Verizon said its wireless customers can now access content and features of USA Today Mobile through its Mobile Web 2.0 service.

www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia
 

 

Saxotech was awarded Preferred Supplier status by the Page Cooperative.

www.saxotech.com
 

The New York Times, NYTimes.com and Monster launched a new co-branded career Web site with several resources for jobs in the New York metropolitan area. The new site offers job listings, career-related articles from The Times, extensive company research and career resources.

www.nytimes.com/monster


 

Trumba Corp. said The Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald, The Times Herald Record in Middletown, N.Y., and The New Bedford (Mass.) Standard Times are rolling out the firm’s Connect online calendaring software. The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press selected Trumba Corp.’s Connect app to run its online event calendar.

www.trumba.com
 

Freedom Interactive said it selected Pluck Corp.’s SiteLife social media app across its network of more than 40 news and information Web sites. SiteLife will enable its users to comment on local news, create blogs, share photos, create profiles and participate in community discussions.

The San Diego Union-Tribune also signed on with Pluck Corp. to use its syndicated BlogBurst network on the newspaper’s Web site.

www.pluck.com
 

The Real Cities Network and DotConnect Media formed a partnership that creates a network of local newspaper Web sites comprising of 43 million unique visitors each month. Both organizations will maintain their separate sales forces and support personnel.

www.realcities.com

www.dotconnectmedia.com

 

Hearst Corp. acquired online entertainment Web site UGO Networks Inc.

www.ugo.com

 

The New York Times Co. donated its extensive archives dating back to 1851 to the New York Public Library. The collection includes more than 700,000 pages.

NewsGator Technologies Inc. announced the availability of NewsGator Mobile for the Apple iPhone, a free reader that complements the design and interface of the phone.

www.newsgator.com
 

The Sun-Times News Group launched a new free residential real estate Web site that allows people to search thousands of homes over more than 10 counties in northeastern Illinois and northwest Indiana.

www.searchchicago.com/homes
 

TownNews.com partnered with ThePort Network to offer its Social Media Suite to its customers. TownNews.com’s 1,500 customers-plus customers can place ThePort’s content publishing and social networking features on their Web sites including article-level commenting, profile creation, photo sharing, blogging, tagging and community forums

www.theport.com