Glossi , an online magazine publishing tool being developed by Santa Monica-based ThisNext , has its debut today, aimed at letting users built and publish their own visual magazines. The new service lets users organize and lay out heavily visual, online magazines. tool software content publishing visual magazine thisnext gloss MORE >>

One thing Internet technologies have brought us over time is the increasing ability to create customizable or personalized content for ourselves. We could now not only see content we were aware of but we could discover new content via our friends and their friends. Then we took a giant leap with social media integration. MORE >>

Long Beach-based Cie Games , the developer of the branded, social automotive game Car Town for Facebook, said today that it has partnered with Car and Driver , the automotive magazine published by Hearst Magazines. The deal integrates awards, monthly contests, and more along with updates and features in the magazine of the game. MORE >>

Los Angeles-based CraveOnline , the male lifestyle content site owned by Evolve Media, said today that it has partnered with SEP, Inc, owner of boxing publication The Ring Magazine. craveonline crave online male content publication ring boxing publish ringtv magazineFinancial terms of the deal were not disclosed. MORE >>

The real kicker, however, is that videos and pictures are pulled right into the app, creating a magazine style appearance. Finally, you can add feeds and Twitter lists to the app, and customize the content that appears on the first page as the categories. First, the good points. It presents for a really nice and slick UI. million. MORE >>