We were expecting something like this.. The WordPress.tv is On Air for all the WP bloggers. Instead of visiting the forum (support) website or reading the hundrends of pages of tutorial, bloggers can now visit the WordPress Tv and watch the videos. For instance, if you want to know how you will create a static front page you can watch this video !

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(L to R: Leah Culver, Pownce; Rashmi Sinha, Slideshare; Dina Kaplin, blip.tv; Marissa Mayer, Google; Cyan Banister, Zivity; Lisa Stone, Jory Des Jardins, and Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer; Caterina Fake, Flickr; Gina Bianchini, Ning; Kaliya Hamlin, OpenID; Mena Trott, Six Apart; and Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post.)

On 6th of November, Al Gore joined Twitter… After 3 days, he has 13,232 followers and this number is keep increasing!

“Changing The Way You Fly“, developed for Air New Zealand. The site introduces passengers to new advances in the way flights are handled, ranging from self check in, scanners that allow passengers for self boarding at the gate, through to USB and iPod connections on Tasman/Pacific flights.

Visitors to the site can choose night or day views. Move the mouse to each part of the scene to hear the appropriate sounds: didgeridoo for Australia, drums for the Pacific Islands, sheep and birds in the New Zealand country and lawn mowers in the city…

The site includes social networking/bookmarking links for Digg, MySpace, Stumbleupon, Facebook, Delicio.us, Google and Yahoo. Sensibly, Air New Zealand have made the content available in both Flash and HTML formats. Source: The Inspiration Room

Nike is winning a new game that other corporations, from Coca-Cola to Verizon to General Motors, have tried unsuccessfully to play: building brand loyalty via online social networking.

In the two years since it launched Nike+, a technology that tracks data of every run and connects runners around the world at a Web site, nikeplus.com, Nike has built a legion of fans. In August, for instance, 800,000 runners logged on and signed up to run a 10K race sponsored by Nike simultaneously in 25 cities, from Chicago to São Paulo. Now the company is testing a social network to promote its basketball shoes.

How Nike+ benefits the company’s bottom line is harder to gauge. Some analysts back up Nike’s claims that the site is renewing the popularity of its running shoes. SportsOneSource, a Princeton (N.J.) market research firm, says Nike accounted for 48% of all running-shoe sales in the U.S in 2006. Today, its share is 61%. “A significant amount of the growth comes from Nike+,” says Matt Powell, a SportsOneSource analyst.

Nike now hopes to score with another group of jocks: basketballers. The company is beta-testing Ballers Network, a Facebook application that lets players organize real-world games and manage their teams online.

Rivals are joining the race. Next year, adidas intends to introduce in the U.S. a sensor called miCoach that allows runners to upload heart rate and running data to a Web site via mobile phone. But an American miCoach will have a long way to go to catch up with Nike+. About 93 million miles, in fact.

Source: BusinessWeek

Askmego.com is an online community in which people can ask and answer questions in real-time. At AskMego, users can post questions on different topics and answer questions posted by other users. Its a fun way of sharing opinions and point of views with other people. Need an advice? Just post your question or dilemma at AskMego, you may find an interesting question to share your expertise with or give an advice too.

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The Point is a free social media platform for fundraising and collective action. Individuals and organizations can create and join campaigns where people either take an action or raise money towards a common cause or project. The Point’s big idea is that no one takes the action or makes the donation they’ve pledged until the campaign reaches its tipping point – the point at which enough people or money has been assembled to ensure the success of the campaign’s objective. This “conditional participation” model appeals to a broader audience, as people have the confidence that their time or money can only go towards campaigns that will succeed.

How Non-Profits Can Use The Point

The Point offers Non-Profit Organizations the chance to identify users by their interest & target those who are likely to support your mission. There are a broad range of applications NPOs can take advantage of, including fundraising, community organizing, event planning, volunteer recruitment, gauging demand for a service, and anything that requires a critical mass of people or dollars to succeed.

Examples of NPO-related campaigns:
1. If we raise $2,000 we’ll open a new advanced ESL class for the winter session.
2. If 25 people pre-commit to attend, we’ll give a “know your rights” workshop on December 10th in neighborhood X.
3. If 100 people agree to come, we’ll all go to the local official’s office together to demand a improvements to our recycling services.