Widget world. Widgetbox has debuted a new gallery of widgets customized for the iPhone (http://iphone.widgetbox.com/). The range available includes widgets for today's top 10 most interesting flickr images, the Fake Steve Jobs blog, the Yahoo! News RSS image feeds and the popular Magic 8-Ball widget for on-the-fly advice. Widgetbox has a community of more than 32,000 developers and widget makers.
Race to donate. The American Red Cross has launched Red Cross Racing (http://www.redcrossracing.com), a new site to help recruit NASCAR fans as blood donors and raise awareness of the need to give blood. On the site, visitors can schedule blood donation appointments and find out how frequent donors can earn points good toward Red Cross Racing gear such as caps, t-shirts and die-cast cars. A Red Cross trailer will be on the midway at nine upcoming NASCAR races.
Channel change. PodShow has changed its name to Mevio and rolled out a new broadband entertainment network for social media. The company plans to host more than 15,000 shows in its new platform, and produce 50 original shows by the end of the year.
