What Company Is Offering:
Matter is a box full of interesting stuff.Matter is a new and unique idea in communications that brings companies and people together around real, physical stuff–things you can hold in your hands, keep in your drawer, or give to your friends. It's a new way for companies to introduce themselves by giving you something you might like.
How It Works:
Matter works a little like a magazine by creating specific boxes for different audiences, except each bit of 'content' is in fact a different object each created by a different company. Matter works with each company to create items you'll enjoy getting, which might be something that explains what the company does, its ideas or its values, or simply something to try out.
Matter is a refreshing interlude to the fast-moving blur of modern media. It's stuff you can read, play with, or try at your leisure. But becasue Matter is carefully created it's also a thoroughly modern concept–it's advertising you'll want to keep.
More at:http://www.matterbox.co.uk/
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
IndiaHotelReview.com--For low cost vacation packages across India
What Company Is Offering:
IndiaHotelReview.com is the largest online search and rating community bringing around 10,000 hotels spread across 850 destinations in India. The additional services include car rentals, bus ticket bookings, holiday packages, group booking, corporate travel solutions. IndiaHotelReview.com helps travelers share their actual staying experiences as a result providing fellow hotel seekers best information necessary to make an intelligent staying decision.
How It Works:
IndiaHotelReview.com masters in providing extremely low cost deals at the same time they have a dedicated team of Vacation Specialists who can answer all of your queries over the phone and tell you the best deal fitting individual’s budget showcasing a very scalable yet quick and transparent booking model. These top notch places include Kerala, Goa, Himachal, Karnataka and Uttaranchal.
Recent Updates:
India’s leading online travel company announced the launch of exclusive low cost vacation packages across India.
More at:http://www.indiahotelreview.com/
IndiaHotelReview.com is the largest online search and rating community bringing around 10,000 hotels spread across 850 destinations in India. The additional services include car rentals, bus ticket bookings, holiday packages, group booking, corporate travel solutions. IndiaHotelReview.com helps travelers share their actual staying experiences as a result providing fellow hotel seekers best information necessary to make an intelligent staying decision.
How It Works:
IndiaHotelReview.com masters in providing extremely low cost deals at the same time they have a dedicated team of Vacation Specialists who can answer all of your queries over the phone and tell you the best deal fitting individual’s budget showcasing a very scalable yet quick and transparent booking model. These top notch places include Kerala, Goa, Himachal, Karnataka and Uttaranchal.
Recent Updates:
India’s leading online travel company announced the launch of exclusive low cost vacation packages across India.
More at:http://www.indiahotelreview.com/
The Reble Media Player lets you explore your friends’ music as if it were right on your local computer
What Company Is Offering:
The Reble Media Player lets you explore your friends’ music as if it were right on your local computer. But they won’t help you steal music.
How It Works:
Listen all you want, but if you want to put it on your iPod…you gotta buy it. Think of Reble as the digital equivalent of going to a friend’s house and spending the day listening to their music collection…but without leaving your desk. Or having to see your friend.
The key to Reble is that you're sharing music with a small set of people that you know. Copies of songs can only be listened to by one person at a time, so other potential listeners have to wait until you're done. Tragic I know. Since they're based on a streaming architecture illegal copies of songs do not spread, unlike filesharing programs. Finally, none of your library data is centrally stored, it's between you and your friends.
More at:http://reble.fm/
The Reble Media Player lets you explore your friends’ music as if it were right on your local computer. But they won’t help you steal music.
How It Works:
Listen all you want, but if you want to put it on your iPod…you gotta buy it. Think of Reble as the digital equivalent of going to a friend’s house and spending the day listening to their music collection…but without leaving your desk. Or having to see your friend.
The key to Reble is that you're sharing music with a small set of people that you know. Copies of songs can only be listened to by one person at a time, so other potential listeners have to wait until you're done. Tragic I know. Since they're based on a streaming architecture illegal copies of songs do not spread, unlike filesharing programs. Finally, none of your library data is centrally stored, it's between you and your friends.
More at:http://reble.fm/
HumanArchives
What Company Says:
You can last forever if you create your own webpage on Humanarchives.org. You might create a personal webpage to tell the world about yourself and your interests.
Imagine distant generations of your family having the opportunity to know more about you or your loved ones because you documented the information that will be carefully preserved and always accessible at Humanarchives.org
More at:http://humanarchives.org/
You can last forever if you create your own webpage on Humanarchives.org. You might create a personal webpage to tell the world about yourself and your interests.
Imagine distant generations of your family having the opportunity to know more about you or your loved ones because you documented the information that will be carefully preserved and always accessible at Humanarchives.org
More at:http://humanarchives.org/
JobScore ---Cooperative Recruiting
What Company Is Offering:
JobScore is an online "hiring headquarters" that employers use to find and hire great people. They address some of your most difficult and time consuming recruiting tasks.
How it Works:
With JobScore you're not recruiting alone: you're leveraging the work of every other employer using the system.
The JobScore Network is a place where employers privately share their un-hired applicants. Through the network, employers quickly find qualified, interested candidates that previously applied for similar jobs at other companies.
They use patent pending matching technology to create the best possible connections between employers and job seekers.
They are growing their network by offering employers free technology to market their jobs and track their applicants. As the network grows, they will enable employers to find and contact qualified candidates in the network for a small fee.
Unique Features:
Creating, marketing and updating your job listings.
Scoring applicants to zero-in on who's best qualified for your openings.
Tracking the recruiting process and helping you stay organized.
Reporting on what's working so you can optimize your recruitment spending.
JobScore is free and you can implement it on your own, without consultants or tech support, in about 15 minutes.
More at:http://www.jobscore.com/
JobScore is an online "hiring headquarters" that employers use to find and hire great people. They address some of your most difficult and time consuming recruiting tasks.
How it Works:
With JobScore you're not recruiting alone: you're leveraging the work of every other employer using the system.
The JobScore Network is a place where employers privately share their un-hired applicants. Through the network, employers quickly find qualified, interested candidates that previously applied for similar jobs at other companies.
They use patent pending matching technology to create the best possible connections between employers and job seekers.
They are growing their network by offering employers free technology to market their jobs and track their applicants. As the network grows, they will enable employers to find and contact qualified candidates in the network for a small fee.
Unique Features:
Creating, marketing and updating your job listings.
Scoring applicants to zero-in on who's best qualified for your openings.
Tracking the recruiting process and helping you stay organized.
Reporting on what's working so you can optimize your recruitment spending.
JobScore is free and you can implement it on your own, without consultants or tech support, in about 15 minutes.
More at:http://www.jobscore.com/
PlaceMyProduct.com---Product Placement,Sponsorship, &Advertisement,Auction Marketplace
What Company Is Offering:
It is an auction marketplace to sell your ad inventory to the highest bidder. It could be an advertisement, a sponsorship, a product placement.
How It Works:
Create a profile. And your auctions take place on your profile page. All current and future auctions take place on the exact same page. You can even post a wideget that will automatically link to your auctions as you post them.
Take an ad block that you have on your website or blog and see how much money you earned from it in the previous month. Then, figure out how much you need to start your auction at to make the same amount of money from an auctioned ad as you did via the ad network. Then, create an auction and start the auction at that amount. It’s free to post an auction so there’s nothing to lose. If you get just one bid, you will earn as much as you did in the previous month. If you get more than one bid, you will earn more.
How Is It Different:
Unlike an ad network, YOU decide what shape or form the ad takes. It doesn’t need to be a standard banner ad or text link ad. It could, but it doesn’t have to. This is where you can get creative. And, it can be for a time period that you choose. You can auction a 1-week ad, a 1-month ad, a 2-month ad, a permanent ad; it’s totally up to you.
Examples of Ads, sponsorships, or product placements that could be auctioned on PlaceMyProduct.com:
Banner ads: The most traditional of online ads.
Text Link Ads: Another mature market .
Site Or Blog Sponsorships: Something that you could really get creative with .
Product Placement In Online Video Or Podcasts.
More at:http://www.placemyproduct.com/
It is an auction marketplace to sell your ad inventory to the highest bidder. It could be an advertisement, a sponsorship, a product placement.
How It Works:
Create a profile. And your auctions take place on your profile page. All current and future auctions take place on the exact same page. You can even post a wideget that will automatically link to your auctions as you post them.
Take an ad block that you have on your website or blog and see how much money you earned from it in the previous month. Then, figure out how much you need to start your auction at to make the same amount of money from an auctioned ad as you did via the ad network. Then, create an auction and start the auction at that amount. It’s free to post an auction so there’s nothing to lose. If you get just one bid, you will earn as much as you did in the previous month. If you get more than one bid, you will earn more.
How Is It Different:
Unlike an ad network, YOU decide what shape or form the ad takes. It doesn’t need to be a standard banner ad or text link ad. It could, but it doesn’t have to. This is where you can get creative. And, it can be for a time period that you choose. You can auction a 1-week ad, a 1-month ad, a 2-month ad, a permanent ad; it’s totally up to you.
Examples of Ads, sponsorships, or product placements that could be auctioned on PlaceMyProduct.com:
Banner ads: The most traditional of online ads.
Text Link Ads: Another mature market .
Site Or Blog Sponsorships: Something that you could really get creative with .
Product Placement In Online Video Or Podcasts.
More at:http://www.placemyproduct.com/
Broadcom has announced a new chip is focused on providing wireless connectivity for mobile devices
What Company Is Offering:
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications.
How it Works:
Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. They provide the industry's broadest portfolio of stateof-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support their core mission: Connecting everything.
Unique Features:
Digital cable products for cable modems, digital cable television set-top boxes, personal video recording, cable modem termination systems and residential broadband gateways.
Digital TV solutions with standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) video and graphics capabilities for interactive televisions, cable, and DBS set-top boxes.
Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and cable devices for integrated digital television programming designed for a variety of digital set-top devices, high-definition televisions and TV tuner cards.
DSL high-speed access chipsets for both central office and customer premises equipment.
Mobile multimedia processors for mobile phones and handheld platforms that include mobile TV, camcorder, and digital camera capabilities.
Mobile phone solutions for WCDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM phones and PC cards.
Recent Updates:
Irvine-based Broadcom has announced a new, single-chip Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and FM receiver, the firm said today. The new chip is focused on providing wireless connectivity for mobile devices.
More at:http://www.broadcom.com/
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications.
How it Works:
Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. They provide the industry's broadest portfolio of stateof-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support their core mission: Connecting everything.
Unique Features:
Digital cable products for cable modems, digital cable television set-top boxes, personal video recording, cable modem termination systems and residential broadband gateways.
Digital TV solutions with standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) video and graphics capabilities for interactive televisions, cable, and DBS set-top boxes.
Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and cable devices for integrated digital television programming designed for a variety of digital set-top devices, high-definition televisions and TV tuner cards.
DSL high-speed access chipsets for both central office and customer premises equipment.
Mobile multimedia processors for mobile phones and handheld platforms that include mobile TV, camcorder, and digital camera capabilities.
Mobile phone solutions for WCDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM phones and PC cards.
Recent Updates:
Irvine-based Broadcom has announced a new, single-chip Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and FM receiver, the firm said today. The new chip is focused on providing wireless connectivity for mobile devices.
More at:http://www.broadcom.com/
CrownPeak Launches New Product
What Company is Offering:
CrownPeak is the only company to provide comprehensive, world-class Web Site Management as a hosted software solution. CrownPeak Solutions include Web Content Management, Search, Web Hosting, and Intranet/Extranets. CrownPeak has been named to eContent's 100 most influential companies list, has won Product of the Year from InfoWorld and eWeek's Analyst’s Choice Award, and is named as one of the top 25 ASP’s worldwide by ASPNews.com.
Recent Updates:
The new product, at ContentManagement.com, will offer the ability for firms to manage their web sites, landing pages, and other sites. The firm said the new offering will be available starting at $1,250 per month. CrownPeak is a provider of hosted, web content management systems used by companies to allow non-technical users to easily update and maintain web site content; the firm is venture backed by Altos Ventures and Sigma Partners.
More at: http://www.crownpeak.com/
CrownPeak is the only company to provide comprehensive, world-class Web Site Management as a hosted software solution. CrownPeak Solutions include Web Content Management, Search, Web Hosting, and Intranet/Extranets. CrownPeak has been named to eContent's 100 most influential companies list, has won Product of the Year from InfoWorld and eWeek's Analyst’s Choice Award, and is named as one of the top 25 ASP’s worldwide by ASPNews.com.
Recent Updates:
The new product, at ContentManagement.com, will offer the ability for firms to manage their web sites, landing pages, and other sites. The firm said the new offering will be available starting at $1,250 per month. CrownPeak is a provider of hosted, web content management systems used by companies to allow non-technical users to easily update and maintain web site content; the firm is venture backed by Altos Ventures and Sigma Partners.
More at: http://www.crownpeak.com/
XinLab Is a provider of steaming media technologies, has raised $8.1 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
XinLab is a trusted provider of cutting-edge streaming media technologies. Their team has broad and deep expertise in broadband and mobile streaming media and IP-based networks.
XinLab's technology solutions are embedded in many products and services deployed by the world's leading equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprises.
Their flagship product in the broadband IP streaming space is its cutting-edge streaming server. Capable of supporting multiple formats simultaneously, including an unsurpassed number of streams, XinLab's streaming server is second to none on the performance front.
For the mobile IP market, XinLab is focused on helping providers generate more revenue from their existing 2.5G deployments as they migrate to 3G. Many large European mobile operators count on their 3GP Video Applet to broaden the reach of fast-growing Video MMS.
How Much They Got From VCs:
XinLab, a Milpitas, Calif.-based provider of steaming media technologies, has raised nearly $8.1 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. New Enterprise Associates led the round, with NEA's Kittu Kolluri and Xiaodong Jiang taking board seats.
http://www.xinlab.com/
XinLab is a trusted provider of cutting-edge streaming media technologies. Their team has broad and deep expertise in broadband and mobile streaming media and IP-based networks.
XinLab's technology solutions are embedded in many products and services deployed by the world's leading equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprises.
Their flagship product in the broadband IP streaming space is its cutting-edge streaming server. Capable of supporting multiple formats simultaneously, including an unsurpassed number of streams, XinLab's streaming server is second to none on the performance front.
For the mobile IP market, XinLab is focused on helping providers generate more revenue from their existing 2.5G deployments as they migrate to 3G. Many large European mobile operators count on their 3GP Video Applet to broaden the reach of fast-growing Video MMS.
How Much They Got From VCs:
XinLab, a Milpitas, Calif.-based provider of steaming media technologies, has raised nearly $8.1 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. New Enterprise Associates led the round, with NEA's Kittu Kolluri and Xiaodong Jiang taking board seats.
http://www.xinlab.com/
eBuddy.com is provider of mobile instant messaging solutions, has raised EUR 6.5 million in second-round funding
What Company is Offering:
eBuddy is a free web based messenger that enables you to chat with your MSN, Yahoo, MySpace, Google Talk, MySpace and AIM buddies. No downloads or registration required!
How It Works:
To use the web version of eBuddy, all you need is a Javascript enabled browser on your computer. You can access eBuddy from any computer or location and it even works behind a firewall. Whether you're at home, school, at the library or at work, surf over to eBuddy and login with your account to start chatting - it's as easy as that!
When you're on the road, outdoors or traveling you can use the mobile version of eBuddy to chat with your buddies. Every mobile device that supports xHTML or WAP can be used; this includes Cell Phones, PDA's, Sony PSP and Nintendo DS!
How Much The Got From VCs:
eBuddy.com, an Amsterdam-based provider of mobile instant messaging solutions, has raised EUR 6.5 million in second-round funding. Prime Technology Ventures led the round. It's unclear is existing shareholder Lowland Capital Partners also participated.
More at:http://www.ebuddy.com/
eBuddy is a free web based messenger that enables you to chat with your MSN, Yahoo, MySpace, Google Talk, MySpace and AIM buddies. No downloads or registration required!
How It Works:
To use the web version of eBuddy, all you need is a Javascript enabled browser on your computer. You can access eBuddy from any computer or location and it even works behind a firewall. Whether you're at home, school, at the library or at work, surf over to eBuddy and login with your account to start chatting - it's as easy as that!
When you're on the road, outdoors or traveling you can use the mobile version of eBuddy to chat with your buddies. Every mobile device that supports xHTML or WAP can be used; this includes Cell Phones, PDA's, Sony PSP and Nintendo DS!
How Much The Got From VCs:
eBuddy.com, an Amsterdam-based provider of mobile instant messaging solutions, has raised EUR 6.5 million in second-round funding. Prime Technology Ventures led the round. It's unclear is existing shareholder Lowland Capital Partners also participated.
More at:http://www.ebuddy.com/
Enkata is a leading provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions for customer operations got $8 million in Funding
What Company is Offering:
Enkata is a leading provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions for customer operations. Enkata is the only solution that combines best-in-class analytics and workflow to guide managers to the next best actions to improve performance and eliminate rework. Enkata's solution enables large service organizations to increase their profitability and boost the productivity of their employees.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got $8 million in corporate financing. This latest funding round was led by Sigma Partners, Menlo Park, Calif. and Apex Ventures, Chicago, Ill. The investment will fund strategic investments to accelerate Enkata's US and international growth and the adoption of its solutions that are critical to the new service-driven economy.
What VCs Says About Company:
We recognize that Enkata is delivering a uniquely powerful solution and has established itself as a clear leader in offering on-demand performance and talent management technologies to service operations," said Wayne Boulais, general partner of Apex Ventures. "Our investment in Enkata signals Apex Ventures' continued commitment to investing in innovative technologies that deliver a significant impact to customers and to the marketplace."
What's Market Of That Kind Of Company:
The market opportunity for talent management applications, such as Enkata's, are projected by Yankee Group to grow 25 percent year-over-year, reaching $4 billion by 2009.
More at:www.enkata.com
Enkata is a leading provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions for customer operations. Enkata is the only solution that combines best-in-class analytics and workflow to guide managers to the next best actions to improve performance and eliminate rework. Enkata's solution enables large service organizations to increase their profitability and boost the productivity of their employees.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got $8 million in corporate financing. This latest funding round was led by Sigma Partners, Menlo Park, Calif. and Apex Ventures, Chicago, Ill. The investment will fund strategic investments to accelerate Enkata's US and international growth and the adoption of its solutions that are critical to the new service-driven economy.
What VCs Says About Company:
We recognize that Enkata is delivering a uniquely powerful solution and has established itself as a clear leader in offering on-demand performance and talent management technologies to service operations," said Wayne Boulais, general partner of Apex Ventures. "Our investment in Enkata signals Apex Ventures' continued commitment to investing in innovative technologies that deliver a significant impact to customers and to the marketplace."
What's Market Of That Kind Of Company:
The market opportunity for talent management applications, such as Enkata's, are projected by Yankee Group to grow 25 percent year-over-year, reaching $4 billion by 2009.
More at:www.enkata.com
MediaPops brings user's favorite media to them
What Company Is Offering:
MediaPops brings user's favorite media to them. Once they know what bands/authors/movies a user enjoys, they keep track of all new releases for that user. Their mission is to ensure people know about the media they will love.
How It Works:
Their number one objective is to simplify the process of you discovering and acquiring media. From Books to Movies to Music and Games.MediaPops aggregates all of the available items and enables filters todeliver you quality results in a simple interface. They also let you know every week about new media opportunities so you never miss out.In a nutshell they take advantage of web efficiencies to connect you to media that matters to you.
Unique Features:
Keep track of their favorite new releases.
Discover new recommendations they would like.
Influence peers by rating media online.
More at:http://mediapops.com/
MediaPops brings user's favorite media to them. Once they know what bands/authors/movies a user enjoys, they keep track of all new releases for that user. Their mission is to ensure people know about the media they will love.
How It Works:
Their number one objective is to simplify the process of you discovering and acquiring media. From Books to Movies to Music and Games.MediaPops aggregates all of the available items and enables filters todeliver you quality results in a simple interface. They also let you know every week about new media opportunities so you never miss out.In a nutshell they take advantage of web efficiencies to connect you to media that matters to you.
Unique Features:
Keep track of their favorite new releases.
Discover new recommendations they would like.
Influence peers by rating media online.
More at:http://mediapops.com/
Thingfo---Instant Community For Anything
What Company Is Offering:
Thingfo not only creates a delicious stream of data, it helps connect people and build communities around, well, any thing.
How It Works:
They've introduced a concept called "experiences" on Thingfo. An experience on Thingfo is like a tag, but instead of tagging a THING, you're labelling your personal interaction with something. They limit the experience to 30 characters, to keep it concise and make more connections possible.
Thingfo is also sensitive to time and space, meaning we ask users where and when they interact with their things. And, we've integrated the service with Twitter, to help people link what they're talking about to the THINGS in their lives. Soon, we'll release our "from Twitter" integration, so you can send info from Twitter to any page on Thingfo, even from your mobile phone! Thingfo is simple and fun to use.
More at:http://www.thingfo.com/
Thingfo not only creates a delicious stream of data, it helps connect people and build communities around, well, any thing.
How It Works:
They've introduced a concept called "experiences" on Thingfo. An experience on Thingfo is like a tag, but instead of tagging a THING, you're labelling your personal interaction with something. They limit the experience to 30 characters, to keep it concise and make more connections possible.
Thingfo is also sensitive to time and space, meaning we ask users where and when they interact with their things. And, we've integrated the service with Twitter, to help people link what they're talking about to the THINGS in their lives. Soon, we'll release our "from Twitter" integration, so you can send info from Twitter to any page on Thingfo, even from your mobile phone! Thingfo is simple and fun to use.
More at:http://www.thingfo.com/
The Independent Comedy Network is a new media comedy brand
What Company is Offering:
The Independent Comedy Network is a new media comedy brand. They work with professional talent to develop and distribute original comedy series online and beyond.
How It Works:
ICN operates under the basic improvisational comedy principle of YES, AND. In improv terms this means that whatever is presented on stage by one actor is heard and accepted by a fellow actor (YES) and then built upon (AND). This concept is the primary building block for all great improvisational comedy.
It is also central to their approach to business. This commitment to creativity, effective communication, and teamwork allows us to develop and nurture meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships with our viewers, as well as with our production, distribution and advertising partners. In addition, this process is also inherently interactive and positive in nature, both of which are essential ingredients in our brand of comedy.
More at:http://www.icn.tv/
The Independent Comedy Network is a new media comedy brand. They work with professional talent to develop and distribute original comedy series online and beyond.
How It Works:
ICN operates under the basic improvisational comedy principle of YES, AND. In improv terms this means that whatever is presented on stage by one actor is heard and accepted by a fellow actor (YES) and then built upon (AND). This concept is the primary building block for all great improvisational comedy.
It is also central to their approach to business. This commitment to creativity, effective communication, and teamwork allows us to develop and nurture meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships with our viewers, as well as with our production, distribution and advertising partners. In addition, this process is also inherently interactive and positive in nature, both of which are essential ingredients in our brand of comedy.
More at:http://www.icn.tv/
MediaPhy--Mobile TV solutions receives a $7 million investment from ATA Ventures
What Company Is Offering:
MediaPhy Corporation is a fab-less semiconductor company developing highly integrated monolithic ultra-low power Mobile TV solutions for the mobile phone and other mobile / portable markets.
MediaPhy is based in San Jose, California with a design center in Delhi, India and Sales & Support offices throughout Asia.
How It Works:
The MediaPhy MP2011 Solo Series of monolithic multi-standard mobile TV demodulator Systems on Chip (SoC) comprise the mobile TV industry’s first 7-mode single-die device combining multi-standard capability with the low cost attributes of single-die designs. In addition to a very small footprint , their patented system architecture allows for ultra low power operation under time sliced (DVB-H) and non time-sliced (ISDB-T, DVB-T) modes.
As the block diagram of the MP2011 Solo Series shows, these devices are suitable for a variety of applications ranging from power sensitive (mobile phones and PMP) to high bit rate/performance one (DVB-T, ISDB-T 13seg). Moreover, the comprehensive suite of interface allows for integration into a diverse customer and application base.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MediaPhy receives a $7 million investment from ATA Ventures..
About VCs:
ATA Ventures “ATA Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seeking out early stage private companies which appear to offer above average prospects for capital growth. With over $350 Million of capital under management, ATA Ventures focuses on Information Technology (IT) and provides seed capital and early stages of financing to these companies.”
http://www.ataventures.com/
More at:http://www.mediaphy.com/
MediaPhy Corporation is a fab-less semiconductor company developing highly integrated monolithic ultra-low power Mobile TV solutions for the mobile phone and other mobile / portable markets.
MediaPhy is based in San Jose, California with a design center in Delhi, India and Sales & Support offices throughout Asia.
How It Works:
The MediaPhy MP2011 Solo Series of monolithic multi-standard mobile TV demodulator Systems on Chip (SoC) comprise the mobile TV industry’s first 7-mode single-die device combining multi-standard capability with the low cost attributes of single-die designs. In addition to a very small footprint , their patented system architecture allows for ultra low power operation under time sliced (DVB-H) and non time-sliced (ISDB-T, DVB-T) modes.
As the block diagram of the MP2011 Solo Series shows, these devices are suitable for a variety of applications ranging from power sensitive (mobile phones and PMP) to high bit rate/performance one (DVB-T, ISDB-T 13seg). Moreover, the comprehensive suite of interface allows for integration into a diverse customer and application base.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MediaPhy receives a $7 million investment from ATA Ventures..
About VCs:
ATA Ventures “ATA Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seeking out early stage private companies which appear to offer above average prospects for capital growth. With over $350 Million of capital under management, ATA Ventures focuses on Information Technology (IT) and provides seed capital and early stages of financing to these companies.”
http://www.ataventures.com/
More at:http://www.mediaphy.com/
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
NEA IndoUS Ventures set up a $189 million (Rs745 crore) fund
Formed by a trio of past entrepreneurs—Vinod Dham, Vani Kola and Kumar Shiralagi—the firm has invested in nine companies, including semiconductor design company InSilica Inc. and telecom component manufacturer Microqual Techno Pvt. Ltd. Last week, the firm invested $2.5 million in Chennai-based Bay Talkitec (P) Ltd, a mobile value-added services (VAS) provider that started as an IVRS (interactive voice recognition systems) company in 1991.
Managing director Kumar Shiralagi talks to Mint about the company’s latest investment and plans for the year ahead.
Edited excerpts:
Managing director Kumar Shiralagi says the company will continue to invest in tech and tech-enabled services companies
Most VCs, including NEA IndoUS Ventures, have begun investing in niche mobile VAS opportunities such as mobile advertising or mobile payment, and funding first-generation ‘horizontal’ play is believed to be saturated. Why have you invested in Bay Talkitec now?
Bay Talkitec is an old company, but they are working on new services in this space. The company was started 17 years ago as an IVR platform for customers such as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and the railways. But it has evolved into a mobile VAS company with some innovative solutions. They offer video SMS in Singapore and 3G greetings in some markets overseas, for example. Also, it has an experienced founding team, which we liked.
What sectors will you look at this year?
We will continue to invest in technology and technology-enabled services companies. Given that all three partners come from an operational and entrepreneurial background, we understand those sectors best. We are also looking at some opportunities in retail.
Are you looking at growth opportunities?
We like to invest across three stages—incubation, early stage and growth. We define growth as deals in excess of $5 million. We have done a couple of deals at this stage, such as ISGN Technologies and Microqual. In the life cycle of a company, we would like to typically invest $8-10 million.
How many companies have you incubated?
Three, at incubation stage. We invested in Minekey early on, though the technology was born on the IIT campus. We have incubated KRK Labs in media and another in Internet. Typically, we invest less than $2 million in such deals, but we are the sole investors and we are more involved in the company.
Will you do more such deals this year?
We are looking at a few more deals. We will incubate companies, but selectively.
Via-Mint
Managing director Kumar Shiralagi talks to Mint about the company’s latest investment and plans for the year ahead.
Edited excerpts:
Managing director Kumar Shiralagi says the company will continue to invest in tech and tech-enabled services companies
Most VCs, including NEA IndoUS Ventures, have begun investing in niche mobile VAS opportunities such as mobile advertising or mobile payment, and funding first-generation ‘horizontal’ play is believed to be saturated. Why have you invested in Bay Talkitec now?
Bay Talkitec is an old company, but they are working on new services in this space. The company was started 17 years ago as an IVR platform for customers such as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and the railways. But it has evolved into a mobile VAS company with some innovative solutions. They offer video SMS in Singapore and 3G greetings in some markets overseas, for example. Also, it has an experienced founding team, which we liked.
What sectors will you look at this year?
We will continue to invest in technology and technology-enabled services companies. Given that all three partners come from an operational and entrepreneurial background, we understand those sectors best. We are also looking at some opportunities in retail.
Are you looking at growth opportunities?
We like to invest across three stages—incubation, early stage and growth. We define growth as deals in excess of $5 million. We have done a couple of deals at this stage, such as ISGN Technologies and Microqual. In the life cycle of a company, we would like to typically invest $8-10 million.
How many companies have you incubated?
Three, at incubation stage. We invested in Minekey early on, though the technology was born on the IIT campus. We have incubated KRK Labs in media and another in Internet. Typically, we invest less than $2 million in such deals, but we are the sole investors and we are more involved in the company.
Will you do more such deals this year?
We are looking at a few more deals. We will incubate companies, but selectively.
Via-Mint
FuzzFind.com is a web search mashup that combines user personalization with the power of the leading search engines and social bookmarking sites
What Company Is Offering:
FuzzFind.com is a web search mashup that combines user personalization with the power of the leading search engines and social bookmarking sites. All company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
How It Works:
FuzzFind Web Search is a web application that combines data from several sources into a single integrated tool. Each leading search engine has its proprietary technology and respective strengths in finding relevant information on the Internet, while social bookmarking taps into the wisdom of crowds and conveys a human touch. FuzzFind Web Search brings together the best of both worlds, putting the power in the hands of the user who is able to personalize the results further by adjusting the weights of each search source using slider bars. Results are displayed in a clean format to help users identify relevance at a glance, with easy to see icons and search engine rankings together with the popularity and tags as determined by the social bookmarking community.
More at:http://www.fuzzfind.com/
FuzzFind.com is a web search mashup that combines user personalization with the power of the leading search engines and social bookmarking sites. All company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
How It Works:
FuzzFind Web Search is a web application that combines data from several sources into a single integrated tool. Each leading search engine has its proprietary technology and respective strengths in finding relevant information on the Internet, while social bookmarking taps into the wisdom of crowds and conveys a human touch. FuzzFind Web Search brings together the best of both worlds, putting the power in the hands of the user who is able to personalize the results further by adjusting the weights of each search source using slider bars. Results are displayed in a clean format to help users identify relevance at a glance, with easy to see icons and search engine rankings together with the popularity and tags as determined by the social bookmarking community.
More at:http://www.fuzzfind.com/
PowerLegal Support provides electronic discovery and document review services to help corporations and their counsel control the rising costs
What Company Is offering:
PowerLegal Support provides electronic discovery and document review services to help corporations and their counsel control the rising costs of litigation and legal review while maintaining the quality of those services.
PowerLegal Support provides strategic resources for document review, electronic discovery, and related review services to Fortune 1000 companies and their outside counsel.
How It works:
With a large, cross-disciplinary pool of experienced, U.S.-trained and native English-speaking attorneys available for a range of needs, PowerLegal provides the highest quality service in a timely and efficient way, while allowing clients to lower the costs of managing litigation.PowerLegal’s winning model provides the cost benefits of off-site management without compromising quality, reliability, and security. They’re able to meet the individual demands each case presents by leveraging our customized solutions, our highly trained legal team, and our proprietary global broadband network—24/7.
PowerLegal helps corporate general counsel solve the chief problem they face in today’s budget-conscious environment, notes Maurice Bortz, senior vice president at PowerLegal. “PowerLegal provides a ‘virtual war room‘ for its corporate and law firm clients, and assembles a highly qualified, experienced team of attorneys. We focus on quality and efficiency, while providing a significant cost-benefit,” says Bortz.
More at:http://www.power-legal.com/
PowerLegal Support provides electronic discovery and document review services to help corporations and their counsel control the rising costs of litigation and legal review while maintaining the quality of those services.
PowerLegal Support provides strategic resources for document review, electronic discovery, and related review services to Fortune 1000 companies and their outside counsel.
How It works:
With a large, cross-disciplinary pool of experienced, U.S.-trained and native English-speaking attorneys available for a range of needs, PowerLegal provides the highest quality service in a timely and efficient way, while allowing clients to lower the costs of managing litigation.PowerLegal’s winning model provides the cost benefits of off-site management without compromising quality, reliability, and security. They’re able to meet the individual demands each case presents by leveraging our customized solutions, our highly trained legal team, and our proprietary global broadband network—24/7.
PowerLegal helps corporate general counsel solve the chief problem they face in today’s budget-conscious environment, notes Maurice Bortz, senior vice president at PowerLegal. “PowerLegal provides a ‘virtual war room‘ for its corporate and law firm clients, and assembles a highly qualified, experienced team of attorneys. We focus on quality and efficiency, while providing a significant cost-benefit,” says Bortz.
More at:http://www.power-legal.com/
GoodCircle
What Company is Offering:
Find and join people, friends, groups and organizations who are involved in and support the same things you do. search by name, idea, cause, belief, event, organization, community.
How It Works:
Invite the world to join you, or keep it private. goodcircles can be created by anyone--individuals, groups, friends, families, teams, schools, clubs, orgs, companies, candidates--around any shared idea, mission, belief or cause. You can even create goodcircles in support of multiple causes and orgs, and decide and control exactly how they benefit. and that's just the start.
Connect, organize, rally, create.it's your goodcircle. your voice. Communicate with forums, publish and distribute newsletters, organize and publicize events, post and share pictures and videos, choose news and information customized just for your goodcircle. and more.
The commerce you engage in every day now has the power to benefit what you believe and support, in your own way. shop and generate money directly for your goodcircle and the causes it supports. feature stores that share your beliefs and goals. Set up your own goodcircle store or auction and sell your own stuff. already have a store online? you can link to that. and because you have the collective power of a goodcircle working for you and your causes, members even enjoy exclusive benefits and savings.
You don't have to join a goodcircle to take part. you can explore. learn. participate. shop. contribute. just check it out.
More at:http://goodcircle.org/
Find and join people, friends, groups and organizations who are involved in and support the same things you do. search by name, idea, cause, belief, event, organization, community.
How It Works:
Invite the world to join you, or keep it private. goodcircles can be created by anyone--individuals, groups, friends, families, teams, schools, clubs, orgs, companies, candidates--around any shared idea, mission, belief or cause. You can even create goodcircles in support of multiple causes and orgs, and decide and control exactly how they benefit. and that's just the start.
Connect, organize, rally, create.it's your goodcircle. your voice. Communicate with forums, publish and distribute newsletters, organize and publicize events, post and share pictures and videos, choose news and information customized just for your goodcircle. and more.
The commerce you engage in every day now has the power to benefit what you believe and support, in your own way. shop and generate money directly for your goodcircle and the causes it supports. feature stores that share your beliefs and goals. Set up your own goodcircle store or auction and sell your own stuff. already have a store online? you can link to that. and because you have the collective power of a goodcircle working for you and your causes, members even enjoy exclusive benefits and savings.
You don't have to join a goodcircle to take part. you can explore. learn. participate. shop. contribute. just check it out.
More at:http://goodcircle.org/
Content management solution
What Company Is Offering:
They primarily focus on Joomla along with othere leading Open source CMS tools such as Mambo. Jahia, Magnolia and Alfesco.They can entirely Customize tools according to your business, service and branding needs.
How It Works:
They provide solutions that go along with new Web2.0 and usability standards. Their pages and content aee W3c validated and strongly follow accessibility and usability standards.
They also develop and customize additional tools ( components, modules , mambots, extensions etc ) that can be integrated to your Cms environments for different needs. Community builder, Wordpress, Google ad sense , OS commerce to name a few.
The outsourcing industry is growing in rapid speed and India being the main hub, their solutions are quite economic that will serve all your design and development needs within minimum budget.
Unique Features:
* Table less, Xhtml compliant Templates
* Customized administration interfaces
* Enhancement and Development of new tools
* Search engine Optimization
* Marketing and revenue generation with tools such as Google ad sense.
More at:http://enlitecms.com/
They primarily focus on Joomla along with othere leading Open source CMS tools such as Mambo. Jahia, Magnolia and Alfesco.They can entirely Customize tools according to your business, service and branding needs.
How It Works:
They provide solutions that go along with new Web2.0 and usability standards. Their pages and content aee W3c validated and strongly follow accessibility and usability standards.
They also develop and customize additional tools ( components, modules , mambots, extensions etc ) that can be integrated to your Cms environments for different needs. Community builder, Wordpress, Google ad sense , OS commerce to name a few.
The outsourcing industry is growing in rapid speed and India being the main hub, their solutions are quite economic that will serve all your design and development needs within minimum budget.
Unique Features:
* Table less, Xhtml compliant Templates
* Customized administration interfaces
* Enhancement and Development of new tools
* Search engine Optimization
* Marketing and revenue generation with tools such as Google ad sense.
More at:http://enlitecms.com/
Lifemoney: The Proven System for Creating the Money You Need for the Life You Want
A new book, “Lifemoney: The Proven System for Creating the Money You Need for the Life You Want,” is poised to give the self-help genre an invigorating makeover.
“Lifemoney” challenges readers to first determine what they want from life. Only then does it set about helping them to harness the dollars they’ll need to bring that ideality to fruition. Happiness and wealth seekers who would like to make 2008 the year their personal dreams come true can learn more about “Lifemoney” online at http://www.BradTurk.com.
When it comes to achieving one’s dreams, “Lifemoney” author, Brad Turk, knows of what he speaks. A self-made millionaire before the age of 30, by implementing the attributes outlined in the book’s pages, Turk was able to rise through the ranks of self-formed business success time and time again. Now, within “Lifemoney’s” pages, he shares the strategies and planning he used to attain financial freedom.
Given entrepreneurial statistics, business success the likes of Turk’s is no easy feat. According to a study conducted by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, “66 percent of [new] businesses remained open at least two years, 49.6 percent at least four years, and 39.5 percent at least six years. This means that just over 60 percent closed before reaching the six-year mark.” In a 2003 “Oswego County Business” article, Marge Randles, founder of The Practical Planner in Argyle, NY, painted an even dimmer picture: “After 10 years, only four percent of the original million business start-ups are still in business.”
Entrepreneurs, however, aren’t the only individuals who will benefit from reading “Lifemoney.” By illustrating the tools needed to become successful at whatever a person is trying to achieve—be it a million dollars, a new job, a new home, or a raise, “Lifemoney” teaches everyone how to realize their goals and become a happier person.
Turk explains the book this way: “’Lifemoney’ gives the reader a blueprint for success in all facets of life, not just monetary. Whether a housewife with a newborn baby who dreams about the perfect family, a musician who dreams of being a rock/Hip Hop star or an executive looking to ascend to the next level of career success, this book can help readers define their goals and set them on the straight and narrow path to accomplishing them.”
More at:Lifemoney
Brad Turk
(917) 449-9959
bturk@bradturk.com
www.bradturk.com
“Lifemoney” challenges readers to first determine what they want from life. Only then does it set about helping them to harness the dollars they’ll need to bring that ideality to fruition. Happiness and wealth seekers who would like to make 2008 the year their personal dreams come true can learn more about “Lifemoney” online at http://www.BradTurk.com.
When it comes to achieving one’s dreams, “Lifemoney” author, Brad Turk, knows of what he speaks. A self-made millionaire before the age of 30, by implementing the attributes outlined in the book’s pages, Turk was able to rise through the ranks of self-formed business success time and time again. Now, within “Lifemoney’s” pages, he shares the strategies and planning he used to attain financial freedom.
Given entrepreneurial statistics, business success the likes of Turk’s is no easy feat. According to a study conducted by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, “66 percent of [new] businesses remained open at least two years, 49.6 percent at least four years, and 39.5 percent at least six years. This means that just over 60 percent closed before reaching the six-year mark.” In a 2003 “Oswego County Business” article, Marge Randles, founder of The Practical Planner in Argyle, NY, painted an even dimmer picture: “After 10 years, only four percent of the original million business start-ups are still in business.”
Entrepreneurs, however, aren’t the only individuals who will benefit from reading “Lifemoney.” By illustrating the tools needed to become successful at whatever a person is trying to achieve—be it a million dollars, a new job, a new home, or a raise, “Lifemoney” teaches everyone how to realize their goals and become a happier person.
Turk explains the book this way: “’Lifemoney’ gives the reader a blueprint for success in all facets of life, not just monetary. Whether a housewife with a newborn baby who dreams about the perfect family, a musician who dreams of being a rock/Hip Hop star or an executive looking to ascend to the next level of career success, this book can help readers define their goals and set them on the straight and narrow path to accomplishing them.”
More at:Lifemoney
Brad Turk
(917) 449-9959
bturk@bradturk.com
www.bradturk.com
Begbarterorbuy.com caters to buyers and sellers who want to truly barter for great deals
What Company Is Offering:
Begbarterorbuy.com caters to buyers and sellers who want to truly barter for great deals. This is an affordable no fee site that doesn’t want to attract cut throat dealers. There are already enough auction and list sites to attract those types of merchants. This site is for people who want to be socially conscientious shoppers, people who truly believe in bartering and hate those crowded places that attract all kinds of crazies. The socially conscience Boomer Consumer is the new consumer and bartering is a strategic tool for the New Economy that creates win-win.
How It Works:
When you have found something you like, you may initiate a barter offer (Item offer or Item + Cash Offer) with any of the people who responded to your post. The person receiving the barter offer should review the item/service and decide whether the barter will be completed. When the reviewing party agrees on the barter, arrangements should be made to transfer item/service and the transaction will be finalized by clicking on “Close the Deal” on the My Accounts page.
You can initiate as many barter offers as you want using one of your items/services. Also, you can receive multiple barter offers from other members of Beg, Barter or Buy on one of your items/services. Whenever possible, try to let all parties know of your decision once you accept an offer.
Selling your item/service is a feature at Beg, Barter or Buy. Peruse the BUY section to see what people are looking for. Find someone who wants your item and send the poster an-email with a picture and price. Accept the offer initiated by other members of Beg, Barter or Buy and make arrangements for shipping. Once both parties accept the offer initiated by other members of Beg, Barter or Buy, you are legally obligated to sell the item/service to the buyer at the price you accepted. At this time we do not have a “for sale” section of Beg, Barter or Buy.
More at:http://www.begbarterorbuy.com/
Begbarterorbuy.com caters to buyers and sellers who want to truly barter for great deals. This is an affordable no fee site that doesn’t want to attract cut throat dealers. There are already enough auction and list sites to attract those types of merchants. This site is for people who want to be socially conscientious shoppers, people who truly believe in bartering and hate those crowded places that attract all kinds of crazies. The socially conscience Boomer Consumer is the new consumer and bartering is a strategic tool for the New Economy that creates win-win.
How It Works:
When you have found something you like, you may initiate a barter offer (Item offer or Item + Cash Offer) with any of the people who responded to your post. The person receiving the barter offer should review the item/service and decide whether the barter will be completed. When the reviewing party agrees on the barter, arrangements should be made to transfer item/service and the transaction will be finalized by clicking on “Close the Deal” on the My Accounts page.
You can initiate as many barter offers as you want using one of your items/services. Also, you can receive multiple barter offers from other members of Beg, Barter or Buy on one of your items/services. Whenever possible, try to let all parties know of your decision once you accept an offer.
Selling your item/service is a feature at Beg, Barter or Buy. Peruse the BUY section to see what people are looking for. Find someone who wants your item and send the poster an-email with a picture and price. Accept the offer initiated by other members of Beg, Barter or Buy and make arrangements for shipping. Once both parties accept the offer initiated by other members of Beg, Barter or Buy, you are legally obligated to sell the item/service to the buyer at the price you accepted. At this time we do not have a “for sale” section of Beg, Barter or Buy.
More at:http://www.begbarterorbuy.com/
The Brownbook is the UK’s first user-created local business directory where anyone can edit and anyone can review
What Company Is Offering:
The Brownbook is the UK’s first user-created local business directory where anyone can edit and anyone can review. The business is owned and run by the founders and it is independent of any of the existing directory providers.
How It Works:
Anyone without registering can add reviews for any business - positive or negative – and if the business you want to review isn’t there it takes you a matter of seconds to add it, further increasing the power of the service for future users. Frequent visitors can optionally register with The Brownbook if they want to develop a sense of ‘reputation’ behind their reviews and edits. They will also receive their own ‘user page’ which lets them tell other members about themselves in addition to tracking any reviews or edits they’ve made at anytime.
Smart businesses can use The Brownbook to promote their business and its reputation. By encouraging satisfied customers to give positive testimonials any business can build up its local credibility.
Business owners can claim and promote their business listings for a small annual subscription that costs less than a box of pens. The Brownbook system alerts them any time a review or any other updates are made, and they can add photos and videos of their business as well as rich business details like opening times, special promotions, and any other information useful for customers. And all these can be changed or updated by the business owner at any time at no extra cost by simply going online to www.brownbook.net.
More at:www.brownbook.net
The Brownbook is the UK’s first user-created local business directory where anyone can edit and anyone can review. The business is owned and run by the founders and it is independent of any of the existing directory providers.
How It Works:
Anyone without registering can add reviews for any business - positive or negative – and if the business you want to review isn’t there it takes you a matter of seconds to add it, further increasing the power of the service for future users. Frequent visitors can optionally register with The Brownbook if they want to develop a sense of ‘reputation’ behind their reviews and edits. They will also receive their own ‘user page’ which lets them tell other members about themselves in addition to tracking any reviews or edits they’ve made at anytime.
Smart businesses can use The Brownbook to promote their business and its reputation. By encouraging satisfied customers to give positive testimonials any business can build up its local credibility.
Business owners can claim and promote their business listings for a small annual subscription that costs less than a box of pens. The Brownbook system alerts them any time a review or any other updates are made, and they can add photos and videos of their business as well as rich business details like opening times, special promotions, and any other information useful for customers. And all these can be changed or updated by the business owner at any time at no extra cost by simply going online to www.brownbook.net.
More at:www.brownbook.net
Intrinsity is a design technology company that provides the designs, tools, technologies, and expertise Got funded $11 million
What Company Is Offering:
Intrinsity, Inc. is a design technology company that provides the designs, tools, technologies, and expertise so its customers can efficiently and predictably produce high performance, low-power and cost-effective products. Intrinsity’s proprietary Fast14 technology is used to create FastCore embedded cores, which provide not only circuit speeds of up to and beyond 3 GHz, but also the means to trade-off speed, power and area to achieve the optimal solution to customer design targets while maintaining compatibility with popular embedded core families. Fast14 technology includes a combination of process specific libraries, a specification language and a set of tools that help automate the design flow.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Altitude Capital Partners, LP and Goldman Sachs & Co. have invested $11 million in Intrinsity, Inc., an Austin, Texas based design IP technology company focusing on high-speed, low power embedded processor cores. The investment was in the form of senior secured notes with warrants and in Class E Preferred Stock of Intrinsity.
“We are delighted to be partnering with Intrinsity to provide growth capital to execute management’s strategic vision,” said Altitude Capital Partners Managing Partner Robert Kramer.
About VCs:
Altitude Capital Partners is an opportunistic $250 million investment fund which invests in intellectual property (IP) assets and IP centric companies. The Altitude mandate is broad based, covering patents, trademarks, brands, copyrights, and royalty streams. Altitude partners with individual inventors, commercial entities with residual patent assets, patent licensing companies, as investments are structured as debt, preferred stock, common stock and or contractual rights emphasizing alignment with our portfolio company partners. www.altitudecp.com
More at:http://www.intrinsity.com
Intrinsity, Inc. is a design technology company that provides the designs, tools, technologies, and expertise so its customers can efficiently and predictably produce high performance, low-power and cost-effective products. Intrinsity’s proprietary Fast14 technology is used to create FastCore embedded cores, which provide not only circuit speeds of up to and beyond 3 GHz, but also the means to trade-off speed, power and area to achieve the optimal solution to customer design targets while maintaining compatibility with popular embedded core families. Fast14 technology includes a combination of process specific libraries, a specification language and a set of tools that help automate the design flow.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Altitude Capital Partners, LP and Goldman Sachs & Co. have invested $11 million in Intrinsity, Inc., an Austin, Texas based design IP technology company focusing on high-speed, low power embedded processor cores. The investment was in the form of senior secured notes with warrants and in Class E Preferred Stock of Intrinsity.
“We are delighted to be partnering with Intrinsity to provide growth capital to execute management’s strategic vision,” said Altitude Capital Partners Managing Partner Robert Kramer.
About VCs:
Altitude Capital Partners is an opportunistic $250 million investment fund which invests in intellectual property (IP) assets and IP centric companies. The Altitude mandate is broad based, covering patents, trademarks, brands, copyrights, and royalty streams. Altitude partners with individual inventors, commercial entities with residual patent assets, patent licensing companies, as investments are structured as debt, preferred stock, common stock and or contractual rights emphasizing alignment with our portfolio company partners. www.altitudecp.com
More at:http://www.intrinsity.com
Clickability,the global leader in on demand Web Content Management, announced the closing of $8 million in its second round of venture funding
What Company Is offering:
Clickability's solutions help turn the management of content into a competitive advantage.
As a single source provider of a full range of services, Clickability can help today's web publisher take content through the entire content management cycle, from creation, to publication, to distribution, to interaction, to measurement, all at dramatically reduced costs.
As a fully integrated solution, all Clickability components work together seamlessly to give the web publisher ultimate control over site publication and measurement; as individual modules, each piece can be integrated into an existing infrastructure, giving our customers powerful choices about how Clickability's solutions fit best.
How Much They Got From VCs Funding:
Clickability, Inc., the global leader in on demand Web Content Management, announced the closing of $8 million in its second round of venture funding. Shasta Ventures led the round, with additional investment from Convergence Partners, which financed Clickability’s initial venture capital round.
Clickability’s total equity financing amounts to $15.6 million. Shasta Ventures managing director, Ravi Mohan, will join Clickability’s board of directors. Prior to co-founding Shasta Ventures, Mohan was a general partner at Battery Ventures where he led eight investments and served on the boards of 12 software and technology-enabled service companies.
Clickability is the first and only Web Content Management (WCM) company to offer a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for the entire Web content lifecycle, from content creation to optimization. In addition, the company’s platform enables non-technical users to manage sophisticated Web sites, reduce costs, grow revenue, build brands, and foster stronger customer relationships.
How This Company Is Growing:
Clickability’s sales and revenues doubled in size while its sales pipeline more than quadrupled. Since the launch of its flagship on demand platform for WCM, the company has rapidly grown to more than 100 customers, including Fortune 500 companies that target the media and enterprise markets. Clickability has served over 2.5 billion pages to date and over 300 million pages per month, while managing 400 websites with over 6,000 seat licenses. What’s more, Clickability powers the largest single on demand WCM deployment in the world with Gray Television.
More at:http://www.clickability.com/
Clickability's solutions help turn the management of content into a competitive advantage.
As a single source provider of a full range of services, Clickability can help today's web publisher take content through the entire content management cycle, from creation, to publication, to distribution, to interaction, to measurement, all at dramatically reduced costs.
As a fully integrated solution, all Clickability components work together seamlessly to give the web publisher ultimate control over site publication and measurement; as individual modules, each piece can be integrated into an existing infrastructure, giving our customers powerful choices about how Clickability's solutions fit best.
How Much They Got From VCs Funding:
Clickability, Inc., the global leader in on demand Web Content Management, announced the closing of $8 million in its second round of venture funding. Shasta Ventures led the round, with additional investment from Convergence Partners, which financed Clickability’s initial venture capital round.
Clickability’s total equity financing amounts to $15.6 million. Shasta Ventures managing director, Ravi Mohan, will join Clickability’s board of directors. Prior to co-founding Shasta Ventures, Mohan was a general partner at Battery Ventures where he led eight investments and served on the boards of 12 software and technology-enabled service companies.
Clickability is the first and only Web Content Management (WCM) company to offer a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for the entire Web content lifecycle, from content creation to optimization. In addition, the company’s platform enables non-technical users to manage sophisticated Web sites, reduce costs, grow revenue, build brands, and foster stronger customer relationships.
How This Company Is Growing:
Clickability’s sales and revenues doubled in size while its sales pipeline more than quadrupled. Since the launch of its flagship on demand platform for WCM, the company has rapidly grown to more than 100 customers, including Fortune 500 companies that target the media and enterprise markets. Clickability has served over 2.5 billion pages to date and over 300 million pages per month, while managing 400 websites with over 6,000 seat licenses. What’s more, Clickability powers the largest single on demand WCM deployment in the world with Gray Television.
More at:http://www.clickability.com/
Genius.com is provider of real-time 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, has raised $19 million in Series C funding
What Company is offering:
Genius.com, creator of SalesGenius, is a Sales 2.0 pioneer and the leading on demand provider of real-time, 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, empowering them to instantly connect with prospects and close deals through their corporate websites.
How It Works:
Genius solutions give sales and marketing organizations unprecedented control over e-mail and website marketing, delivering real-time e-mail campaign reports to managers and instant e-mail response and website visit alerts to sales reps, all without website programming or IT involvement. Equipped with this information, sales and marketing organizations are better able to reach the right prospects at the right time with the right information. The result is more satisfied customers, faster sales cycles and higher closing percentages.
Genius.com Incorporated is a privately held company, funded by Accel Partners, Emergence Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Walden International, with headquarters in San Mateo, CA.
How Much They Got from Vcs:
Genius.com is provider of real-time 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, has raised $19 million in Series C funding. Accel Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers Mohr Davidow Ventures, Emergence Capital and Walden International.
More at: www.genius.com or
e-mail info@genius.com.
Genius.com, creator of SalesGenius, is a Sales 2.0 pioneer and the leading on demand provider of real-time, 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, empowering them to instantly connect with prospects and close deals through their corporate websites.
How It Works:
Genius solutions give sales and marketing organizations unprecedented control over e-mail and website marketing, delivering real-time e-mail campaign reports to managers and instant e-mail response and website visit alerts to sales reps, all without website programming or IT involvement. Equipped with this information, sales and marketing organizations are better able to reach the right prospects at the right time with the right information. The result is more satisfied customers, faster sales cycles and higher closing percentages.
Genius.com Incorporated is a privately held company, funded by Accel Partners, Emergence Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Walden International, with headquarters in San Mateo, CA.
How Much They Got from Vcs:
Genius.com is provider of real-time 1-to-1 marketing solutions for sales and marketing professionals, has raised $19 million in Series C funding. Accel Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers Mohr Davidow Ventures, Emergence Capital and Walden International.
More at: www.genius.com or
e-mail info@genius.com.
Centrifuge Is a next generation business intelligence software that helps organizations discover insights, patterns and relationships raised $4.5 mil
What Company Is offering:
Centrifuge Systems, is a leading provider of next generation business intelligence software that helps organizations discover insights, patterns and relationships hidden in their data. Centrifuge is used in some of the most demanding applications in the world, including counter-terrorism and homeland defense, to help analysts move from data to discovery.
With Centrifuge, users determine what is of interest "on the fly", then manipulate the displays directly in a highly interactive fashion. The experience is refreshingly easy-to-use and the resulting insights can be extraordinary.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have raised $4.5 million in first-round funding from Novak Biddle Venture Partners. Novak Biddle Venture Partners (NBVP) invested $4.5 million in Centrifuge, whose advanced visualization software helps organizations discover insights, patterns and relationships hidden in their data. The financing will support implementation of the company's growth strategy and product innovation initiatives. Novak Biddle general partners Andrea Kaufman and Roger Novak have joined the company's board of directors.
moreat :http://www.centrifugesystems.com
Centrifuge Systems, is a leading provider of next generation business intelligence software that helps organizations discover insights, patterns and relationships hidden in their data. Centrifuge is used in some of the most demanding applications in the world, including counter-terrorism and homeland defense, to help analysts move from data to discovery.
With Centrifuge, users determine what is of interest "on the fly", then manipulate the displays directly in a highly interactive fashion. The experience is refreshingly easy-to-use and the resulting insights can be extraordinary.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have raised $4.5 million in first-round funding from Novak Biddle Venture Partners. Novak Biddle Venture Partners (NBVP) invested $4.5 million in Centrifuge, whose advanced visualization software helps organizations discover insights, patterns and relationships hidden in their data. The financing will support implementation of the company's growth strategy and product innovation initiatives. Novak Biddle general partners Andrea Kaufman and Roger Novak have joined the company's board of directors.
moreat :http://www.centrifugesystems.com
TalkShoe ---Live Interactive Discussions, Conversations, Podcasts
What Company is Offering:
TalkShoe is a service that enables anyone to easily create, join,
or listen to Live Interactive Discussions, Conversations, Podcasts
and Audioblogs. These hosted Community Calls can be discussions, conversations, talk shows and podcasts. Recorded Community Calls can be listened to, downloaded, or subscribed to. And if your Community Call becomes popular, you can make money too.
How It Works:
Creating a user account is a simple process. There are numerous links and buttons on the TalkShoe website which say 'Sign Up'. Users will be asked for their email address, a user name, password, and phone number (or alternate 10-digit PIN).
Your phone number serves as your 10-digit PIN when you dial into a Community Call. We believe that your phone number is easy to remember. In addition, in the future, using Caller ID, we will be able to recognize your phone number so you won't have to enter your PIN at all. If you wish, you can choose an alternate 10-digit PIN.
The host chooses the topic, creates the Community Call, schedules episode(s), and invites guests. Community Calls can be public, so that anyone on the website can join, or unlisted, so that only invited friends, family, or associates can participate. Community Calls have names, descriptions, starting times, durations, etc. Once the Community Call has begun, the host has control over the Community Call and can use features such as See-Who's-Talking, mute and unmute phone or chat, manage Requests to talk, etc. The host can also serve as the moderator or facilitator of the conversation.
More at:http://www.talkshoe.com/
TalkShoe is a service that enables anyone to easily create, join,
or listen to Live Interactive Discussions, Conversations, Podcasts
and Audioblogs. These hosted Community Calls can be discussions, conversations, talk shows and podcasts. Recorded Community Calls can be listened to, downloaded, or subscribed to. And if your Community Call becomes popular, you can make money too.
How It Works:
Creating a user account is a simple process. There are numerous links and buttons on the TalkShoe website which say 'Sign Up'. Users will be asked for their email address, a user name, password, and phone number (or alternate 10-digit PIN).
Your phone number serves as your 10-digit PIN when you dial into a Community Call. We believe that your phone number is easy to remember. In addition, in the future, using Caller ID, we will be able to recognize your phone number so you won't have to enter your PIN at all. If you wish, you can choose an alternate 10-digit PIN.
The host chooses the topic, creates the Community Call, schedules episode(s), and invites guests. Community Calls can be public, so that anyone on the website can join, or unlisted, so that only invited friends, family, or associates can participate. Community Calls have names, descriptions, starting times, durations, etc. Once the Community Call has begun, the host has control over the Community Call and can use features such as See-Who's-Talking, mute and unmute phone or chat, manage Requests to talk, etc. The host can also serve as the moderator or facilitator of the conversation.
More at:http://www.talkshoe.com/
Rtravel is an exciting new travel video sharing and networking site dedicated to travel and travellers
What Company Is Offering:
Rtravel is an exciting new travel video sharing and networking site dedicated to travel and travellers.
How It Works:
Members of the site can upload travel videos and share them with their friends and the world. Members can create their own profiles, upload photos, write their own travel blogs and make new friends with other travellers on the site.
Once you have created a travel services account then click the upload tab on the far right-hand side and fill in the form describing your video, be sure to select the travel service from the drop down box to ensure that the video is entered into the travel services section. The video will also automatically be entered into the other sections of the site as well.
If you wish to promote your travel service you can upload videos to this section of the site. Promoting your travel services on the site is completely free. Simply sign up for an account by clicking the join link at the very top of the page and filing in the form being sure to select the travel services with which you are associated in the travel services box on the form.
Rtravel videos include, travel services videos, travel services, hotel videos, resort videos, airline videos, restaurant videos, shopping videos, travel agent videos, coaches, coach tours videos, bus videos, buses, train videos, trains, shopping centre videos, shopping mall videos, markets videos, train stations, night market videos, museum videos, shopping mall videos, taxi videos, car hire videos, tour vidoes, tour agent videos, trek videos, trekking videos, jungle trek videos. air tickets, air travel videos, airport videos, cruiseliner videos, travel insurance, ferry videos, tour agent videos, tour company videos, wine videos, bicycle videos, boating videos, boat video and canoeing videos.
More at:http://www.rtravel.com/
Rtravel is an exciting new travel video sharing and networking site dedicated to travel and travellers.
How It Works:
Members of the site can upload travel videos and share them with their friends and the world. Members can create their own profiles, upload photos, write their own travel blogs and make new friends with other travellers on the site.
Once you have created a travel services account then click the upload tab on the far right-hand side and fill in the form describing your video, be sure to select the travel service from the drop down box to ensure that the video is entered into the travel services section. The video will also automatically be entered into the other sections of the site as well.
If you wish to promote your travel service you can upload videos to this section of the site. Promoting your travel services on the site is completely free. Simply sign up for an account by clicking the join link at the very top of the page and filing in the form being sure to select the travel services with which you are associated in the travel services box on the form.
Rtravel videos include, travel services videos, travel services, hotel videos, resort videos, airline videos, restaurant videos, shopping videos, travel agent videos, coaches, coach tours videos, bus videos, buses, train videos, trains, shopping centre videos, shopping mall videos, markets videos, train stations, night market videos, museum videos, shopping mall videos, taxi videos, car hire videos, tour vidoes, tour agent videos, trek videos, trekking videos, jungle trek videos. air tickets, air travel videos, airport videos, cruiseliner videos, travel insurance, ferry videos, tour agent videos, tour company videos, wine videos, bicycle videos, boating videos, boat video and canoeing videos.
More at:http://www.rtravel.com/
Beetnic --A place for POLYGLOTS and MULTIROOTS global minded people
What Company Is Offering:
A place for POLYGLOTS and MULTIROOTS global minded people.Mingle, Explore and Exchange your cultural identities.
How It Works:
Your My beetnic profile page is the first page people see when they click on your member name. It's like a tasting menu of all the content and info you've posted on Beetnic. From the Profile page you can link to a member's complete collection of Video, Music, Photos or Blogs. From your own Profile page you can upload and update your media. It is also a place to describe yourself, keep track of Watch List and Favorites, manage messages to and from other users, link to RSS feeds and let other members leave 'Comments' for you. There is a lot of personal stuff hanging around so remember: you have the option to make any of this information, Public or Private.
A communibee is your own social network.You can create your own communibee in a few simple steps. Login then click the Mybeetnic page.You will find a tab on the left "Create communibee".Follow the few steps and you are up and running to start your new social network.
To join a communibee, simply browse to that communibee and click the Green "ADD" button. If the communibee is Open, you'll automatically be added to it. If the communibee is Restricted, the communibee moderator will need to approve your request before you are actually added.
More at:http://www.beetnic.com/
A place for POLYGLOTS and MULTIROOTS global minded people.Mingle, Explore and Exchange your cultural identities.
How It Works:
Your My beetnic profile page is the first page people see when they click on your member name. It's like a tasting menu of all the content and info you've posted on Beetnic. From the Profile page you can link to a member's complete collection of Video, Music, Photos or Blogs. From your own Profile page you can upload and update your media. It is also a place to describe yourself, keep track of Watch List and Favorites, manage messages to and from other users, link to RSS feeds and let other members leave 'Comments' for you. There is a lot of personal stuff hanging around so remember: you have the option to make any of this information, Public or Private.
A communibee is your own social network.You can create your own communibee in a few simple steps. Login then click the Mybeetnic page.You will find a tab on the left "Create communibee".Follow the few steps and you are up and running to start your new social network.
To join a communibee, simply browse to that communibee and click the Green "ADD" button. If the communibee is Open, you'll automatically be added to it. If the communibee is Restricted, the communibee moderator will need to approve your request before you are actually added.
More at:http://www.beetnic.com/
SwitchPipe is a proof of concept "Web application server
What Company Is Offering:
SwitchPipe is a proof of concept "Web application server." More accurately, it's a Web application process manager and request dispatcher / proxy. Backend HTTP-speaking applications (Web applications) do not run directly within SwitchPipe, but are loaded into their own processes making SwitchPipe language and framework agnostic.
How It Works:
SwitchPipe takes control of, and manages, the backend application processes, including loading and proxying to multiple instances of each application in a round-robin style configuration. As an administrator, you can define the maximum number of backend processes to run for each app, along with other settings so that you do not exceeded preferred resource limits. SwitchPipe quickly removes processes that "break" or otherwise outlive their welcome. For example, you can let SwitchPipe kill any backend processes that have not been accessed for, say, 20 seconds. This makes hosting many multiple Rails applications, for example, a quick and non-memory demanding process, ideal for shared hosting environments.
More at:http://switchpipe.org/
SwitchPipe is a proof of concept "Web application server." More accurately, it's a Web application process manager and request dispatcher / proxy. Backend HTTP-speaking applications (Web applications) do not run directly within SwitchPipe, but are loaded into their own processes making SwitchPipe language and framework agnostic.
How It Works:
SwitchPipe takes control of, and manages, the backend application processes, including loading and proxying to multiple instances of each application in a round-robin style configuration. As an administrator, you can define the maximum number of backend processes to run for each app, along with other settings so that you do not exceeded preferred resource limits. SwitchPipe quickly removes processes that "break" or otherwise outlive their welcome. For example, you can let SwitchPipe kill any backend processes that have not been accessed for, say, 20 seconds. This makes hosting many multiple Rails applications, for example, a quick and non-memory demanding process, ideal for shared hosting environments.
More at:http://switchpipe.org/
Monday, February 4, 2008
New Motion is a mobile entertainment and Internet media company has completed its transaction with Traffix
What Company Is Offering:
New Motion, Inc. is a mobile entertainment and Internet media company providing a broad range of digital and mobile products. New Motion, Inc. combines and applies the power of the Internet, the latest in mobile technology, and traditional marketing/advertising methodologies to four strategic services – digital music, casual games, sweepstakes and communities.Brands include Altnet, a mobile legal music download service featuring original artists, GatorArcade, a premium online and mobile gaming site, Bid4Prizes, a low-bid mobile auction game, and iMatchUp, one of the first integrated web-mobile dating services.
Recent Updates:
New Motion, Inc. announced that it has completed its transaction with Traffix, Inc. pursuant to the Merger Agreement between the companies dated September 26, 2007. As a result of the closing of the transaction, Traffix, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of New Motion. Immediately following the consummation of the merger, Traffix stockholders will own approximately 45% of the capital stock of New Motion, on a fully-diluted basis. Each issued and outstanding share of Traffix common stock was converted into the right to receive approximately 0.676 shares of New Motion common stock based on the capitalization of both companies on the closing date of the merger.
Management of both companies believe that combining this content into a single combined company portfolio will yield benefits to the combined company, including improving the overall quantity and quality of content accessed by users and subscribers, which should lead to longer subscription terms and a more attractive customer value proposition.
“This transaction combines two highly complementary companies into a digital advertising and entertainment network. We are now able to further leverage the growing convergence trend between the online and wireless mediums,” said Burton Katz, chief executive officer of New Motion. “Our advantage – similar to traditional media companies – lies in our proven business model where we efficiently monetize consumer audiences with both direct billing and third party advertising."
More at:http://www.newmotioninc.com/
http://www.traffixinc.com/
Company Contact Info:
New Motion, Inc.
Raymond Musci, 949-777-3700
raym@newmotioninc.com
or
Traffix, Inc.
Daniel Harvey, 845-620-1212
danh@traffixinc.com
New Motion, Inc. is a mobile entertainment and Internet media company providing a broad range of digital and mobile products. New Motion, Inc. combines and applies the power of the Internet, the latest in mobile technology, and traditional marketing/advertising methodologies to four strategic services – digital music, casual games, sweepstakes and communities.Brands include Altnet, a mobile legal music download service featuring original artists, GatorArcade, a premium online and mobile gaming site, Bid4Prizes, a low-bid mobile auction game, and iMatchUp, one of the first integrated web-mobile dating services.
Recent Updates:
New Motion, Inc. announced that it has completed its transaction with Traffix, Inc. pursuant to the Merger Agreement between the companies dated September 26, 2007. As a result of the closing of the transaction, Traffix, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of New Motion. Immediately following the consummation of the merger, Traffix stockholders will own approximately 45% of the capital stock of New Motion, on a fully-diluted basis. Each issued and outstanding share of Traffix common stock was converted into the right to receive approximately 0.676 shares of New Motion common stock based on the capitalization of both companies on the closing date of the merger.
Management of both companies believe that combining this content into a single combined company portfolio will yield benefits to the combined company, including improving the overall quantity and quality of content accessed by users and subscribers, which should lead to longer subscription terms and a more attractive customer value proposition.
“This transaction combines two highly complementary companies into a digital advertising and entertainment network. We are now able to further leverage the growing convergence trend between the online and wireless mediums,” said Burton Katz, chief executive officer of New Motion. “Our advantage – similar to traditional media companies – lies in our proven business model where we efficiently monetize consumer audiences with both direct billing and third party advertising."
More at:http://www.newmotioninc.com/
http://www.traffixinc.com/
Company Contact Info:
New Motion, Inc.
Raymond Musci, 949-777-3700
raym@newmotioninc.com
or
Traffix, Inc.
Daniel Harvey, 845-620-1212
danh@traffixinc.com
PhoneFavs is a mobile optimized web portal and online bookmarking service designed for your phone and portable gadgets
What Company Is Offering:
PhoneFavs is a mobile optimized web portal and online bookmarking service designed for your phone and portable gadgets.
PhoneFavs allows you to view and use your bookmarks on a mobile device in an easy to use small screen format. You can store, organize and share your bookmarks and access them on any device, anywhere. You can even import your existing bookmarks from Firefox, Internet Explorer and del.icio.us.
PhoneFavs also provides a mobile web directory, a mobile software store, and a mobile web transcoder that "mobilizes" large web pages, for better viewing on a small screen device.
How It Works:
PhoneFavs lets you keep a list of bookmarks online in a mobile friendly format. Your Favs can be tagged, searched, shared and mobilized at your connivence.
PhoneFavs' bookmarking utility works best in combination with your primary desktop computer. With the browser buttons in place, you can easily save sites you might want to bookmark or visit later on your mobile device.
The Mobilizer is a mobile transcoder that automatically adapts standard web pages for better viewing on a mobile device. It removes most images and formatting for greatly improved readability and faster load times. The [] icon on your Favs list will open your saved Fav with the mobilizer or you can enter any website address from the PhoneFavs homepage to browse the web in a small screen friendly format.
More at:http://phonefavs.com/
PhoneFavs is a mobile optimized web portal and online bookmarking service designed for your phone and portable gadgets.
PhoneFavs allows you to view and use your bookmarks on a mobile device in an easy to use small screen format. You can store, organize and share your bookmarks and access them on any device, anywhere. You can even import your existing bookmarks from Firefox, Internet Explorer and del.icio.us.
PhoneFavs also provides a mobile web directory, a mobile software store, and a mobile web transcoder that "mobilizes" large web pages, for better viewing on a small screen device.
How It Works:
PhoneFavs lets you keep a list of bookmarks online in a mobile friendly format. Your Favs can be tagged, searched, shared and mobilized at your connivence.
PhoneFavs' bookmarking utility works best in combination with your primary desktop computer. With the browser buttons in place, you can easily save sites you might want to bookmark or visit later on your mobile device.
The Mobilizer is a mobile transcoder that automatically adapts standard web pages for better viewing on a mobile device. It removes most images and formatting for greatly improved readability and faster load times. The [] icon on your Favs list will open your saved Fav with the mobilizer or you can enter any website address from the PhoneFavs homepage to browse the web in a small screen friendly format.
More at:http://phonefavs.com/
Worldometers---live world statistics on population, education, environment, food, energy and health
What Company Is Offering:
Worldometers is managed by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world. It provides live world statistics on population, education, environment, food, energy and health.
Sources are carefully selected to include only data published by the most reputable organizations and statistical offices in the world.
How It Works:
The counters that display the real-time numbers are based on Worldometers’ algorithm that processes the latest and most accurate statistical data available together with its estimated progression to compute the current millisecond number to be displayed on each counter based on the specific time set on each visitor’s computer clock.
The counters that display the real-time numbers are based on Worldometers’ algorithm that processes the latest and most accurate statistical data available together with its estimated progression to compute the current millisecond number to be displayed on each counter, based on the specific time set on each visitor’s computer clock.
You can help Worldometers in many ways: by translating it in another language, by placing a link to Worldometers on your website or blog, by spreading the word among friends and relatives, and by donating even a small amount in order to help support Worldometers' efforts and to ensure the maintenance and development of this website.
More at:http://www.worldometers.info/
Worldometers is managed by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world. It provides live world statistics on population, education, environment, food, energy and health.
Sources are carefully selected to include only data published by the most reputable organizations and statistical offices in the world.
How It Works:
The counters that display the real-time numbers are based on Worldometers’ algorithm that processes the latest and most accurate statistical data available together with its estimated progression to compute the current millisecond number to be displayed on each counter based on the specific time set on each visitor’s computer clock.
The counters that display the real-time numbers are based on Worldometers’ algorithm that processes the latest and most accurate statistical data available together with its estimated progression to compute the current millisecond number to be displayed on each counter, based on the specific time set on each visitor’s computer clock.
You can help Worldometers in many ways: by translating it in another language, by placing a link to Worldometers on your website or blog, by spreading the word among friends and relatives, and by donating even a small amount in order to help support Worldometers' efforts and to ensure the maintenance and development of this website.
More at:http://www.worldometers.info/
IT Job Search
About Company:
Contractors, they know most job sites and recruiters hold out-of-date details about you and your applications. So they don't store your CV. They don't store your details. They don't sell your details. Your application is fresh and sent directly to the recruiter's email address.
Recruiters, they know that the other big job search sites charge a large amount for posting jobs on their sites. They charge just £10 plus VAT before each contract job is posted - and hold it on their site for 5 days.
As with all other job web sites,users agree to accept all conditions. ContractJob.net is not responsible for the acts or omissions of others. These are our easy to understand terms and conditions.
Contractjob.net is owned by Newtron Solutions Ltd a UK registered company.
More at:http://www.contractjob.net/
Contractors, they know most job sites and recruiters hold out-of-date details about you and your applications. So they don't store your CV. They don't store your details. They don't sell your details. Your application is fresh and sent directly to the recruiter's email address.
Recruiters, they know that the other big job search sites charge a large amount for posting jobs on their sites. They charge just £10 plus VAT before each contract job is posted - and hold it on their site for 5 days.
As with all other job web sites,users agree to accept all conditions. ContractJob.net is not responsible for the acts or omissions of others. These are our easy to understand terms and conditions.
Contractjob.net is owned by Newtron Solutions Ltd a UK registered company.
More at:http://www.contractjob.net/
Online trading has grown an outstanding 1081%
Online trading has grown an outstanding 1081% in the past seven years, according to a new report from Mintel. In 1997, online trading had a sizeable niche following in the retail sector with an estimated 3.1 million retail accounts established in the US. By 1999, the market had quadrupled in size to nearly 13 million accounts. In 2004, there are an estimated 37 million accounts. Consumer trading of securities has changed dramatically over the last decade. Online trading through the Internet began as a specialized retail market in the second half of the 1990s. Eventually, the online trading platform grew into a major medium through which securities are traded.
In the past year, common stocks (67%) and mutual funds (36%) were the dominant securities owned and traded by those with an online trading account. Options, bonds and futures are traded infrequently by comparison among retail account holders. Mintel concludes that bond trading is less frequent because the value of the assets change much less frequently than common stocks and mutual funds.
Overall, 80% of respondents with an online trading account report that fees are the most important factor in selecting an online broker. This indicates that the online trading consumer base is more interested in having a low-cost online trading platform rather than customized broker-assisted trading services. However, the market for broker-assisted online trades is still an important service to approximately one-fourth of respondents. Online trading firms that offer both facilitated and non-facilitated commission schedules are positioned to serve a broad range of consumer needs. Site usability, order handling, availability of real-time data, and minimum balance/trade requirements are also important factors, but to a lesser extent. For attracting and retaining customers in the online trading market, aligning fees with competitive offerings is the key consideration in developing and executing pricing schedules.
According to Mintel's exclusive research, 19% of respondents that do not have an online trading account have an offline investment account with an online option, but elect not to use or setup this feature. Meanwhile, 3% have said they have searched but have not found an online brokerage firm that they feel is suitable for their needs.
Online brokerages with established offline business have lowered fees to compete with discount brokers. The market is characterized by promotional offers and signing incentives for free trades. While uniformity of the fee structures could emerge in the next five years, there is still a great deal of stratification between commission pricing schedules in the online trading market.
For more at :www.mintel.com.
In the past year, common stocks (67%) and mutual funds (36%) were the dominant securities owned and traded by those with an online trading account. Options, bonds and futures are traded infrequently by comparison among retail account holders. Mintel concludes that bond trading is less frequent because the value of the assets change much less frequently than common stocks and mutual funds.
Overall, 80% of respondents with an online trading account report that fees are the most important factor in selecting an online broker. This indicates that the online trading consumer base is more interested in having a low-cost online trading platform rather than customized broker-assisted trading services. However, the market for broker-assisted online trades is still an important service to approximately one-fourth of respondents. Online trading firms that offer both facilitated and non-facilitated commission schedules are positioned to serve a broad range of consumer needs. Site usability, order handling, availability of real-time data, and minimum balance/trade requirements are also important factors, but to a lesser extent. For attracting and retaining customers in the online trading market, aligning fees with competitive offerings is the key consideration in developing and executing pricing schedules.
According to Mintel's exclusive research, 19% of respondents that do not have an online trading account have an offline investment account with an online option, but elect not to use or setup this feature. Meanwhile, 3% have said they have searched but have not found an online brokerage firm that they feel is suitable for their needs.
Online brokerages with established offline business have lowered fees to compete with discount brokers. The market is characterized by promotional offers and signing incentives for free trades. While uniformity of the fee structures could emerge in the next five years, there is still a great deal of stratification between commission pricing schedules in the online trading market.
For more at :www.mintel.com.
Investing Systems Research Lab will offer watch-lists of stocks on the move, a real-time ETF Dashboard as well as a collection of tools
What Company Is Offering:
Investing Systems announced the results from their stock picking software in the all new Research Lab.
The Research Lab provides an in-depth look at market internals and a variety of stock pick lists every trading day. The picks are based on growth and momentum as identified by technical and fundamental criteria.
How It Works:
Investing Systems offers the widest variety of tools and software for traders anywhere on the Internet. The new Research Lab is the ultimate bundle of software and services for long-term and short-term traders.
The Investing Systems Research Lab will offer watch-lists of stocks on the move, a real-time ETF Dashboard as well as a collection of tools available only to their premium members.
Recent Updates:
We have been delivering stock picking software to retail investors for the last ten years," said William McKinley, President of Investing Systems. "Now we are opening up our in-house Research Lab and allow people to see the scans, filters and dashboards that we use in-house to monitor the markets.”
More at:http://www.stocktradersoftware.net/
Investing Systems announced the results from their stock picking software in the all new Research Lab.
The Research Lab provides an in-depth look at market internals and a variety of stock pick lists every trading day. The picks are based on growth and momentum as identified by technical and fundamental criteria.
How It Works:
Investing Systems offers the widest variety of tools and software for traders anywhere on the Internet. The new Research Lab is the ultimate bundle of software and services for long-term and short-term traders.
The Investing Systems Research Lab will offer watch-lists of stocks on the move, a real-time ETF Dashboard as well as a collection of tools available only to their premium members.
Recent Updates:
We have been delivering stock picking software to retail investors for the last ten years," said William McKinley, President of Investing Systems. "Now we are opening up our in-house Research Lab and allow people to see the scans, filters and dashboards that we use in-house to monitor the markets.”
More at:http://www.stocktradersoftware.net/
Ringleader simplifies advertising transactions and delivery got $6 million Series A Round of venture funding
What Company Is Offering:
Ringleader Digital brings the online advertising experience to mobile—fulfilling the potential and promise of the mobile Web. Ringleader’s device-agnostic network is the only third-party mobile ad service, and is the first to specifically target ads by device functionality.
How It Works:
Ringleader simplifies advertising transactions and delivery by providing brands and publishers the ability to seamlessly and simultaneously distribute ad campaigns across any mobile digital platform. With this unprecedented control, publishers maximize the revenue potential for ad campaigns while brands and advertisers can finally track and audit every element of a campaign’s effectiveness.
Ringleader can seamlessly deliver ads on any available mobile network and distribute ads that work best with an end-user’s device. For example, Ringleader would only serve a video ad to a phone capable of playing it.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have announced a $6 million Series A Round of venture funding led by W2 Group, a next-generation marketing services company. Ringleader will use the infusion of capital to continue building out its premium mobile advertising network, bolster corporate development and increase global marketing efforts.
About VCs:
W2 Group is a global marketing services ecosystem that helps CMOs in their new role as builders of communities and content aggregators. W2 Group companies, including Digital Influence Group and Racepoint Group, are leaders in social media marketing in both paid and unpaid media.
More at:http://www.ringleaderdigital.com/
Company Info:
For Ringleader Digital
Racepoint Group
Heather Ailara, +1-781-487-4650
ringleader@racepointgroup.com
Ringleader Digital brings the online advertising experience to mobile—fulfilling the potential and promise of the mobile Web. Ringleader’s device-agnostic network is the only third-party mobile ad service, and is the first to specifically target ads by device functionality.
How It Works:
Ringleader simplifies advertising transactions and delivery by providing brands and publishers the ability to seamlessly and simultaneously distribute ad campaigns across any mobile digital platform. With this unprecedented control, publishers maximize the revenue potential for ad campaigns while brands and advertisers can finally track and audit every element of a campaign’s effectiveness.
Ringleader can seamlessly deliver ads on any available mobile network and distribute ads that work best with an end-user’s device. For example, Ringleader would only serve a video ad to a phone capable of playing it.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have announced a $6 million Series A Round of venture funding led by W2 Group, a next-generation marketing services company. Ringleader will use the infusion of capital to continue building out its premium mobile advertising network, bolster corporate development and increase global marketing efforts.
About VCs:
W2 Group is a global marketing services ecosystem that helps CMOs in their new role as builders of communities and content aggregators. W2 Group companies, including Digital Influence Group and Racepoint Group, are leaders in social media marketing in both paid and unpaid media.
More at:http://www.ringleaderdigital.com/
Company Info:
For Ringleader Digital
Racepoint Group
Heather Ailara, +1-781-487-4650
ringleader@racepointgroup.com
Tyfone for mobile banking, mobile contactless payments and mobile retail merchant relationship services got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Tyfone, has developed an extensible hardware and software platform for bank-branded mobile banking, mobile contactless payments and mobile retail merchant relationship services. Bank customers receive end-to-end secure mobile services available on most mobile phones with any mobile carrier.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have announced the completion of a financing round led by Ojas Venture Partners, an India-based venture capital firm specializing in technology start-ups. The terms of the financing were not disclosed.
How They Will Use Funds:
Tyfone will use the investment to scale its three areas of business – mobile banking, mobile payments including contactless payments and retail merchant relationship services in the US and international markets. The company will continue to ramp-up global sales and operations teams, including operations in China. Building upon the recent milestone with iflex® Solutions and the win of West Coast Bank’s implementation in the US, Tyfone is aggressively pursuing revenue targets both organically and through channel and reseller partnerships in the US and abroad.
What VCs Says About Company:
Rajesh Srivathsa, managing partner of Ojas Venture Partners, says, “Tyfone has developed an innovative technology to enable existing mobile phones to be used for ‘wave-and-pay’ contactless payments, facilitating retail financial services. I see this as a competitive advantage in mobile payments, one that will position Tyfone as a leader in the mobile space within the next year to 18 months.”
More at:http://www.tyfone.com/
Company Info:
Tyfone, Inc.
Linda Horowitz, 626-445-4527 (office)
Mobile: 626-215-6306
linda@tyfone.com
Tyfone, has developed an extensible hardware and software platform for bank-branded mobile banking, mobile contactless payments and mobile retail merchant relationship services. Bank customers receive end-to-end secure mobile services available on most mobile phones with any mobile carrier.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have announced the completion of a financing round led by Ojas Venture Partners, an India-based venture capital firm specializing in technology start-ups. The terms of the financing were not disclosed.
How They Will Use Funds:
Tyfone will use the investment to scale its three areas of business – mobile banking, mobile payments including contactless payments and retail merchant relationship services in the US and international markets. The company will continue to ramp-up global sales and operations teams, including operations in China. Building upon the recent milestone with iflex® Solutions and the win of West Coast Bank’s implementation in the US, Tyfone is aggressively pursuing revenue targets both organically and through channel and reseller partnerships in the US and abroad.
What VCs Says About Company:
Rajesh Srivathsa, managing partner of Ojas Venture Partners, says, “Tyfone has developed an innovative technology to enable existing mobile phones to be used for ‘wave-and-pay’ contactless payments, facilitating retail financial services. I see this as a competitive advantage in mobile payments, one that will position Tyfone as a leader in the mobile space within the next year to 18 months.”
More at:http://www.tyfone.com/
Company Info:
Tyfone, Inc.
Linda Horowitz, 626-445-4527 (office)
Mobile: 626-215-6306
linda@tyfone.com
iNods--simplifies your product research
What Company Is Offering:
iNods aggregates user reviews and expert opinions on products you buy, and drastically simplifies your product research.
How It Works:
Product reviews, written by users and experts, are a guiding light for users looking to buy a new product. Today, reviews are being written by users on a range of different website including merchant websites ( Amazon.com, CircuitCity.com), reviews destination sites (Epinions.com, Yelp.com), personal websites and blogs ( dpreview.com, plasmatvbuyingguide.com), creating a lot of rich and valuable review content. They believe that user review and feedback content, whether it is for product, places or anything else, will continue to spread in a very distributed manner.
iNods simplifies product research, iNods creates a social product research platform
iNods is focused on aggregating this distriubuted review content and structuring it appropriately to make it drastically simpler and faster for users for discover reviews and make the right decisions. iNods also connects users who may be considering buying a particular product with others who may have already bought it, so they can connect and ask questions. Users can also manage their product research better, save useful reviews, discover others who they can learn from and get immediate help for a product they have bought or are looking to buy. In doing so, iNods is creating a social network around product research and shopping, that closely aligns with our offline experience.
More at:http://www.inods.com/
iNods aggregates user reviews and expert opinions on products you buy, and drastically simplifies your product research.
How It Works:
Product reviews, written by users and experts, are a guiding light for users looking to buy a new product. Today, reviews are being written by users on a range of different website including merchant websites ( Amazon.com, CircuitCity.com), reviews destination sites (Epinions.com, Yelp.com), personal websites and blogs ( dpreview.com, plasmatvbuyingguide.com), creating a lot of rich and valuable review content. They believe that user review and feedback content, whether it is for product, places or anything else, will continue to spread in a very distributed manner.
iNods simplifies product research, iNods creates a social product research platform
iNods is focused on aggregating this distriubuted review content and structuring it appropriately to make it drastically simpler and faster for users for discover reviews and make the right decisions. iNods also connects users who may be considering buying a particular product with others who may have already bought it, so they can connect and ask questions. Users can also manage their product research better, save useful reviews, discover others who they can learn from and get immediate help for a product they have bought or are looking to buy. In doing so, iNods is creating a social network around product research and shopping, that closely aligns with our offline experience.
More at:http://www.inods.com/
HelpSpot is an entire web based help desk portal; providing your customers with powerful self-help functionality
What Company Is Offering:
The unique design and workflow enables your support staff to solve problems the first time and easily manage many requests from multiple sources. Beyond simple help desk software, HelpSpot is an entire web based help desk portal; providing your customers with powerful self-help functionality that drives down cost and improves customer experience.
How It Works:
HelpSpot takes a different approach. Categories are only one level deep in HelpSpot, so creation and selection is fast and easy. Attached to each category is a list of structured tags. Your staff simply check off the tags that best describe the request. These tags can then be used to create an infinite combination of reports. The tags can also be used as the basis of request filters, letting you create instant queue's based on reporting tag information.
Ease of use - leveraging modern web based technologies for an improved user experience, for staff and customers alike.
Integration - pulling support inquires from a variety of submission points and real-time inclusion of other IT data.
Flexibility with customization - well designed customer fields and reporting tags allow for the flexibility you need in a reportable format.
Any businesses looking for a customer service/help desk solution that will improve and manage the interactions with customers. HelpSpots current customer base includes: formal help desk groups, not-for-profits, e-learning teams, educational institutions, software and health care companies.
More at:http://www.userscape.com/
The unique design and workflow enables your support staff to solve problems the first time and easily manage many requests from multiple sources. Beyond simple help desk software, HelpSpot is an entire web based help desk portal; providing your customers with powerful self-help functionality that drives down cost and improves customer experience.
How It Works:
HelpSpot takes a different approach. Categories are only one level deep in HelpSpot, so creation and selection is fast and easy. Attached to each category is a list of structured tags. Your staff simply check off the tags that best describe the request. These tags can then be used to create an infinite combination of reports. The tags can also be used as the basis of request filters, letting you create instant queue's based on reporting tag information.
Ease of use - leveraging modern web based technologies for an improved user experience, for staff and customers alike.
Integration - pulling support inquires from a variety of submission points and real-time inclusion of other IT data.
Flexibility with customization - well designed customer fields and reporting tags allow for the flexibility you need in a reportable format.
Any businesses looking for a customer service/help desk solution that will improve and manage the interactions with customers. HelpSpots current customer base includes: formal help desk groups, not-for-profits, e-learning teams, educational institutions, software and health care companies.
More at:http://www.userscape.com/
Surf Tail makes it easier to find what you want on the web by following those who have gone before you
What Company Is Offering:
Surf Tail makes it easier to find what you want on the web by following those who have gone before you. The tails of surfers are updated in real time so you can see exactly what blogs or sites are currently related to the one you're reading and as more people follow the link it reinforces and maintains it. As surfers find their way around Surf Tail enabled websites they leave a trail that you can follow. Just look for the Surf Tail box on a website and you can see how many other people have been looking at the same site and what other sites they have just been looking at, the more visitors that have gone to the related site, the higher it is in the list.
How It Works:
Every visitor to a Surf Tail enabled site is tracked by a unique identity, this unique identity is then scrambled in our database so that no personally identifiable information is stored about any of your sites visitors, it doesn't even use cookies! The visitors can then be tracked across multiple sites, we use this information to produce a real time list of sites that may be related to yours based on the fact that one or more of your current visitors is also looking at them. The more of your visitors that also look at another site, the higher that site gets in the list.
More at: http://www.surftail.com/
Surf Tail makes it easier to find what you want on the web by following those who have gone before you. The tails of surfers are updated in real time so you can see exactly what blogs or sites are currently related to the one you're reading and as more people follow the link it reinforces and maintains it. As surfers find their way around Surf Tail enabled websites they leave a trail that you can follow. Just look for the Surf Tail box on a website and you can see how many other people have been looking at the same site and what other sites they have just been looking at, the more visitors that have gone to the related site, the higher it is in the list.
How It Works:
Every visitor to a Surf Tail enabled site is tracked by a unique identity, this unique identity is then scrambled in our database so that no personally identifiable information is stored about any of your sites visitors, it doesn't even use cookies! The visitors can then be tracked across multiple sites, we use this information to produce a real time list of sites that may be related to yours based on the fact that one or more of your current visitors is also looking at them. The more of your visitors that also look at another site, the higher that site gets in the list.
More at: http://www.surftail.com/
Orb-- Brand new way for people to connect with their digital media in the manner "how, when and where" they most desire
What Company Is Offering:
Orb has developed an award winning service that combines the use of an internet media portal and a proprietary software application. Orb leverages the best in already available technology (hi-speed broadband, Wi-Fi, wireless internet access and sophisticated portable devices) to provide a brand new way for people to connect with their digital media in the manner "how, when and where" they most desire.
How It Works:
Orb provides the ability to MyCast.MyCasting gives the user instant access to photos, music, videos, live television, and other digital content on their home PC at anytime and from any internet-connected device, such as a mobile phone, PDA or laptop. MyCasting is media anywhere. MyCasting is media freedom.
Orb is based on an elegant, robust and scalable architecture and is the first of its kind to allow consumers mobile access to all of their digital media. It is completely secure while having no restrictions in its use.
Using any web browser, Orb provides a simple, intuitive interface for the user to connect to their home computer and the ability to stream digital content located there without the interruption of download delays. By removing the complexity and limitations of many of today's digital entertainment products and services, Orb's software architecture leverages the best features of today's popular standards while abiding by current digital rights management solutions.
More at:http://corp.orb.com/
Orb has developed an award winning service that combines the use of an internet media portal and a proprietary software application. Orb leverages the best in already available technology (hi-speed broadband, Wi-Fi, wireless internet access and sophisticated portable devices) to provide a brand new way for people to connect with their digital media in the manner "how, when and where" they most desire.
How It Works:
Orb provides the ability to MyCast.MyCasting gives the user instant access to photos, music, videos, live television, and other digital content on their home PC at anytime and from any internet-connected device, such as a mobile phone, PDA or laptop. MyCasting is media anywhere. MyCasting is media freedom.
Orb is based on an elegant, robust and scalable architecture and is the first of its kind to allow consumers mobile access to all of their digital media. It is completely secure while having no restrictions in its use.
Using any web browser, Orb provides a simple, intuitive interface for the user to connect to their home computer and the ability to stream digital content located there without the interruption of download delays. By removing the complexity and limitations of many of today's digital entertainment products and services, Orb's software architecture leverages the best features of today's popular standards while abiding by current digital rights management solutions.
More at:http://corp.orb.com/
Blogtronix is a social media platform for Enterprise 2.0 communication
What Company Is Offering:
Blogtronix is a social media platform for Enterprise 2.0 communication. They provide a single, unified system that includes blogs, wikis, and social networking. Unlike other companies, they are able to offer a product that’s easy to use, scalable and can be delivered either on-demand or as a software. They are equipped with a rich feature set that includes vlogging, podcasting, flash as well as a fully customizable interface. Their applications range from corporate in-house collaboration to global user created networks.
How It Works:
You can find user reviews, praise, complaints, and general discussion about what the next cell phone is, or piece of software or car. You can also find communities which have been createdon freeware sites based on a common interest or a school. It is from these ideas that we developed our social networking platform. We see the Blogtronix platform as not just one person or one organization posting content, but rather a community of people, all of whom are united in an ongoing discussion.
Blogtronix provides a full service suite of blogging, wikis, andsocial networking which can be used to create online communities. These communities can be used to make working on projects easier, improving client and public relations, and seeking out/working withother industry professionals. Blogtronix combines and refines all of the above three into a product that is easy to use, while incorporating many useful administrative tools no one else has.
You can host presentations online, or podcast your latest meeting to those who were unable to attend. In addition to the blogging functionality that they have included, they have tools which allow you to fully customize your blog site from text to color schemes to banners, and even tolanguage. You can even choose how your outgoing RSS feeds will look. Their pre-made modules and custom module creator makes tracking top posts and authors a snap, along with following upcoming events andnews. You can post ads, static pages, and banners.
More at:http://www.blogtronix.com/
Blogtronix is a social media platform for Enterprise 2.0 communication. They provide a single, unified system that includes blogs, wikis, and social networking. Unlike other companies, they are able to offer a product that’s easy to use, scalable and can be delivered either on-demand or as a software. They are equipped with a rich feature set that includes vlogging, podcasting, flash as well as a fully customizable interface. Their applications range from corporate in-house collaboration to global user created networks.
How It Works:
You can find user reviews, praise, complaints, and general discussion about what the next cell phone is, or piece of software or car. You can also find communities which have been createdon freeware sites based on a common interest or a school. It is from these ideas that we developed our social networking platform. We see the Blogtronix platform as not just one person or one organization posting content, but rather a community of people, all of whom are united in an ongoing discussion.
Blogtronix provides a full service suite of blogging, wikis, andsocial networking which can be used to create online communities. These communities can be used to make working on projects easier, improving client and public relations, and seeking out/working withother industry professionals. Blogtronix combines and refines all of the above three into a product that is easy to use, while incorporating many useful administrative tools no one else has.
You can host presentations online, or podcast your latest meeting to those who were unable to attend. In addition to the blogging functionality that they have included, they have tools which allow you to fully customize your blog site from text to color schemes to banners, and even tolanguage. You can even choose how your outgoing RSS feeds will look. Their pre-made modules and custom module creator makes tracking top posts and authors a snap, along with following upcoming events andnews. You can post ads, static pages, and banners.
More at:http://www.blogtronix.com/
OneBigU --A Place where you could find old and new questions asked by students around the world along with the answers
What Company Is Offering:
OneBigU stands for One Big University. That is a place where you could find old and new questions asked by students around the world along with the answers... a place where you could get help for any problems you have by asking other talented people around the world...
How It Works:
Ask questions for anyone to answer. Choose a Best Answer for you each of your own questions.Answer any question on the site.Vote for any answers that you believe is correct on any question.
You get a little bit of money for every answer you give that gets chosen as a Best Answer. The amount you get is relative to the total amount of money that the site generates through ads.
Banked Earnings is the total amount of money that you have available for withdrawal and donations. It increases as more of your answers are chosen as Best Answers, and decreases as you withdraw or donate money.
More at:http://www.onebigu.com/
OneBigU stands for One Big University. That is a place where you could find old and new questions asked by students around the world along with the answers... a place where you could get help for any problems you have by asking other talented people around the world...
How It Works:
Ask questions for anyone to answer. Choose a Best Answer for you each of your own questions.Answer any question on the site.Vote for any answers that you believe is correct on any question.
You get a little bit of money for every answer you give that gets chosen as a Best Answer. The amount you get is relative to the total amount of money that the site generates through ads.
Banked Earnings is the total amount of money that you have available for withdrawal and donations. It increases as more of your answers are chosen as Best Answers, and decreases as you withdraw or donate money.
More at:http://www.onebigu.com/
Zetaprints web-to-print technology
What Company Is Offering:
This website is an online design personalisation service based on Zetaprints web-to-print technology. You can submit your own designs or use any of the designs submitted by others.
How It Works:
Personalise and download graphic designs as PDF, JPEG, GIF and PNG files. Anything from website banners to real estate signs.
Design products like business cards, posters, etc. Supplied by printing companies from all over the globe.
Find printers to meet your requirements and request quotes for your designs. Use your own files or designs from this website.
Find publications and ad agencies to reach your markets. Send them your files or use design from this website.
More at:http://zetaprints.com/
This website is an online design personalisation service based on Zetaprints web-to-print technology. You can submit your own designs or use any of the designs submitted by others.
How It Works:
Personalise and download graphic designs as PDF, JPEG, GIF and PNG files. Anything from website banners to real estate signs.
Design products like business cards, posters, etc. Supplied by printing companies from all over the globe.
Find printers to meet your requirements and request quotes for your designs. Use your own files or designs from this website.
Find publications and ad agencies to reach your markets. Send them your files or use design from this website.
More at:http://zetaprints.com/
Sunday, February 3, 2008
eHow is the world's most popular place to find clear instructions on how to do just about anything
What Company Is Offering:
eHow is the world's most popular place to find clear instructions on how to do just about anything. And with more than 6 million people visiting eHow each month to find and share step-by-step instructions on how to do things, eHow is also the largest How To community on the web.
How It Works:
With eHow, it's easy to publish How To articles. Just sign in to your eHow account, and click on the "Write an Article" link. From there eHow's publishing wizard will guide you through the publishing steps.
Adding video to your article is actually pretty easy, and with video, your article is sure to get noticed by more people. If you're writing a new article and you're interested in adding video, find detailed video upload instructions in the 1st step of the publishing wizard. You can also add video to an article you previously published by signing into your eHow account and then editing your article in the Manage My Articles section of your profile.
You can link to the eHow site in any manner you like. Read Link to Us for more information. If you want to actually republish eHow content, you will need to contact them and ask for permission.
More at:http://www.ehow.com/
eHow is the world's most popular place to find clear instructions on how to do just about anything. And with more than 6 million people visiting eHow each month to find and share step-by-step instructions on how to do things, eHow is also the largest How To community on the web.
How It Works:
With eHow, it's easy to publish How To articles. Just sign in to your eHow account, and click on the "Write an Article" link. From there eHow's publishing wizard will guide you through the publishing steps.
Adding video to your article is actually pretty easy, and with video, your article is sure to get noticed by more people. If you're writing a new article and you're interested in adding video, find detailed video upload instructions in the 1st step of the publishing wizard. You can also add video to an article you previously published by signing into your eHow account and then editing your article in the Manage My Articles section of your profile.
You can link to the eHow site in any manner you like. Read Link to Us for more information. If you want to actually republish eHow content, you will need to contact them and ask for permission.
More at:http://www.ehow.com/
Next Century Technologies acquired the JNetDirect
What Company is Offering:
JNetDirect is a manufacturer and distributor of software products for data connectivity, integration, management and security. JNetDirect’s award winning JSQLConnect, is one of the industry’s top selling JDBC drivers for high performance access to Microsoft’s SQL Server products. JNetDirect also retains distribution rights for several new leading edge software applications including Elixir Technology’s Repertoire, a business intelligence / reporting / dashboard tool; SQL Farms Combine, a development and deployment product for large database farms; and Thycotic’s Secret Server, a password management software package.
Recent Updates:
Next Century Technologies, Inc. (NCT), a holding company based in Herndon, Virginia, announced the execution and closing of an asset purchase transaction with Stelligent Incorporated whereby NCT acquired the JNetDirect business from Stelligent.
Next Century Technologies, Inc. (NCT) is a holding company with an international focus on medical technology, software, biotechnology and related distribution services and outsourcing services to those markets.
More at:www.jnetdirect.com
http://www.nxtcent.com/
Via-Newswire
JNetDirect is a manufacturer and distributor of software products for data connectivity, integration, management and security. JNetDirect’s award winning JSQLConnect, is one of the industry’s top selling JDBC drivers for high performance access to Microsoft’s SQL Server products. JNetDirect also retains distribution rights for several new leading edge software applications including Elixir Technology’s Repertoire, a business intelligence / reporting / dashboard tool; SQL Farms Combine, a development and deployment product for large database farms; and Thycotic’s Secret Server, a password management software package.
Recent Updates:
Next Century Technologies, Inc. (NCT), a holding company based in Herndon, Virginia, announced the execution and closing of an asset purchase transaction with Stelligent Incorporated whereby NCT acquired the JNetDirect business from Stelligent.
Next Century Technologies, Inc. (NCT) is a holding company with an international focus on medical technology, software, biotechnology and related distribution services and outsourcing services to those markets.
More at:www.jnetdirect.com
http://www.nxtcent.com/
Via-Newswire
GoogleSuggest---Try different keywords to improve your search results
There have been a lot of recent improvements to web search, but the appearance of results themselves has been pretty constant -- 10 or so web pages in a vertical list. Frequently this is exactly the right format, but for some searches you need more options and more control. That's why we've created our experimental search page to let you try out some of our newest ideas.
You may have noticed our "alternative views" experiment showcased last May. This lets you visualize your search results in new ways, and we'd like to highlight some of the features we've recently added.
Map view
Suppose you're scouring the web trying to find out about math conferences happening in your state. Or you'd like to sit back and enjoy some jazz around town. This information is on the web and accessible through regular web search, but probably spread out over many sites and pages. Unless one of these pages has a map, it might be hard to visualize all the locations at once. Map view solves this problem by plotting some of the key locations contained in your web results onto a map.
After scrolling or zooming the map, try clicking on the "Update Results" button near the top left corner of the map to show more results just in the area you're looking at.
Timeline view
Timeline view does the same thing as map view, but for dates found on the web. This includes dates of upcoming or historic events, or even biographical information -- all generated automatically from your search results.
The graph across the top of the page summarizes how dates in your results are spread through time, with higher bars representing a larger number of unique dates. Click anywhere on the graph to zoom in to that particular period of time, and use the text box to the right to specify any range of years, months, or days. Much as in map view, the results below the graph emphasize the dates contained on each page.
Info view
Info view is a bit different. It doesn't dramatically change the visualization of results; web pages are still displayed vertically as usual. Now you'll notice a new control panel on the right side of the page.
More at:http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/introducing-new-search-views.html
You may have noticed our "alternative views" experiment showcased last May. This lets you visualize your search results in new ways, and we'd like to highlight some of the features we've recently added.
Map view
Suppose you're scouring the web trying to find out about math conferences happening in your state. Or you'd like to sit back and enjoy some jazz around town. This information is on the web and accessible through regular web search, but probably spread out over many sites and pages. Unless one of these pages has a map, it might be hard to visualize all the locations at once. Map view solves this problem by plotting some of the key locations contained in your web results onto a map.
After scrolling or zooming the map, try clicking on the "Update Results" button near the top left corner of the map to show more results just in the area you're looking at.
Timeline view
Timeline view does the same thing as map view, but for dates found on the web. This includes dates of upcoming or historic events, or even biographical information -- all generated automatically from your search results.
The graph across the top of the page summarizes how dates in your results are spread through time, with higher bars representing a larger number of unique dates. Click anywhere on the graph to zoom in to that particular period of time, and use the text box to the right to specify any range of years, months, or days. Much as in map view, the results below the graph emphasize the dates contained on each page.
Info view
Info view is a bit different. It doesn't dramatically change the visualization of results; web pages are still displayed vertically as usual. Now you'll notice a new control panel on the right side of the page.
More at:http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/introducing-new-search-views.html
Fastclips--Video For Your Phone
What Company Is Offering:
Fastclips allows anyone in the world to upload video content and share it with millions of people via computer, email, social networking sites, and mobile devices.
People can send text messages of videos to their friends phone for them to enjoy. With user-generated content, you can find videos in many different categories.
More at:http://www.fastclips.com/
Fastclips allows anyone in the world to upload video content and share it with millions of people via computer, email, social networking sites, and mobile devices.
People can send text messages of videos to their friends phone for them to enjoy. With user-generated content, you can find videos in many different categories.
More at:http://www.fastclips.com/
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