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DietTelevision.com launches new social network for dieters

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diettelevision.jpgDietTelevision.com announced the launch of a new social network and weight loss website that harnesses the wisdom of the crowd and pioneers a new way for people to collaborate in the effort lose weight and live healthier. The DietTelevision.com community is designed for anyone on any diet or exercise plan. The network aggregates the knowledge and insights of its members and works together help individuals reach personal health and weight loss goals. DietTelvision.com marries resources that are essential for successful weight loss –live support, innovative tracking tools and insights from respected health experts– with a community that shares a powerful common goal: to improve their personal health.

“DietTelevision.com turns the traditional MySpace and Facebook model of communities about self-promotion on its head, and instead encourages dieters to create profiles that share successes, tips and encouragement in order to help other members lose weight,” said Ken Seiff, CEO of DietTelevision.com. “We want DietTelevison.com to become the world’s largest and most productive virtual water cooler for people who want to lose weight.

Originally posted on June 25, 2007 @ 9:41 pm

Fabfemme launches free membership model

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fabfemme.jpgFabFemme.com, the web’s premiere social network for gay and bisexual women, announced that it is now offering a free membership that provides members with access to the full range of FabFemme’s networking features and services.

Under FabFemme’s free membership plan, new members will be able to easily and quickly register, create a profile, and begin using FabFemme’s innovative tools, such as customizable invitations for planning group activities or one-on-one dates, the “Little Pink Book” for organizing personal contacts, and a “Hotlist” feature that allows members to track favorite new members and view mutual Hotlist match-up.

At FabFemme, members can also start groups around shared interests, such as fitness, cooking, or theater, search for other members by criteria, such as location, profession, or interests, communicate directly with other members via private email messages, and receive notices of local FabFemme events.

“Our new free membership will make it easier for women to energize and expand their social lives on a daily, ongoing, and meaningful basis,” said FabFemme founder Susan Lubeck, a veteran technology marketing executive.

Originally posted on June 25, 2007 @ 6:35 pm

Bringing neighbors together with NeighborhoodCrossing.com

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neighborhoodcrossing.jpgSway, Inc. today launched its new online community, Neighborhood Crossing, a free online social community specifically for neighborhoods.

Neighborhood Crossing provides a safe online community allowing people to do everything from starting a playgroup or scheduling a barbecue to developing neighborhood crime watch groups. The site also allows users to create their own blogs, upload photos, post classified ads, list items available for sharing and participate in online discussion forms. Knowing your neighbors can help prevent crime.

“It’s difficult to communicate effectively without a tool like Neighborhood Crossing,” said Julie Blatt, who served as homeowner’s association president for her Oklahoma-neighborhood last year. “Over many months we developed our own web site to share a community calendar and post important information. If Neighborhood Crossing had existed last year we could have saved ourselves a lot of time, money and headaches.”

“Although people live close to each other, in such a tech-driven world it’s becoming more and more difficult to connect in person. Neighborhood Crossing allows neighbors to meet and interact online while working in tandem with relationships that they then carry offline,” said Sway CEO and Chief Marketing Strategist Jason Weaver.

Originally posted on June 21, 2007 @ 10:09 am

Text messaging site for deaf community launches

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text4deaf.jpgText4Deaf.Com, a new communications-based website for the deaf community and the people with whom they interact, announced its launch today. Powered by MobileSphere’s Joopz web texting technology, Text4Deaf enables real-time text messaging with a web interface to cell phones, regardless of the carrier.

Text4Deaf allows users to send and receive messages to individuals and groups, while enabling recipients to respond directly to the originating PC, Mac, PDA or mobile phone and to group member mobile phones. Web texts can be sent from any web-enabled device worldwide to any U.S. or Canadian mobile phone.

Originally posted on June 20, 2007 @ 11:58 am

WeFi opens to the public

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wefi.jpg WeFi, an online community that makes finding and using free WiFi simple, fast and social, today announced the opening of its beta offering to the general public around the globe. To date, WeFi has been available only by invitation to a limited number of test users in selected markets.

“There is so much available WiFi out there for people to use. WeFi makes WiFi easy, enabling people to connect to the wireless Internet without hassle or difficulty,” said WeFi CEO Arnon Kohavi. “WeFi combines its unique technology with user-generated information, to help people find the best available wireless connection so they can enjoy broadband media on-the-go. No other WiFi network provides online maps that are dynamically updated every time a user finds a new WiFi location, nor do they provide social, location based features like WeFi does.”

Originally posted on June 20, 2007 @ 11:04 am