New Social Networking Site for Global Irish Launched

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A new social networking site for Irish people around the world has been unvailed. Worldirish.com is the brainchild of Riverdance founder John McColgan, who suggested it at the Global Irish forum two years ago.

It will allow users share information, video and even link up their other social media site such as Facebook and Twitter. "Worldirish offers an opportunity for this greater global family to connect, engage and support each other-and in doing so, both help define what it is to think Irish and to reshape the future of the world irish, wherever we may be", according to the site.

Mr. McColgan says the possibilities of the site are huge. "The power to communicate... to tell your stories-tell us about your own place whether it is Angola or Antrim.

"Tell us the story of who you are and where you are in the community"

And The Beat Goes on With Next Generation Social Networking Site Beat100.com

Beat100, a new wave of web interaction has arrived to combine all the best of other social networking sites all rolled into one exhilarating package which will allow people not only to keep contact with each other via the web but also post video for prizes! Beat100 looks to take on its forever ageing predecessors & injecting a brand new lease of life into a worldwide addiction of the masses.
How does Beat100 work you may ask? well like all great great things it's rather simple there are two charts, the 'music chart & the lifestyle chart'.
The music chart is particularly exciting as since the unconfirmed death of Myspace, bands and musicians have been scouring the internet wastelands looking for someone, anyone to listen to them. Look no more however, here lays the perfect way to revive the unsighed music scene. For the past month, Beat100 debutants have been at loggerheads battling it out for the top spot.
At23:59 on Friday the 30th September it all came to a climatic ending which saw Essex based band 'Plastic Youth' bag the number one spot & the prize money to boot with their self-penned hit for Glory's Sake'. The bands singer/bassist said 'it's great that social networking is evolving &incorporating music with it, we're all chuffed to be a part of it'. Title band which consists of brothers luke, dan & james higgs along with drummer Kieran Ambrose have just completed a stint in the recording studio with Verve guitarist Nick McCabe and are set to release new material and tour in the new year.

More info about and the beat goes on with next generation social networking site BEAT100.COM at: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8846987.htm

"People Talking About" Facebook

Facebook social networking site launches new metric what people talking about. It's has overhauled Pages Insights analytics tool and added a new metric to gauge the health of a page.
That statistic, which users will see on Pages below the total number of "likes", will be one of four tracked by pages Insights. The idea is that users will understand a Page with a high people talking about rating is one that has compelling content. Likewise, content creators will be motivated to make their Pages more comment-worthy.
People Talking About will measure user-initiated activity related to a Page, including posting to a Page's wall, liking, commenting, sharing a Page post or content on the Page, answering a Question posed to fans, mentioning a Page, "liking" or sharing a deal or checking in at your Place.
David Baser, Product manager for Pages Insights, says that despite a raft of new activities that Facebook will be introducing soon under the Facebook Gestures banner, those four metrics will remain and the "like" will maintain its ranking as a top measurement. Likes are an expression of identity, Baser says "it's a user saying that I have a relationship with this brand.In addition to tracking the four metrics. Pages Insights will also offer a deeper dive into data around specific updates. Facebook will list your last 500 posts and count the total  number of engaged users. People Talking About it and virality. The latter measures the percentage of users who commented on the post.


People Talking About Source ; http://mashable.com/2011/10/02/facebook-people-talking-about/

A Social Network for Parents

New parents can have a difficult time setting in to their new lives, but New Castle's Leanne Worton is hoping to provide a valuable resource for new mothers through an online Community for local mothers.
Worton is the mother of a 2-year old son, Jackson, living in New Castle who started the online community Rifle Moms for Moms. The website is an online social network for moms and families with similar functionality of Facebook or other social networking sites. According to the site's mission statement, Rifle Moms for Moms is a local community resource to connect, inform, support and inspire the mothering community around Rifle.
"It really didn't make sense for there to be a rifle group, or a group specific for silt", Worton said, so, She decided to make a regional site which encompasses all the communities, "Its really a social network focusing on moms and families".
What separates this site from the other social networks, other than focusing on parenting, is that this site has a hyper local focus on the people within the respective communies. That is the whole point. "We want to keep it really local so that it feels very safe", Worton said. The site Riflemomsformoms.com, focuses on the towns of Rifle, Slit and New Castle, according to worton who started and monitors the site. On the site mothers can discuss specific issues about parenting and kids.
"It gives you a safe place to ask questions and get that motherly advice that you may not have in other social networks", Worton said.
Anyone who would like to join the site can simply go to riflemomsformoms.com and enter their basic information with name, birthday, email, and answer some questions. Members can also use their Facebook page to login.


Source : http://www.citizentelegram.com/article/20110929/MISC04/110929981/1002&parentprofile=1001

Youtoo and Mark Burnett Launch First Social TV Network

While Facebook has been getting attention recently as the next wave of social TV Site, Mark Burnett and Youtoo might have just ignited the first "age" of social TV. They're launching an actual TV network which aims to reach a national audience of 15 million by "putting 500 people on TV each day-providing more Americans than ever before with a real shot at their 15 minutes of fame", according to their release. Mark Burnett's company will be curating the content.

Burnett is no stranger to social TV. The team behind the wildly-successful The Voice spoke happily about Burnett's passion for the social web. Now his production studio VIMEY (Video In My BackYard) and online distributor KoldCast TV have teamed up with entrepreneur Chris Wyatt to launch Youtoo.
VIMBY will producing content for the network asking users to submit video "FameSports" or "Social Shouts" via the web. iPhone, iPad or Android to insert themselves into the content.

In 1997, Chris Wyatt left a successful career in Hollywood as a network television producer and show runner to find the intersection of television and the internet. He was hired away from Hollywood by Softbank to be part of the team that launched the world's first social network, Communities.com. He founded Big Jump Media and provided social networking sites to corporations on a private-label license basis. Big Jump Media culminated with Chris launch of Godtube as the fastest growing website of 2007 on launch. He drove the company to a $180M valuation and exited before he was able to purchase a cable network. Youtoo is financed through a series of institutional funds, secured dept and high-net worth individuals. In total the company has about 40 full-time employees with 30 FTEs (Full Time Equivalents)

To read more Youtoo social TV site and dialogue between Lost remote and Chris Wyatt at : http://www.lostremote.com/2011/09/30/youtoo-and-mark-burnett-launch-first-social-tv-network/