What Company is Offering:
Felicite.com announces a new wedding registry dedicated to Harvard University students, graduates and their families. Recognizing that some brides may not want to send guests to the local mall for their gift registry, HarvardWedding.com provides a unique means of expressing their school spirit.
Unlike conventional gift registries, HarvardWedding.com allows registrants to register gifts from thousands of merchants, and even register a cash gift such as donation to charity or honeymoon fund.
About Felicite.com:
Felicite.com is the leading provider of private label gift registry systems for on-line and off-line merchants. Its system can be quickly integrated with a merchant's retail store, web site, or mail order operations, and is the only system with the patented Partial Purchase feature.
More at:http://www.Felicite.com?
http://www.eWish.com/
Thursday, January 31, 2008
InternationalBrands.com a media company that acquires, develop and promote domain names announce the launch of Gadget.com
What Company is Offering:
InternationalBrands.com is a division of IBWA.Com Inc., a media company that acquires, develop and promote domain names and transform them into effective and superior domain media. The objective of InternationalBrands.com is to deliver innovative rentable online media solutions to a growing number of e-businesses. It specializes in looking for viable opportunities online and then developing strategies to maximize their potential.
Recent Updates;
InternationalBrands.com is announce the launch of a new website located at www.gadget.com.
Gadget.com is a great resource for information and reviews of popular electronics and technology. The Buyers’ Guide includes many articles and tips on buying the latest technology and gadgets. Users can browse the archive of gadget reviews or submit news. The Forum allows for users to meet and chat about the latest technologies and electronics. Visit the Shopping section to purchase popular gadgets and view website’s hot picks.
More at:www.intbrands.com
Gadget.com
InternationalBrands.com is a division of IBWA.Com Inc., a media company that acquires, develop and promote domain names and transform them into effective and superior domain media. The objective of InternationalBrands.com is to deliver innovative rentable online media solutions to a growing number of e-businesses. It specializes in looking for viable opportunities online and then developing strategies to maximize their potential.
Recent Updates;
InternationalBrands.com is announce the launch of a new website located at www.gadget.com.
Gadget.com is a great resource for information and reviews of popular electronics and technology. The Buyers’ Guide includes many articles and tips on buying the latest technology and gadgets. Users can browse the archive of gadget reviews or submit news. The Forum allows for users to meet and chat about the latest technologies and electronics. Visit the Shopping section to purchase popular gadgets and view website’s hot picks.
More at:www.intbrands.com
Gadget.com
Ad it last is the first online portal designed to give everyone access to last minute advertising
What Company Is Offering:
Ad it last is the first online portal designed to give everyone access to last minute advertising. This means huge savings ALL the time. It is also the first time you can search in one location all over Australia and soon across the world for advertising. If you have never advertised we can now show you how and help you do it properly.
How It Works:
The open source marketplace for media. Everyone can use it anywhere anytime. Small, medium, large businesses, individuals who might just want to advertise that they are really cool and tell the world! They can provide last minute design to you online so you have access to quick, fast and cost effective ad production as well as the delivery of your advertisement to make sure you get it to your publisher on time and in the correct format.
Ad it last is the first of its kind and has a patent to protect the use of selling last minute advertising online. Any other company stating to sell last minute advertising would be in breach.
Membership to ad it last is free! The only time you make a payment is when you make a purchase. They also provide you with a range of accompanying free services to assist you in your advertising purchases.
More at:http://www.aditlast.com.au/
Ad it last is the first online portal designed to give everyone access to last minute advertising. This means huge savings ALL the time. It is also the first time you can search in one location all over Australia and soon across the world for advertising. If you have never advertised we can now show you how and help you do it properly.
How It Works:
The open source marketplace for media. Everyone can use it anywhere anytime. Small, medium, large businesses, individuals who might just want to advertise that they are really cool and tell the world! They can provide last minute design to you online so you have access to quick, fast and cost effective ad production as well as the delivery of your advertisement to make sure you get it to your publisher on time and in the correct format.
Ad it last is the first of its kind and has a patent to protect the use of selling last minute advertising online. Any other company stating to sell last minute advertising would be in breach.
Membership to ad it last is free! The only time you make a payment is when you make a purchase. They also provide you with a range of accompanying free services to assist you in your advertising purchases.
More at:http://www.aditlast.com.au/
ProofHQ is a web based application that makes it easy to manage proofs, reviews and approvals of designs and documents
What Company Is Offering:
ProofHQ is a web based application that makes it easy to manage proofs, reviews and approvals of designs and documents. ProofHQ is designed so that any number of people can review a proof at the same time. As reviewers add comments you can see those comments appearing in real time on your screen. You can also reply to comments and start a conversation with other reviewers.
How It Works:
You can invite anyone with an email address and internet access to review a document. Each reviewer gets an email with a link to the proof. This makes it quick and easy to add reviewers to a proof, no need for complicated sign-up or management of your account. You can passcode protect the proof if you want to.
You can invite colleagues to join your ProofHQ account by adding them in your Org Profile page. Just click on Profile button in the top right of your screen.
You can make a "Decision" on a proof by clicking on the Decision button on the proof page. You can choose from the following options: Approved, Approved with Changes, Not Approved and Not Relevant.
Approval can be used in marketing, graphic design, production, printing, packaging, web design, industrial design, fashion, architecture, photography, public relations – in fact any organization that needs to get work proofed, reviewed and approved.
More at;http://www.approvr.com/
ProofHQ is a web based application that makes it easy to manage proofs, reviews and approvals of designs and documents. ProofHQ is designed so that any number of people can review a proof at the same time. As reviewers add comments you can see those comments appearing in real time on your screen. You can also reply to comments and start a conversation with other reviewers.
How It Works:
You can invite anyone with an email address and internet access to review a document. Each reviewer gets an email with a link to the proof. This makes it quick and easy to add reviewers to a proof, no need for complicated sign-up or management of your account. You can passcode protect the proof if you want to.
You can invite colleagues to join your ProofHQ account by adding them in your Org Profile page. Just click on Profile button in the top right of your screen.
You can make a "Decision" on a proof by clicking on the Decision button on the proof page. You can choose from the following options: Approved, Approved with Changes, Not Approved and Not Relevant.
Approval can be used in marketing, graphic design, production, printing, packaging, web design, industrial design, fashion, architecture, photography, public relations – in fact any organization that needs to get work proofed, reviewed and approved.
More at;http://www.approvr.com/
ZaaBiz--For Business Network
What Company is Offering:
ZaaBiz is a network site for professionals with ambition and zeal who want to engage with other professional on a business level.
We provide a human network and other online applications needed to enable effective business networking. Groups, Forums, Newsletters,
Power Searches, New Contacts - they are all here at your fingertips.
How It Works:
Their aim is empower businesses, employees and self-employed to reach their full potential through a business network which is Australian based.
Whether you are looking for a job, an investment opportunity, a business partner or a new employee, ZaaBiz is the edge you need.
Anyone over the age of 18 can become a member of the ZaaBiz network. Registration is easy and FREE!
Premium Membership is also available at a low monthly cost of $9.50, and is highly recommended so you can take advantage of additional benefits.
ZaaBiz promotes new connections with every click.JOIN NOW and start expanding your business network.
More at:http://www.zaabiz.com.au/
ZaaBiz is a network site for professionals with ambition and zeal who want to engage with other professional on a business level.
We provide a human network and other online applications needed to enable effective business networking. Groups, Forums, Newsletters,
Power Searches, New Contacts - they are all here at your fingertips.
How It Works:
Their aim is empower businesses, employees and self-employed to reach their full potential through a business network which is Australian based.
Whether you are looking for a job, an investment opportunity, a business partner or a new employee, ZaaBiz is the edge you need.
Anyone over the age of 18 can become a member of the ZaaBiz network. Registration is easy and FREE!
Premium Membership is also available at a low monthly cost of $9.50, and is highly recommended so you can take advantage of additional benefits.
ZaaBiz promotes new connections with every click.JOIN NOW and start expanding your business network.
More at:http://www.zaabiz.com.au/
No credit check payday loans UK are short term cash loans offered for urgent requirements
What Company Is Offering:
No credit check payday loans UK are short term cash loans offered for urgent requirements.
No Credit Check Payday Loans is the fastest service provider in UK which provides funds without any credit check. If you are looking for urgent cash up to paycheck then No Credit Check Payday Loans offer a wide range of choices like payday loans UK and payday loans no credit check. They provide loans without grueling procedure of inquiry into credit ratings.
How it Works:
You can avail no credit check payday loans UK within 24 hours of applying for it. No Credit Check Payday Loans offer bad credit payday loans without making any enquiry into your credit record. CCJs, arrears, insolvency and pending debts are not a problem with us for availing cash.
For obtaining payday loans UK you just need to have regular checking account, age over 18 years and continuous employment of more than three months.You can avail repayment terms for 14 to 31 days. You have also the comfort to schedule repayment terms according to your payday with No Credit Check Payday Loans.
More at:http://www.nocreditcheckpaydayloans.org.uk/
No credit check payday loans UK are short term cash loans offered for urgent requirements.
No Credit Check Payday Loans is the fastest service provider in UK which provides funds without any credit check. If you are looking for urgent cash up to paycheck then No Credit Check Payday Loans offer a wide range of choices like payday loans UK and payday loans no credit check. They provide loans without grueling procedure of inquiry into credit ratings.
How it Works:
You can avail no credit check payday loans UK within 24 hours of applying for it. No Credit Check Payday Loans offer bad credit payday loans without making any enquiry into your credit record. CCJs, arrears, insolvency and pending debts are not a problem with us for availing cash.
For obtaining payday loans UK you just need to have regular checking account, age over 18 years and continuous employment of more than three months.You can avail repayment terms for 14 to 31 days. You have also the comfort to schedule repayment terms according to your payday with No Credit Check Payday Loans.
More at:http://www.nocreditcheckpaydayloans.org.uk/
Physware develops high-speed field solutions for modeling and design for the microelectronics industry
About Company:
Physware, Inc. develops high-speed field solutions for signal and power issues in high-frequency package and board-level electrical modeling and design for the microelectronics industry. The company’s patent-pending, physics-aware technology tightly couples analysis and design methods to the underlying Maxwell’s and circuit equations, enabling robustness and efficiency at every step of the design cycle and significantly reducing time to market.
What VCs Says About Company:
What excited us most about Physware is that its technology is not just a little bit better, a little bit faster," said Greg Gottesman, Managing Director of Madrona. "Physware's solution offers orders of magnitude improvement in speed without sacrificing accuracy. We use the term 'disruptive technology' too much in the venture business. This really is disruptive technology."
How Much They Got From Vcs:
Leading Venture Capital Firms Madrona Venture Group and WRF Capital Supporting with $2.5 million for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Technology That Delivers Unprecedented Capacity and Speed While Maintaining Accurate Physics.
More at:http://physware.com/
Physware, Inc. develops high-speed field solutions for signal and power issues in high-frequency package and board-level electrical modeling and design for the microelectronics industry. The company’s patent-pending, physics-aware technology tightly couples analysis and design methods to the underlying Maxwell’s and circuit equations, enabling robustness and efficiency at every step of the design cycle and significantly reducing time to market.
What VCs Says About Company:
What excited us most about Physware is that its technology is not just a little bit better, a little bit faster," said Greg Gottesman, Managing Director of Madrona. "Physware's solution offers orders of magnitude improvement in speed without sacrificing accuracy. We use the term 'disruptive technology' too much in the venture business. This really is disruptive technology."
How Much They Got From Vcs:
Leading Venture Capital Firms Madrona Venture Group and WRF Capital Supporting with $2.5 million for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Technology That Delivers Unprecedented Capacity and Speed While Maintaining Accurate Physics.
More at:http://physware.com/
Circos is a me-centric search engine that makes it quick and easy to find the answers you're looking for
What Company is Offering:
Circos is a me-centric search engine that makes it quick and easy to find the answers you're looking for. They call it me-centric search because they believe that search should be all about you.
How It Works:
When you search for something at Circos, you receive a personalized guide of trustworthy answers. Every answer returned receives a letter grade for your personal search criteria. You can even validate each result with the actual customer opinions that made up the grade.
How Is It Different:
Most search engines today return thousands of web pages to you – that may or may not contain the answer you need. These results are based on what's popular, not necessarily what's right for you.
Circos returns a small number of actual answers to your search requests, rather than links to Web pages that might contain an answer. They want you to search in the same way you would ask for a recommendation from a friend – with colorful descriptions.
More at:http://circos.com/
Circos is a me-centric search engine that makes it quick and easy to find the answers you're looking for. They call it me-centric search because they believe that search should be all about you.
How It Works:
When you search for something at Circos, you receive a personalized guide of trustworthy answers. Every answer returned receives a letter grade for your personal search criteria. You can even validate each result with the actual customer opinions that made up the grade.
How Is It Different:
Most search engines today return thousands of web pages to you – that may or may not contain the answer you need. These results are based on what's popular, not necessarily what's right for you.
Circos returns a small number of actual answers to your search requests, rather than links to Web pages that might contain an answer. They want you to search in the same way you would ask for a recommendation from a friend – with colorful descriptions.
More at:http://circos.com/
TubeMogul's aggregates video-viewing data from multiple sources to give publishers improved understanding of how often videos are watched, track
What Company is Offering:
TubeMogul is the first online video analytics and distribution company serving publishers large and small who need independent information about video performance on the Internet and automated upload to the Web's top video sharing sites.
TubeMogul's analytic technology aggregates video-viewing data from multiple sources to give publishers improved understanding of when, where and how often videos are watched, track and compare what's hot and what's not, measure the impact of marketing campaigns, gather competitive intelligence, and share the data with colleagues or friends.
How It Works:
They begin tracking your videos upon the date of your request to do so. So if no data appears initially, log back in one day to see your data. In the cases where one of members is already tracking a specific video or video publisher the information will appear immediately. You can track up to ten video publishers. They expanded this from six recently and they are working to further expand this functionality.
Their users include independent content producers, media companies, ad agencies, digital consultants, record labels, film studios, politicians, consumer products organizations and corporations.
More at;http://www.tubemogul.com/
TubeMogul is the first online video analytics and distribution company serving publishers large and small who need independent information about video performance on the Internet and automated upload to the Web's top video sharing sites.
TubeMogul's analytic technology aggregates video-viewing data from multiple sources to give publishers improved understanding of when, where and how often videos are watched, track and compare what's hot and what's not, measure the impact of marketing campaigns, gather competitive intelligence, and share the data with colleagues or friends.
How It Works:
They begin tracking your videos upon the date of your request to do so. So if no data appears initially, log back in one day to see your data. In the cases where one of members is already tracking a specific video or video publisher the information will appear immediately. You can track up to ten video publishers. They expanded this from six recently and they are working to further expand this functionality.
Their users include independent content producers, media companies, ad agencies, digital consultants, record labels, film studios, politicians, consumer products organizations and corporations.
More at;http://www.tubemogul.com/
The Calais initiative seeks to help make all the worlds content more accessible
What Company Is Offering:
The Calais initiative seeks to help make all the worlds content more accessible, interoperable and valuable via the automated generation of rich semantic metadata, the incorporation of user defined metadata, the transportation of those metadata resources throughout the content ecosystem and the extension of it’s capabilities by user-contributed components.
How it Works;
The Calais web service automatically attaches rich semantic metadata to the content you submit – in well under a second. Using natural language processing, machine learning and other methods, Calais categorizes and links your document with entities (people, places, organizations, etc.), facts (person ‘x’ works for company ‘y’), and events (person ‘z’ was appointed chairman of company ‘y’ on date ‘x’). The metadata results are stored centrally and returned to you as industry-standard RDF constructs accompanied by a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). Using the Calais GUID, any downstream consumer is able to retrieve this metadata via a simple call to Calais.
This metadata gives you the ability to build maps (or graphs or networks) linking documents to people to companies to places to products to events to geographies to … whatever. You can use those maps to improve site navigation, provide contextual syndication, tag and organize your content, create structured folksonomies, filter and de-duplicate news feeds or analyze content to see if it contains what you care about. And, you can share those maps with anyone else in the content ecosystem.
Calais provides automation of rich semantic metadata generation, incorporation of user-developed metadata, transportation of metadata throughout the content ecosystem and extension by allowing users to build new metadata generation capabilities.
The web service is free for commercial and non-commercial use.
More at:http://opencalais.com/
The Calais initiative seeks to help make all the worlds content more accessible, interoperable and valuable via the automated generation of rich semantic metadata, the incorporation of user defined metadata, the transportation of those metadata resources throughout the content ecosystem and the extension of it’s capabilities by user-contributed components.
How it Works;
The Calais web service automatically attaches rich semantic metadata to the content you submit – in well under a second. Using natural language processing, machine learning and other methods, Calais categorizes and links your document with entities (people, places, organizations, etc.), facts (person ‘x’ works for company ‘y’), and events (person ‘z’ was appointed chairman of company ‘y’ on date ‘x’). The metadata results are stored centrally and returned to you as industry-standard RDF constructs accompanied by a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). Using the Calais GUID, any downstream consumer is able to retrieve this metadata via a simple call to Calais.
This metadata gives you the ability to build maps (or graphs or networks) linking documents to people to companies to places to products to events to geographies to … whatever. You can use those maps to improve site navigation, provide contextual syndication, tag and organize your content, create structured folksonomies, filter and de-duplicate news feeds or analyze content to see if it contains what you care about. And, you can share those maps with anyone else in the content ecosystem.
Calais provides automation of rich semantic metadata generation, incorporation of user-developed metadata, transportation of metadata throughout the content ecosystem and extension by allowing users to build new metadata generation capabilities.
The web service is free for commercial and non-commercial use.
More at:http://opencalais.com/
HadToSay.com ---For Secret Note Card
What Company is Offering:
Its FREE and easy. Print a HadToSay.com note card at home, then discretely give it to someone. The coded note card directs them back to the site to retrieve a message you've left for them. If they choose, they may respond.
How It Works:
HadToSay.com is very easy to use, and is completely free.
To start sending messages, follow these simple steps:
Sign up for an account. Login to your new account. Click "SEND MESSAGE". Click on the "Create a Message" button to create a new message. Click on "Enter a message for #.....". Type your message.
Anonymously notify the recipient of their message (which will be waiting for them at HadToSay.com) one of two ways:
By masked email With a coded message notification card that you print off the website and discretely hand deliver.
The notification will direct the recipient to the site to retrieve their message.
Check back frequently to see if the recipient has posted a response.
There is no limit on counter-responses. All messages are public but sender and recipient information is kept private.
More at:http://www.hadtosay.com/
Its FREE and easy. Print a HadToSay.com note card at home, then discretely give it to someone. The coded note card directs them back to the site to retrieve a message you've left for them. If they choose, they may respond.
How It Works:
HadToSay.com is very easy to use, and is completely free.
To start sending messages, follow these simple steps:
Sign up for an account. Login to your new account. Click "SEND MESSAGE". Click on the "Create a Message" button to create a new message. Click on "Enter a message for #.....". Type your message.
Anonymously notify the recipient of their message (which will be waiting for them at HadToSay.com) one of two ways:
By masked email With a coded message notification card that you print off the website and discretely hand deliver.
The notification will direct the recipient to the site to retrieve their message.
Check back frequently to see if the recipient has posted a response.
There is no limit on counter-responses. All messages are public but sender and recipient information is kept private.
More at:http://www.hadtosay.com/
UpDown.com is a social network for virtual investing received $750,000 in funding
What Company Is Offering:
UpDown.com is a social network for virtual investing.
UpDown.com provides a platform for investors to improve their skills through collaboration, competition and aggregated wisdom. Described by major media outlets as “fantasy football meets the trading floor,” UpDown.com is the only free investment platform that allows members to earn money with zero risk of financial loss.It gives its members $1,000,000 in virtual money to invest.
How It Works;
UpDown.com pays real money every week to members who submit high quality stock analysis. UpDown.com also pays real money every month to members whose virtual portfolios outperform the S&P 500 over the full month.
Who Is Backing Them:
Founded by two Harvard Business School students and one Harvard College graduate, UpDown.com is a privately held, privately funded company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
As UpDown.com’s Chairman, Mr. Reich oversees Sales, Marketing, and the development of the company’s investment strategies.
Mr. Reich is an MBA candidate at the Harvard Business School and holds BA degrees in Business Administration from the University of Reutlingen in Germany and the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Reims in France.
Mr. Reich has over six years of experience as an Internet entrepreneur. In 2002, he joined Spirit Link GmbH, a German IT consulting firm where he served as a Managing Director until 2006. He previously worked for The Boston Consulting Group.
Mr. Ludviksson is a board member and oversees Product Management activities at UpDown.com.
Mr. Ludviksson is an MBA candidate at the Harvard Business School and holds a BS degree in software engineering from the University of Iceland.
Mr. Ludviksson has over seven years of experience as an IT entrepreneur. In 1998 he co-founded Dimon Software, an Icelandic enterprise mobility company, which he helped guide to profitability as a major software provider to Nokia. From 2004 to 2006, he was the VP of Sales for Men & Mice, a provider of specialized network management software to many of the world’s largest organizations.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have received $750,000 in additional funding from Swiss investor Joachim Schoss. With this lastest round of funding, UpDown has raised just under $1.2 million in total.
http://www.updown.com/
UpDown.com is a social network for virtual investing.
UpDown.com provides a platform for investors to improve their skills through collaboration, competition and aggregated wisdom. Described by major media outlets as “fantasy football meets the trading floor,” UpDown.com is the only free investment platform that allows members to earn money with zero risk of financial loss.It gives its members $1,000,000 in virtual money to invest.
How It Works;
UpDown.com pays real money every week to members who submit high quality stock analysis. UpDown.com also pays real money every month to members whose virtual portfolios outperform the S&P 500 over the full month.
Who Is Backing Them:
Founded by two Harvard Business School students and one Harvard College graduate, UpDown.com is a privately held, privately funded company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
As UpDown.com’s Chairman, Mr. Reich oversees Sales, Marketing, and the development of the company’s investment strategies.
Mr. Reich is an MBA candidate at the Harvard Business School and holds BA degrees in Business Administration from the University of Reutlingen in Germany and the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Reims in France.
Mr. Reich has over six years of experience as an Internet entrepreneur. In 2002, he joined Spirit Link GmbH, a German IT consulting firm where he served as a Managing Director until 2006. He previously worked for The Boston Consulting Group.
Mr. Ludviksson is a board member and oversees Product Management activities at UpDown.com.
Mr. Ludviksson is an MBA candidate at the Harvard Business School and holds a BS degree in software engineering from the University of Iceland.
Mr. Ludviksson has over seven years of experience as an IT entrepreneur. In 1998 he co-founded Dimon Software, an Icelandic enterprise mobility company, which he helped guide to profitability as a major software provider to Nokia. From 2004 to 2006, he was the VP of Sales for Men & Mice, a provider of specialized network management software to many of the world’s largest organizations.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have received $750,000 in additional funding from Swiss investor Joachim Schoss. With this lastest round of funding, UpDown has raised just under $1.2 million in total.
http://www.updown.com/
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Peer To Peer Lending For Students
What Company Is Offering:
Fynanz has created an innovative marketplace where students can get one of the most competitive rates on private student loans. Students apply for a loan and it is funded by individual lenders – friends, family, alumni and others who believe what we believe – Education is the Best Investment!
Students: Receive the most competitive rate on your private student loans and save thousands in interest paid. You specify the rate, you control the process.
Parents: Help support your child’s education by funding a portion of your child’s loan and getting them the most competitive rates possible.
A private student loan where students receive competitive borrowing rates and lenders receive attractive long term rates on money lent.
Lenders: Receive an attractive interest rate over the long term while simultaneously performing a social good by building and improving the future of many students.
How It Works:
Fynanz is a community where a person can borrow and lend money, avoid traditional banks and receive better returns. Lenders are an important part of the Fynanz community. You not only finance loans and get attractive returns, but also help give students the most competitive interest rates.
Loans made through Fynanz will have the same loan terms as many other private student loans – between 10 to 25 years. For lenders this means you get more interest over the life of the loans and benefit for years to come. When you lend through Fynanz you also perform a social good. Lenders can get a healthy return on the loans made while knowing they are building and improving the future of many students.
Applying for and receiving a Fynanz OpenLoan is a simple and transparent process - fill out an application, set up a personal page and you're on your way. Best of all, you are in control of the process and aware of what's happening at every step.
More at:http://intro.fynanz.com/
Fynanz has created an innovative marketplace where students can get one of the most competitive rates on private student loans. Students apply for a loan and it is funded by individual lenders – friends, family, alumni and others who believe what we believe – Education is the Best Investment!
Students: Receive the most competitive rate on your private student loans and save thousands in interest paid. You specify the rate, you control the process.
Parents: Help support your child’s education by funding a portion of your child’s loan and getting them the most competitive rates possible.
A private student loan where students receive competitive borrowing rates and lenders receive attractive long term rates on money lent.
Lenders: Receive an attractive interest rate over the long term while simultaneously performing a social good by building and improving the future of many students.
How It Works:
Fynanz is a community where a person can borrow and lend money, avoid traditional banks and receive better returns. Lenders are an important part of the Fynanz community. You not only finance loans and get attractive returns, but also help give students the most competitive interest rates.
Loans made through Fynanz will have the same loan terms as many other private student loans – between 10 to 25 years. For lenders this means you get more interest over the life of the loans and benefit for years to come. When you lend through Fynanz you also perform a social good. Lenders can get a healthy return on the loans made while knowing they are building and improving the future of many students.
Applying for and receiving a Fynanz OpenLoan is a simple and transparent process - fill out an application, set up a personal page and you're on your way. Best of all, you are in control of the process and aware of what's happening at every step.
More at:http://intro.fynanz.com/
TheLadders.com aim to make the $100k+ job search less stressful and more successful for executives
What Company Is Offering:
TheLadders.com brings $100k+ job seekers real, open executive-level jobs across the US and around the world. Our targeted sites list more than 35,000 new $100k+ jobs each month across every industry, in companies of all types and sizes. They only list jobs that pay more than $100,000/year, including many C-level, VP, Director and Manager jobs. If you're in the market for a $100k+ job, you won't find a better resource anywhere.
How It Works:
They aim to make the $100k+ job search less stressful and more successful for executives. When you join TheLadders.com, you can look forward to the most comprehensive listings of real $100k+ jobs and real $100k+ recruiters in your industry and location. They'll also send you weekly newsletter, packed with tips and advice on resume writing, networking and interviewing – all written expressly for the $100k+ job seeker.
As a member of TheLadders.com, you'll also save time because you'll see only real, open $100k+ jobs. Never again will you find yourself trolling through mid-level or bogus job listings on other, less-targeted job boards! TheLadders.com is where you'll spend less time searching, and more time finding jobs that are just right for you.
For corporate and executive recruiters, they operate RecruitLadder, which enables HR professionals to make successful $100k+ hires more effectively than ever before. At RecruitLadder, recruiters and hiring managers can easily post jobs, manage job openings, and review applications from only $100k+ candidates. When companies are able to increase their efficiency and hire the best person for the job, everybody wins.
TheLadders.com offers safe secure networking opportunities for job seekers and recruiters. This makes TheLadders.com unique among online job boards. Instead of just applying to online listings, job seekers can make real connections, with real people, for real results.
By creating a simple bio, job seekers are able to both showcase their skills to recruiters looking to hire, as well as proactively reach out to recruiters in their location and industry. This recruiter database is the first of its kind!
Recruiters also benefit from the ability to search our candidate database for highly qualified job applicants. This interaction between job seekers and recruiters allows our members to break free of the traditional job listings to find unadvertised opportunities and make valuable networking connections.
More at:http://www.theladders.com/
TheLadders.com brings $100k+ job seekers real, open executive-level jobs across the US and around the world. Our targeted sites list more than 35,000 new $100k+ jobs each month across every industry, in companies of all types and sizes. They only list jobs that pay more than $100,000/year, including many C-level, VP, Director and Manager jobs. If you're in the market for a $100k+ job, you won't find a better resource anywhere.
How It Works:
They aim to make the $100k+ job search less stressful and more successful for executives. When you join TheLadders.com, you can look forward to the most comprehensive listings of real $100k+ jobs and real $100k+ recruiters in your industry and location. They'll also send you weekly newsletter, packed with tips and advice on resume writing, networking and interviewing – all written expressly for the $100k+ job seeker.
As a member of TheLadders.com, you'll also save time because you'll see only real, open $100k+ jobs. Never again will you find yourself trolling through mid-level or bogus job listings on other, less-targeted job boards! TheLadders.com is where you'll spend less time searching, and more time finding jobs that are just right for you.
For corporate and executive recruiters, they operate RecruitLadder, which enables HR professionals to make successful $100k+ hires more effectively than ever before. At RecruitLadder, recruiters and hiring managers can easily post jobs, manage job openings, and review applications from only $100k+ candidates. When companies are able to increase their efficiency and hire the best person for the job, everybody wins.
TheLadders.com offers safe secure networking opportunities for job seekers and recruiters. This makes TheLadders.com unique among online job boards. Instead of just applying to online listings, job seekers can make real connections, with real people, for real results.
By creating a simple bio, job seekers are able to both showcase their skills to recruiters looking to hire, as well as proactively reach out to recruiters in their location and industry. This recruiter database is the first of its kind!
Recruiters also benefit from the ability to search our candidate database for highly qualified job applicants. This interaction between job seekers and recruiters allows our members to break free of the traditional job listings to find unadvertised opportunities and make valuable networking connections.
More at:http://www.theladders.com/
With ControlC you can copy textual content, ControlC will upload that text to our server to store under your account
What Company Is Offering:
With ControlC you can copy textual content, ControlC will upload that text to our server to store under your account. When the text is uploaded, it is encrypted using your password as the key (which we will never have access to). When you need to retrieve the text, or would like to share it with other users, you can login to your account and make the items public, or simply review them for your own needs.
How It Works:
You can search other user's copied links and text to find other people that share the same interests as you. You can make friendship relationships with other users, and star items of interest to make finding them again easy. You are encouraged to social interact with other users on our site - you will be surprised what you can find when you do!
More at:http://www.controlc.com/
With ControlC you can copy textual content, ControlC will upload that text to our server to store under your account. When the text is uploaded, it is encrypted using your password as the key (which we will never have access to). When you need to retrieve the text, or would like to share it with other users, you can login to your account and make the items public, or simply review them for your own needs.
How It Works:
You can search other user's copied links and text to find other people that share the same interests as you. You can make friendship relationships with other users, and star items of interest to make finding them again easy. You are encouraged to social interact with other users on our site - you will be surprised what you can find when you do!
More at:http://www.controlc.com/
LiquidPlanner is online project management software built on an innovative probabilistic scheduling system
What Company Is Offering:
LiquidPlanner is online project management software built on an innovative probabilistic scheduling system (patents pending). It takes a new approach to frictionless collaboration and is designed to be flexible, intuitive, and smart enough to support fast-moving teams of all sizes and structures.
How It Works:
You don’t need any special hardware or installed software to use LiquidPlanner – just a modern web browser (like Internet Explorer or Firefox) and an internet connection and you’re good to go.
Only space owners can invite new members to the project space. From the dashboard, click the “space members list” icon at the top of the page. It looks like this: Members List Icon. Then click “Invite people to this space”. Enter the email address of the invitee and press send. Your invitation is on its way! The invitee will receive an email inviting them to your project space, with directions for creating an account. Once they’ve completed this simple process, they’re part of your space. FYI, it’s just as easy to disconnect members as needed, too.
More at:http://www.liquidplanner.com/
LiquidPlanner is online project management software built on an innovative probabilistic scheduling system (patents pending). It takes a new approach to frictionless collaboration and is designed to be flexible, intuitive, and smart enough to support fast-moving teams of all sizes and structures.
How It Works:
You don’t need any special hardware or installed software to use LiquidPlanner – just a modern web browser (like Internet Explorer or Firefox) and an internet connection and you’re good to go.
Only space owners can invite new members to the project space. From the dashboard, click the “space members list” icon at the top of the page. It looks like this: Members List Icon. Then click “Invite people to this space”. Enter the email address of the invitee and press send. Your invitation is on its way! The invitee will receive an email inviting them to your project space, with directions for creating an account. Once they’ve completed this simple process, they’re part of your space. FYI, it’s just as easy to disconnect members as needed, too.
More at:http://www.liquidplanner.com/
iStorez is a site that lets you browse and shop across hundreds of online stores to discover new products and check out what's hot
What Company Is Offering:
iStorez is a site that lets you browse and shop across hundreds of online stores to discover new products, find current deals and check out what's hot. It is well known that online stores send out shopping newsletters to their customers with new product information and special promotions. Well, we collect and organize 1000s of these newsletters across a wide variety of stores and present them as interactive storefronts that you can now browse, search and click!
How It Works:
iStorez is collecting and organizing marketing and storefront information that stores and brands send to their registered customers through e-mail and RSS. In addition, stores also send us exclusive storefronts that include special deals and previews just for iStorez visitors!
iStorez allows consumers to tag the storefronts with descriptive words that other consumers may find useful, e.g. spring fashions, organic makeup, holiday sale, teen gifts, iPod accessory etc. You can also add your own tags to storefronts. Consumers can then search for storefronts based on tags. You can also look at the most popular tags and search for storefronts based on popularity.
More at:http://www.istorez.com/
iStorez is a site that lets you browse and shop across hundreds of online stores to discover new products, find current deals and check out what's hot. It is well known that online stores send out shopping newsletters to their customers with new product information and special promotions. Well, we collect and organize 1000s of these newsletters across a wide variety of stores and present them as interactive storefronts that you can now browse, search and click!
How It Works:
iStorez is collecting and organizing marketing and storefront information that stores and brands send to their registered customers through e-mail and RSS. In addition, stores also send us exclusive storefronts that include special deals and previews just for iStorez visitors!
iStorez allows consumers to tag the storefronts with descriptive words that other consumers may find useful, e.g. spring fashions, organic makeup, holiday sale, teen gifts, iPod accessory etc. You can also add your own tags to storefronts. Consumers can then search for storefronts based on tags. You can also look at the most popular tags and search for storefronts based on popularity.
More at:http://www.istorez.com/
UBZ2.com is a social networking portal that provides sports and team activities management
What Company Is Offering:
UBZ2.com is a social networking portal that provides sports and team activities management while providing the most comprehensive “schedule” data set on the Internet. Noted Boston businessman John Atwood provided funding for the fledging network. Mr. Atwood invested in UBZ2.com on the heals of selling the world’s largest Harley-Davidson Dealership, Boston Harley-Davidson. He said of his investment in UBZ2.com “everywhere I looked; newspaper, magazines, and a little Internet searching all were saying social networking is a high growth mass market”.
How It Works:
UBZ2.com is much more than a social networking portal. It also provides its users powerful “publishing” tools, streaming content and direct sales of products commonly purchased for the sports and activities it supports. UBZ2 will employ desktop, TV and mobile delivery avenues. Mr. Fox concludes “there is a buzz going on that’s coming from our busy bee UBZ2, look for more exciting developments and news as we gain traction”.
UBZ2.com also renewed their cooperative agreement with YouSpeak Network Inc., of Tampa, Florida. YouSpeak is integrating their voice messaging and broadcast services into UBZ2.com, initially branded as “Coaches Announcement”. Bill Bledsoe, President of YouSpeak says of their agreement “the market has matured to our offerings. YouSpeak products will shine with UBZ2.com’s introduction to the mass market”.
More at:http://www.ubz2.com/
UBZ2.com is a social networking portal that provides sports and team activities management while providing the most comprehensive “schedule” data set on the Internet. Noted Boston businessman John Atwood provided funding for the fledging network. Mr. Atwood invested in UBZ2.com on the heals of selling the world’s largest Harley-Davidson Dealership, Boston Harley-Davidson. He said of his investment in UBZ2.com “everywhere I looked; newspaper, magazines, and a little Internet searching all were saying social networking is a high growth mass market”.
How It Works:
UBZ2.com is much more than a social networking portal. It also provides its users powerful “publishing” tools, streaming content and direct sales of products commonly purchased for the sports and activities it supports. UBZ2 will employ desktop, TV and mobile delivery avenues. Mr. Fox concludes “there is a buzz going on that’s coming from our busy bee UBZ2, look for more exciting developments and news as we gain traction”.
UBZ2.com also renewed their cooperative agreement with YouSpeak Network Inc., of Tampa, Florida. YouSpeak is integrating their voice messaging and broadcast services into UBZ2.com, initially branded as “Coaches Announcement”. Bill Bledsoe, President of YouSpeak says of their agreement “the market has matured to our offerings. YouSpeak products will shine with UBZ2.com’s introduction to the mass market”.
More at:http://www.ubz2.com/
Blogwerx--Intelligent Blog Solutions
What Company Is Offering:
Blogwerx a subsidiary of Iwerx LLC. is a company dedicated to looking at the blogosphere and content in a whole new manner. Not just as text on a screen but intellectual and corporate property. We will strive to develop intelligent solutions to common problems within the blogosphere.
Why To Use It :
Bloggers
Once blog content is published it becomes the intellectual property of its author. The redirecting of traffic for profit based on reproduction of your content is in direct violation of the DMCA.
Corporations
This solution allows you to safeguard your branding and reputation by way of tracking unlawful and unauthorized use of your content. You've dedicated untold amounts of money and time creating your brand. Isn't it time you protect it?
PR Firms
Your business is based on creating an image for your client, then part of your business should be protecting it as well. Our solution enables you to demonstrate to your clients the importance of the image you've created and the lengths you'll go to protect it.
Media Outlets
In some cases you are paying bloggers to drive traffic to your site. Every second of every day your content is used without authorization to redirect traffic from your site to another you're loosing readers. You own and have paid for this content, let our Solution help you protect your investment.
Advertisers
Their Solution enables you to determine traffic that is generated by your ad network partner is from qualified sites versus splogs. Their user created retained Black List can be made available to your ad network provider to protect your investment.
Blog Hosts
Their user created Black List can be used to assist you in pruning your database of splog sites. Sentinel allows you to demonstrate to your subscribers that you are proactive, not reactive to splogging.
More at:http://www.blogwerx.com/
Blogwerx a subsidiary of Iwerx LLC. is a company dedicated to looking at the blogosphere and content in a whole new manner. Not just as text on a screen but intellectual and corporate property. We will strive to develop intelligent solutions to common problems within the blogosphere.
Why To Use It :
Bloggers
Once blog content is published it becomes the intellectual property of its author. The redirecting of traffic for profit based on reproduction of your content is in direct violation of the DMCA.
Corporations
This solution allows you to safeguard your branding and reputation by way of tracking unlawful and unauthorized use of your content. You've dedicated untold amounts of money and time creating your brand. Isn't it time you protect it?
PR Firms
Your business is based on creating an image for your client, then part of your business should be protecting it as well. Our solution enables you to demonstrate to your clients the importance of the image you've created and the lengths you'll go to protect it.
Media Outlets
In some cases you are paying bloggers to drive traffic to your site. Every second of every day your content is used without authorization to redirect traffic from your site to another you're loosing readers. You own and have paid for this content, let our Solution help you protect your investment.
Advertisers
Their Solution enables you to determine traffic that is generated by your ad network partner is from qualified sites versus splogs. Their user created retained Black List can be made available to your ad network provider to protect your investment.
Blog Hosts
Their user created Black List can be used to assist you in pruning your database of splog sites. Sentinel allows you to demonstrate to your subscribers that you are proactive, not reactive to splogging.
More at:http://www.blogwerx.com/
iSparc.net is a virtual hub that will provide ample opportunity in building an extensive professional network
What Company Is Offering:
iSparc.net is a virtual hub that will provide ample opportunity in building an extensive professional network well into the 21st century. New members will quickly learn how a robust channel of contacts can fuel immediate and long term success.
Lawyers, doctors, accountants, contractors, musicians, entertainers, politicians, and entrepreneurs are among the many professions that will create a “sparc” page.
How It Works:
iSparc.net is a dynamic collaborative tool to help professionals build business relationships. Create your own professional profile and start taking advantage of these distinct tools:
-Unveil hidden relationships thru “common contacts”
-Identify who knows who, and how thru "contact circuit's"
-Utilize an interactive networking calendar that can be shared with others
-Post messages and attachments to one another, privately or publicly
-Brand yourself and gain global visibility
-Share knowledge, videos and documents via your profile
-Find coworkers from prior employers
-Announce new events and share/invite your contacts
Become a member today and leverage the internet to construct an electronic identity that promotes your specialized skills. Once you’re registered, you will be able to enhance your self-image by broadcasting your talent on a global scale and gain recognition for being associated with other highly valued individuals. This can lead interested clients right to your fingertips, at a price that can’t be beat…free!
More at:http://www.isparc.net/
iSparc.net is a virtual hub that will provide ample opportunity in building an extensive professional network well into the 21st century. New members will quickly learn how a robust channel of contacts can fuel immediate and long term success.
Lawyers, doctors, accountants, contractors, musicians, entertainers, politicians, and entrepreneurs are among the many professions that will create a “sparc” page.
How It Works:
iSparc.net is a dynamic collaborative tool to help professionals build business relationships. Create your own professional profile and start taking advantage of these distinct tools:
-Unveil hidden relationships thru “common contacts”
-Identify who knows who, and how thru "contact circuit's"
-Utilize an interactive networking calendar that can be shared with others
-Post messages and attachments to one another, privately or publicly
-Brand yourself and gain global visibility
-Share knowledge, videos and documents via your profile
-Find coworkers from prior employers
-Announce new events and share/invite your contacts
Become a member today and leverage the internet to construct an electronic identity that promotes your specialized skills. Once you’re registered, you will be able to enhance your self-image by broadcasting your talent on a global scale and gain recognition for being associated with other highly valued individuals. This can lead interested clients right to your fingertips, at a price that can’t be beat…free!
More at:http://www.isparc.net/
Pivot3 ,the inventor of high-definition storage has received $24 million in series C venture funding
What Company Is Offering:
The Pivot3 block-based infrastructure virtualization solutions, targeting various data-intensive applications such as video surveillance, reduce costs by up to 50 percent and deliver up to five times the performance, with superior data protection. With several patents pending, the company boasts strong intellectual property and is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, InterWest Partners, Mesirow Financial Capital Partners IX, and Silver Creek Ventures.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Pivot3 Inc, the inventor of high-definition storage based on distributed RAID, announced that it has received $24 million in series C venture funding led by Mesirow Financial Capital Partners IX. Participation in this round also included new investor Silver Creek Ventures, and existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and InterWest Partners.
Pivot3 clustered storage has already achieved early leadership in providing networked storage for the video surveillance market,” said Robert Fernander, CEO of Pivot3. “These new funds will be used to accelerate the Pivot3 lead in surveillance and to position our block-level virtualization technology into new markets. The IP-based solutions from Pivot3 have been successfully installed as part of video surveillance deployments within the gaming, municipal government, law enforcement, and federal government sectors.”
More at:www.pivot3.com
The Pivot3 block-based infrastructure virtualization solutions, targeting various data-intensive applications such as video surveillance, reduce costs by up to 50 percent and deliver up to five times the performance, with superior data protection. With several patents pending, the company boasts strong intellectual property and is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, InterWest Partners, Mesirow Financial Capital Partners IX, and Silver Creek Ventures.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Pivot3 Inc, the inventor of high-definition storage based on distributed RAID, announced that it has received $24 million in series C venture funding led by Mesirow Financial Capital Partners IX. Participation in this round also included new investor Silver Creek Ventures, and existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and InterWest Partners.
Pivot3 clustered storage has already achieved early leadership in providing networked storage for the video surveillance market,” said Robert Fernander, CEO of Pivot3. “These new funds will be used to accelerate the Pivot3 lead in surveillance and to position our block-level virtualization technology into new markets. The IP-based solutions from Pivot3 have been successfully installed as part of video surveillance deployments within the gaming, municipal government, law enforcement, and federal government sectors.”
More at:www.pivot3.com
Votigo enabling businesses to better engage and communicate with their customers has secured $1.26 million
What Company Is Offering:
Votigo, Inc. is the leading social media technology and service provider enabling businesses to better engage and communicate with their customers through the use of user-generated content, branded social networks, contests and promotions. Votigo helps Fortune 500 companies, advertising agencies, PR firms, publishers, media companies and brands, including ConocoPhillips, Gardenburger, Pandora, and The Motley Fool, navigate the social web to exceed their marketing goals through its suite of standard and custom social media advertising and promotions solutions.
How It Works:
Votigo's social media platform is designed to enable businesses to communicate with their customers through highly engaging, innovative, and customized contests, promotions, and branded social networks. Votigo offers a range of solutions that make it simple and cost-effective for companies to rapidly deploy promotions that resonate with consumers and allow them to participate in crafting the advertising message.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has secured $1.26 million from Headwaters Holdings and additional angel investors. The funds will be used to expand its team and capitalize on growing market opportunities. Additionally, the company announced the appointment of Sheldon Kahn, principal at Headwaters Holdings, to Votigo's Board of Directors.
More at:www.votigo.com
Votigo, Inc. is the leading social media technology and service provider enabling businesses to better engage and communicate with their customers through the use of user-generated content, branded social networks, contests and promotions. Votigo helps Fortune 500 companies, advertising agencies, PR firms, publishers, media companies and brands, including ConocoPhillips, Gardenburger, Pandora, and The Motley Fool, navigate the social web to exceed their marketing goals through its suite of standard and custom social media advertising and promotions solutions.
How It Works:
Votigo's social media platform is designed to enable businesses to communicate with their customers through highly engaging, innovative, and customized contests, promotions, and branded social networks. Votigo offers a range of solutions that make it simple and cost-effective for companies to rapidly deploy promotions that resonate with consumers and allow them to participate in crafting the advertising message.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has secured $1.26 million from Headwaters Holdings and additional angel investors. The funds will be used to expand its team and capitalize on growing market opportunities. Additionally, the company announced the appointment of Sheldon Kahn, principal at Headwaters Holdings, to Votigo's Board of Directors.
More at:www.votigo.com
Second Rotation is the destination for simplified selling of consumer electronics and gadgets online has raised $4.4 million
What Company is Offering:
Second Rotation is the destination for simplified selling of consumer electronics and gadgets online. The process is easy: Second Rotation determines the value of the item online, arranges pickup and shipping, and pays the seller a fair market value once the item is received. Items are then resold or responsibly recycled. Second Rotation empowers people by removing the challenges associated with selling goods online and offers an ecologically responsible solution by extending the life of unwanted gadgets. With Second Rotation, consumers now have a convenient and simplified way to resell their electronics on the Internet.
How Much the Got From VCs:
Second Rotation, the destination for simplified selling of consumer electronics and gadgets online, announced that it has raised $4.4 million in its initial round of funding. The round was led by Venrock, a premier venture capital firm founded by the Rockefeller family, and also included angel investors Austin Ligon, Ashton Peery and Henry Vogel. Second Rotation will use the funds to advance product development and expansion, as well as for sales and marketing.
Second Rotation also announced the expansion of its board of directors with five new members: David Beisel, vice president at Venrock; Austin Ligon, co-founder and former CEO of CarMax; Mike Tyrrell, general partner at Venrock; Ashton Peery, formerly a General Partner at Lucent Venture Partners; and Henry Vogel, former Chief Revenue Officer at Quigo and executive at eBay.
More at:www.secondrotation.com
Second Rotation is the destination for simplified selling of consumer electronics and gadgets online. The process is easy: Second Rotation determines the value of the item online, arranges pickup and shipping, and pays the seller a fair market value once the item is received. Items are then resold or responsibly recycled. Second Rotation empowers people by removing the challenges associated with selling goods online and offers an ecologically responsible solution by extending the life of unwanted gadgets. With Second Rotation, consumers now have a convenient and simplified way to resell their electronics on the Internet.
How Much the Got From VCs:
Second Rotation, the destination for simplified selling of consumer electronics and gadgets online, announced that it has raised $4.4 million in its initial round of funding. The round was led by Venrock, a premier venture capital firm founded by the Rockefeller family, and also included angel investors Austin Ligon, Ashton Peery and Henry Vogel. Second Rotation will use the funds to advance product development and expansion, as well as for sales and marketing.
Second Rotation also announced the expansion of its board of directors with five new members: David Beisel, vice president at Venrock; Austin Ligon, co-founder and former CEO of CarMax; Mike Tyrrell, general partner at Venrock; Ashton Peery, formerly a General Partner at Lucent Venture Partners; and Henry Vogel, former Chief Revenue Officer at Quigo and executive at eBay.
More at:www.secondrotation.com
Mig33 is a global mobile community has raised $13.5 million in funding
What Company Is Offering:
Mig33 is a global mobile community that lets you keep in touch with friends and family through a variety of online services, right on your mobile phone.
With mig33, you can chat and send instant messages and emails, make inexpensive international phone calls, share photos, connect with old friends and even meet new ones. Think of it as an addition to your phone's existing service.
How It Works:
mig33 is an operator-agnostic global community that makes the most popular Internet applications accessible on any mobile phone.
That means consumers can take advantage of low-cost VoIP calls, SMS and IM communications tools, and participate in mobile chat rooms, profiles, and photo sharing, all directly from their mobile phone.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has raised $13.5 million in funding, adding to $10 million the company raised in May of last year.
More at:http://www.mig33.com/
Mig33 is a global mobile community that lets you keep in touch with friends and family through a variety of online services, right on your mobile phone.
With mig33, you can chat and send instant messages and emails, make inexpensive international phone calls, share photos, connect with old friends and even meet new ones. Think of it as an addition to your phone's existing service.
How It Works:
mig33 is an operator-agnostic global community that makes the most popular Internet applications accessible on any mobile phone.
That means consumers can take advantage of low-cost VoIP calls, SMS and IM communications tools, and participate in mobile chat rooms, profiles, and photo sharing, all directly from their mobile phone.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has raised $13.5 million in funding, adding to $10 million the company raised in May of last year.
More at:http://www.mig33.com/
Sprouts is the quick and easy way for anyone to build living content
What Company Is Offering:
Sprouts are ideal for musicians, politicans, non-profits or any person or organization that has “fans” and wants to provide them with a chunk of Web content that can be virally spread. Sprouts can be edited at any time, and all copies in circulation are instantly updated, so your fans can be kept engaged and informed with fresh content.
Personal Sprouts are ideal for…everyone! Create a slideshow, add your favorite songs to a jukebox, add links to your social networking profiles - whatever you want to do to make your web presence come alive! Share with your friends and collect theirs as well.
Informational Sprouts are ideal for any organizations that need to keep their web site content fresh. Informational sprouts can be of any size and because they can include multiple pages they can pack a lot of content.
How It Works:
Building a sprout is easy. Choose from dozens of pre-built templates or start from scratch. Drag-and-drop shapes, text, images, video, and more. Then add components such as slideshows, jukeboxes, and countdown clocks, as well as interactive services such as chat (Meebo), phone (Ribbit), fundraising (ChipIn), and more. Once you’ve got your content in place, use advanced editing and navigation tools to perfect your sprout.
Publishing your sprout is easy, too! Just click “publish” and then cut and paste your sprout code into any Web page, or use the “quick post” feature to automatically place your sprout into blogs and social networking sites. For more advanced options, publish your sprout via any of our distribution partners, including Clearspring, Gigya, and Spring Widgets.
Once your sprout is published, your audience can copy and spread it to their Web pages and communities. You can then track usage stats such as how many copies were made, how many times your sprout was viewed, and more. You can also edit your Sprout, and ALL copies of your sprout will be instantly updated! Add or change content as needed to keep your audience engaged and informed.
More at:http://sproutbuilder.com/
Sprouts are ideal for musicians, politicans, non-profits or any person or organization that has “fans” and wants to provide them with a chunk of Web content that can be virally spread. Sprouts can be edited at any time, and all copies in circulation are instantly updated, so your fans can be kept engaged and informed with fresh content.
Personal Sprouts are ideal for…everyone! Create a slideshow, add your favorite songs to a jukebox, add links to your social networking profiles - whatever you want to do to make your web presence come alive! Share with your friends and collect theirs as well.
Informational Sprouts are ideal for any organizations that need to keep their web site content fresh. Informational sprouts can be of any size and because they can include multiple pages they can pack a lot of content.
How It Works:
Building a sprout is easy. Choose from dozens of pre-built templates or start from scratch. Drag-and-drop shapes, text, images, video, and more. Then add components such as slideshows, jukeboxes, and countdown clocks, as well as interactive services such as chat (Meebo), phone (Ribbit), fundraising (ChipIn), and more. Once you’ve got your content in place, use advanced editing and navigation tools to perfect your sprout.
Publishing your sprout is easy, too! Just click “publish” and then cut and paste your sprout code into any Web page, or use the “quick post” feature to automatically place your sprout into blogs and social networking sites. For more advanced options, publish your sprout via any of our distribution partners, including Clearspring, Gigya, and Spring Widgets.
Once your sprout is published, your audience can copy and spread it to their Web pages and communities. You can then track usage stats such as how many copies were made, how many times your sprout was viewed, and more. You can also edit your Sprout, and ALL copies of your sprout will be instantly updated! Add or change content as needed to keep your audience engaged and informed.
More at:http://sproutbuilder.com/
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Gumiyo.com connects buyers and sellers by extending the traditional online marketplace to mobile phones
What Company Is Offering:
Gumiyo.com connects buyers and sellers by extending the traditional online marketplace to mobile phones. Always on and always connected.
How It Works:
Gumiyo provides a marketplace that links buyers and sellers in real-time who connect, communicate, and complete the deal. The service provides sellers with unique mobile homepages and the means to drive traffic from print ads, signs, flyers, window labels, or any type of offline advertising using interactive SMS text-messaging.
A number of other mobile-based tools and technologies position Gumiyo as a leader in the mobile marketplace. From their mobile phone or email, sellers are able to freely, easily, and efficiently post ads to the Gumiyo Web site. Gumiyo will broadcast those ads to major search engines and classified aggregators, and receive inquiries from qualified buyers faster than traditional classified web sites or offline channels.
Buyers can create alerts that trigger automatic text-message notification when those items do become available. Every listing provides an immediate way for a buyer to connect with the seller. Gumiyo enables buyers and sellers to fully engage their "always on, always present" mobile devices to more quickly find and connect with one another.
More:http://www.gumiyo.com/
Gumiyo.com connects buyers and sellers by extending the traditional online marketplace to mobile phones. Always on and always connected.
How It Works:
Gumiyo provides a marketplace that links buyers and sellers in real-time who connect, communicate, and complete the deal. The service provides sellers with unique mobile homepages and the means to drive traffic from print ads, signs, flyers, window labels, or any type of offline advertising using interactive SMS text-messaging.
A number of other mobile-based tools and technologies position Gumiyo as a leader in the mobile marketplace. From their mobile phone or email, sellers are able to freely, easily, and efficiently post ads to the Gumiyo Web site. Gumiyo will broadcast those ads to major search engines and classified aggregators, and receive inquiries from qualified buyers faster than traditional classified web sites or offline channels.
Buyers can create alerts that trigger automatic text-message notification when those items do become available. Every listing provides an immediate way for a buyer to connect with the seller. Gumiyo enables buyers and sellers to fully engage their "always on, always present" mobile devices to more quickly find and connect with one another.
More:http://www.gumiyo.com/
Demand Media announced their plans to work together to build LIVESTRONG.com
Demand Media, Inc., the next-generation social media company, and the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) announced their plans to work together to build LIVESTRONG.com, which will launch next quarter. By leveraging the social media platform and online expertise of Demand Media, the LIVESTRONG.com destination will engage users by providing a full spectrum of content, including actionable and personal online tools and professional health, wellness and fitness related content, to help them live better. Per the agreement, LAF and Lance Armstrong will become shareholders in Demand Media.
“LIVESTRONG is a global movement dedicated to changing the world through living well. Demand Media will help us drive awareness of ‘living strong’ to a broader audience through its powerful social media tools and Internet marketing expertise,” said LAF founder and chairman Lance Armstrong. “The LAF will continue to support cancer survivorship and call on our nation’s leaders to wage a new war against cancer through LIVESTRONG.org. LIVESTRONG.com will be a practical resource to find information from experts and the community, and a proactive way to have a daily conversation about being healthy and living an active lifestyle.”
As a strategic advisor and ongoing content contributor, Lance will work exclusively with Demand Media to build and promote LIVESTRONG.com for the next four years. Demand Media will have an exclusive and perpetual license to the LiveStrong.com domain and work with the foundation to develop LIVESTRONG.com into the leading health, wellness, and fitness destination. Demand Media will provide a perpetual license of its proprietary social media tools to support the LAF army of volunteers on LIVESTRONG.org. Donors, supporters and survivors will be able to interact on the non-profit site via profiles, messaging, photos, and blogs. Members of the LAF army will be invited to preview LIVESTRONG.com before its public launch in Q2.
Via-Newswire
“LIVESTRONG is a global movement dedicated to changing the world through living well. Demand Media will help us drive awareness of ‘living strong’ to a broader audience through its powerful social media tools and Internet marketing expertise,” said LAF founder and chairman Lance Armstrong. “The LAF will continue to support cancer survivorship and call on our nation’s leaders to wage a new war against cancer through LIVESTRONG.org. LIVESTRONG.com will be a practical resource to find information from experts and the community, and a proactive way to have a daily conversation about being healthy and living an active lifestyle.”
As a strategic advisor and ongoing content contributor, Lance will work exclusively with Demand Media to build and promote LIVESTRONG.com for the next four years. Demand Media will have an exclusive and perpetual license to the LiveStrong.com domain and work with the foundation to develop LIVESTRONG.com into the leading health, wellness, and fitness destination. Demand Media will provide a perpetual license of its proprietary social media tools to support the LAF army of volunteers on LIVESTRONG.org. Donors, supporters and survivors will be able to interact on the non-profit site via profiles, messaging, photos, and blogs. Members of the LAF army will be invited to preview LIVESTRONG.com before its public launch in Q2.
Via-Newswire
Green Ventures International launched a $300 million fund that will focus on carbon commerce
Emissions commodity fund management company Green Ventures International Llc. has launched a $300 million (Rs1,182 crore) fund that will focus on carbon commerce—the market activities that reduce carbon emissions and provide returns on that reduction. The firm’s team, which will grow from 15 to 40 this quarter, intends to do four types of investments from its India Carbon Fund I. They will invest in existing carbon credit projects, start renewable energy projects, or link foreign-grown clean or energy-efficient technologies with Indian entrepreneurs. The investors in this open-ended fund come mostly from Europe and the US and Green Ventures expects returns of 15-20% over a five-year period.Krish Krishnan, founder and chief executive officer, spoke to Mint about the firm’s plans. Edited excerpts:
Why are you entering this market now?
We saw a gap in the market here. Many of the global banks and funds that look at carbon commerce abroad found India’s market fragmented and too difficult. I have been watching carbon commerce since the Acid Rain Emissions Trading in Chicago under the first President George Bush, and the US Initiative for Joint Implementation, which were precursors to the Kyoto Protocol’s approach to carbon credits. So, I wanted to fill this gap, and returned to India to research the space for two years in advance of launching the fund. India requires a significant local network and understanding at the grass roots level.
So how do carbon commerce-focused funds work in other parts of developing Asia?
In China, there is the classic private equity model where investors enter forwards for carbon credits. And they take minority positions in carbon credits, converting the value into dollar equivalents, into shares, and taking a percentage. In Malaysia, it is the classic commodity approach, and investors look for carbon credits already certified and invest purely in those credits with no interest in the project. We are the only fund focused on India right now, and are really doing a hybrid of thesetwo models.
Why did you choose this model?
It is not good to look at carbon credits alone. For example, investment in clean technology, such as solar or wind, could have a multiplier effect. Every application of the technology will have the potential for carbon credits.
Via-Mint
Why are you entering this market now?
We saw a gap in the market here. Many of the global banks and funds that look at carbon commerce abroad found India’s market fragmented and too difficult. I have been watching carbon commerce since the Acid Rain Emissions Trading in Chicago under the first President George Bush, and the US Initiative for Joint Implementation, which were precursors to the Kyoto Protocol’s approach to carbon credits. So, I wanted to fill this gap, and returned to India to research the space for two years in advance of launching the fund. India requires a significant local network and understanding at the grass roots level.
So how do carbon commerce-focused funds work in other parts of developing Asia?
In China, there is the classic private equity model where investors enter forwards for carbon credits. And they take minority positions in carbon credits, converting the value into dollar equivalents, into shares, and taking a percentage. In Malaysia, it is the classic commodity approach, and investors look for carbon credits already certified and invest purely in those credits with no interest in the project. We are the only fund focused on India right now, and are really doing a hybrid of thesetwo models.
Why did you choose this model?
It is not good to look at carbon credits alone. For example, investment in clean technology, such as solar or wind, could have a multiplier effect. Every application of the technology will have the potential for carbon credits.
Via-Mint
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals--- Bringing the Best Together
What Company Is Offering:
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is a global membership organization of individuals and organizations involved in outsourcing as customers, providers, and advisors. IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses.
How It Works:
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is a global membership-based organization shaping the future of outsourcing as a management practice, as a profession, and as an industry.
Its members are line and staff, executives and managers, with the vision and expertise it takes to design, implement, and manage their company’s global corporate ecosystem. This new breed of outsourcing professional enhances their company’s success and their own careers by taking advantage of a wide-array of association services including networking, research, training, and certification.
The IAOP has added a Career Opportunities section on its Web site that will allow its corporate and professional members to seek resumes for available positions in their organizations.
Due to the specialized nature of an outsourcing professional, job posting offers a critical service to those organizations needing expertise in focused areas, said Deborah Hamill, Senior Managing Director, Global Membership at IAOP.
More at:http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is a global membership organization of individuals and organizations involved in outsourcing as customers, providers, and advisors. IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses.
How It Works:
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is a global membership-based organization shaping the future of outsourcing as a management practice, as a profession, and as an industry.
Its members are line and staff, executives and managers, with the vision and expertise it takes to design, implement, and manage their company’s global corporate ecosystem. This new breed of outsourcing professional enhances their company’s success and their own careers by taking advantage of a wide-array of association services including networking, research, training, and certification.
The IAOP has added a Career Opportunities section on its Web site that will allow its corporate and professional members to seek resumes for available positions in their organizations.
Due to the specialized nature of an outsourcing professional, job posting offers a critical service to those organizations needing expertise in focused areas, said Deborah Hamill, Senior Managing Director, Global Membership at IAOP.
More at:http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/
Savefinder enables you to get help from Personal Shoppers with expertise in online searching and shopping
What Company Is Offering:
Savefinder enables you to get help from Personal Shoppers with expertise in online searching and shopping. A Personal Shopper will search for the information you want. When they find the answer to your question then you will be notified via a private email.
Your question will also be publicly viewable on the Savefinder website so that other users can benefit from the research. Your identity and personal information will not be revealed to the community of users at any time; instead you will be identified only by a Savefinder 'Nickname'.
While our Personal Shoppers will do their best to help with every request, some questions simply don't have clear answers (e.g., "Should I have married my high school sweetheart?"). It's also possible that the answer to your question is simply not available.
How It Works:
Personal Shoppers provide advice on products and services, fulfilling shopping requirements faster.Personal Shoppers are Savefinder's Internet researchers. They'll help you to find the items specified in your questions. Personal Shoppers are carefully selected by Savefinder for their experience and expertise in Internet searching. Only a professional with a previously established strong profile can be a Savefinder Personal Shopper.
Savefinder has a stringent process for screening Personal Shoppers before they're allowed to answer questions. Each applicant must write an essay explaining why he or she wants to take part in the program and successfully answer a number of test questions.
More at:http://www.savefinder.com/
Savefinder enables you to get help from Personal Shoppers with expertise in online searching and shopping. A Personal Shopper will search for the information you want. When they find the answer to your question then you will be notified via a private email.
Your question will also be publicly viewable on the Savefinder website so that other users can benefit from the research. Your identity and personal information will not be revealed to the community of users at any time; instead you will be identified only by a Savefinder 'Nickname'.
While our Personal Shoppers will do their best to help with every request, some questions simply don't have clear answers (e.g., "Should I have married my high school sweetheart?"). It's also possible that the answer to your question is simply not available.
How It Works:
Personal Shoppers provide advice on products and services, fulfilling shopping requirements faster.Personal Shoppers are Savefinder's Internet researchers. They'll help you to find the items specified in your questions. Personal Shoppers are carefully selected by Savefinder for their experience and expertise in Internet searching. Only a professional with a previously established strong profile can be a Savefinder Personal Shopper.
Savefinder has a stringent process for screening Personal Shoppers before they're allowed to answer questions. Each applicant must write an essay explaining why he or she wants to take part in the program and successfully answer a number of test questions.
More at:http://www.savefinder.com/
Alacra creates sophisticated online technology and services to help clients find, package and present business information
What Company Is Offering:
Alacra creates sophisticated online technology and services to help clients find, package and present business information. Financial institutions, professional service firms and other corporations have long used the same content sets to support clients, research deals and investigate market opportunities. The Alacra mission is to package this content and deliver it in a format that best meets each organization's precise needs.
How It Works:
Alacra provides a single point of access to more than 100 commercial business databases and the Alacra Business Web, our archive of 45,000 content-rich, business-information-only websites indexed by type of publisher, topics of coverage, industries and countries.
Worldwide, more than 600 investment and commercial banks, management consulting firms, law firms, and other corporations, representing 50,000 end users worldwide, use Alacra to effectively find and deploy business information in their daily workflow.
More at:http://alacra.com/
Alacra creates sophisticated online technology and services to help clients find, package and present business information. Financial institutions, professional service firms and other corporations have long used the same content sets to support clients, research deals and investigate market opportunities. The Alacra mission is to package this content and deliver it in a format that best meets each organization's precise needs.
How It Works:
Alacra provides a single point of access to more than 100 commercial business databases and the Alacra Business Web, our archive of 45,000 content-rich, business-information-only websites indexed by type of publisher, topics of coverage, industries and countries.
Worldwide, more than 600 investment and commercial banks, management consulting firms, law firms, and other corporations, representing 50,000 end users worldwide, use Alacra to effectively find and deploy business information in their daily workflow.
More at:http://alacra.com/
KonoLive---Helping Your Business
What company is Offering:
KonoLive, the first instant collaboration software solution that is defining the future of knowledge sharing.
How It Could Be Helpful In Your Business:
In small and medium businesses, moving quickly is key. Your team has a few last-minute changes to make to a report that includes formatted text from a word processing document, charts from a spreadsheet, and web pages the research assistant compiled. Every team member needs to review the report you’ve just put together and then sign off. With KonoLive, you can get it all done quickly and efficiently without a hassle.
As a consultant working with people in different organizations, you juggle multiple deadlines on a daily basis. As each deadline approaches, you need to consolidate everyone’s feedback into the final deliverable and get it back to the client on time. KonoLive helps you do just that in the fraction of the time you used to spend.
You’ve got a one minute video clip and a poster to produce for a high-profile client. Everyone has something to say – executives, the production team, the writers – even the “actors”. Typically, you would have had to get all these people on the phone or in the same room, make separate notes, run them by the executives, and only then tweak the final version. With KonoLive, the review process is reduced to single click actions on any kind of content including video, PDF, web pages Images and more…
More at;http://www.konolive.com/
KonoLive, the first instant collaboration software solution that is defining the future of knowledge sharing.
How It Could Be Helpful In Your Business:
In small and medium businesses, moving quickly is key. Your team has a few last-minute changes to make to a report that includes formatted text from a word processing document, charts from a spreadsheet, and web pages the research assistant compiled. Every team member needs to review the report you’ve just put together and then sign off. With KonoLive, you can get it all done quickly and efficiently without a hassle.
As a consultant working with people in different organizations, you juggle multiple deadlines on a daily basis. As each deadline approaches, you need to consolidate everyone’s feedback into the final deliverable and get it back to the client on time. KonoLive helps you do just that in the fraction of the time you used to spend.
You’ve got a one minute video clip and a poster to produce for a high-profile client. Everyone has something to say – executives, the production team, the writers – even the “actors”. Typically, you would have had to get all these people on the phone or in the same room, make separate notes, run them by the executives, and only then tweak the final version. With KonoLive, the review process is reduced to single click actions on any kind of content including video, PDF, web pages Images and more…
More at;http://www.konolive.com/
Hubdub---The World's News Forcaster Or Wisdom Of The Crowds Tool
What Company Is Offering:
Hubdub is all about letting you actively participate in the day’s news, following today’s events, predicting their outcomes and competing with other users to find out who the real news junkies are.
How it Works:
Simply search for the topic in the search box and if there is already a question on it, click on the question and see all the news related to it and how the likely outcome has changed over time. If your search returns no results, then create a question yourself. You can track your predictions and the questions you’ve created in My Hubdub.
A prediction market is market like any other but here people are trading predictions of future events. One of the nice side benefits of prediction markets is the current ‘price’ for an outcome tends to be a very good forecast of the likelihood of that event occurring. A good introduction to prediction markets is provided by Wikipedia. Hubdub uses modified version of the Market Scoring Rule invented by Professor Robin Hanson at George Mason University.
Hubdub dollars (H$s) are the units of currency used on Hubdub. New users are allocated H$1,000 when they join and all users receive H$20 each day they log into the site.
Your Price’ is the level at which you make your prediction.
For example, if an outcome currently has a 42% chance of occurring and you predict that it will occur, you are predicting that the chance of the outcome occurring is greater than 42%. The impact of you making your prediction is that the current forecast will move slightly. If you risk a lot in making your prediction then the forecast will move a lot.
Your Price is approximately the average between the current user forecast for that outcome and the new forecast once you have made your prediction.
More at:http://www.hubdub.com/
Hubdub is all about letting you actively participate in the day’s news, following today’s events, predicting their outcomes and competing with other users to find out who the real news junkies are.
How it Works:
Simply search for the topic in the search box and if there is already a question on it, click on the question and see all the news related to it and how the likely outcome has changed over time. If your search returns no results, then create a question yourself. You can track your predictions and the questions you’ve created in My Hubdub.
A prediction market is market like any other but here people are trading predictions of future events. One of the nice side benefits of prediction markets is the current ‘price’ for an outcome tends to be a very good forecast of the likelihood of that event occurring. A good introduction to prediction markets is provided by Wikipedia. Hubdub uses modified version of the Market Scoring Rule invented by Professor Robin Hanson at George Mason University.
Hubdub dollars (H$s) are the units of currency used on Hubdub. New users are allocated H$1,000 when they join and all users receive H$20 each day they log into the site.
Your Price’ is the level at which you make your prediction.
For example, if an outcome currently has a 42% chance of occurring and you predict that it will occur, you are predicting that the chance of the outcome occurring is greater than 42%. The impact of you making your prediction is that the current forecast will move slightly. If you risk a lot in making your prediction then the forecast will move a lot.
Your Price is approximately the average between the current user forecast for that outcome and the new forecast once you have made your prediction.
More at:http://www.hubdub.com/
Matchpoint is a new way to find multiple providers of products or services and have them compete to earn your business
What Company Is offering:
Matchpoint is a new way to find multiple providers of products or services and have them compete to earn your business. Matchpoint anonymously connects consumers and businesses with providers of just about any type of product or service via Matchpoint.com or its partner network. Finally there's a way to get providers to compete for your business. Visit Matchpoint.com to begin your search for providers today.
Matchpoint's mission is to create a better way for people to connect with the providers of products and services that they need. If you have ever struggled to find a reliable contractor, Yoga Studio, or health insurance for your business – then you know about the challenges that come with locating providers that will meet your needs.
How It Works:
At Matchpoint, they've created a better way to find providers.
Visiting Matchpoint.com or interacting with Matchpoint on one of their partner's web sites can quickly match your needs with multiple providers of products and services that will compete to earn your business.
All of their introductions are done anonymously without revealing your identity or contact information until you are comfortable that you have found the right provider to work with. This allows you to stay in control of your personal information through out the selection process while providers compete to earn your business.
Product and service providers of all types and sizes rely on Matchpoint to be introduced to qualified consumers or businesses that are ready to select a trusted provider.
For most people, finding a provider that is the best match for your particular needs can be a frustrating, time consuming and sometimes even a scary proposition. Often, people spend so much time just trying to figure out where to look and whom to call that they run out of time and give up on the idea of getting competitive pricing/proposals from multiple providers. Most web sites that claim to help you find providers, more often hurt than help, as they sell off your information and subscribe you to an endless stream of marketing e-mail and phone calls.
More at:http://www.matchpoint.com/
Matchpoint is a new way to find multiple providers of products or services and have them compete to earn your business. Matchpoint anonymously connects consumers and businesses with providers of just about any type of product or service via Matchpoint.com or its partner network. Finally there's a way to get providers to compete for your business. Visit Matchpoint.com to begin your search for providers today.
Matchpoint's mission is to create a better way for people to connect with the providers of products and services that they need. If you have ever struggled to find a reliable contractor, Yoga Studio, or health insurance for your business – then you know about the challenges that come with locating providers that will meet your needs.
How It Works:
At Matchpoint, they've created a better way to find providers.
Visiting Matchpoint.com or interacting with Matchpoint on one of their partner's web sites can quickly match your needs with multiple providers of products and services that will compete to earn your business.
All of their introductions are done anonymously without revealing your identity or contact information until you are comfortable that you have found the right provider to work with. This allows you to stay in control of your personal information through out the selection process while providers compete to earn your business.
Product and service providers of all types and sizes rely on Matchpoint to be introduced to qualified consumers or businesses that are ready to select a trusted provider.
For most people, finding a provider that is the best match for your particular needs can be a frustrating, time consuming and sometimes even a scary proposition. Often, people spend so much time just trying to figure out where to look and whom to call that they run out of time and give up on the idea of getting competitive pricing/proposals from multiple providers. Most web sites that claim to help you find providers, more often hurt than help, as they sell off your information and subscribe you to an endless stream of marketing e-mail and phone calls.
More at:http://www.matchpoint.com/
Qtrax is the world’s first free and legal peer-to-peer (P2P) digital music site
What Company Is Offering:
Qtrax is the world’s first free and legal peer-to-peer (P2P) digital music site. Music lovers can discover new music and legally download full-length, high-quality versions of their favorite songs while compensating both the artists and the record labels through non-intrusive and relevant advertising.
How It Works:
It provides a complete system for finding and downloading music. The player provides access to web sites filled with artist content including Videos, Ringtones, Lyrics, Album Art, and up to the minute artist news! Try finding THAT on any other P2P network. Even better – it's FREE AND LEGAL on Qtrax.
Qtrax has the unparalleled support of the major record labels and all of their respective publishing divisions. Qtrax and its components are developed by LTDnetwork Inc. a division of Brilliant Technologies Corporation.
More at:http://www.qtrax.com/
Qtrax is the world’s first free and legal peer-to-peer (P2P) digital music site. Music lovers can discover new music and legally download full-length, high-quality versions of their favorite songs while compensating both the artists and the record labels through non-intrusive and relevant advertising.
How It Works:
It provides a complete system for finding and downloading music. The player provides access to web sites filled with artist content including Videos, Ringtones, Lyrics, Album Art, and up to the minute artist news! Try finding THAT on any other P2P network. Even better – it's FREE AND LEGAL on Qtrax.
Qtrax has the unparalleled support of the major record labels and all of their respective publishing divisions. Qtrax and its components are developed by LTDnetwork Inc. a division of Brilliant Technologies Corporation.
More at:http://www.qtrax.com/
Rewardpick.com ---Compare Credit Cards
What Company Is Offering:
The goal of Rewardpick.com is to allow users to easily choose and give feedback about reward credit cards . All content are user-generated, including listed credit cards. They hope that you have fun and find the card that you are looking.
More at:http://rewardpick.com/
The goal of Rewardpick.com is to allow users to easily choose and give feedback about reward credit cards . All content are user-generated, including listed credit cards. They hope that you have fun and find the card that you are looking.
More at:http://rewardpick.com/
woonz is a audio search engine
What Company Is Offering:
woonz is a search engine; none of the songs on woonz are hosted on our servers. woonz crawls the internet for audio tracks and then provides the information here for you to listen, download, or find out more about audio that you are interested in.
They have developed their own search technology for discovering mp3 files on the web and for presenting the results to you in the most useful way.
How It Works:
You can simply use your web browser to find and listen to music that you are interested in. You don’t need to install anything and you don’t need to have any concerns about spy-ware, viruses or set up.
More at:http://www.woonz.com/
woonz is a search engine; none of the songs on woonz are hosted on our servers. woonz crawls the internet for audio tracks and then provides the information here for you to listen, download, or find out more about audio that you are interested in.
They have developed their own search technology for discovering mp3 files on the web and for presenting the results to you in the most useful way.
How It Works:
You can simply use your web browser to find and listen to music that you are interested in. You don’t need to install anything and you don’t need to have any concerns about spy-ware, viruses or set up.
More at:http://www.woonz.com/
Issuu is an online publishing service and a creative community dedicated to publishing
What Company Is Offering:
Issuu is an online publishing service and a creative community dedicated to publishing. With Issuu (pronounced 'issue') anyone can convert their PDF documents into interactive online publications. It only takes a minute and it's free.
How It Works:
Simply press the big 'Upload' button on the top of the page and follow the instructions on the screen. Once the document is uploaded, they'll take care of the rest.While one PDF is being converted you can easily start uploading another PDF by pressing the 'Upload' button again.
With Issuu anyone can automatically convert their documents into interactive online publications. It only takes a minute and it's free. After this you can view your document in a neat magazine-style viewer, that other people can bookmark, share and comment on. Finally, you can also post (embed) your Issuu documents on any external site, profile or blog.
More at:http://issuu.com/
Issuu is an online publishing service and a creative community dedicated to publishing. With Issuu (pronounced 'issue') anyone can convert their PDF documents into interactive online publications. It only takes a minute and it's free.
How It Works:
Simply press the big 'Upload' button on the top of the page and follow the instructions on the screen. Once the document is uploaded, they'll take care of the rest.While one PDF is being converted you can easily start uploading another PDF by pressing the 'Upload' button again.
With Issuu anyone can automatically convert their documents into interactive online publications. It only takes a minute and it's free. After this you can view your document in a neat magazine-style viewer, that other people can bookmark, share and comment on. Finally, you can also post (embed) your Issuu documents on any external site, profile or blog.
More at:http://issuu.com/
Monday, January 28, 2008
BizReef connects buyers and sellers of online services
What Company Is Offering:
BizReef connects buyers and sellers of online services.
Buyers have infinite possibilities in choosing the right service for them with the comfort of having each Freelancer rated and their money placed in escrow.
Buyers focus on what they do best without the need to hire programmers, connecting money processors, buying rack space and more.
BizReef gives sellers the premier platform to do business and easily reach potential customers.
How It Works:
First choose the category you're interested in, browse through the offered services and select the one that suits you. If you can't find the service you are looking for, open a project and BizReef Freelancers will bid on it. It's that simple!
You pay BizReef only. BizReef escrows the funds until both the Freelancer and the buyer confirm that the job is done. Disputes go through a fast arbitration process.
BizReef doesn't offer services directly to customers but rather allows Freelancers to sign up at BizReef and provides free advertisement, money processing, transactions handling, application hosting and more: a complete solution for the Freelance. Freelancers are rated by the customers and customers are rated by the Freelancers, this provides a safe environment for both Freelancers and customers.
The Freelancer you bought the services from is responsible but BizReef gives you all the information you need in order to make a decision: rating, comments from other customers and escrow on the money.
More at:http://www.bizreef.com/
BizReef connects buyers and sellers of online services.
Buyers have infinite possibilities in choosing the right service for them with the comfort of having each Freelancer rated and their money placed in escrow.
Buyers focus on what they do best without the need to hire programmers, connecting money processors, buying rack space and more.
BizReef gives sellers the premier platform to do business and easily reach potential customers.
How It Works:
First choose the category you're interested in, browse through the offered services and select the one that suits you. If you can't find the service you are looking for, open a project and BizReef Freelancers will bid on it. It's that simple!
You pay BizReef only. BizReef escrows the funds until both the Freelancer and the buyer confirm that the job is done. Disputes go through a fast arbitration process.
BizReef doesn't offer services directly to customers but rather allows Freelancers to sign up at BizReef and provides free advertisement, money processing, transactions handling, application hosting and more: a complete solution for the Freelance. Freelancers are rated by the customers and customers are rated by the Freelancers, this provides a safe environment for both Freelancers and customers.
The Freelancer you bought the services from is responsible but BizReef gives you all the information you need in order to make a decision: rating, comments from other customers and escrow on the money.
More at:http://www.bizreef.com/
text2PNG.com provide webmasters with the ability to convert their website headlines and navigations to PNG images automaticlly
What Company Is Offering:
text2PNG.com provide webmasters with the ability to convert their website headlines and navigations to PNG images automaticlly. The process is very simple and automated, it works by adding a small JavaScript file and selecting which tags to replace. The purpose of this script is to ease editing graphical headlines and navigations. For example, you can change the headline in Photoshop, optimize and save the image and upload it to the server to update a graphical headline, or just change the headline text in your HTML file and the image will automaticlly update.
More at:http://www.text2png.com/
text2PNG.com provide webmasters with the ability to convert their website headlines and navigations to PNG images automaticlly. The process is very simple and automated, it works by adding a small JavaScript file and selecting which tags to replace. The purpose of this script is to ease editing graphical headlines and navigations. For example, you can change the headline in Photoshop, optimize and save the image and upload it to the server to update a graphical headline, or just change the headline text in your HTML file and the image will automaticlly update.
More at:http://www.text2png.com/
The Rubicon Project----to make the most money from ads on your website
What Company Is Offering:
The Rubicon Project is a group of industry-experienced, aggressive and passionate renegades dedicated to bringing a new level of efficiency to the fragmented Internet advertising space.The Rubicon Project's web-based, self-serve solution makes it really easy for you to make the most money from ads on your website.
How It Works:
Their system optimizes across 9,000 micro-segments to determine which ad network will make you the most money. Micro-segments include frequency capping, geo-targeting, language, channel, demographics, day parting, contextual and obviously many, many others. Based on both historical and real-time data, they serve the ad network that will make the publisher the most revenue according to their preferences. All of the networks have their own targeting technology-- their system figures out which one is best for your site. While their system optimizes on the fly-- you also retain full control of what ad networks you work with.
More at:http://www.rubiconproject.com/
The Rubicon Project is a group of industry-experienced, aggressive and passionate renegades dedicated to bringing a new level of efficiency to the fragmented Internet advertising space.The Rubicon Project's web-based, self-serve solution makes it really easy for you to make the most money from ads on your website.
How It Works:
Their system optimizes across 9,000 micro-segments to determine which ad network will make you the most money. Micro-segments include frequency capping, geo-targeting, language, channel, demographics, day parting, contextual and obviously many, many others. Based on both historical and real-time data, they serve the ad network that will make the publisher the most revenue according to their preferences. All of the networks have their own targeting technology-- their system figures out which one is best for your site. While their system optimizes on the fly-- you also retain full control of what ad networks you work with.
More at:http://www.rubiconproject.com/
Get Paid to Interview For Jobs
What Company Is Offering:
NotchUp, to make finding the perfect job or the perfect candidate fast, simple and painless.Leveraging a platform that connects employers and individuals, NotchUp is changing the way recruiting is done, one interview at a time.NotchUp is 100% free and takes less than five minutes to join.
How It Works:
To get started, simply register, create a profile (which is similar to an online resume), and set an interview price. Your interview price is the price at which you’ll talk to prospective employers. Once you’ve created your profile, companies will search it and make you paid offers to interview if you have the skills and experience they’re looking for. Accept the offers you’re interested in, go to the interviews, and they’ll collect the money and transfer it to you.
NotchUp is the best way to get passive candidates to respond to you, and has no signup, monthly or annual fees. To get started, simply create a corporate profile and begin searching for individuals that fit your needs. When you find an individual you’re interested in, make them an offer to interview. If they accept, they’ll share their contact details with you so you can finalize the details of your interview. You don’t pay anything until the interview takes place.
Unique Features:
The NotchUp calculator helps you calculate your optimal interview price, based on a variety of factors.
You can instantaneously import your LinkedIn profile into NotchUp to use as your NotchUp profile.
Your name and contact details remain hidden from a prospective employer until you accept their offer to interview.
Your profile is unsearchable by your current employer.
Optional background checks on candidates.
100% money back guarantee on all interviews .
Stats and feedback on candidates from their previous interviews .
Magnify SearchTM lets you easily find the perfect candidate based on a variety of factors .
More at:http://notchup.com/
NotchUp, to make finding the perfect job or the perfect candidate fast, simple and painless.Leveraging a platform that connects employers and individuals, NotchUp is changing the way recruiting is done, one interview at a time.NotchUp is 100% free and takes less than five minutes to join.
How It Works:
To get started, simply register, create a profile (which is similar to an online resume), and set an interview price. Your interview price is the price at which you’ll talk to prospective employers. Once you’ve created your profile, companies will search it and make you paid offers to interview if you have the skills and experience they’re looking for. Accept the offers you’re interested in, go to the interviews, and they’ll collect the money and transfer it to you.
NotchUp is the best way to get passive candidates to respond to you, and has no signup, monthly or annual fees. To get started, simply create a corporate profile and begin searching for individuals that fit your needs. When you find an individual you’re interested in, make them an offer to interview. If they accept, they’ll share their contact details with you so you can finalize the details of your interview. You don’t pay anything until the interview takes place.
Unique Features:
The NotchUp calculator helps you calculate your optimal interview price, based on a variety of factors.
You can instantaneously import your LinkedIn profile into NotchUp to use as your NotchUp profile.
Your name and contact details remain hidden from a prospective employer until you accept their offer to interview.
Your profile is unsearchable by your current employer.
Optional background checks on candidates.
100% money back guarantee on all interviews .
Stats and feedback on candidates from their previous interviews .
Magnify SearchTM lets you easily find the perfect candidate based on a variety of factors .
More at:http://notchup.com/
Instant Legal Help makes it easy and simple to find a qualified and experienced lawyer in your area
What Company Is Offering:
Instant Legal Help makes it easy and simple to find a qualified and experienced lawyer in your area or any major U.S. cities to help you with your particular legal needs. From Mesothelioma and DUI Lawyers to Personal Injury attorney, we will help you find the best attorney.
Post comments about any lawyer's services. If you are a lawyer, you can promote your legal firm by adding detailed descriptions.
How It Works:
InstantLegalHelp.com web channel provides potential clients with an easy-to-use search to find law firms anywhere in the United States. The search results are plotted on a Google map along with the firm's contact information and detailed description. This search will acts as a connection between clients and law firms.
More at:http://www.instantlegalhelp.com/
Instant Legal Help makes it easy and simple to find a qualified and experienced lawyer in your area or any major U.S. cities to help you with your particular legal needs. From Mesothelioma and DUI Lawyers to Personal Injury attorney, we will help you find the best attorney.
Post comments about any lawyer's services. If you are a lawyer, you can promote your legal firm by adding detailed descriptions.
How It Works:
InstantLegalHelp.com web channel provides potential clients with an easy-to-use search to find law firms anywhere in the United States. The search results are plotted on a Google map along with the firm's contact information and detailed description. This search will acts as a connection between clients and law firms.
More at:http://www.instantlegalhelp.com/
ShopStarStyle.com is an online retailer of designer items
What Company Is Offering:
ShopStarStyle.com is an online retailer of designer handbags, designer shoes, and now designer jeans, offering luxury apparel and accessories featuring top designers highlighting the latest trends and fashions. Providing quality, authentic fashions and accessories for men and women nationwide, the company prides itself on making style and fashion at irresistible prices. ShopStarStyle.com is U.S. owned and operated providing handbags, shoes, clothing and accessories from top designers from around the world.
How It Works:
ShopStarStyle.com began offering customers the best prices on designer shoes and designer handbags featuring top brands such as Fendi, Prada handbags, Gucci Shoes plus many other designer and luxury shoes and handbags. Fashion savvy customers familiar with the quality and demand of high-end fashions can find significant savings on their entire wardrobe, when shopping online at www.ShopStarStyle.com. With the addition of accessories like designer sunglasses and now the new line of designer denim, ShopStarStyle.com has truly become a fashion portal for online shoppers.
ShopStarStyle.com now offers 17 different designer denim labels including Genetic, Frankie B, Diesel, Silver, MEK Denim and many others. The fashion industry is often shaped and molded by celebrities, either by their inclination towards a brand by choice, endorsement or manufacturing. Fashion and celebrity apparel are almost synonymous, but ShopStarStyle.com seeks to bring the apparel of designer and celebrity style to everyone. "They want to offer customers many choices in designer jeans as well as giving them the freedom of choice in shoes, handbags, sunglasses and accessories. Their goal is to provide designer trends form head to toe at prices that don’t require a celebrity income" concluded Ross.
Mpre at:http://www.shopstarstyle.com/
ShopStarStyle.com is an online retailer of designer handbags, designer shoes, and now designer jeans, offering luxury apparel and accessories featuring top designers highlighting the latest trends and fashions. Providing quality, authentic fashions and accessories for men and women nationwide, the company prides itself on making style and fashion at irresistible prices. ShopStarStyle.com is U.S. owned and operated providing handbags, shoes, clothing and accessories from top designers from around the world.
How It Works:
ShopStarStyle.com began offering customers the best prices on designer shoes and designer handbags featuring top brands such as Fendi, Prada handbags, Gucci Shoes plus many other designer and luxury shoes and handbags. Fashion savvy customers familiar with the quality and demand of high-end fashions can find significant savings on their entire wardrobe, when shopping online at www.ShopStarStyle.com. With the addition of accessories like designer sunglasses and now the new line of designer denim, ShopStarStyle.com has truly become a fashion portal for online shoppers.
ShopStarStyle.com now offers 17 different designer denim labels including Genetic, Frankie B, Diesel, Silver, MEK Denim and many others. The fashion industry is often shaped and molded by celebrities, either by their inclination towards a brand by choice, endorsement or manufacturing. Fashion and celebrity apparel are almost synonymous, but ShopStarStyle.com seeks to bring the apparel of designer and celebrity style to everyone. "They want to offer customers many choices in designer jeans as well as giving them the freedom of choice in shoes, handbags, sunglasses and accessories. Their goal is to provide designer trends form head to toe at prices that don’t require a celebrity income" concluded Ross.
Mpre at:http://www.shopstarstyle.com/
bringsome.com is the first global p2p goods delivery platform
What Company Is Offering:
bringsome.com is the first global p2p goods delivery platform that enables its community to help-out eachotherwith getting access to the best goodies the world has to offer.
How It Works:
If you could extend your network globally to have people bring you some (AND you bringing some for others) and where people from the country you are travelling to are able to tell you what you can take home (AND what you might bring them)?
Now, there is bringsome.com ! They are in pre-beta....... and they need your help to shake-down the service.
So, put-up an ad for the goodies you can bring and put one up for the stuff you are looking for.
More at:http://www.bringsome.com/
bringsome.com is the first global p2p goods delivery platform that enables its community to help-out eachotherwith getting access to the best goodies the world has to offer.
How It Works:
If you could extend your network globally to have people bring you some (AND you bringing some for others) and where people from the country you are travelling to are able to tell you what you can take home (AND what you might bring them)?
Now, there is bringsome.com ! They are in pre-beta....... and they need your help to shake-down the service.
So, put-up an ad for the goodies you can bring and put one up for the stuff you are looking for.
More at:http://www.bringsome.com/
URdrobe is the first online wardrobe platform of its kind, empowering you with a new perspective on your clothes and your style
What Company Is Offering:
Not sure if that grey sweater you saw in the store yesterday would go well with your jeans and walking shoes?
Ever stand at your closet certain about what to wear tomorrow and the next day, but have no idea of what will work for today?
Are you interested in tracking down apparel sales and retailer discounts, but just don't have the time to sift through the web searching for them?
URdrobe is the first online wardrobe platform of its kind, empowering you with a new perspective on your clothes and your style.
How It Works:
All everyday questions and situations that URdrobe will help you to explore and address, among many others.
Becoming a member for FREE and adding clothes to your profile with a few clicks of the mouse is all it takes to put you well on your way to mixing and matching clothes and creating outfits to store to your online closet.
More at:http://www.urdrobe.com/
Not sure if that grey sweater you saw in the store yesterday would go well with your jeans and walking shoes?
Ever stand at your closet certain about what to wear tomorrow and the next day, but have no idea of what will work for today?
Are you interested in tracking down apparel sales and retailer discounts, but just don't have the time to sift through the web searching for them?
URdrobe is the first online wardrobe platform of its kind, empowering you with a new perspective on your clothes and your style.
How It Works:
All everyday questions and situations that URdrobe will help you to explore and address, among many others.
Becoming a member for FREE and adding clothes to your profile with a few clicks of the mouse is all it takes to put you well on your way to mixing and matching clothes and creating outfits to store to your online closet.
More at:http://www.urdrobe.com/
Joborate--Free Job Listing
What Company Is Offering:
Joborate is FREE! Simply input your job information and submit, no registration is required.
Your company information will be cached automatically after submission, so you won't need to input again when posting another jobs.
How It Works:
To ensure you have the most comfortable posting experiences, a live preview is available right below while you are typing!
Their technology also supports instant-validation, instant-filtering and instant auto-link.There is zero page-loading involved through the process.
You can forget about the traditional job listing platforms. Their search engine understands what you want, and retrieves relevant jobs for you.
For example, type 'de in n" will give you all jobs of 'Designer in New York', 'Web Designer in New York'. Search results are updated instantly while you are typing.
With Joborate, they'll find as much information as possible for you. All you have to do is simply clicking the icons next to the employers' email addresses!
Don't waste time browsing through job listing websites one by one, when you can see them all in one place!
They search and import quality jobs from the Internet every minutes. All consolidated jobs can be searched and filtered via a nice user-friendly interface!
Tips listed below the search box is generated dynamically, based on popularity. Simply click on these words to retrieve the results.
You'll find most demanded jobs, most viewed jobs as well as top locations with just a click.
Instant filters are also available for you to retrieve relevant information.
For instant, clicking on a company name will return all jobs from this particular company; while clicking on a location will return all jobs from this particular location.
A job detail page will be displayed when clicking on a job title.
In this page, you'll find all information you needed as well as useful functions like 'Email this Page', 'Print this Page' and 'Go to Homepage'.
More at:http://www.joborate.com/
Joborate is FREE! Simply input your job information and submit, no registration is required.
Your company information will be cached automatically after submission, so you won't need to input again when posting another jobs.
How It Works:
To ensure you have the most comfortable posting experiences, a live preview is available right below while you are typing!
Their technology also supports instant-validation, instant-filtering and instant auto-link.There is zero page-loading involved through the process.
You can forget about the traditional job listing platforms. Their search engine understands what you want, and retrieves relevant jobs for you.
For example, type 'de in n" will give you all jobs of 'Designer in New York', 'Web Designer in New York'. Search results are updated instantly while you are typing.
With Joborate, they'll find as much information as possible for you. All you have to do is simply clicking the icons next to the employers' email addresses!
Don't waste time browsing through job listing websites one by one, when you can see them all in one place!
They search and import quality jobs from the Internet every minutes. All consolidated jobs can be searched and filtered via a nice user-friendly interface!
Tips listed below the search box is generated dynamically, based on popularity. Simply click on these words to retrieve the results.
You'll find most demanded jobs, most viewed jobs as well as top locations with just a click.
Instant filters are also available for you to retrieve relevant information.
For instant, clicking on a company name will return all jobs from this particular company; while clicking on a location will return all jobs from this particular location.
A job detail page will be displayed when clicking on a job title.
In this page, you'll find all information you needed as well as useful functions like 'Email this Page', 'Print this Page' and 'Go to Homepage'.
More at:http://www.joborate.com/
Free How-To Video
What Company is Offering:
WonderHowTo.com is a community-fueled, search engine and directory for Free How-To Video. With an index of more than 90,000 videos ,they provide the largest, most contemporary, and most diverse resource in this increasingly vibrant space.
Employing both human and automated curation, they are focused on one clear organizing principle: sourcing truly great, Free How-To Video.
How It Works:
Click the Submit tab near the top of the page. Enter the URL in the rectangular box. A new page will open. Here, they want to give you the opportunity to enter the video's supporting information like the Category, Sub-Category, Headline, Description, Length, Format and Screen Grab. So, when you enter all that information, and it is a great video they have not previously indexed, they get jazzed. No joke. Oh yeah, if you Submit a number of great and revelatory videos... they might ask you to join them!
WonderHowTo provides content from more than 500 specialized sites spanning 36 vertical categories and 403 sub-categories. And they add thousands of revelatory videos each week. Their strategy for continued growth is to empower their intellectually-curious community to spider the web for great, juicy, sharable how-to videos....because they firmly believe computers alone cannot shoulder the task of providing superior results. Beyond being the most comprehensive resource, they take pride in offering an arsenal of rich editorial choice with the simple goal of inspiring Wonderment. Read our blog. Sign up for our weekly email, the Wonder Weekly. Watch the Clip of the Day as we showcase celebrity how-to's, in depth member profiles, user testimonials, and even how-to exposés, (uncovering the alarming new genre of Faux-To's on the web).
More at:http://www.wonderhowto.com/
WonderHowTo.com is a community-fueled, search engine and directory for Free How-To Video. With an index of more than 90,000 videos ,they provide the largest, most contemporary, and most diverse resource in this increasingly vibrant space.
Employing both human and automated curation, they are focused on one clear organizing principle: sourcing truly great, Free How-To Video.
How It Works:
Click the Submit tab near the top of the page. Enter the URL in the rectangular box. A new page will open. Here, they want to give you the opportunity to enter the video's supporting information like the Category, Sub-Category, Headline, Description, Length, Format and Screen Grab. So, when you enter all that information, and it is a great video they have not previously indexed, they get jazzed. No joke. Oh yeah, if you Submit a number of great and revelatory videos... they might ask you to join them!
WonderHowTo provides content from more than 500 specialized sites spanning 36 vertical categories and 403 sub-categories. And they add thousands of revelatory videos each week. Their strategy for continued growth is to empower their intellectually-curious community to spider the web for great, juicy, sharable how-to videos....because they firmly believe computers alone cannot shoulder the task of providing superior results. Beyond being the most comprehensive resource, they take pride in offering an arsenal of rich editorial choice with the simple goal of inspiring Wonderment. Read our blog. Sign up for our weekly email, the Wonder Weekly. Watch the Clip of the Day as we showcase celebrity how-to's, in depth member profiles, user testimonials, and even how-to exposés, (uncovering the alarming new genre of Faux-To's on the web).
More at:http://www.wonderhowto.com/
PurpleTrail is a brand new way to organize and manage parties, get-togethers, events and meetings
What Company is Offering:
PurpleTrail is a brand new way to organize and manage parties, get-togethers, events and meetings. It is the first ever event organizer that lets you create, invite and evolve plans along with your friends, colleagues and family in true web 2.0 style. It brings together the best of the collaboration principles - building consensus, voting for place and time choices, personal feedback - all into one page and lets you manage them efficiently. PurpleTrail also has open choices for event time like "Late Evening", "Sometime next week", that allow you to sow a seed for an event and see it grow.
How It Works:
PurpleTrail also adds a very interesting twist to your event management by providing a true instant messaging experience for your event members, complete with presence information and persistence. All the discussions and suggestions are saved within the event details, so as you invite more people to an event they can come up to speed in a jiffy.
PurpleTrail does not let anything come between you and your event - not even itself! You can personalize your event the way you want it by choosing from hundreds of available themes. The themes are fresh, colorful and are an absolute treat to the user. In less than five minutes you can make a great-looking event page and invite people in style. You can also map an address from this page and print out professional-looking invitations that will leave an impression in the minds of people.
More at:http://purpletrail.com/
PurpleTrail is a brand new way to organize and manage parties, get-togethers, events and meetings. It is the first ever event organizer that lets you create, invite and evolve plans along with your friends, colleagues and family in true web 2.0 style. It brings together the best of the collaboration principles - building consensus, voting for place and time choices, personal feedback - all into one page and lets you manage them efficiently. PurpleTrail also has open choices for event time like "Late Evening", "Sometime next week", that allow you to sow a seed for an event and see it grow.
How It Works:
PurpleTrail also adds a very interesting twist to your event management by providing a true instant messaging experience for your event members, complete with presence information and persistence. All the discussions and suggestions are saved within the event details, so as you invite more people to an event they can come up to speed in a jiffy.
PurpleTrail does not let anything come between you and your event - not even itself! You can personalize your event the way you want it by choosing from hundreds of available themes. The themes are fresh, colorful and are an absolute treat to the user. In less than five minutes you can make a great-looking event page and invite people in style. You can also map an address from this page and print out professional-looking invitations that will leave an impression in the minds of people.
More at:http://purpletrail.com/
Best place for freelance professionals to come and bid on upcoming computer, multimedia, and written projects
What Company Is Offering:
It is best place for freelance professionals to come and bid on upcoming computer, multimedia, and written projects.They will help you find highly skilled freelance web developers, graphic designers, translators, editors, writers, software developers, or any other freelance professional at the best possible price.
How It Works:
Once you are logged in, click browse projects located in the top menu. Once you have chosen a project, and can now see all of the project details, scroll down to the bottom where you see three forms. In the First Form (Bid: $) is the amount you will do this project for. Your bid must be within the set budget located near the top of the post, underneath status. The Second Form (Delivery) is how long it will take you to complete the project, and lastly the Third Form is where you would tell the poster a little bit about yourself, and why the project poster should pick you. Max 150 Characters. After that is all filled out, simply click post bid, when it asks you to confirm your bid, click OK.
If your were the winner of the project, and you have received a feedback from the project poster, you will then be able to rate the project poster and send them a feedback. Simply click on MY FEEDBACKS, click the feedback that was sent to you by the project poster, and then click 'send this user a feedback' . Thats it.
More at:http://www.freelancewar.com/
It is best place for freelance professionals to come and bid on upcoming computer, multimedia, and written projects.They will help you find highly skilled freelance web developers, graphic designers, translators, editors, writers, software developers, or any other freelance professional at the best possible price.
How It Works:
Once you are logged in, click browse projects located in the top menu. Once you have chosen a project, and can now see all of the project details, scroll down to the bottom where you see three forms. In the First Form (Bid: $) is the amount you will do this project for. Your bid must be within the set budget located near the top of the post, underneath status. The Second Form (Delivery) is how long it will take you to complete the project, and lastly the Third Form is where you would tell the poster a little bit about yourself, and why the project poster should pick you. Max 150 Characters. After that is all filled out, simply click post bid, when it asks you to confirm your bid, click OK.
If your were the winner of the project, and you have received a feedback from the project poster, you will then be able to rate the project poster and send them a feedback. Simply click on MY FEEDBACKS, click the feedback that was sent to you by the project poster, and then click 'send this user a feedback' . Thats it.
More at:http://www.freelancewar.com/
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Set Your Rate
What Company Is Offering:
SetYourRate.com is a directory for almost any Service to be advertised. SetYourRate.com provides you with all the technology to advertise, find or request a Service,
How It Works:
Firstly, SetYourRate.com enables anyone to advertise a Service which means whatever your working status, situation or skill set your Services can be easily offered and found by potential customers.
Secondly, SetYourRate.com offers additional features for specific sectors providing a clearer, comprehensive and more relevant experience for buying and selling Services.
Lastly, SetYourRate.com provides all users with an account which enables you to manage and administrate your Services as well as contact Service providers safely and securely.
More at:http://www.setyourrate.com/
SetYourRate.com is a directory for almost any Service to be advertised. SetYourRate.com provides you with all the technology to advertise, find or request a Service,
How It Works:
Firstly, SetYourRate.com enables anyone to advertise a Service which means whatever your working status, situation or skill set your Services can be easily offered and found by potential customers.
Secondly, SetYourRate.com offers additional features for specific sectors providing a clearer, comprehensive and more relevant experience for buying and selling Services.
Lastly, SetYourRate.com provides all users with an account which enables you to manage and administrate your Services as well as contact Service providers safely and securely.
More at:http://www.setyourrate.com/
Twones is a fresh way to find & discover music via trusted connections
What Company Is Offering:
Twones is a fresh way to find & discover music via trusted connections.
Trusted friends help navigate that sea of information and misinformation overload.
Twones simplifies and helps eliminating ‘the clutter’ in our daily lives.
All your played music. Library, and web services, in one place.
More at:http://www.twones.com/
Twones is a fresh way to find & discover music via trusted connections.
Trusted friends help navigate that sea of information and misinformation overload.
Twones simplifies and helps eliminating ‘the clutter’ in our daily lives.
All your played music. Library, and web services, in one place.
More at:http://www.twones.com/
Andanza.com----To mobilize blogs
What Company Is Offering:
Andanza.com is a service created by Andanza Technologies, a company in the ALMA Group dedicated to Investigation, Development and Innovation in new information technologies in the areas of mobility and knowledge managemet.
Andanza has consolidated an substantial growth capacity, creating new solutions in order that bring technological advances to society. Andanza is content management and mobility, two defining elements of the 21st century.
How It Works:
To mobilize blogs, Andanza uses esmeroPlatform, an open-standar platform, that enables access to web content and applications based on the “anywhere, anytime, anydevice” philosophy.
As member of the W3C consortium, Andanza Technologies is contributing its experience and Know How to the creation of accessibility and usability standards in the mobile Internet, thus making a commitment to its development and spread.
More at:http://www.andanza.com/
Andanza.com is a service created by Andanza Technologies, a company in the ALMA Group dedicated to Investigation, Development and Innovation in new information technologies in the areas of mobility and knowledge managemet.
Andanza has consolidated an substantial growth capacity, creating new solutions in order that bring technological advances to society. Andanza is content management and mobility, two defining elements of the 21st century.
How It Works:
To mobilize blogs, Andanza uses esmeroPlatform, an open-standar platform, that enables access to web content and applications based on the “anywhere, anytime, anydevice” philosophy.
As member of the W3C consortium, Andanza Technologies is contributing its experience and Know How to the creation of accessibility and usability standards in the mobile Internet, thus making a commitment to its development and spread.
More at:http://www.andanza.com/
ROO Media Corporation, is a global service provider enabling businesses to leverage their digital media assets and provide an enhanced user experience
What Company Is Offering:
ROO Group Inc. (OTCBB: RGRP) through its 100% subsidiary ROO Media Corporation, is a global service provider enabling businesses to leverage their digital media assets and provide an enhanced user experience.
The company's proprietary platform and content management system, the ROO Video Exchange, and a suite of related products, allows web sites and their advertisers to organize video content, target advertising and maximize views.
How It Works:
ROO is the service provider of choice for companies seeking enterprise level solutions and effective strategies for monetizing digital media assets.
The company also operates an advertising agency business specializing in a variety of media and services including direct marketing, brand planning and identity, media buying and packaging.
By harnessing the latest proprietary and commercially available Internet infrastructure and content management technologies, ROO makes it easy for customers to manage both live and syndicated video feeds and advertising across distribution platforms.
ROO's streaming footprint spans across 60+ countries, 100+ networks and 10,000+ servers, and can easily handle hundreds-of-thousands of simultaneous connections.
ROO offers website publishers access to one of the Web's most extensive libraries of video content, comprising more than 18,000 content clips across a wide range of general and special interest categories. ROO's content licensing experts work with more than 70 leading content providers, including leading international news agencies, major record labels, film studios and a number of special-interest original content publishers to create and broadcast constantly updated video segments for use by ROO web publishing partners.
ROO has a vast network of international affiliate Websites that attract a diverse and highly targeted audience. ROO provides the platform that currently streams millions of videos to approximately 880+ diverse Web properties, including the NYPost.com, The Sun UK, The TImes Online.
ROO distributes world-class entertainment properties across the Internet and broadband services. ROO's diverse catalogue of content is the foundation of a proven business model based on turnkey web service advertising, sponsorship, syndication and e-commerce.
ROO provides complete technology solution which enables marketers to reach their target audience. We offer flexible, integrated and interactive advertising opportunities while utilizing multiple monetization models aimed at increasing ROI.
The ROO Media Management platform provides web-based ASP access to utilize a wide range of management tools. This allows customers to efficiently manage, publish, report, syndicate and host video content. No hardware or software installations are required at the customer location.
More at:http://www.roo.com/
ROO Group Inc. (OTCBB: RGRP) through its 100% subsidiary ROO Media Corporation, is a global service provider enabling businesses to leverage their digital media assets and provide an enhanced user experience.
The company's proprietary platform and content management system, the ROO Video Exchange, and a suite of related products, allows web sites and their advertisers to organize video content, target advertising and maximize views.
How It Works:
ROO is the service provider of choice for companies seeking enterprise level solutions and effective strategies for monetizing digital media assets.
The company also operates an advertising agency business specializing in a variety of media and services including direct marketing, brand planning and identity, media buying and packaging.
By harnessing the latest proprietary and commercially available Internet infrastructure and content management technologies, ROO makes it easy for customers to manage both live and syndicated video feeds and advertising across distribution platforms.
ROO's streaming footprint spans across 60+ countries, 100+ networks and 10,000+ servers, and can easily handle hundreds-of-thousands of simultaneous connections.
ROO offers website publishers access to one of the Web's most extensive libraries of video content, comprising more than 18,000 content clips across a wide range of general and special interest categories. ROO's content licensing experts work with more than 70 leading content providers, including leading international news agencies, major record labels, film studios and a number of special-interest original content publishers to create and broadcast constantly updated video segments for use by ROO web publishing partners.
ROO has a vast network of international affiliate Websites that attract a diverse and highly targeted audience. ROO provides the platform that currently streams millions of videos to approximately 880+ diverse Web properties, including the NYPost.com, The Sun UK, The TImes Online.
ROO distributes world-class entertainment properties across the Internet and broadband services. ROO's diverse catalogue of content is the foundation of a proven business model based on turnkey web service advertising, sponsorship, syndication and e-commerce.
ROO provides complete technology solution which enables marketers to reach their target audience. We offer flexible, integrated and interactive advertising opportunities while utilizing multiple monetization models aimed at increasing ROI.
The ROO Media Management platform provides web-based ASP access to utilize a wide range of management tools. This allows customers to efficiently manage, publish, report, syndicate and host video content. No hardware or software installations are required at the customer location.
More at:http://www.roo.com/
Chillifreeze is a website dedicated to the Indian freelance writer
What Company Is Offering:
Chillifreeze is a website dedicated to the Indian freelance writer.The aim of Chillifreeze is to coach, certify and connect Indian writers.If you are new to the world of freelance writing, Chillifreeze offers you a multi-faceted learning experience (and possibly a shot at landing a plum Chillibreeze assignment!).
If you are an established writer, Chillifreeze can help you sell articles, offer online courses and network with other Indian writers.
Who is Backing Them:
The parent company of Chillifreeze, Chillibreeze Solutions Pvt Ltd, is a leading content and design provider in India.
Each month, more than 200 writers join the Chillibreeze network by filling the writers' form.
The Chillifreeze team is led by three professionals- Dr. Praveen Nirmalan, Pallavi Rao and Dr. Nishi Viswanathan.
The core team also receives guidance and support from members of the Chillibreeze core team, Ralph Budelman, Vilasini Kumar and Joanna Budelman.
More at:http://www.chillifreeze.com/
Chillifreeze is a website dedicated to the Indian freelance writer.The aim of Chillifreeze is to coach, certify and connect Indian writers.If you are new to the world of freelance writing, Chillifreeze offers you a multi-faceted learning experience (and possibly a shot at landing a plum Chillibreeze assignment!).
If you are an established writer, Chillifreeze can help you sell articles, offer online courses and network with other Indian writers.
Who is Backing Them:
The parent company of Chillifreeze, Chillibreeze Solutions Pvt Ltd, is a leading content and design provider in India.
Each month, more than 200 writers join the Chillibreeze network by filling the writers' form.
The Chillifreeze team is led by three professionals- Dr. Praveen Nirmalan, Pallavi Rao and Dr. Nishi Viswanathan.
The core team also receives guidance and support from members of the Chillibreeze core team, Ralph Budelman, Vilasini Kumar and Joanna Budelman.
More at:http://www.chillifreeze.com/
Oters Online---Introducing Relevant People To You
What Company Is Offering:
Others Online is not "yet another social network", but rather an opt-in directory of people, their interests, behaviors, context, location and presence. This site that introduces you to the people whose paths cross with yours online.
How It Works:
The Others Online patent-pending service introduces the concept of "personal tagclouds", which they use to contextually and behaviorally match users with each other on every page view. So if you like Stephen King and racquetball, and are reading reviews of the Xbox 360, their service will show you everyone else (on any other Web site) who's also interested in Xbox 360, Stephen King, racquetball and any other shared interests. These aren't just people who you're already friends with, but rather a warm introduction to any person who's relevant to your online experience.
They're positioning their service as a people directory which any user or established Web site community can use as they wish. They will partner with social networks because they believe they can help them reinforce the value of their communities to their user base, wherever they are on the Web.
For each user, they store a set of keywords/phrases that represent their interests. Those interests are entered by the users, and may also consist of temporary keywords that pertain to their current browsing session -- if you're searching the web for "Xbox 360", we associate that interest to you temporarily. If you continue to show an interest in "Xbox 360" (over multiple sessions) and/or write about it in your blog, we'll continue to associate it to you. In any event, when you're signed in, we simply match your keyword list with others and show you the people who share the most interests with you. So that you don't see the same people over and over again, our objective is to show you those profiles that first relate to your current browsing (such as your "Xbox 360" search) and then filter that list to show those people who share other interests. You can always see HOW you're matched with others, because they show you the keywords which connect you.
More at:http://othersonline.com/
Others Online is not "yet another social network", but rather an opt-in directory of people, their interests, behaviors, context, location and presence. This site that introduces you to the people whose paths cross with yours online.
How It Works:
The Others Online patent-pending service introduces the concept of "personal tagclouds", which they use to contextually and behaviorally match users with each other on every page view. So if you like Stephen King and racquetball, and are reading reviews of the Xbox 360, their service will show you everyone else (on any other Web site) who's also interested in Xbox 360, Stephen King, racquetball and any other shared interests. These aren't just people who you're already friends with, but rather a warm introduction to any person who's relevant to your online experience.
They're positioning their service as a people directory which any user or established Web site community can use as they wish. They will partner with social networks because they believe they can help them reinforce the value of their communities to their user base, wherever they are on the Web.
For each user, they store a set of keywords/phrases that represent their interests. Those interests are entered by the users, and may also consist of temporary keywords that pertain to their current browsing session -- if you're searching the web for "Xbox 360", we associate that interest to you temporarily. If you continue to show an interest in "Xbox 360" (over multiple sessions) and/or write about it in your blog, we'll continue to associate it to you. In any event, when you're signed in, we simply match your keyword list with others and show you the people who share the most interests with you. So that you don't see the same people over and over again, our objective is to show you those profiles that first relate to your current browsing (such as your "Xbox 360" search) and then filter that list to show those people who share other interests. You can always see HOW you're matched with others, because they show you the keywords which connect you.
More at:http://othersonline.com/
AboutUs is a wiki whose goal is to create a free and valuable Internet resource containing information
What Company Is Offering:
AboutUs is a wiki whose goal is to create a free and valuable Internet resource containing information both about websites and other community created topics/information. The site was pre-populated with information about many different websites and thousands of updates are now being made by people each day.
How It Works:
The vision of AboutUs hinges on the power of collaboration and the unique capacity of wiki technology to capture the coming together of communities.
Because no single resource is as powerful as the one that can tap into the knowledge of every visitor, AboutUs stands front and center as one of the most valuable information resources on the web. By synthesizing informational and commercial sites, AboutUs creates a vibrant community asset.
The AboutUs MissionStatement is: To promote Wiki in a way that rekindles the spirit of worldwide collaboration and unleashes people's full potential to build things worth building. AboutUs provides the venue, tools and infrastructure to support the community's vision.
Finding information - If you'd like to see what they have on a given website domain or share your knowledge of that website domain, then simply enter the website domain name in the Find! box.
More at:http://www.aboutus.org/
AboutUs is a wiki whose goal is to create a free and valuable Internet resource containing information both about websites and other community created topics/information. The site was pre-populated with information about many different websites and thousands of updates are now being made by people each day.
How It Works:
The vision of AboutUs hinges on the power of collaboration and the unique capacity of wiki technology to capture the coming together of communities.
Because no single resource is as powerful as the one that can tap into the knowledge of every visitor, AboutUs stands front and center as one of the most valuable information resources on the web. By synthesizing informational and commercial sites, AboutUs creates a vibrant community asset.
The AboutUs MissionStatement is: To promote Wiki in a way that rekindles the spirit of worldwide collaboration and unleashes people's full potential to build things worth building. AboutUs provides the venue, tools and infrastructure to support the community's vision.
Finding information - If you'd like to see what they have on a given website domain or share your knowledge of that website domain, then simply enter the website domain name in the Find! box.
More at:http://www.aboutus.org/
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Rich Chart Live
What Company is Offering:
Rich Chart Live is a free online service which creates enjoyable and captivating charts with attractive visuals and interactivity.
No software to download, nothing to install, all you need is any web browser that supports Flash, in Windows, Mac or Linux.
Import your data from a spreadsheet, export your chart as a Flash animation, as a PowerPoint presentation or embed directly to your blog or website by just copy & pasting HTML.
How It Works:
Create stunning Rich Media charts that present your data in an enjoyable and captivating experience.
No software to download, nothing to install, all you need is a web browser to create impressive charts. Rich Chart Live works from any web browser that supports Flash, in Windows, Mac, Linux and others.
More at: http://www.richchartlive.com
Rich Chart Live is a free online service which creates enjoyable and captivating charts with attractive visuals and interactivity.
No software to download, nothing to install, all you need is any web browser that supports Flash, in Windows, Mac or Linux.
Import your data from a spreadsheet, export your chart as a Flash animation, as a PowerPoint presentation or embed directly to your blog or website by just copy & pasting HTML.
How It Works:
Create stunning Rich Media charts that present your data in an enjoyable and captivating experience.
No software to download, nothing to install, all you need is a web browser to create impressive charts. Rich Chart Live works from any web browser that supports Flash, in Windows, Mac, Linux and others.
More at: http://www.richchartlive.com
DesiHits! is an entertainment/lifestyle hub for anyone has raised $5 million in Series B
What Company Is Offering:
DesiHits! is an entertainment/lifestyle hub for anyone curious about Desi culture. They aim to provide Desi lifestyle/culture and music in a format that cannot be found anywhere else. DesiHits! aims to make South Asian culture more widely dispersed and understood as well as offering a platform for South Asian artists to promote themselves globally.
How It Works:
Desi Hits spotlights established and emerging talent across music an film. The multimedia site caters to a cosmopolitan online community that craves fresh innovative East/West fusion, and the best from Los Angeles, London, Bollywood and beyond. Streaming music/video and podcasts, blogs and artist profiles, celebrity interviews, lifestyle features, special event listings as well as user-generated shows are all accessible anytime, anywhere. Desi Hits! is dedicated to creating and encouraging exciting, edgy content and has already gained a following in more than 68 countries.
DesiHits! draws on the multicultural backgrounds of our target audience, namely the “Desi”, who can often be described as bilingual, trendy, cosmopolitan and as likely to jive to Madonna as they are to Bollywood. They focus heavily on bi-cultural remixes as they uniquely represent the next generation (and beyond) South Asian experience.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Desi Hits, a San Francisco-based operator of a multimedia South Asian entertainment portal, has raised $5 million in Series B funding. Backers include D.E. Shaw Group, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Trident Capital.
More at:http://www.desihits.com/
DesiHits! is an entertainment/lifestyle hub for anyone curious about Desi culture. They aim to provide Desi lifestyle/culture and music in a format that cannot be found anywhere else. DesiHits! aims to make South Asian culture more widely dispersed and understood as well as offering a platform for South Asian artists to promote themselves globally.
How It Works:
Desi Hits spotlights established and emerging talent across music an film. The multimedia site caters to a cosmopolitan online community that craves fresh innovative East/West fusion, and the best from Los Angeles, London, Bollywood and beyond. Streaming music/video and podcasts, blogs and artist profiles, celebrity interviews, lifestyle features, special event listings as well as user-generated shows are all accessible anytime, anywhere. Desi Hits! is dedicated to creating and encouraging exciting, edgy content and has already gained a following in more than 68 countries.
DesiHits! draws on the multicultural backgrounds of our target audience, namely the “Desi”, who can often be described as bilingual, trendy, cosmopolitan and as likely to jive to Madonna as they are to Bollywood. They focus heavily on bi-cultural remixes as they uniquely represent the next generation (and beyond) South Asian experience.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Desi Hits, a San Francisco-based operator of a multimedia South Asian entertainment portal, has raised $5 million in Series B funding. Backers include D.E. Shaw Group, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Trident Capital.
More at:http://www.desihits.com/
IMMI has created a new integrated media measurement system that links media exposure to consumer action has raised $25 million
What Company is Offering:
IMMI has created a new integrated media measurement system that links media exposure to consumer action. Using a digital monitoring system based on open-architecture cell phones, IMMI tracks media 24/7—including media that other research companies can't accurately measure.
How It Works:
IMMI offers the highest-quality data and analysis to advertisers and broadcasters by focusing on two key areas.IMMI solves key methodological problems associated with most existing media research:
Comprehensive tracking of all media, not just a single source.
Unobtrusive and totally passive data collection. There's no need for any activity that might alter panel members behavior, or for special encoding by media providers.
Cell phone based data collection. IMMI uses off-the-shelf hardware that research panel members already know how to operate.
Real-time reports with detailed demographics that get to individual behavior, not just group averages.
IMMI connects advertising to consumer behavior more directly and more accurately than any other service and answers these key questions:
How many people are actually watching my network, including outside the home and using time-shifting devices?
How many people actually see my commercial?
How effective is my advertising?
Where and when should I advertise?
Did my local ads and promos run, and when?
What songs cause radio listeners to change stations?
What programming causes TV viewers to change channels?
How can I measure new media audiences that are not accurately measured today?
How Much They Got From VCs:
Integrated Media Measurement is provider of data and analytics to media companies and advertisers, has raised $25 million in Series C funding. Kantar Media Research, the media research division of WPP Group, led the deal, and was joined by return backers Draper fisher Jurvetson and Advanced Technology Ventures. The company had previously raised around $15 million.
More at:www.immi.com.
IMMI has created a new integrated media measurement system that links media exposure to consumer action. Using a digital monitoring system based on open-architecture cell phones, IMMI tracks media 24/7—including media that other research companies can't accurately measure.
How It Works:
IMMI offers the highest-quality data and analysis to advertisers and broadcasters by focusing on two key areas.IMMI solves key methodological problems associated with most existing media research:
Comprehensive tracking of all media, not just a single source.
Unobtrusive and totally passive data collection. There's no need for any activity that might alter panel members behavior, or for special encoding by media providers.
Cell phone based data collection. IMMI uses off-the-shelf hardware that research panel members already know how to operate.
Real-time reports with detailed demographics that get to individual behavior, not just group averages.
IMMI connects advertising to consumer behavior more directly and more accurately than any other service and answers these key questions:
How many people are actually watching my network, including outside the home and using time-shifting devices?
How many people actually see my commercial?
How effective is my advertising?
Where and when should I advertise?
Did my local ads and promos run, and when?
What songs cause radio listeners to change stations?
What programming causes TV viewers to change channels?
How can I measure new media audiences that are not accurately measured today?
How Much They Got From VCs:
Integrated Media Measurement is provider of data and analytics to media companies and advertisers, has raised $25 million in Series C funding. Kantar Media Research, the media research division of WPP Group, led the deal, and was joined by return backers Draper fisher Jurvetson and Advanced Technology Ventures. The company had previously raised around $15 million.
More at:www.immi.com.
For Your Imagination
What Company Is Offering:
For Your Imagination develops and markets high-quality original internet TV shows turning concept into reality for brands and content creators.
How It Works:
The company works with creative individuals to develop their show, offering them the opportunity to reach a targeted advertiser-friendly audience effectively and monetizing quickly.
For Your Imagination’s talented team writes, produces and markets entertaining videos for online distribution and monetization through advertising, sponsorships, merchandising and licensing. New York City based For Your Imagination is built upon the experience of industry veterans whose combined expertise include web development, major television and movie production, national marketing campaigns and technology.
More at:www.foryourimagination.com
For Your Imagination develops and markets high-quality original internet TV shows turning concept into reality for brands and content creators.
How It Works:
The company works with creative individuals to develop their show, offering them the opportunity to reach a targeted advertiser-friendly audience effectively and monetizing quickly.
For Your Imagination’s talented team writes, produces and markets entertaining videos for online distribution and monetization through advertising, sponsorships, merchandising and licensing. New York City based For Your Imagination is built upon the experience of industry veterans whose combined expertise include web development, major television and movie production, national marketing campaigns and technology.
More at:www.foryourimagination.com
Asterpix enables users to easily create interactive videos
What Company is Offering:
Asterpix enables users to easily create interactive videos and share them through websites, blogs, and email.
How It Works:
Hypervideo is comparable to hypertext in some respects. Hypertext makes text an interactive experience, allowing you to create and click on “hot” links to navigate a document. Hypertext has changed the way we navigate documents. For example, when we open a simple text document such as a printed book, we often look at the table of contents first and then turn to the page of interest. When they open a hypertext document, the table of contents typically comprises links to the appropriate portions of the document. Simply clicking on these links takes us to the relevant sections and subsections. Hypertext documents contain links to other hypertext documents allowing the reader to navigate large quantities of information quickly to gather what is of interest at that moment.
Analogous to hypertext, hypervideo makes video an interactive experience. Specifically, hypervideo allows users to create links from objects in a video, even as these objects move around in the scene. Viewers may then click on these “hotspot” links to navigate the video and get more information on objects of interest.
Recent Updates:
New offering lets you do a little bit more with your video clips, including customization options like hyperlinks, hotspots, logos and an icon link. You’ll also be able to do things like control the length of time a hotsot follows an item, set default hotspot markers, and use a “point and shoot” authoring interface to get the job done.
More at:www.asterpix.com
Asterpix enables users to easily create interactive videos and share them through websites, blogs, and email.
How It Works:
Hypervideo is comparable to hypertext in some respects. Hypertext makes text an interactive experience, allowing you to create and click on “hot” links to navigate a document. Hypertext has changed the way we navigate documents. For example, when we open a simple text document such as a printed book, we often look at the table of contents first and then turn to the page of interest. When they open a hypertext document, the table of contents typically comprises links to the appropriate portions of the document. Simply clicking on these links takes us to the relevant sections and subsections. Hypertext documents contain links to other hypertext documents allowing the reader to navigate large quantities of information quickly to gather what is of interest at that moment.
Analogous to hypertext, hypervideo makes video an interactive experience. Specifically, hypervideo allows users to create links from objects in a video, even as these objects move around in the scene. Viewers may then click on these “hotspot” links to navigate the video and get more information on objects of interest.
Recent Updates:
New offering lets you do a little bit more with your video clips, including customization options like hyperlinks, hotspots, logos and an icon link. You’ll also be able to do things like control the length of time a hotsot follows an item, set default hotspot markers, and use a “point and shoot” authoring interface to get the job done.
More at:www.asterpix.com
Friday, January 25, 2008
Zuora is a Benchmark funded start-up has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding
About Company:
Zuora, Inc is a Benchmark funded start-up based in Redwood Shores, CA led by veterans from WebEx, Salesforce.com, Accenture, DiCarta, Postini and Oracle.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Zuora Inc., a Calif.-based software-as-a-service startup, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. Benchmark Capital led the deal, with Benchmark partner Peter Fenton taking a board seat.
About VCs:
They invest in technology-driven companies that seek to create new markets with significant growth potential. They focus on early-stage investing and take a labor-intensive, service-oriented approach in markets where we have direct experience. These include enterprise software and services, communications & security, semiconductors, mobile computing, consumer services and financial services.
And, to ensure that each portfolio company gets the support it needs to succeed, we actively limit the number of companies we invest in. This gives us an unusually high partner-to-company ratio and guarantees that our portfolio companies get the attention they deserve.
Their investments range in size from as little as $100,000 to as much as $10 or $15 million. Typically, they invest $3 to $5 million initially and expect to invest $5 to $15 million over the life of a company. They invest for the long haul, not 'quick flips,' and look for entrepreneurs with a similar perspective.
http://www.benchmark.com/
Company Details:
Zuora, Inc
1400 Bridge Pkwy, Suite 201
Redwood City, CA 94065
Maps & driving directions
Tel: 650-641-3777
Fax: 650-376-1317
Email: info@zuora.com
Careers: careers@zuora.com
Zuora, Inc is a Benchmark funded start-up based in Redwood Shores, CA led by veterans from WebEx, Salesforce.com, Accenture, DiCarta, Postini and Oracle.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Zuora Inc., a Calif.-based software-as-a-service startup, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. Benchmark Capital led the deal, with Benchmark partner Peter Fenton taking a board seat.
About VCs:
They invest in technology-driven companies that seek to create new markets with significant growth potential. They focus on early-stage investing and take a labor-intensive, service-oriented approach in markets where we have direct experience. These include enterprise software and services, communications & security, semiconductors, mobile computing, consumer services and financial services.
And, to ensure that each portfolio company gets the support it needs to succeed, we actively limit the number of companies we invest in. This gives us an unusually high partner-to-company ratio and guarantees that our portfolio companies get the attention they deserve.
Their investments range in size from as little as $100,000 to as much as $10 or $15 million. Typically, they invest $3 to $5 million initially and expect to invest $5 to $15 million over the life of a company. They invest for the long haul, not 'quick flips,' and look for entrepreneurs with a similar perspective.
http://www.benchmark.com/
Company Details:
Zuora, Inc
1400 Bridge Pkwy, Suite 201
Redwood City, CA 94065
Maps & driving directions
Tel: 650-641-3777
Fax: 650-376-1317
Email: info@zuora.com
Careers: careers@zuora.com
tvduck.com is a site where you can simply browse and watch all of your favourite T.V shows online
What Company Is Offering:
tvduck.com is a site where you can simply browse and watch all of your favourite T.V shows online.
How It Works:
If you know the name of an episode, simply type it in the search box. You may also search for it through our T.V show genres and/or through our T.V show list. Once you have found the show you are interested in, click on the link next to your show and you will be automatically directed to the streaming video.
To add a video search for the episode you wish to add and then click on the add link next to the episode name. You will be automatically directed to a page where you will be able to add the URL of the link. Once you have done that, you will have to wait for the site team to approve the link.
More at:http://www.tvduck.com/
tvduck.com is a site where you can simply browse and watch all of your favourite T.V shows online.
How It Works:
If you know the name of an episode, simply type it in the search box. You may also search for it through our T.V show genres and/or through our T.V show list. Once you have found the show you are interested in, click on the link next to your show and you will be automatically directed to the streaming video.
To add a video search for the episode you wish to add and then click on the add link next to the episode name. You will be automatically directed to a page where you will be able to add the URL of the link. Once you have done that, you will have to wait for the site team to approve the link.
More at:http://www.tvduck.com/
CivilAnswers----For Answering Your Legal Questions
What Company Is Offering:
The main goals of CivilAnswers is to provide their client's with a general overview, guidelines, tips, opinions, and information on what other individuals have experienced. Promote Your Firm or Business.Assist Individuals Statewide. Gain Exposure. Post Your Article
How It Works:
Asking a question is Simple. Type in your Question, select the best legal Category and insert your Email address. And You’re Done!
Your question will circulate among registered network of professional experts that are handpicked by CivilAnswers to assist their clients with their questions. If the expert is an attorney, you will receive general information regarding the attorney and their background. Experts that are not attorneys, will provide you general guidlines and opinions regarding your question.
More at:http://www.civilanswers.com/
The main goals of CivilAnswers is to provide their client's with a general overview, guidelines, tips, opinions, and information on what other individuals have experienced. Promote Your Firm or Business.Assist Individuals Statewide. Gain Exposure. Post Your Article
How It Works:
Asking a question is Simple. Type in your Question, select the best legal Category and insert your Email address. And You’re Done!
Your question will circulate among registered network of professional experts that are handpicked by CivilAnswers to assist their clients with their questions. If the expert is an attorney, you will receive general information regarding the attorney and their background. Experts that are not attorneys, will provide you general guidlines and opinions regarding your question.
More at:http://www.civilanswers.com/
DealShouter.com
What Company Is Offering:
DealShouter.com, is a web service that allows users to submit deals, bargains, coupon codes, rebate offers or other special offers that may result in savings. The deals are sorted by popularity based on the votes that their users submit.
How It Works:
The "Latest Deals" page display the deals that have been last submitted by their users and have not been yet classified as "Popular". You can vote for deals to increase their popularity.
Find the best online deals, bargains, coupons, rebate offers, special discounts and freebies at DealShouter.com.
Computer and laptop deals, consumer electronics deals, clothing and apparel, service subscriptions and more.
More at:http://www.dealshouter.com/
DealShouter.com, is a web service that allows users to submit deals, bargains, coupon codes, rebate offers or other special offers that may result in savings. The deals are sorted by popularity based on the votes that their users submit.
How It Works:
The "Latest Deals" page display the deals that have been last submitted by their users and have not been yet classified as "Popular". You can vote for deals to increase their popularity.
Find the best online deals, bargains, coupons, rebate offers, special discounts and freebies at DealShouter.com.
Computer and laptop deals, consumer electronics deals, clothing and apparel, service subscriptions and more.
More at:http://www.dealshouter.com/
QQ Games incorporates AIM Chat
What Company Is Offering:
Tencent seeks to provide cutting-edge Internet services to users around the world, and they believe that the Internet is about entertainment, leisure, community. They want QQ Games to be a place where users can go and safely build relationships through gaming. They strive to create an online experience so deep, that you feel like you are in the same room with someone else, having a great time, even though you may be thousands of miles apart.
Theye're launching the QQ Games service via a special relationship with AOL's AIM® Serviceservice, the #1 IM service in the U.S. They believe that AIM service with QQ Games will be a great combination for the U.S. market. For AIM users, they want to ensure that the are the best massive multiplayer casual gaming experience in the market..
How It Works:
QQ Games incorporates AIM Chat so if you are uncomfortable allowing AIM you can mange who can contact you with IM’s in your "Settings" menu in AIM under "Privacy".
The QQ Games Plugin and ALL QQ Games are FREE! There are no added costs.QQ Games will not sell or transfer your information to 3rd parties without your permission. QQ Games uses your AIM Login information (Screen Name and Password) to login to QQ Games. QQ Games does NOT save this information.
More at:http://www.qqgames.com/
Tencent seeks to provide cutting-edge Internet services to users around the world, and they believe that the Internet is about entertainment, leisure, community. They want QQ Games to be a place where users can go and safely build relationships through gaming. They strive to create an online experience so deep, that you feel like you are in the same room with someone else, having a great time, even though you may be thousands of miles apart.
Theye're launching the QQ Games service via a special relationship with AOL's AIM® Serviceservice, the #1 IM service in the U.S. They believe that AIM service with QQ Games will be a great combination for the U.S. market. For AIM users, they want to ensure that the are the best massive multiplayer casual gaming experience in the market..
How It Works:
QQ Games incorporates AIM Chat so if you are uncomfortable allowing AIM you can mange who can contact you with IM’s in your "Settings" menu in AIM under "Privacy".
The QQ Games Plugin and ALL QQ Games are FREE! There are no added costs.QQ Games will not sell or transfer your information to 3rd parties without your permission. QQ Games uses your AIM Login information (Screen Name and Password) to login to QQ Games. QQ Games does NOT save this information.
More at:http://www.qqgames.com/
EVO Landing has announced its domain development platform, which aims to create value and traffic for your domain while making you money
What Company Is Offering:
EVO Landing has announced the release of its domain development platform, which aims to create value and traffic for your domain while making you money.
EVO Landing is a next-generation domain monetization platform built around its ability to instantly generate topic-relevant, media-rich websites.EVO Landing is updated dynamically, daily, and automatically with relevant, rich-media (articles, listings, products, photos, videos, downloads).
Domain names can now be truly regarded as online investments as they enjoy the added monetary benefits of multiple ad-network integration, multiple affiliate program integration, and exclusive partnerships.
How Much They Got From VCs:
The Company received initial funding from Seattle angel investors in November 2007 and then closed its Series A round in December 2007 with Monster Venture Partners .
About VCs:
Monster Venture Partners (‘MVP’) is a new breed of early-stage venture capital firm based in Seattle. MVP’s investment philosophy is to engage in a genuine hands-on partnership with founders to jointly create value for all stakeholders. For larger opportunities, MVP co-invests with leading investors from around the world, selecting from a universe of like-minded investors who are able to add strategic value. MVP is focused on three primary verticals: marketing technology, consumer healthcare, and global consumer Internet.
More at:www.evolanding.com
EVO Landing has announced the release of its domain development platform, which aims to create value and traffic for your domain while making you money.
EVO Landing is a next-generation domain monetization platform built around its ability to instantly generate topic-relevant, media-rich websites.EVO Landing is updated dynamically, daily, and automatically with relevant, rich-media (articles, listings, products, photos, videos, downloads).
Domain names can now be truly regarded as online investments as they enjoy the added monetary benefits of multiple ad-network integration, multiple affiliate program integration, and exclusive partnerships.
How Much They Got From VCs:
The Company received initial funding from Seattle angel investors in November 2007 and then closed its Series A round in December 2007 with Monster Venture Partners .
About VCs:
Monster Venture Partners (‘MVP’) is a new breed of early-stage venture capital firm based in Seattle. MVP’s investment philosophy is to engage in a genuine hands-on partnership with founders to jointly create value for all stakeholders. For larger opportunities, MVP co-invests with leading investors from around the world, selecting from a universe of like-minded investors who are able to add strategic value. MVP is focused on three primary verticals: marketing technology, consumer healthcare, and global consumer Internet.
More at:www.evolanding.com
FlipFact is place for people to share facts
What Company Is Offering:
FlipFact is place for people to share facts they may or may not believe. You are encouraged to participate by voting on the factuality of statements, adding comments, and posting your own statements of fact.
How It Works:
You post new statements of fact for the community to see. You can also attach an image and write up additional details about the fact. Other registered users can vote on the truthfulness of your statement. In addition, anonymous visitors can also vote once.As a sufficient number of votes are collected, your statement becomes classified as fact or fiction. Some statements may remain mysteries because the votes are split. You can post comments and discuss the facts.
You can post all kinds of facts. You could post conspiracy theories. You might want to promote your own web site. You could say something controversial. You can post cultural myths.
You don't even have to believe what you're saying. The best facts are the ones that are uncertain — the ones that people need to think about.
Just remember to phrase them in the affirmative.
More at:http://flipfact.com/
FlipFact is place for people to share facts they may or may not believe. You are encouraged to participate by voting on the factuality of statements, adding comments, and posting your own statements of fact.
How It Works:
You post new statements of fact for the community to see. You can also attach an image and write up additional details about the fact. Other registered users can vote on the truthfulness of your statement. In addition, anonymous visitors can also vote once.As a sufficient number of votes are collected, your statement becomes classified as fact or fiction. Some statements may remain mysteries because the votes are split. You can post comments and discuss the facts.
You can post all kinds of facts. You could post conspiracy theories. You might want to promote your own web site. You could say something controversial. You can post cultural myths.
You don't even have to believe what you're saying. The best facts are the ones that are uncertain — the ones that people need to think about.
Just remember to phrase them in the affirmative.
More at:http://flipfact.com/
Adchemy Is next-generation online customer acquisition technology company chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnMedia 100 Winners
Adchemy, Inc., a next-generation online customer acquisition technology company, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnMedia 100 Winners. Inclusion in the OnMedia 100 signifies major developments in the creation of marketing tools, services, venues, and advertising, branding, and public relation campaigns. Adchemy was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
Adchemy and the OnMedia 100 Top Private Companies will be honored at the OnMedia conference scheduled to occur on January 28-30, 2008 at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. This two-and-a-half day executive event will feature technology CEO's from Silicon Valley leading presentations and high-level debates with the global advertising and media establishment, about disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in the marketing, branding, advertising, and public relations industries.
Fifty of the top CEO's from the OnMedia 100 will present their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in a "CEO Showcase."
"The OnMedia 100 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the advertising, marketing, public relations, and promotion industry," said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. "We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and venues for marketers to have at their fingertips and for use to take their business to the next level in innovation."
The OnMedia 100 was selected from over hundreds of companies, nominated by a panel of industry experts in the online ad service, technology, community platform, mobile advertising, marketing, and Web analytic sectors from around the world.
A full list of all the OnMedia 100 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at www.alwayson.goingon.com.
Adchemy and the OnMedia 100 Top Private Companies will be honored at the OnMedia conference scheduled to occur on January 28-30, 2008 at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. This two-and-a-half day executive event will feature technology CEO's from Silicon Valley leading presentations and high-level debates with the global advertising and media establishment, about disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in the marketing, branding, advertising, and public relations industries.
Fifty of the top CEO's from the OnMedia 100 will present their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in a "CEO Showcase."
"The OnMedia 100 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the advertising, marketing, public relations, and promotion industry," said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. "We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and venues for marketers to have at their fingertips and for use to take their business to the next level in innovation."
The OnMedia 100 was selected from over hundreds of companies, nominated by a panel of industry experts in the online ad service, technology, community platform, mobile advertising, marketing, and Web analytic sectors from around the world.
A full list of all the OnMedia 100 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at www.alwayson.goingon.com.
outquib is the world's source of opinions
What Company is Offering:
outquib is the world's source of opinions. Discuss what you are passionate about. Show the world what you think!
Whether you are a computer geek who cannot decide what operating system is best or a college student still deciding who to vote for, outquib is a better way to inform yourself.
How It Works:
The content on the site is made up almost entirely of users’ posted opinions. These can display in some areas on an individual basis, meaning a module showing the top opinion posts can each be on a variety of topics, and will be displayed without the context of their larger discussions. You can see the main topic for this opinion post, as well as the user that created it. There’s an option, in this case, to continue on to the larger discussion page that’s been created.
Each debate has an overview, displaying how most people feel one way or another, and a list of the influential posts. These are the posts that have been rated by users in a positive manner, meaning they’ve gained the most support and have now become influential.
More at:http://www.outquib.com/
Via-Mashable
outquib is the world's source of opinions. Discuss what you are passionate about. Show the world what you think!
Whether you are a computer geek who cannot decide what operating system is best or a college student still deciding who to vote for, outquib is a better way to inform yourself.
How It Works:
The content on the site is made up almost entirely of users’ posted opinions. These can display in some areas on an individual basis, meaning a module showing the top opinion posts can each be on a variety of topics, and will be displayed without the context of their larger discussions. You can see the main topic for this opinion post, as well as the user that created it. There’s an option, in this case, to continue on to the larger discussion page that’s been created.
Each debate has an overview, displaying how most people feel one way or another, and a list of the influential posts. These are the posts that have been rated by users in a positive manner, meaning they’ve gained the most support and have now become influential.
More at:http://www.outquib.com/
Via-Mashable
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