According to a survey released today by the online broker dealer TradeKing, active traders are increasingly adopting Web 2.0 style social networking tools like blogs and podcasts to do research. [Read more…]

WSC Group, an incubator company started by two former TD Ameritrade employees, has launched CrowdPicks.com, a social networking sports website in beta. [Read more…]

Perez Hilton, the blogger best know for his musings about celebrities’ nightly “mishaps”, will host the official launch party of PMbuzz.com, the world’s first social networking site dedicated to nightlife. The launch party will be held in New York City at The Grand (41 East 58th Street between Madison and Park Avenues) on Thursday, August 9, 2007 from 9:00-11:00pm. [Read more…]

 

Flixya is a social networking web site that promotes community ownership by paying its members one hundred percent of the ad revenue generated by the Google AdSense program. [Read more…]

Oddpodz, the social networking site for change agents, problem solvers, and creative people, has launched a “new improved” web site to “better serve its citizens”. [Read more…]

iPling, a social expansion engine that allows you to expand your social experience, has launched its location-based social networking service that’s optimized for the Apple iPhone. This is the world’s first location-based social networking application for the Apple iPhone. [Read more…]