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HootSuite has extended their App Directory with the introduction of two major social media networks: Tencent Weibo, China’s prevailing microblogging platform with over 540 million registered accounts, and VKontakle, more commonly known as VK.com – Russia’s largest social media network with over 200 million registered accounts. A new Russian language version of the dashboard has also been added. Read the rest of this entry »

Wishpond, the easiest-to-use social marketing platform, today confirmed their commitment to marketers worldwide to create, build and launch their own successful social campaigns from a self-service platform. Wildfire, a subsidiary of Google, recently announced the discontinuation of its DIY promotions. In response, Wishpond is providing a 50% discount on annual subscriptions to Wildfire users now in search of a self-service solution. Read the rest of this entry »

Wild Apricot, a Toronto-based provider of membership software for small associations and non-profits, has launched Volunteer Recruitment Guide and Checklist resources, each designed to help organizations recruit much-needed volunteers. Read the rest of this entry »

Clio is pleased to announce a newly designed Small Firm Innovation, its award-winning blog written by and for lawyers. Small Firm Innovation, sponsored by Clio, delivers first-person insights and advice to solo and small-firm lawyers from leading experts and experienced colleagues on the business realities of running a law practice. The site exclusively emphasizes practical solutions for real-world challenges. Its reliance on first-person accounts of small firm success creates an atmosphere for a dynamic exchange of ready-to-implement ideas. Read the rest of this entry »

Invoke Media, the agency and incubation company that built HootSuite, announced today the launch of POS REP, a new mobile, location-enabled social network designed exclusively for the military veteran community. The purpose of the app is to reconnect veterans who served together, joining vets to a previously unknown network located within their geographic vicinity.   Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite has announced accelerated growth in the first quarter of 2013. The company’s dramatic growth was largely driven by increased demand among large global organizations. This growth translated into a 272% increase in corporate sales (companies valued at less than $10 billion) in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and an impressive 900% increase in international strategic sales (companies valued at over $10 billion). HootSuite is now available in 13 languages and is used by more than 79 of the Fortune 100 companies. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based developer Sumbola is very excited to announce its cloud-based reading platform for both the web and mobile. If you’re an author, on Sumbola’s platform your book becomes the sum of its readers, and the reading experience, right down to a single word, is now part of your knowledge. In the coming weeks, Sumbola will launch its Beta Author Program. A limited number of 200 authors will be invited in to upload their books, and access the innovative publishing backend. Authors can sign-up for the Beta Author Program on the Sumbola website on a first-come-first-served basis. Read the rest of this entry »

JOI Media Inc has announced the public release of its proprietary crowdfunding software to serve as a white-label solution for enterprises and non-profit organizations in need of an out-of-the-box crowfunding Platform. The software will be released under the name Katipult, which is the same name that the company previously hosted a community of non-profit fundraising campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »

AOL Canada has announced the launch of MapQuest Discover, a social platform for travel related content, brought to you by AOL’s popular mapping site MapQuest. Discover encourages users to create personal pages with curated locations, events, and destinations and will also allow users to follow one another, browse popular feeds, favourite and share their collections on social networks. Read the rest of this entry »

HootSuite has teamed up with HootSuite Enterprise client WWE to bring to you the ultimate social media command centre. The live display will bring the social interactions of WWE WrestleMania 29 viewers to fans in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on April 7, 2013. Before the bout between two wrestling legends, The Rock and John Cena, fans will be able to follow along as these two athletes “duke it out” on Facebook and Twitter. Since WWE fans are some of the most active social media users on the planet, they’ll have plenty to say about the competing wrestlers before, during, and after the main event. Read the rest of this entry »