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Channels Network TV humbly called this day "the day when business advertising and marketing changes forever."

Channels Network TV, a provider of e-commerce web development and web publishing, has officially launched the "first ever video-based business web portal group."

JupiterResearch, a research and analysis firm focusing on Internet trends and technologies, has been trying to get a grip on the present and future state of social networks and cell phones.

With the increasing popularity of mobile social networking, the cell phone industry is struggling to keep up. As more and more social networkers are using their cell phones to stay active, the majority of handheld devices aren’t yet ready to meet high demands. On the bright side, there’s a potential for social networks to become killer apps for cell phones.

Socialcast has finally released the latest version of its enterprise social networking service. This SaaS-based service holds a new surprise along with all the features we told you about last month -- a self-service delivery model.

Aaron Sorkin, the creator of “The West Wing,” broke the news on Facebook, when he opened an account and announced his desire to write a movie script about the founders of the popular social networking site.

The word on the street has it that Scott Rudin (“There Will be Blood,” “The Other Boleyn Girl”) will produce the film for Columbia Pictures.

It's back - yes it is. Jaiku has arisen from the depths of Google and is now offering unlimited invites to all. Google acquired the microblogging service back in the October of last year and we've heard very little about it since then. Perhaps now that school is back in, Google sees an opportunity to grab a market away from Twitter.

Mozilla, the same entity that is responsible for providing us with the Firefox Web browser, is expanding Firefox's wide appeal by offering users the ability to interact and control the browser with a linguistic user interface project called Ubiquity. The point of this project is to allow users to create on-the-fly mashups.

When you think of the rebellious and loose nature by which blogging is often described, it might be that Las Vegas is the perfect location for the Second Annual BlogWorld and New Media Expo.

Scheduled for September 20, adding to what is already a busy weekend for bloggers, the expo will feature advice, insight and experiences as shared by senior executives from Fortune 500 companies and industry thought leaders, all of whom attendees can learn a thing or two about how to implement social media.

Ma.gnolia, a free social bookmarking service, has recently announced plans for a complete rewrite of their social bookmarking system that will lead to improved maintenance, expandability, customization and monetization. With so much work and such little time, Ma.gnolia certainly has its hands full with all the things planned for the future.

The Social Media industry seems to get just a little bit bigger every hour and it's amazing how many different vendors can come on the scene and offer products and solutions that can help us design and build communities of one sort or another.

As an enterprise though, you need to be sure you are working with the right solution provider. Someone who is not only selling you a service, but helping you truly understand why and how to implement it. This is where you see Awareness -- an on-demand social media platform for Web 2.0 communities provider -- emerge as a front-runner. They have the right technology platform and what appears to be a wealth of knowledge and understanding to implement your community(s) the right way.

Zoho is out for SharePoint. They have announced a new service -- a central repository -- called Zoho Share that will enable personal and business users to share and publish their content from Zoho Show, Zoho Sheet and Zoho Writer to other users. They call it "SharePoint meets YouTube".

Concursive has decided to provide users with the opportunity to use its flagship product, ConcourseSuite 5, for free while having avoided placing the many limitations that a user would normally expect from an offering like this. This package is a culmination of several separate modules -- solutions like CRM, CMS and Collaboration -- that have been brought together in a single solution to assist companies with managing information and enabling collaboration.

Juniper Research has given top place in the Future Mobile Awards to ShoZu, a provider of mobile social media services connecting mobile consumers with their online social networks, personal blogs and photo sharing sites.

Clearspace has received some impressive upgrades thanks to Jive Software, a provider of enterprise collaboration and community software. Version 2.5 of Clearspace has some new features that might entice businesses to embrace social networking as a motivational and inspirational tool for employees.

KickApps and Akamai are teaming up to take on video publishing. KickApps brings the ability to create and manage custom video players with excellent social features. Akamai comes in with the ability to easily automate digital distribution systems while providing enterprise-level video distribution. Put them both together, and what results is an app-kicking combination!

The Gilbane Group has announced its Boston conference agenda, as well as the pre-conference workshops. The conference is scheduled to take place December 2-4, 2008, at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA. While the full conference program is not yet published, we already have some insight into what will be on Gilbane’s menu this time around.

The agenda includes two days filled with all kinds of enterprise search, WCM, content strategies and social media fun. And this is just a tip of the iceberg!