Archive for July, 2008
Lenovo Launches Blogger Program For Olympic Athletes
BloggingComputer maker Lenovo has launched a blogging program and a Web site for athletes competing in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
These will be the first Olympic Games where athletes will blog during the competition time period.
The company has offered notebook PCs and video cameras to more than 100 athletes from more than 25 countries and [...]
BlogHer Strikes Deal With NBC Universal
BloggingiVillage, an online destination for women, has partnered with BlogHer, a community for women bloggers.
iVillage will have access to BlogHer’s network of 2,200 women’s blogs and promotions across BlogHer’s large online audience. As part of the deal iVillage, Oxygen.com and BravoTV.com will feature content from BlogHer.
The deal includes a $5 million series B investment, financed [...]
WordPress To Launch iPhone App
BloggingWordPress has announced that it is close to launching an app for the iPhone that will support WordPress.com blogs and self-hosted WordPress.org blogs in version 2.5.1 or later.
WordPress says the iPhone app will allow bloggers to create and edit posts, along with supporting multiple blogs and privacy settings.
Users will be able to upload images directly [...]
Corporate Blogs Should Engage Readers
BloggingCorporate blogs run by B2B marketers do not engage or energize readers about trends or products according to a new report from Forrester Research.
In 2006, Forrester counted 36 companies that had started promoting corporate blogs on their Web sites. In 2007 the number fell to 19.
Part of the reason corporate blogs are not engaging audiences [...]