Tribal Junction has launched an innovative new Web site that branches out from the typical social networking capabilities and offers users an interactive platform for reconnecting with distant relatives. Family members can now sign up for free at www.TribalJunction.com and create a constantly evolving family tree, while also creating customizable profiles that include photos, family stories and more. 

The recent emergence of location-based mobile social networking services offered by providers such as GyPSii, Pelago and Loopt is revolutionizing social networking by allowing users to share real-life experiences via geo-tagged user-generated multimedia content, exchange recommendations about places, identify nearby friends and set up ad hoc face to face meetings. 

Social news site Digg just posted some preliminary results from the site activity since launching its recommendation engine last month. According to a post on the official Digg blog from engine creator Anton Kast, all-around voting on the site has gone up by 40 percent since launch.

Robert Redstone, entrepreneur and Internet talk show personality, is excited to announce the launch of WatchMyScene.com, a video powered networking site for creative professionals and amateurs alike in the entertainment industry. Professional and Amateur entertainers can upload their demo reels, singing reels, video portfolios, etc., hoping to be discovered by casting directors, producers and directors. In the meantime, producers and directors can use the site as one of the marketing venues to preview their projects and create buzz. 

GeoSolutions BV Business Unit (GyPSii), the market-leading mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform, today announced an agreement with Chinese mobile handset company Ramar International Co. Ltd. Launching into one of the world's fastest growing mobile marketplaces, Ramar will embed the GyPSii(R) location and social networking application on the forthcoming range of "amsam" Windows Mobile devices, delivering a new range of location-based features and services to consumers. 

ON MySpace, the social networking Web site, the rock band Panic at the Disco has 1.4 million friends. Coldplay has 467,000 friends. Paris Hilton has 178,000 friends and Madonna has 397,000.

As for Cartier, the luxury jeweler, it has more than 3,800 friends, including Sting, the band Good Charlotte and Lou Reed. And while the sincerity of these friendships is questionable — when was the last time that Eric Clapton sent Cartier a birthday card, or vice versa? — they send a message that Cartier cares about people who spend their time on MySpace.