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The Facebook for Small Business?

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Opening its doors this week is Sta.rtUp.biz, the self-proclaimed ‘Facebook for small business.’

Hoping to weed out the non-business types you often find on other social networks, the startup hopes to connect like-minded individuals and become a hotbed for advice.

One feature that sets the site apart is the fact that they have a rotating panel of experts that actively participate in the forums.  From legal issues to SEO questions, people ‘in the know’ are available to answer your queries.

The helpful resources include a lot of video and text.  On the homepage, you find a prominent link that gives you access to more than 50 videos from The Big Idea w/ Donny Deutsch, a show I happen to be quite fond of.
You also have quick access to daily articles from the ‘big 7’ magazines that appeal to small business.

Whether your small business needs inspiration, motivation, or management – Sta.rtUp.biz is worth checking out.

Originally posted on June 5, 2008 @ 9:04 am

Video Chat Service ooVoo Now Offers Four-Way Video Chat

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Social networking services have been popping up all over the place, with most of them presenting their own take on the social networking game. Of course, with so many services out there, features are bound to overlap one another.

One social networking service that’s trying to catch people’s attention is the weirdly named ooVoo. It’s a social video call app that is available for both the Android and iOS operating systems. OoVoo is getting very popular. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 21, 2012 @ 8:56 pm

Zynga launches social platform “Zynga With Friends”

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Have you ever played any of Zynga’s multiplayer enabled games and had trouble compelling your friends to play with you? Or maybe you’ve been playing Cityville and you want to increase the number of people you interact with? It was relatively difficult to find like-minded players before. Apparently, Zynga also thought so.

Zynga has now addressed the actual social aspects of its games by announcing the creation of Zynga With Friends, a social lobby where players of Zynga’s many games can meet and play regardless of the social network they’re using or the platform on which they play. [Read more…]

Originally posted on June 26, 2012 @ 10:02 pm

Zynga releases Draw Something in Different Languages Despite Dropping Stock Prices

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Zynga has decided to up the ante on its hit social multiplayer game Draw Something. The company has released the game in 12 different languages, which includes Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and both simplified and traditional Chinese. Most of the new versions offer user interfaces that have already been translated to the supported language along with the accompanying dictionaries to truly enhance the gaming experience with the preferred language. [Read more…]

Originally posted on June 14, 2012 @ 10:39 pm