skill sets so that millions of players can become game designers with no prior programming abilities necessary. TheSimsCarnival.com will be available to the public online in spring 2008. 


Originally posted on February 22, 2008 @ 10:42 am