What Company Is Offering:
This is your sports network! This is where you, the college fan, can have your say. Here's your ticket to connect with other fans from your college and with fans from every college everywhere. It's your college, your sports and, most importantly, your voice on the College Fanz Sports Network. Videos, photos, opinions or good old fashioned trash talk, this is the place to be you create the content.CollegeFanz also has video streaming and other college sports related content. The network has nearly 5,000 communities in place for student and alumni participation.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have raised $2 to $5 million for its first round, according to the company. The company was founded by Bill Rasmussen, who was also behind the creation of ESPN.
More at:http://www.collegefanz.com/
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Blue Kai Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer of an online market data exchange, has raised $3.18 million in Series A funding
What Company Says;
Bluekai is a stealth mode startup in Seattle pursuing a revolutionary new marketplace. Their vision for the marketplace grew out of their obsession for polite, relevant marketing. There is no place on the net to enable all the players to come together and share data in a privacy sensitive way.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Blue Kai Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer of an online market data exchange, has raised $3.18 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. Redpoint Ventures led the round, with partners Chris Moore and Fouad ElNaggar taking board seats.
More at:www.bluekai.com
Bluekai is a stealth mode startup in Seattle pursuing a revolutionary new marketplace. Their vision for the marketplace grew out of their obsession for polite, relevant marketing. There is no place on the net to enable all the players to come together and share data in a privacy sensitive way.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Blue Kai Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer of an online market data exchange, has raised $3.18 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. Redpoint Ventures led the round, with partners Chris Moore and Fouad ElNaggar taking board seats.
More at:www.bluekai.com
Toluu is a utility that makes it easy to discover the feeds your friends read and find your new favorite feed
What Company Is offering:
Toluu is a utility that makes it easy to discover the feeds your friends read and find your new favorite feed. You import your feeds and then your friends can easily see what you actually read. You can also find others who have similar tastes in feeds as you do and discover feeds you may find interesting. It is quite simple.
How It Works:
You can browse the site and see what others are reading without joining, but the real awesomeness starts when you join. After joining, you will be prompted to import your feeds. They have many methods of importing your feeds such as OPML import, URL input, and a nifty bookmarklet. The next thing to do is to start connecting with friends and others on Toluu. Toluu will do some crazy math to find others in the system who have similar tastes as you. Once you have a few contacts, you can see a stream of what your contacts have been doing through the activity stream on the homepage. Finally, when you find an interesting new feed you can add it by clicking the 'Add Feed' button on the feed page.
More at:http://www.toluu.com/
Toluu is a utility that makes it easy to discover the feeds your friends read and find your new favorite feed. You import your feeds and then your friends can easily see what you actually read. You can also find others who have similar tastes in feeds as you do and discover feeds you may find interesting. It is quite simple.
How It Works:
You can browse the site and see what others are reading without joining, but the real awesomeness starts when you join. After joining, you will be prompted to import your feeds. They have many methods of importing your feeds such as OPML import, URL input, and a nifty bookmarklet. The next thing to do is to start connecting with friends and others on Toluu. Toluu will do some crazy math to find others in the system who have similar tastes as you. Once you have a few contacts, you can see a stream of what your contacts have been doing through the activity stream on the homepage. Finally, when you find an interesting new feed you can add it by clicking the 'Add Feed' button on the feed page.
More at:http://www.toluu.com/
VidyUP--Its simple, free, easy way to let your site visitors be able to upload videos to you
What Company Is Offering:
They built VidyUP to give you an easy, fast, and flexible on ramp so you can start inviting your visitors to upload videos and start making content for you.Its simple, free, easy way to let your site visitors be able to upload videos to you.
With a snip of code, you've got a way to share directly to YouTube and embed a player on your site.
How It Works:
Provide a free widget that you can customize the shape and color of. Provide your visitors with simple YouTube based log in.Give users a way to register for YouTube (and upload to you).Help YouTube uploaded videos find their way to your site (or email address).
You can bolt VidyUP on to any existing CMS or other page layout solution. We play nice.
You can start with VidyUP, move to the free Magnify.net platform, and even upgrade to Pro and Enterprise... it's a simple clean product evolution...
More at:http://www.vidyup.com/
They built VidyUP to give you an easy, fast, and flexible on ramp so you can start inviting your visitors to upload videos and start making content for you.Its simple, free, easy way to let your site visitors be able to upload videos to you.
With a snip of code, you've got a way to share directly to YouTube and embed a player on your site.
How It Works:
Provide a free widget that you can customize the shape and color of. Provide your visitors with simple YouTube based log in.Give users a way to register for YouTube (and upload to you).Help YouTube uploaded videos find their way to your site (or email address).
You can bolt VidyUP on to any existing CMS or other page layout solution. We play nice.
You can start with VidyUP, move to the free Magnify.net platform, and even upgrade to Pro and Enterprise... it's a simple clean product evolution...
More at:http://www.vidyup.com/
Mobile Communications and Social Networking platform Next2Friends has announced a contest for the “Most Creative Video”
What Company Is Offering:
Next2Friends is a UK Limited Company with tens of thousands of registered users who are now starting to enjoy the unique benefits of the Next2Friends' platform. Next2Friends has several unique and major revenue generating lines of product offering, each with a compelling value proposition that will revolutionize the conventional social networking marketplace. Knowing that the technology and concept are market leading and that the timing for launch is now appropriate they aim to guarantee the success with a top-flight, ambitious and extremely committed and experienced senior management team. who are based from two International offices in the UK and USA. Next2Friends also has three Industry Veterans on their Strategic Advisory Board who will continue to provide ongoing advice.
Recent Updates:
Mobile Communications and Social Networking platform Next2Friends has announced a contest for the “Most Creative Video” to run throughout the month of April, 2008. Videos will be judged by a panel comprised of industry experts in a wide array of fields. Christine Perey is owner of Perey Research and Consulting and an expert in Mobile Social Networking. She is also the founder of the Quicktime Movie Festival. Linda Zimmer is CEO of MarCom Interactive and an expert in modernizing marketing, communications and branding for contemporary audiences along social trends. Holly Scothern has worked with some of the biggest brands and most innovative start-ups in the internet, technology and new media industries for the past 14 years.
Videos will be judged on Originality, Execution, Production Quality, and Overall Message. Videos can not be longer than 4 minutes in length and cannot contain any profanity, obscene or offensive material. The 1st place winner will receive an Apple iPod Touch, a $150 iTunes voucher and a Next2Friends T-Shirt. The 2nd place winner will receive a $100 iTunes voucher and a Next2Friends T-Shirt. And the 3rd place winner will receive a $50 iTunes voucher and a Next2Friends T-Shirt.
More at:http://www.next2friends.com/
Next2Friends is a UK Limited Company with tens of thousands of registered users who are now starting to enjoy the unique benefits of the Next2Friends' platform. Next2Friends has several unique and major revenue generating lines of product offering, each with a compelling value proposition that will revolutionize the conventional social networking marketplace. Knowing that the technology and concept are market leading and that the timing for launch is now appropriate they aim to guarantee the success with a top-flight, ambitious and extremely committed and experienced senior management team. who are based from two International offices in the UK and USA. Next2Friends also has three Industry Veterans on their Strategic Advisory Board who will continue to provide ongoing advice.
Recent Updates:
Mobile Communications and Social Networking platform Next2Friends has announced a contest for the “Most Creative Video” to run throughout the month of April, 2008. Videos will be judged by a panel comprised of industry experts in a wide array of fields. Christine Perey is owner of Perey Research and Consulting and an expert in Mobile Social Networking. She is also the founder of the Quicktime Movie Festival. Linda Zimmer is CEO of MarCom Interactive and an expert in modernizing marketing, communications and branding for contemporary audiences along social trends. Holly Scothern has worked with some of the biggest brands and most innovative start-ups in the internet, technology and new media industries for the past 14 years.
Videos will be judged on Originality, Execution, Production Quality, and Overall Message. Videos can not be longer than 4 minutes in length and cannot contain any profanity, obscene or offensive material. The 1st place winner will receive an Apple iPod Touch, a $150 iTunes voucher and a Next2Friends T-Shirt. The 2nd place winner will receive a $100 iTunes voucher and a Next2Friends T-Shirt. And the 3rd place winner will receive a $50 iTunes voucher and a Next2Friends T-Shirt.
More at:http://www.next2friends.com/
GOLIATH Solutions is a marketing intelligence company that measures consumer response got $27 million
What Company Is Offering:
GOLIATH Solutions is a marketing intelligence company that measures consumer response to in-store promotional displays, signs and merchandising fixtures by integrating sales data with in-store display execution and location information. By using patented long-range radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to track displays within a retail store and combining that information with store sales data, GOLIATH Solutions has been able to deliver the marketing intelligence retailers and CPG companies need.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Cordjia, a Delaware-based private equity firm established by former MBNA Corp. executives, announced that it served as the lead equity investor in closing a $27 million equity and debt investment in GOLIATH Solutions. Joining Cordjia in the equity investment were The Walnut Group and other private investors, as well as a syndicate of debt financing providers including CapX Partners, Trinity Capital Investments and Comerica Bank.
The transaction was the first Cordjia has led since its founding in 2007.
Cordjia and The Walnut Group together now own more than 50% of GOLIATH, a marketing intelligence company that has developed a proprietary and proven solution to maximize retailer returns from in-store advertising and merchandising-a $17 billion industry. GOLIATH is under contract to install its system at more than 6,200 Walgreens stores nationwide, and more than 40 leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies subscribe to GOLIATH data. Cordjia and The Walnut Group will have representation on the board of directors of GOLIATH Solutions.
About VCs:
Cordjia is a Delaware-based private equity firm that delivers long-term financial gains for investors by providing the capital, key managerial and deep operational expertise needed to unlock the vast growth potential of middle market partners and real estate ventures. Cordjia's principals have more than 80 years of combined experience and have worked together in various executive management, senior operations and corporate real estate positions for more than 15 years. For more information about Cordjia, please visit www.cordjia.com .
More at: www.goliathsolutions.com
GOLIATH Solutions is a marketing intelligence company that measures consumer response to in-store promotional displays, signs and merchandising fixtures by integrating sales data with in-store display execution and location information. By using patented long-range radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to track displays within a retail store and combining that information with store sales data, GOLIATH Solutions has been able to deliver the marketing intelligence retailers and CPG companies need.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Cordjia, a Delaware-based private equity firm established by former MBNA Corp. executives, announced that it served as the lead equity investor in closing a $27 million equity and debt investment in GOLIATH Solutions. Joining Cordjia in the equity investment were The Walnut Group and other private investors, as well as a syndicate of debt financing providers including CapX Partners, Trinity Capital Investments and Comerica Bank.
The transaction was the first Cordjia has led since its founding in 2007.
Cordjia and The Walnut Group together now own more than 50% of GOLIATH, a marketing intelligence company that has developed a proprietary and proven solution to maximize retailer returns from in-store advertising and merchandising-a $17 billion industry. GOLIATH is under contract to install its system at more than 6,200 Walgreens stores nationwide, and more than 40 leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies subscribe to GOLIATH data. Cordjia and The Walnut Group will have representation on the board of directors of GOLIATH Solutions.
About VCs:
Cordjia is a Delaware-based private equity firm that delivers long-term financial gains for investors by providing the capital, key managerial and deep operational expertise needed to unlock the vast growth potential of middle market partners and real estate ventures. Cordjia's principals have more than 80 years of combined experience and have worked together in various executive management, senior operations and corporate real estate positions for more than 15 years. For more information about Cordjia, please visit www.cordjia.com .
More at: www.goliathsolutions.com
Mobango Ltd , the leading mobile social network, closed its second institutional equity round of $5.7 million
What Company Is Offering:
Mobango Ltd operates in the innovative field of online and mobile services addressed to that large and growing community of mobile enthusiastic and fans. The service lets the users create, store, share, play original and self-produced content, both via Web and via mobile phones.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mobango Ltd , the leading mobile social network, closed its second institutional equity round of $5.7 million. The financing was lead by Italian fund Innogest Capital, managed by Innogest SGR, specialized in seed and early-stage investments in high-growth companies. Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures, already an investor in Mobango, also contributed to the round.
Mobango will use the new funds to further accelerate product development, strengthen its service infrastructure, and increase penetration in key markets. In connection with the new financing round, Gianluca Dettori, founder and ex CEO of Vitaminic, one of Europe's leading digital music distribution companies (merged with Buongiorno SpA) joined Mobango's Board of Directors.
About VCs:
1.
Italy-based Innogest Capital is an ?80 million seed and early stage venture capital fund, managed by Claudio Giuliano, formerly with Carlyle in London, and Marco Pinciroli, formerly with BC Partners in Milan. Innogest aims to supply capital to young and high-growth Italian companies in key focus sectors including New Media and Telecoms, Information Technology, Renewable Energy, Biomedical and Advanced Mechanics.
2.The London-based venture capital fund manages $272 million for investments in technological companies throughout Europe. Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures specialises in early stage investments in technological start-ups across Europe. The established team of partners bring a strong experience in venture capital and deep operational competences, both in Europe and in the US, to all of their portfolio companies.
More at: www.mobango.com
Mobango Ltd operates in the innovative field of online and mobile services addressed to that large and growing community of mobile enthusiastic and fans. The service lets the users create, store, share, play original and self-produced content, both via Web and via mobile phones.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mobango Ltd , the leading mobile social network, closed its second institutional equity round of $5.7 million. The financing was lead by Italian fund Innogest Capital, managed by Innogest SGR, specialized in seed and early-stage investments in high-growth companies. Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures, already an investor in Mobango, also contributed to the round.
Mobango will use the new funds to further accelerate product development, strengthen its service infrastructure, and increase penetration in key markets. In connection with the new financing round, Gianluca Dettori, founder and ex CEO of Vitaminic, one of Europe's leading digital music distribution companies (merged with Buongiorno SpA) joined Mobango's Board of Directors.
About VCs:
1.
Italy-based Innogest Capital is an ?80 million seed and early stage venture capital fund, managed by Claudio Giuliano, formerly with Carlyle in London, and Marco Pinciroli, formerly with BC Partners in Milan. Innogest aims to supply capital to young and high-growth Italian companies in key focus sectors including New Media and Telecoms, Information Technology, Renewable Energy, Biomedical and Advanced Mechanics.
2.The London-based venture capital fund manages $272 million for investments in technological companies throughout Europe. Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures specialises in early stage investments in technological start-ups across Europe. The established team of partners bring a strong experience in venture capital and deep operational competences, both in Europe and in the US, to all of their portfolio companies.
More at: www.mobango.com
CoreXchange is the IT industry's first network access exchange provider, it has completed a convertible note financing led by Red Barn
What Company Is Offering:
CoreXchange is the IT industry's first network access exchange provider, delivering custom Internet bandwidth solutions and network infrastructure availability services. Headquartered in the nationally-recognized Dallas Infomart carrier center, CoreXchange is led by a highly experienced team of networking services technologists and executives.
How Much They Got From VCs:
The industry's first network access exchange provider, announced that it has completed a convertible note financing led by Red Barn Investments and has secured a credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank. Funding terms were not disclosed.
"Red Barn is pleased to increase its investment commitment in CoreXchange," according to Pat Pollard, Red Barn managing director. "CoreXchange continues to execute on its business plan and capitalize on the significant market opportunity of providing high-availability network services to enterprises."
CoreXchange will use the investment and credit line proceeds for the build-out of additional network and data center infrastructure and to support the continued development of its service offerings.
"We are dedicated to helping high-growth technology companies like CoreXchange reach their goals," stated Brian Brown, senior relationship manager of Silicon Valley Bank. "Our bank's innovative approach, financial resources, and network of business relationships will provide a long-term benefit to CoreXchange as it pursues its compelling business model."
About VCs:
Red Barn Investments is a private equity firm located in Northbrook, Illinois that invests in small and mid-sized companies where its expertise and relationships can assist in creating value over the long term. It typically invests between $1 to $5 million in transactions valued up to $30 million. To learn more about Red Barn Investments, visit the website at www.redbarnllc.com.
More at:www.corexchange.com
CoreXchange is the IT industry's first network access exchange provider, delivering custom Internet bandwidth solutions and network infrastructure availability services. Headquartered in the nationally-recognized Dallas Infomart carrier center, CoreXchange is led by a highly experienced team of networking services technologists and executives.
How Much They Got From VCs:
The industry's first network access exchange provider, announced that it has completed a convertible note financing led by Red Barn Investments and has secured a credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank. Funding terms were not disclosed.
"Red Barn is pleased to increase its investment commitment in CoreXchange," according to Pat Pollard, Red Barn managing director. "CoreXchange continues to execute on its business plan and capitalize on the significant market opportunity of providing high-availability network services to enterprises."
CoreXchange will use the investment and credit line proceeds for the build-out of additional network and data center infrastructure and to support the continued development of its service offerings.
"We are dedicated to helping high-growth technology companies like CoreXchange reach their goals," stated Brian Brown, senior relationship manager of Silicon Valley Bank. "Our bank's innovative approach, financial resources, and network of business relationships will provide a long-term benefit to CoreXchange as it pursues its compelling business model."
About VCs:
Red Barn Investments is a private equity firm located in Northbrook, Illinois that invests in small and mid-sized companies where its expertise and relationships can assist in creating value over the long term. It typically invests between $1 to $5 million in transactions valued up to $30 million. To learn more about Red Barn Investments, visit the website at www.redbarnllc.com.
More at:www.corexchange.com
Reality Digital, a leading provider of brand-focused social media solutions for businesses got$6.3 million in its Series B round
What Company Is Offering:
Reality Digital is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables businesses to enhance their Web presence through the implementation of social media and video collaboration tools. Reality Digital customers include some of the leading players in media, publishing, and online entertainment, including MTV Networks, ITV Local and Lonely Planet. Comprised of an executive team with over 15 years of experience in creating innovative video technologies for Fortune 500 companies, Reality Digital continues to leverage its knowledge and expertise in the social media space by allowing businesses to build and maintain a constant dialogue with their customers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Reality Digital, a leading provider of brand-focused social media solutions for businesses, announced the closing of $6.3 million in its Series B round of venture funding from OpenView Venture Partners. OpenView Venture Partners' Managing Partner and Senior Managing Director Scott Maxwell and Venture Partner Mark Barry, will join Reality Digital's Board of Directors.
Reality Digital provides an on-demand platform that enables businesses to add cutting edge video sharing, social media and networking features, as well as business tools to their digital media initiatives. The company's flagship product, the Reality Digital Opus? platform, applies a software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model that can be rapidly launched as either a brand new Web environment, or within an existing Web domain to allow users to upload, manage and share digital video, audio and images online. Reality Digital provides companies with the opportunity to establish a dialog and foster a more intimate relationship with their customers. The approach improves brand awareness, user loyalty, customer retention and site "stickiness," as well as positively affecting advertising revenues. Reality Digital customers include some of the leading players in media, publishing, and online entertainment, including MTV Networks, ITV Local and Lonely Planet.
More at:http://www.realitydigital.com/
Reality Digital is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables businesses to enhance their Web presence through the implementation of social media and video collaboration tools. Reality Digital customers include some of the leading players in media, publishing, and online entertainment, including MTV Networks, ITV Local and Lonely Planet. Comprised of an executive team with over 15 years of experience in creating innovative video technologies for Fortune 500 companies, Reality Digital continues to leverage its knowledge and expertise in the social media space by allowing businesses to build and maintain a constant dialogue with their customers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Reality Digital, a leading provider of brand-focused social media solutions for businesses, announced the closing of $6.3 million in its Series B round of venture funding from OpenView Venture Partners. OpenView Venture Partners' Managing Partner and Senior Managing Director Scott Maxwell and Venture Partner Mark Barry, will join Reality Digital's Board of Directors.
Reality Digital provides an on-demand platform that enables businesses to add cutting edge video sharing, social media and networking features, as well as business tools to their digital media initiatives. The company's flagship product, the Reality Digital Opus? platform, applies a software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model that can be rapidly launched as either a brand new Web environment, or within an existing Web domain to allow users to upload, manage and share digital video, audio and images online. Reality Digital provides companies with the opportunity to establish a dialog and foster a more intimate relationship with their customers. The approach improves brand awareness, user loyalty, customer retention and site "stickiness," as well as positively affecting advertising revenues. Reality Digital customers include some of the leading players in media, publishing, and online entertainment, including MTV Networks, ITV Local and Lonely Planet.
More at:http://www.realitydigital.com/
OutBrain---Blog Rating And Recommendation Service
What Company Says:
We all love how Netflix recommends movies and how Amazon gives us great recommendations for books we would enjoy reading right? Here at outbrain they are doing the same for blog and news content on the web. Information overload is real and growing as the amount of content on the web grows exponentially. They are committed to helping readers of blogs and news sites find the best content that is most relevant to them on a personal basis. This is very different than the commonly seen "related links" where everyone sees the same suggestions.
How It Works:
By combining the collective intelligence of like-minded RSS/blog and news readers, they aim to save each outbrainer time by floating the content they would find most interesting. They don't see a need for you to read something that 100 people like you thought was a waste of time.
Their aim is to do this in an almost transparent way, in the places you're already consuming content, and without bugging you too much. Unlike most websites that want *more* of your attention, we're hoping that by using outbrain they'll be consuming net *less* of your attention.
They invite bloggers to install their one click widget and for publishers, rss readers and other news aggregators to contact them regarding easy integration of their rating and content recommendation service via an XML API.
More at:http://www.outbrain.com/
We all love how Netflix recommends movies and how Amazon gives us great recommendations for books we would enjoy reading right? Here at outbrain they are doing the same for blog and news content on the web. Information overload is real and growing as the amount of content on the web grows exponentially. They are committed to helping readers of blogs and news sites find the best content that is most relevant to them on a personal basis. This is very different than the commonly seen "related links" where everyone sees the same suggestions.
How It Works:
By combining the collective intelligence of like-minded RSS/blog and news readers, they aim to save each outbrainer time by floating the content they would find most interesting. They don't see a need for you to read something that 100 people like you thought was a waste of time.
Their aim is to do this in an almost transparent way, in the places you're already consuming content, and without bugging you too much. Unlike most websites that want *more* of your attention, we're hoping that by using outbrain they'll be consuming net *less* of your attention.
They invite bloggers to install their one click widget and for publishers, rss readers and other news aggregators to contact them regarding easy integration of their rating and content recommendation service via an XML API.
More at:http://www.outbrain.com/
Phone.com offers cutting-edge communications services with a special focus on small business
What Company Is Offering:
Phone.com offers cutting-edge communications services for both residential and professional use, with a special focus on the infrastructure and budget needs of small businesses that may operate out of homes, multiple locations, or off of cell-phones.
They intend to leverage their innovative products, cost-effective operation, and their unique brand name to achieve a leadership position in the marketplace. Phone.com’s marketing goals are critical to its success, and will be measured by new and repeat customer acquisition and retention. They pride themselves in offering reliable products and friendly, professional customer service available 24*7.
How it Works:
VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, works by transforming analog audio signals, like the kind you hear when you talk on the phone, into a digital signal that can be transmitted over the Internet and converted back to voice at the other end.
Some VoIP services work with special software that enables you to use your PC speakers and microphone to “call” another PC or phone. Other VoIP services, like the kind offered by Phone.com, work with an adapter that enables you to use a standard phone to call anyone, anywhere. You dial the same way you normally would and the person you are calling doesn’t require anything special to talk to you. In fact, when you use Phone.com, they probably won’t even hear a difference. Phone.com’s nationwide network delivers clear, dependable phone service at a fraction of the cost of traditional phone services.
Subscribing to a VoIP service requires a broadband (high speed internet) connection. You can use the same connection you use for your computer and still talk on the phone while you are online or when your computer is turned off.
Because VoIP leverages the power of the Internet, it provides advantages that aren’t available with regular phone services.
More at:http://www.phone.com/
Phone.com offers cutting-edge communications services for both residential and professional use, with a special focus on the infrastructure and budget needs of small businesses that may operate out of homes, multiple locations, or off of cell-phones.
They intend to leverage their innovative products, cost-effective operation, and their unique brand name to achieve a leadership position in the marketplace. Phone.com’s marketing goals are critical to its success, and will be measured by new and repeat customer acquisition and retention. They pride themselves in offering reliable products and friendly, professional customer service available 24*7.
How it Works:
VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, works by transforming analog audio signals, like the kind you hear when you talk on the phone, into a digital signal that can be transmitted over the Internet and converted back to voice at the other end.
Some VoIP services work with special software that enables you to use your PC speakers and microphone to “call” another PC or phone. Other VoIP services, like the kind offered by Phone.com, work with an adapter that enables you to use a standard phone to call anyone, anywhere. You dial the same way you normally would and the person you are calling doesn’t require anything special to talk to you. In fact, when you use Phone.com, they probably won’t even hear a difference. Phone.com’s nationwide network delivers clear, dependable phone service at a fraction of the cost of traditional phone services.
Subscribing to a VoIP service requires a broadband (high speed internet) connection. You can use the same connection you use for your computer and still talk on the phone while you are online or when your computer is turned off.
Because VoIP leverages the power of the Internet, it provides advantages that aren’t available with regular phone services.
More at:http://www.phone.com/
PopBandit---Social Recommendations For Anything
What Company Says:
Tell them about yourself and upload a picture, so they can see what you look like. Or, a picture of your pet if you're having a bad hair day.Tell others what you love, hate, have and want. Discover bands, art, clothes and people you never knew existed. The PopBandit world is your oyster - time to get cracking!
How It Works:
PopBandit have its automatic search capabilities for content that you’d like to add to the site.They'll match your likes and dislikes and recommend a few new things that you might find interesting. They'd like to think of themselves as your own personal event planner-shopper-matchmaker-coolhunter.For an item’s profile page, you’ll see related items, users that have subscribed to that item, comments, and other related content that’s been aggregated from the web. Google and wikipedia search options are also given for every item, as well as sharing options for site users and visitors.
More at:http://www.popbandit.com/
Tell them about yourself and upload a picture, so they can see what you look like. Or, a picture of your pet if you're having a bad hair day.Tell others what you love, hate, have and want. Discover bands, art, clothes and people you never knew existed. The PopBandit world is your oyster - time to get cracking!
How It Works:
PopBandit have its automatic search capabilities for content that you’d like to add to the site.They'll match your likes and dislikes and recommend a few new things that you might find interesting. They'd like to think of themselves as your own personal event planner-shopper-matchmaker-coolhunter.For an item’s profile page, you’ll see related items, users that have subscribed to that item, comments, and other related content that’s been aggregated from the web. Google and wikipedia search options are also given for every item, as well as sharing options for site users and visitors.
More at:http://www.popbandit.com/
PopJax is the first video/trivia game on the web
What Company Is Offering:
PopJax is the first video/trivia game on the web. They use a unique combination of your favorite video clips and trivia questions to provide a fun experience that will appeal to people who love trivia as well as people who love videos.
How It Works:
Try playing their PopQuiz to get the feel of the game. If you want to know all the ins and outs of how to play, click on the Rules button from within the game. In PopQuiz, the object is to get as many right as possible. The other modes you try to get four in a row before you get four strikes. Each question you answer correctly gives you points. Your points are cumulative, and can be used to enter sweepstakes. There are also ways to score bonus points, so look out for those!
One way to win is to score a certain number of points within a given time period (currently weekly and monthly.) Another way to win is to submit a question with a video clip (see submit a question) to enter a weekly (and monthly) sweepstakes where you'll have a chance to win and have your question used in a game.
More at:http://www.popjax.com/
PopJax is the first video/trivia game on the web. They use a unique combination of your favorite video clips and trivia questions to provide a fun experience that will appeal to people who love trivia as well as people who love videos.
How It Works:
Try playing their PopQuiz to get the feel of the game. If you want to know all the ins and outs of how to play, click on the Rules button from within the game. In PopQuiz, the object is to get as many right as possible. The other modes you try to get four in a row before you get four strikes. Each question you answer correctly gives you points. Your points are cumulative, and can be used to enter sweepstakes. There are also ways to score bonus points, so look out for those!
One way to win is to score a certain number of points within a given time period (currently weekly and monthly.) Another way to win is to submit a question with a video clip (see submit a question) to enter a weekly (and monthly) sweepstakes where you'll have a chance to win and have your question used in a game.
More at:http://www.popjax.com/
Famhoo---A Family Friendly Search Engine
What Company Is Offering:
"Fam" is short for family, and they want everyone to know that they are a family-friendly search engine -- as well as what they believe is the best and most comprehensive search engine available on the internet for home and work.
"Hoo" is defined in the dictionary as "an exclamation of triumphant joy" -- which is exactly what they believe you will feel when you get the search results you are looking for without all the trash and advertisements.
Why To Use It :
The answer is easy. Most families have brought computers into their homes - the very place on earth they spend their lives protecting. However, on every computer there is a pre-installed danger - the internet. As a default, most of these internet programs take your family to one of the major search engines. With these search engines your family is only a click away from learning how to make a bomb, talking to a predator, drugs, and millions of other things that you would never dream of exposing your family to. So what do most families do? They ignore it. Now there is a choice. A family friendly search engine - Famhoo? Everything good the internet has to offer, without the bad. Start now - make Famhoo? your default homepage.
More at:http://www.famhoo.com/
"Fam" is short for family, and they want everyone to know that they are a family-friendly search engine -- as well as what they believe is the best and most comprehensive search engine available on the internet for home and work.
"Hoo" is defined in the dictionary as "an exclamation of triumphant joy" -- which is exactly what they believe you will feel when you get the search results you are looking for without all the trash and advertisements.
Why To Use It :
The answer is easy. Most families have brought computers into their homes - the very place on earth they spend their lives protecting. However, on every computer there is a pre-installed danger - the internet. As a default, most of these internet programs take your family to one of the major search engines. With these search engines your family is only a click away from learning how to make a bomb, talking to a predator, drugs, and millions of other things that you would never dream of exposing your family to. So what do most families do? They ignore it. Now there is a choice. A family friendly search engine - Famhoo? Everything good the internet has to offer, without the bad. Start now - make Famhoo? your default homepage.
More at:http://www.famhoo.com/
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