http://www.eclyptix.com/blog rants, raves and commentary by founder/ceo Robby Berthume Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:54:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.eclyptix.com/blog/2008/04/social-networking-clicks-2/ http://www.eclyptix.com/blog/2008/04/social-networking-clicks-2/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:00:05 +0000 Robby Berthume http://eclyptix.com/blog/?p=125 Read Full Post]]>

28 Million Mobile Subscribers Responded to At Least One Mobile Ad
“According to a new report from The Nielsen Company, twenty-three percent (58 million) of all U.S. mobile subscribers say they’ve been exposed to advertising on their phones in the past 30 days. Half (51% or 28 million) of all data users who recall seeing mobile advertising in the previous 30 days say they responded to a mobile ad.”

Social networking websites protect children, says Bebo
“Social networking websites are taking their duty to protect younger users more seriously following a sea change in attitudes, according to Bebo’s safety officer.Dr Rachel O’Connell said sites such as Bebo, which attracts users mainly aged between 16 and 24, have been driven to take online safety more seriously by a strong commercial as well as social imperative.”

Facebook for Blackberry racks up a million hits
“BlackBerry users have racked up more than one million downloads of a Facebook app in the five months since it launched. Facebook for BlackBerry – which is free to download and launched on 24 October last year – allows users to perform a variety of tasks including sending and viewing messages, making Wall posts and ‘poking’ other Facebook users. A user’s status message can also be updated on the go, and friend requests can be made and responded to. In addition, users can take photos on their phones and upload them directly to Facebook.”

Sampa Launches Private Blogs for Families
“Website creation service Sampa is getting more vertical. A few new options have been added to the service for creating themed websites for users to set up blogs to be shared privately with friends and family. This appears to be somewhat of an extension from the family tree-building tool that Sampa released last year, especially given the interactive functions that Sampa did include previously. In fact, the family tree capabilities are integrated into this new feature that Sampa is releasing. The premise is to offer an interactive and easily communicated way in which a user can share blog entries (stories) and photo albums with the people to which they’re the closest.”

7 Brand Name Social Networks
“When big brands decide something is hot, they will move in and attempt to copy it. Sometimes they actually succeed at their goals, and sometimes…well, let’s just say that results are less than spectacular. We’ve sampled 7 well-known brands that tried their hands at creating a social network.”

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