Gizmoz.com has recently secured a $6.3 million in funding from Benchmark Capital and Columbia Capital. This round of funding is a Series A investment from Benchmark Capital and Columbia Capital. The money will be used to expand the Gizmoz’s product development efforts and support its global expansion plans. [Read more…]

CBS Corporation has acquired Last.fm for $280 million dollars in cash. Last.fm is a community-based music discovery social network–with an estimated 15 million users in more than 200 countries worldwide. [Read more…]

The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) and Philly blog uwishunu.com is “Calling All Bloggers, Podcasters, Vloggers and Social Media Gurus to Blog Philadelphia”. The The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) and Philly blog uwishunu.com are having a social media “unconference” in July. [Read more…]

DoMo HomePage users can now share all or part of their mobile portals with friends and the public as well as rate and bookmark their favorite user-generated mobile content. Go Ware has just rolled out new features for its DoMo HomePage personal mobile portal service that give users the ability to publish all or a part of their mobile portals for use by friends or the general public. These user-generated portals are available on the new DoMo HomePage Community website. [Read more…]

Thomson Learning has released the results of a survey of 677 professors that indicates that the majority of those surveyed are anxious to take advantage of podcasts, blogs, and social networking sites–and seen them as valuable communication and learning tools. The faculty members recognize the role new media tools can play in higher education, especially because of their popularity among students. [Read more…]

Vocus is sponsoring a free webinar that will offer marketing and PR professionals tips on how to incorporate social media into their public relations strategy. [Read more…]