What Company Is Offering:
PriceMe enables consumers like yourself to independently compare prices, product reviews and specifications for thousands of products.
How It Works:
The company provides online shopping information like price and product comparison, reviews as well as other value added services to consumers in New Zealand. The goal of the company is to empower the consumer with the information he or she needs to find the right product from a reliable retailer at the lowest price.
Whatever it is you are looking for, you can quickly work out which model best meets your needs, where it is available, and at the lowest possible price from a reliable retailer. Whether you wish to purchase on or offline, PriceMe will point you to the best deal. An integral part of the decision-making is the information provided by the PriceMe community of online users. Reviews about products and retailers that you are interested further enhance the buying decision.
More at:http://www.priceme.co.nz/
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Bang Ventures gets into the projects evaluating and helping entrepreneurs to develop strong companies from the idea inception phase
What Company Is Offering:
Bang Ventures is a Cambridge-based investment firm with offices in New York and Krakow and is focused on early stage emerging technology companies.
Bang Ventures isn't a VC firm. They help smart and driven people co-found fantastic new companies, providing entrepreneurs with a roof over their heads, mentoring, a deep network of contacts, marketing support, professional services and other technical support....and yes, funding as well.
How It Works:
Bang Ventures gets into the projects evaluating and helping entrepreneurs to develop strong companies from the idea inception phase. Bang Ventures is focused on the emerging Web 2.0 sector of software, web services and wireless services, as well as investments in cleantech, and medical devices.
Who Is Backing Them
The firm is lead by F. Mark Modzelewski, a noted technology evangelist, executive and investor.
He Co-founded New Europe Ventures, a Polish-based Venture Capital firm, as well as the Benet Group, Leonardo BioSystems, Lux Research, and the NanoBusiness Alliance. He has served as a senior executive at NanoDynamics (and continues to advise the company), Opion, GolinHarris and NRW. In addition, he has consulted for companies ranging from NanoSys to Engelhard to Mastercard to Yahoo to eSpeed to Pixar to DaimlerChrysler.
Mark is a member of the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group to the President Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST). He is among the most well known figures in technology and was recognized by Forbes as a "powerbroker" and has been featured in Time, Newsweek, US News, ABC, BBC, NY Times, Business Week, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, among others. Mark also appeared regularly as CNBC technology commentator and on occasion as a co-host of SquawkBox.
More at:http://www.bangventures.com/
Bang Ventures is a Cambridge-based investment firm with offices in New York and Krakow and is focused on early stage emerging technology companies.
Bang Ventures isn't a VC firm. They help smart and driven people co-found fantastic new companies, providing entrepreneurs with a roof over their heads, mentoring, a deep network of contacts, marketing support, professional services and other technical support....and yes, funding as well.
How It Works:
Bang Ventures gets into the projects evaluating and helping entrepreneurs to develop strong companies from the idea inception phase. Bang Ventures is focused on the emerging Web 2.0 sector of software, web services and wireless services, as well as investments in cleantech, and medical devices.
Who Is Backing Them
The firm is lead by F. Mark Modzelewski, a noted technology evangelist, executive and investor.
He Co-founded New Europe Ventures, a Polish-based Venture Capital firm, as well as the Benet Group, Leonardo BioSystems, Lux Research, and the NanoBusiness Alliance. He has served as a senior executive at NanoDynamics (and continues to advise the company), Opion, GolinHarris and NRW. In addition, he has consulted for companies ranging from NanoSys to Engelhard to Mastercard to Yahoo to eSpeed to Pixar to DaimlerChrysler.
Mark is a member of the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group to the President Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST). He is among the most well known figures in technology and was recognized by Forbes as a "powerbroker" and has been featured in Time, Newsweek, US News, ABC, BBC, NY Times, Business Week, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, among others. Mark also appeared regularly as CNBC technology commentator and on occasion as a co-host of SquawkBox.
More at:http://www.bangventures.com/
5min is a place to find short video solutions for practical questions raised $5 million in a Series A financing round from Spark Capital
What Company Is Offering:
5min is a place to find short video solutions for practical questions and a place for people to share their knowledge.
How It Works:
The idea behind 5min is very simple: any solution can be visually explained in no more than 5 minutes. Their goal is to create the first communal Life Videopedia allowing users from all over the globe to contribute their knowledge by sharing visual guides in areas such as arts, business, fashion, sports, health, tech, food, and much more.
To compliment the Videopedia vision and bridge the gap between textual and visual information, they developed a special player that allows viewers to watch the video in slow motion or frame by frame, zoom in and out, and more. It also gives the video creator the option to make a storyboard that helps others better understand the demonstration.
In addition, 5min gives each creator a personal promotional Studio – a space to showcase their skills and share their secrets.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have raised $5 million in a Series A financing round from Spark Capital.
More at:http://www.5min.com/
5min is a place to find short video solutions for practical questions and a place for people to share their knowledge.
How It Works:
The idea behind 5min is very simple: any solution can be visually explained in no more than 5 minutes. Their goal is to create the first communal Life Videopedia allowing users from all over the globe to contribute their knowledge by sharing visual guides in areas such as arts, business, fashion, sports, health, tech, food, and much more.
To compliment the Videopedia vision and bridge the gap between textual and visual information, they developed a special player that allows viewers to watch the video in slow motion or frame by frame, zoom in and out, and more. It also gives the video creator the option to make a storyboard that helps others better understand the demonstration.
In addition, 5min gives each creator a personal promotional Studio – a space to showcase their skills and share their secrets.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have raised $5 million in a Series A financing round from Spark Capital.
More at:http://www.5min.com/
PeerApp is a leading supplier of peer-to-peer infrastructure solutions raised $3 million in new VC funding
What Company Is Offering:
PeerApp is a leading supplier of peer-to-peer infrastructure solutions for Internet service providers. PeerApp solutions reduce Peer-to-Peer (P2P) related bandwidth costs without impacting subscriber experience; support service provider network/subscriber growth and enable new revenue-generating services The company is headquartered in Newton, MA, US with research and development operations in Tel Aviv, Israel.
How Much They Got From VCs:
PeerApp Ltd., a Newton, Mass.-based provider of P2P infrastructure solutions, has raised $3 million in new VC funding . Backers include Pilot House Ventures, Evergreen and Cedar Fund. The company's board includes Peter Bell of Highland Capital Partners.
How It Works:
PeerApp UltraBand™ gives ISPs the power to increase P2P application capacity without investing in additional transit bandwidth or compromising overall subscriber quality of service and satisfaction.
Using patented P2P caching technology, UltraBand enables ISPs to reliably handle the impact of dramatic P2P traffic growth on their networks, while providing a platform to monetize P2P through new service offerings.
PeerApp UltraBand is purpose-built for ISPs with carrier-grade reliability, scalability, and multi-gigabit performance built into its fully distributed architecture.
More at:http://www.peerapp.com/
PeerApp is a leading supplier of peer-to-peer infrastructure solutions for Internet service providers. PeerApp solutions reduce Peer-to-Peer (P2P) related bandwidth costs without impacting subscriber experience; support service provider network/subscriber growth and enable new revenue-generating services The company is headquartered in Newton, MA, US with research and development operations in Tel Aviv, Israel.
How Much They Got From VCs:
PeerApp Ltd., a Newton, Mass.-based provider of P2P infrastructure solutions, has raised $3 million in new VC funding . Backers include Pilot House Ventures, Evergreen and Cedar Fund. The company's board includes Peter Bell of Highland Capital Partners.
How It Works:
PeerApp UltraBand™ gives ISPs the power to increase P2P application capacity without investing in additional transit bandwidth or compromising overall subscriber quality of service and satisfaction.
Using patented P2P caching technology, UltraBand enables ISPs to reliably handle the impact of dramatic P2P traffic growth on their networks, while providing a platform to monetize P2P through new service offerings.
PeerApp UltraBand is purpose-built for ISPs with carrier-grade reliability, scalability, and multi-gigabit performance built into its fully distributed architecture.
More at:http://www.peerapp.com/
Tamarac---web-based, global rebalancing and trade order generation system got $7.17 million of a $10.45 million Series A round funding
What Company Is Offering:
Tamarac Advisor is a robust, web-based, global rebalancing and trade order generation system that provides customized, tax-efficient rebalancing across an unlimited number of accounts or families.
A web-based Investment Strategy Management Platform that automates portfolio rebalancing, cash management and directed trading.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Tamarac Inc., a Seattle-based provider of financial portfolio management software, has secured $7.17 million of a $10.45 million Series A round, Backers include Optimal Ventures.
How It Works:
The Tamarac system can simultaneously rebalance many individual accounts or families of accounts at the same time, greatly reducing the time commitment for rebalancing. Each account or family is rebalanced in the most advantageous way possible according to advisor preferences and rebalancing factors such as risk, taxes and costs. Tamarac automatically creates uploadable, multi-custodian trade order files and supports a wide variety of security types including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs and alternative investments.
They support a wide variety of security types including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs and alternative investments.
Advisor automatically creates uploadable, custodian-ready trade order files - saving you time and reducing errors.
Unique Features:
Cash Capability - Automatically raise or invest cash simultaneously across multiple accounts.
Restriction Capabilities - Legacy positions can be eliminated or restricted during rebalance.
Tax Loss Harvesting - Tamarac automatically identifies tax lots that can be sold in the most tax-efficient manner for each account or across families of accounts. Automates Tax Managed Core portfolios and Taxable Transition Management (TTM).
Help individual investors shift smoothly from high-fee, high-tax, high-risk stock portfolios to index-oriented portfolios with lower fees, lower taxes and less risk.
Fee Tracking - Tracks and controls mutual fund redemption fees at both the broker/dealer and mutual fund levels.
More at:http://www.tamaracinc.com/
Tamarac Advisor is a robust, web-based, global rebalancing and trade order generation system that provides customized, tax-efficient rebalancing across an unlimited number of accounts or families.
A web-based Investment Strategy Management Platform that automates portfolio rebalancing, cash management and directed trading.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Tamarac Inc., a Seattle-based provider of financial portfolio management software, has secured $7.17 million of a $10.45 million Series A round, Backers include Optimal Ventures.
How It Works:
The Tamarac system can simultaneously rebalance many individual accounts or families of accounts at the same time, greatly reducing the time commitment for rebalancing. Each account or family is rebalanced in the most advantageous way possible according to advisor preferences and rebalancing factors such as risk, taxes and costs. Tamarac automatically creates uploadable, multi-custodian trade order files and supports a wide variety of security types including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs and alternative investments.
They support a wide variety of security types including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs and alternative investments.
Advisor automatically creates uploadable, custodian-ready trade order files - saving you time and reducing errors.
Unique Features:
Cash Capability - Automatically raise or invest cash simultaneously across multiple accounts.
Restriction Capabilities - Legacy positions can be eliminated or restricted during rebalance.
Tax Loss Harvesting - Tamarac automatically identifies tax lots that can be sold in the most tax-efficient manner for each account or across families of accounts. Automates Tax Managed Core portfolios and Taxable Transition Management (TTM).
Help individual investors shift smoothly from high-fee, high-tax, high-risk stock portfolios to index-oriented portfolios with lower fees, lower taxes and less risk.
Fee Tracking - Tracks and controls mutual fund redemption fees at both the broker/dealer and mutual fund levels.
More at:http://www.tamaracinc.com/
Mint put together a list of the 10 most interesting start-ups to watch in 2008
Links MInt
Mint put together a list of the 10 most interesting start-ups to watch in 2008, we decided to use those shortlists as a reference point. The forums we picked our 10 start-ups from include Proto.in, MoDeMo, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) annual list of innovators and TiE-ISB Connect. Proto.in was born out of BarCamp Chennai and is possible the only start-up showcase of its kind in the country. It does not declare winners but shortlists 20 business plans, which are showcased to venture capitalists. MoDeMo, a mobile application demo event was born out of Mobile Monday Bangalore. About 20 start-ups made it to Nasscom’s annual list of innovators. TiE-ISB Connect, the annual business plan showcase by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and the Indian School of Business (ISB), saw 400 initial entries, virtually double the number it received in 2006.
It has been tough arriving at the final 10, more so because there are bound to be several other interesting companies that did not feature in any of these contests or showcases. The final 10, we think, stood out from the rest in terms of the products or services offered, founder experience and credentials, differentiated business models and potential market opportunity. We put them forward not just as interesting companies to watch for but also as representatives of the infectious and powerful wave of entrepreneurship that is now sweeping the country.
1. Sloka Telecom Pvt. Ltd
Founder(s):Sujai Karampuri and Venkata Subbaiah
Space: Telecom infrastructure
Funding: Self-funded
Description:Sloka Telecom Pvt. Ltd makes wireless equipment for WiMAX and 3G (third generation telecom) networks. The Bangalore-based company, which was shortlisted for Proto and Nasscom’s 100 IT Innovators 2007, claims its technology will help reduce operator capital expenditure (capex) by up to 50%. It recently rolled out its first WiMAX network in Saint Medard en Jalles in France.
2. Dim Dim Inc.
Founder(s):D.D. Ganguly, Jayant Pandit, Saurav Mohapatra, Sundar Subramanian and Rohit Shankar.
Space:Online Web conferencing
Funding:$2.4 million (Rs9.4 crore) first round funding by Nexus India Capital and Index Ventures.
Dim Dim Inc. offers free online Web conferencing solutions based on open source software. Its founders, scattered across the globe, came up with the idea while trying to communicate with each other. Shortlisted for DEMO, the Silicon Valley-based product showcase, and the TiE-ISB business plan showcase, Dim Dim is up against larger players such as Cisco Systems Inc., which owns Web conferencing company WebEX Communications, and Microsoft Corp.
3. Ziva Software Pvt. Ltd
Founder(s):and Ajay SethiSameer Shishodia
Space: Mobile search
Funding:$1.7 million by Nadathur Holdings and Investments Pvt. Ltd
Description: The Bangalore-based start-up, which offers mobile search services under the brand Zook, has recently launched a service to answer any question posed by users, using a combination of database and mobile social communities. Incubated at the NS Raghavan Cell for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) on the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore campus, Ziva Software Pvt. Ltd was shortlisted for the second edition of Proto.
4. Novatium Solutions (P) Ltd
Founder(s):Rajesh Jain, Ray Stata and Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Space: PC hardware
Funding:Undisclosed investment by NEA and NEA IndoUS Ventures
Description:Novatium Solutions (P) Ltd, which was shortlisted for Proto, makes thin client personal computers. Its founders come from impressive backgrounds—Stata is chairman of Analog Devices Inc.; Jain is a serial entrepreneur best known for his Internet company Indiaworld.com, which was acquired bySify Ltd for $115 million in 1999; Jhunjhunwala established the TeNeT (Telecommunications and computer Networking) Group at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai. Novatium recently tied up with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) to offer low cost, Internet-enabled PC’s in Delhi.
5. iXiGO.com (Le Travenues Technology Pvt. Ltd)
Founder(s): Aloke Bajpai, Rajnish Kumar and Jens Schutter
Space: Online travel
Funding: Closing pre-series A funding
Description: iXiGO.com, a late entrant in the online travel space, says its differentiated business model helps reduce cost of operations, which allows it to scale faster. Instead of booking tickets on its site, it re-directs customers to airlines’ home pages, for which it collects a fee from the airlines. Its founders worked for several years at European travel site Amadeus.net before moving to India in 2006. The company was shortlisted for Proto and Nasscom’s 100 IT Innovators 2007.
Mint put together a list of the 10 most interesting start-ups to watch in 2008, we decided to use those shortlists as a reference point. The forums we picked our 10 start-ups from include Proto.in, MoDeMo, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) annual list of innovators and TiE-ISB Connect. Proto.in was born out of BarCamp Chennai and is possible the only start-up showcase of its kind in the country. It does not declare winners but shortlists 20 business plans, which are showcased to venture capitalists. MoDeMo, a mobile application demo event was born out of Mobile Monday Bangalore. About 20 start-ups made it to Nasscom’s annual list of innovators. TiE-ISB Connect, the annual business plan showcase by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and the Indian School of Business (ISB), saw 400 initial entries, virtually double the number it received in 2006.
It has been tough arriving at the final 10, more so because there are bound to be several other interesting companies that did not feature in any of these contests or showcases. The final 10, we think, stood out from the rest in terms of the products or services offered, founder experience and credentials, differentiated business models and potential market opportunity. We put them forward not just as interesting companies to watch for but also as representatives of the infectious and powerful wave of entrepreneurship that is now sweeping the country.
1. Sloka Telecom Pvt. Ltd
Founder(s):Sujai Karampuri and Venkata Subbaiah
Space: Telecom infrastructure
Funding: Self-funded
Description:Sloka Telecom Pvt. Ltd makes wireless equipment for WiMAX and 3G (third generation telecom) networks. The Bangalore-based company, which was shortlisted for Proto and Nasscom’s 100 IT Innovators 2007, claims its technology will help reduce operator capital expenditure (capex) by up to 50%. It recently rolled out its first WiMAX network in Saint Medard en Jalles in France.
2. Dim Dim Inc.
Founder(s):D.D. Ganguly, Jayant Pandit, Saurav Mohapatra, Sundar Subramanian and Rohit Shankar.
Space:Online Web conferencing
Funding:$2.4 million (Rs9.4 crore) first round funding by Nexus India Capital and Index Ventures.
Dim Dim Inc. offers free online Web conferencing solutions based on open source software. Its founders, scattered across the globe, came up with the idea while trying to communicate with each other. Shortlisted for DEMO, the Silicon Valley-based product showcase, and the TiE-ISB business plan showcase, Dim Dim is up against larger players such as Cisco Systems Inc., which owns Web conferencing company WebEX Communications, and Microsoft Corp.
3. Ziva Software Pvt. Ltd
Founder(s):and Ajay SethiSameer Shishodia
Space: Mobile search
Funding:$1.7 million by Nadathur Holdings and Investments Pvt. Ltd
Description: The Bangalore-based start-up, which offers mobile search services under the brand Zook, has recently launched a service to answer any question posed by users, using a combination of database and mobile social communities. Incubated at the NS Raghavan Cell for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) on the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore campus, Ziva Software Pvt. Ltd was shortlisted for the second edition of Proto.
4. Novatium Solutions (P) Ltd
Founder(s):Rajesh Jain, Ray Stata and Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Space: PC hardware
Funding:Undisclosed investment by NEA and NEA IndoUS Ventures
Description:Novatium Solutions (P) Ltd, which was shortlisted for Proto, makes thin client personal computers. Its founders come from impressive backgrounds—Stata is chairman of Analog Devices Inc.; Jain is a serial entrepreneur best known for his Internet company Indiaworld.com, which was acquired bySify Ltd for $115 million in 1999; Jhunjhunwala established the TeNeT (Telecommunications and computer Networking) Group at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai. Novatium recently tied up with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) to offer low cost, Internet-enabled PC’s in Delhi.
5. iXiGO.com (Le Travenues Technology Pvt. Ltd)
Founder(s): Aloke Bajpai, Rajnish Kumar and Jens Schutter
Space: Online travel
Funding: Closing pre-series A funding
Description: iXiGO.com, a late entrant in the online travel space, says its differentiated business model helps reduce cost of operations, which allows it to scale faster. Instead of booking tickets on its site, it re-directs customers to airlines’ home pages, for which it collects a fee from the airlines. Its founders worked for several years at European travel site Amadeus.net before moving to India in 2006. The company was shortlisted for Proto and Nasscom’s 100 IT Innovators 2007.
Plusmo is a FREE service that lets you run cool mobile widgets on your phone
What Company is Offering:
Plusmo is a FREE service that lets you run cool mobile widgets on your phone. Mobile widgets are tiny killer apps that offer a much better mobile experience for a specific purpose. There are over 20,000 widgets on Plusmo, most of them created and
shared by users like you.
How It Works:
All you need is a browser on your mobile device. Just go to plusmo.com/m from your mobile phone browser and download the client. Plusmo is free to use. But, your mobile operator may charge you for data downloaded if you do not have a data plan. We recommend that you get an unlimited data plan to avoid getting charged per download. See below for few examples.
Your email address is used to log in to www.plusmo.com to manage your mobile content subscriptions. On email-enabled devices they use the email to send you an install link. If instead you want an SMS be sent to you with an install link, they'll ask you for your phone number and operator during the registration. An either case, your email address is the primary mechanism to log in. They will only use your email address for support and inform you of new releases.
More at:http://plusmo.com/
Plusmo is a FREE service that lets you run cool mobile widgets on your phone. Mobile widgets are tiny killer apps that offer a much better mobile experience for a specific purpose. There are over 20,000 widgets on Plusmo, most of them created and
shared by users like you.
How It Works:
All you need is a browser on your mobile device. Just go to plusmo.com/m from your mobile phone browser and download the client. Plusmo is free to use. But, your mobile operator may charge you for data downloaded if you do not have a data plan. We recommend that you get an unlimited data plan to avoid getting charged per download. See below for few examples.
Your email address is used to log in to www.plusmo.com to manage your mobile content subscriptions. On email-enabled devices they use the email to send you an install link. If instead you want an SMS be sent to you with an install link, they'll ask you for your phone number and operator during the registration. An either case, your email address is the primary mechanism to log in. They will only use your email address for support and inform you of new releases.
More at:http://plusmo.com/
io9 For Science Fiction Lovers
What Company is Offering:
io9s were marketed as cheap time machines in the 2070s. They were actually just low-grade input/output devices for the brain that tuned tachyon waves and gave users vivid images of possible futures. The things were so addictive, and drove so many people insane, that io9s were eventually outlawed. Today the word is just slang. io9ers are the early implanters who obsessively upgrade themselves with beta tech. People who tweak out on buggy brainware are sometimes said to have "gone io9." Science fiction writer Ken McLeod has another term for io9ers. He calls them rapture fuckers.
How It Works;
If you want to comment on a post and you aren't already a registered user, you'll need to be approved by our alien overlords. Here's how. First, sign in as a new user. Then, you'll be prompted to make a comment. An actual alien from another world will evaluate your comment for signs of mind control or nano-contamination. If you are clean, the alien will approve you as a user, your comment will be published, and you can comment freely from then on.
Their alien overlords also reserve the right to terminate your comment privileges if you are an asshat. See Lifehacker's excellent guidelines to commenting on blogs if you wish to avoid asshattery. Got a problem with that? This is what we say to you.
How to Make Friends with Other Commenters
Next time you see a comment that makes you go "squee!" or "hmmm" or "how brilliant," you should start following the other comments of the person who wrote it. Click the "Follow Commenter" link next to it, which looks like a plus sign. From there on in, each time that person comments again, you'll get a little inline notification so you can collect even more gems. The folks you're following will be listed on your profile page.
You can also friend commenters, and their names will show up on your commenter profile page.
How to Be Anonymous on io9
You can't leave anonymous comments on io9, but you can leave pseudonymous ones. They don't ever require you to give your real name or any identifying information when you sign up as a new user.
To keep your privacy intact, pick a name that can't be traced back to you. Don't make comments that reveal where you live or where you work. Don't use your friends' real names in comments. To learn more about anonymity in the blogging world, read this handy guide from our pals at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
More at:http://io9.com/
io9s were marketed as cheap time machines in the 2070s. They were actually just low-grade input/output devices for the brain that tuned tachyon waves and gave users vivid images of possible futures. The things were so addictive, and drove so many people insane, that io9s were eventually outlawed. Today the word is just slang. io9ers are the early implanters who obsessively upgrade themselves with beta tech. People who tweak out on buggy brainware are sometimes said to have "gone io9." Science fiction writer Ken McLeod has another term for io9ers. He calls them rapture fuckers.
How It Works;
If you want to comment on a post and you aren't already a registered user, you'll need to be approved by our alien overlords. Here's how. First, sign in as a new user. Then, you'll be prompted to make a comment. An actual alien from another world will evaluate your comment for signs of mind control or nano-contamination. If you are clean, the alien will approve you as a user, your comment will be published, and you can comment freely from then on.
Their alien overlords also reserve the right to terminate your comment privileges if you are an asshat. See Lifehacker's excellent guidelines to commenting on blogs if you wish to avoid asshattery. Got a problem with that? This is what we say to you.
How to Make Friends with Other Commenters
Next time you see a comment that makes you go "squee!" or "hmmm" or "how brilliant," you should start following the other comments of the person who wrote it. Click the "Follow Commenter" link next to it, which looks like a plus sign. From there on in, each time that person comments again, you'll get a little inline notification so you can collect even more gems. The folks you're following will be listed on your profile page.
You can also friend commenters, and their names will show up on your commenter profile page.
How to Be Anonymous on io9
You can't leave anonymous comments on io9, but you can leave pseudonymous ones. They don't ever require you to give your real name or any identifying information when you sign up as a new user.
To keep your privacy intact, pick a name that can't be traced back to you. Don't make comments that reveal where you live or where you work. Don't use your friends' real names in comments. To learn more about anonymity in the blogging world, read this handy guide from our pals at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
More at:http://io9.com/
Goalmigo is a social website that motivates people to reach their goals
What Company is Offering:
Goalmigo is a social website that motivates people to reach their goals. The website offers a complete online system for setting, tracking, sharing, and achieving goals. Goalmigo is the flagship product of Curiosity Media, a web design and development firm based in Atlanta, GA.The name Goalmigo is a combination of "goal" and "migo", "migo" taken from the Spanish word amigo meaning friend. Goalmigo encourages users to share their goals and progress with their friends.
How It Works:
Goalmigo gives you the tools you need to achieve your goals. We recommend the following steps to use Goalmigo to its fullest:Clearly define your goal, that way you'll know when you've made it. Describe why you are pursuing this goal and how you will achieve it. Commit to your goal by letting friends and family know. Use Goalmigo groups to get support from users with similar goals. Track your progress and update your supporters regularly.
When creating your goal, check the last box on the form, Keep Private, to make the goal private. If your goal has already been created, click on the goal, click Edit goal under the goal's name and then check the Keep Private box on the bottom of the form. Now click the Update Goal button and your goal will be private.
To join a closed group, click on the group name and then the Request to Join link under the group name. The group creator will receive an email with your request and will choose whether to allow you to join. Should they allow your membership, you will appear as a member of the group.
More at:http://www.goalmigo.com/
Goalmigo is a social website that motivates people to reach their goals. The website offers a complete online system for setting, tracking, sharing, and achieving goals. Goalmigo is the flagship product of Curiosity Media, a web design and development firm based in Atlanta, GA.The name Goalmigo is a combination of "goal" and "migo", "migo" taken from the Spanish word amigo meaning friend. Goalmigo encourages users to share their goals and progress with their friends.
How It Works:
Goalmigo gives you the tools you need to achieve your goals. We recommend the following steps to use Goalmigo to its fullest:Clearly define your goal, that way you'll know when you've made it. Describe why you are pursuing this goal and how you will achieve it. Commit to your goal by letting friends and family know. Use Goalmigo groups to get support from users with similar goals. Track your progress and update your supporters regularly.
When creating your goal, check the last box on the form, Keep Private, to make the goal private. If your goal has already been created, click on the goal, click Edit goal under the goal's name and then check the Keep Private box on the bottom of the form. Now click the Update Goal button and your goal will be private.
To join a closed group, click on the group name and then the Request to Join link under the group name. The group creator will receive an email with your request and will choose whether to allow you to join. Should they allow your membership, you will appear as a member of the group.
More at:http://www.goalmigo.com/
DeterminedToQuit.com --gives smokers a multi-functional Quit Companion tool that allows them to update and monitor their quit attempts
What Company Is Offering:
DeterminedToQuit.com and the breakthrough Quit Companion were created with you - a tobacco user who knows it’s time to quit - specifically in mind. You know quitting is the smart thing to do for yourself, your family and your friends, but it’s a challenge.
DeterminedToQuit.com to provide an online community that gives smokers a multi-functional Quit Companion tool that allows them to update and monitor their quit attempts as their quit attempt progresses, enter their lapses via an email form or text messaging from their mobile phone, schedule messages to be delivered automatically to their cell phones at specific times to help themselves fend off potential lapses during normal smoking breaks and receive messages of encouragement from loved ones, and view video blogs featuring fellow smokers currently trying to quit.
How It Works:
Using the Quit Companion, you can chart your progress over time, send yourself supportive and motivating messages when you like, have your friends and family send you messages, and calculate the amount of money you have saved in a given time period by quitting smoking.
Getting started with the Quit Companion is simple. Just complete the registration form and you're ready to begin using the tool.Any information you share with DeterminedToQuit.com will remain strictly confidential. You don't need a wireless device to use the Quit Companion - you can use your email account to receive messages. The text messaging feature of the Quit Companion uses text messaging to relay communications. It is compatible with most wireless devices that can receive text messages.
During the sign-up process, you can enter your mobile phone number to activate the text messaging feature of the Quit Companion. With this enabled, you’ll have the ability to utilize the Companion even when you’re away from your computer; a handy feature for sure.
More at:http://www.determinedtoquit.com/
DeterminedToQuit.com and the breakthrough Quit Companion were created with you - a tobacco user who knows it’s time to quit - specifically in mind. You know quitting is the smart thing to do for yourself, your family and your friends, but it’s a challenge.
DeterminedToQuit.com to provide an online community that gives smokers a multi-functional Quit Companion tool that allows them to update and monitor their quit attempts as their quit attempt progresses, enter their lapses via an email form or text messaging from their mobile phone, schedule messages to be delivered automatically to their cell phones at specific times to help themselves fend off potential lapses during normal smoking breaks and receive messages of encouragement from loved ones, and view video blogs featuring fellow smokers currently trying to quit.
How It Works:
Using the Quit Companion, you can chart your progress over time, send yourself supportive and motivating messages when you like, have your friends and family send you messages, and calculate the amount of money you have saved in a given time period by quitting smoking.
Getting started with the Quit Companion is simple. Just complete the registration form and you're ready to begin using the tool.Any information you share with DeterminedToQuit.com will remain strictly confidential. You don't need a wireless device to use the Quit Companion - you can use your email account to receive messages. The text messaging feature of the Quit Companion uses text messaging to relay communications. It is compatible with most wireless devices that can receive text messages.
During the sign-up process, you can enter your mobile phone number to activate the text messaging feature of the Quit Companion. With this enabled, you’ll have the ability to utilize the Companion even when you’re away from your computer; a handy feature for sure.
More at:http://www.determinedtoquit.com/
Slopsbox---Keep Your Record Clean And Your Inbox Cleaner
What Company Is Offering:
Slopsbox is a tweaked translations of the site's Swedish predecessor Slaskpost. Slopsbox is the e-mail address you give out to anyone, the e-mail address you use to register for random services that requires you to submit one. It's a long-finger up the butt to spammers who think they can fool you into giving them your real one. Slopsbox is the inbox you don't care about. But Slopsbox cares about you, your privacy and they want your spam, because they think it's tasty.
How It Works:
When someone asks for your e-mail address, give them anything@slopsbox.com (or one of the other add-on domain names). You can replace "anything" with, well anything, i.e. douglas@slopsbox.com, trump@slopsbox.com or arrgh@slopsbox.com. The e-mail will then be available for you by entering the address and pressing enter.
You can now retrieve the information in the e-mail. However, bear in mind that they don't accept any attachments and received mail automatically get deleted after 24 hours.
More at:http://slopsbox.com/
Slopsbox is a tweaked translations of the site's Swedish predecessor Slaskpost. Slopsbox is the e-mail address you give out to anyone, the e-mail address you use to register for random services that requires you to submit one. It's a long-finger up the butt to spammers who think they can fool you into giving them your real one. Slopsbox is the inbox you don't care about. But Slopsbox cares about you, your privacy and they want your spam, because they think it's tasty.
How It Works:
When someone asks for your e-mail address, give them anything@slopsbox.com (or one of the other add-on domain names). You can replace "anything" with, well anything, i.e. douglas@slopsbox.com, trump@slopsbox.com or arrgh@slopsbox.com. The e-mail will then be available for you by entering the address and pressing enter.
You can now retrieve the information in the e-mail. However, bear in mind that they don't accept any attachments and received mail automatically get deleted after 24 hours.
More at:http://slopsbox.com/
Mjelly is a mobile music thing which lets you download bare amounts of mp3s and ringtones to your phone
What Company Is Offering:
Mjelly is a mobile music thing which lets you download bare amounts of mp3s and ringtones to your phone
To get started browse the music online or just hit m.mjelly.com on your phone browser.
How It Works:
To download the tones go to their mobile site at http://m.mjelly.com on your phone handset.
You can find out all the latest news and stuff about mobile music on their Blog
mjelly is based in London, UK.If you’re in the UK then send an SMS “getmjelly plus the code of the ringtone you want”.
More at:http://www.mjelly.com/
Mjelly is a mobile music thing which lets you download bare amounts of mp3s and ringtones to your phone
To get started browse the music online or just hit m.mjelly.com on your phone browser.
How It Works:
To download the tones go to their mobile site at http://m.mjelly.com on your phone handset.
You can find out all the latest news and stuff about mobile music on their Blog
mjelly is based in London, UK.If you’re in the UK then send an SMS “getmjelly plus the code of the ringtone you want”.
More at:http://www.mjelly.com/
Phozi --Use the phozi photobooth to create fun snapshots with your webcam, photos from your computer or using the camera on your mobile phone
What Company Is Offering:
Phozi is a fun way to take photobooth pictures by yourself or with friends! You can send photos to your friends or post them anywhere on the web using a widget from widgetbox.
How It Works:
You can use the phozi photobooth to create fun snapshots with your webcam, photos from your computer or using the camera on your mobile phone.
The phozi widgets work with any site that allows you to embed html codes. Popular sites include myspace, facebook, piczo, iGoogle, and freewebs. Phozi also works with popular blogging software like Blogger and TypePad as well as any webpage!
More at:http://www.phozi.com/
Phozi is a fun way to take photobooth pictures by yourself or with friends! You can send photos to your friends or post them anywhere on the web using a widget from widgetbox.
How It Works:
You can use the phozi photobooth to create fun snapshots with your webcam, photos from your computer or using the camera on your mobile phone.
The phozi widgets work with any site that allows you to embed html codes. Popular sites include myspace, facebook, piczo, iGoogle, and freewebs. Phozi also works with popular blogging software like Blogger and TypePad as well as any webpage!
More at:http://www.phozi.com/
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