What Company Is Offering:
PropertyMixer is a unique real estate networking community. The mission of this community is to bring real estate agents, consultants, builders, researchers, investors and all those who are interested in real estate on one common platform.
How It Works:
PropertyMixer is the only real estate networking portal that will open doors to new business opportunities, will help you maintain your business relationships and renew your professional ties. With a strong focus on community and networking, PropertyMixer provides opportunities for the exchange of any information related with the real estate industry also encouraging people offering auxiliary services like architecture, interior designing, legal help etc to benefit from the community.
PropertyMixer is a platform that provides impetus to professional opportunities, help you grow and maintain your business contacts and get benefited mutually.
Unique Features:
Features:
# Register for FREE and start networking.
# Share ideas, contacts and most importantly business referrals related with real estate.
# Create your own real estate related Mixer (a network of people) and invite others to join.
# Find like-minded business people.
# See who’s there in your address book and invite friends to join.
# Let others find you just by visiting your PropertyMixer profile page.
# Lets you form a Real Estate Social Networking Group along with Business Networking.
More at: http://www.propertymixer.com/
Friday, December 14, 2007
Cellware For Free Mobile Contents Like Ringtones,Wallpaper,Videos
What Company Is Offering:
Cellware was created to offer the users what the mobile content market was lacking - a community environment with a large, diverse selection of FREE mobile content providing the ability to create, edit and then offer your content for profit. Cellware was started in 2007 by a group of creative, experienced internet professionals with the goal to take the community environment and mobile content industry to the next level.
How It Works:
Cellware enables you to create and edit content for your mobile in just a few steps. It is as simple as uploading a file.
You can now turn any piece of music or sound file in your computer into your very own ringtone. You could also create a wallpaper for your phone from an image, photo or animated gif. Why stop there, you can create a video clip with our editor and share it with the world. When you create content with Cellware you can keep it private and share with only your friends and family or posted publicly for everyone in the Cellware community to preview, download and enjoy your masterpiece. Best of all you can do all this for FREE!!
About Founder:
John Ferber, along with his brother Scott, was the Co-Founder of Advertising.com, which was acquired by AOL in 2004. John and Scott were named in 2000 as Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young LLP. After taking a one-year hiatus John is back with his inventors cap on developing new Internet-based projects with a focus on fun and compelling entertainment.
More at:http://www.cellware.com/
Cellware was created to offer the users what the mobile content market was lacking - a community environment with a large, diverse selection of FREE mobile content providing the ability to create, edit and then offer your content for profit. Cellware was started in 2007 by a group of creative, experienced internet professionals with the goal to take the community environment and mobile content industry to the next level.
How It Works:
Cellware enables you to create and edit content for your mobile in just a few steps. It is as simple as uploading a file.
You can now turn any piece of music or sound file in your computer into your very own ringtone. You could also create a wallpaper for your phone from an image, photo or animated gif. Why stop there, you can create a video clip with our editor and share it with the world. When you create content with Cellware you can keep it private and share with only your friends and family or posted publicly for everyone in the Cellware community to preview, download and enjoy your masterpiece. Best of all you can do all this for FREE!!
About Founder:
John Ferber, along with his brother Scott, was the Co-Founder of Advertising.com, which was acquired by AOL in 2004. John and Scott were named in 2000 as Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young LLP. After taking a one-year hiatus John is back with his inventors cap on developing new Internet-based projects with a focus on fun and compelling entertainment.
More at:http://www.cellware.com/
Yogsudha.com Is to create effective tools for bringing global buyers and sellers to a single trading floor
What Company Is Offering:
Yogsudha.com is a global Business-to-Business import/export service provider. They can help you sell your product or service worldwide and at the same time help you locate suppliers and manufacturers from around the world.
Yogsudha.com is the leader in providing import/export trade sourcing to businesses around the globe. Our high traffic Web site is a crossroad of global importers and exporters..
How It Works:
Their aim is to assist importers and exporters in representing their products and services in the international market place. They believe each business has unique needs and deserves the best. Their technology, marketing skills and highly trained staff are a valuable aspect that we rely upon in meeting your unique needs. Whether you are interested in selling your flagship product or excess stock, or are seeking a manufacturer located on another part of the world Yogsudha.com is the most comprehensive source for your business. The power of e-Business and their knowledge of Information Technology and International Business create effective tools for bringing global buyers and sellers to a single trading floor. We will assist you in communicating and conducting your business with your potential global partners over the Internet. They use the latest technology and Information Systems to make your trade experience a success.
More at:http://www.yogsudha.com/
Yogsudha.com is a global Business-to-Business import/export service provider. They can help you sell your product or service worldwide and at the same time help you locate suppliers and manufacturers from around the world.
Yogsudha.com is the leader in providing import/export trade sourcing to businesses around the globe. Our high traffic Web site is a crossroad of global importers and exporters..
How It Works:
Their aim is to assist importers and exporters in representing their products and services in the international market place. They believe each business has unique needs and deserves the best. Their technology, marketing skills and highly trained staff are a valuable aspect that we rely upon in meeting your unique needs. Whether you are interested in selling your flagship product or excess stock, or are seeking a manufacturer located on another part of the world Yogsudha.com is the most comprehensive source for your business. The power of e-Business and their knowledge of Information Technology and International Business create effective tools for bringing global buyers and sellers to a single trading floor. We will assist you in communicating and conducting your business with your potential global partners over the Internet. They use the latest technology and Information Systems to make your trade experience a success.
More at:http://www.yogsudha.com/
Online Organizer For Entrepreneurs
What Company Is Offering:
The Your Online Organizer Suite (YOO) was designed with the entrepreneur in mind. YOO is an affordable web based tool for new and established entrepreneurs who are seeking a more simplified way to market and operate their businesses. YOO provides tools such as an interactive website with a backend office for tracking clients and events. Task lists, blogging, and email marketing are just a sample of what the product has to offer.
How It Works:
With the Your Online Organizer Suite (YOO) there is no software to install and no program to upgrade. Your Online Organizer is available via the web where their team of developers are constantly at work streamlining the process and making it better.
Unique Features:
The Your Online Organizer eMarketing Suite is a complete end-to-end email marketing solution designed to keep you in touch with your clients. The eMarketing Suite features unlimited mailing lists and email campaigns, autoresponders, and campaign statistics. With our eMarketing Suite, you can always stay in constant contact with your subscribers.
For each email campaign, you can enable or disable link click tracking and email open tracking. You can also embed images as attachments along with each email so recipients aren't prompted to display images by their email client.
More at:http://www.youronlineorganizer.com/
The Your Online Organizer Suite (YOO) was designed with the entrepreneur in mind. YOO is an affordable web based tool for new and established entrepreneurs who are seeking a more simplified way to market and operate their businesses. YOO provides tools such as an interactive website with a backend office for tracking clients and events. Task lists, blogging, and email marketing are just a sample of what the product has to offer.
How It Works:
With the Your Online Organizer Suite (YOO) there is no software to install and no program to upgrade. Your Online Organizer is available via the web where their team of developers are constantly at work streamlining the process and making it better.
Unique Features:
The Your Online Organizer eMarketing Suite is a complete end-to-end email marketing solution designed to keep you in touch with your clients. The eMarketing Suite features unlimited mailing lists and email campaigns, autoresponders, and campaign statistics. With our eMarketing Suite, you can always stay in constant contact with your subscribers.
For each email campaign, you can enable or disable link click tracking and email open tracking. You can also embed images as attachments along with each email so recipients aren't prompted to display images by their email client.
More at:http://www.youronlineorganizer.com/
Mobile Posse Inc., a leading mobile content and advertising solution provider raised $10 million in series B equity financing
What Company Is Offering:
Mobile Posse, Inc. is a privately-held mobile advertising solution provider based in McLean, VA. Using proprietary patents-pending software, Mobile Posse allows marketers to radically enhance reach and conversion rates in a convenient and cost-effective manner while strengthening relationships with the consumer and carriers. Mobile Posse is the first company to rollout and deliver idle screen insertion advertisements in partnership with a U.S. carrier.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mobile Posse Inc., a leading mobile content and advertising solution provider, announced today that it has raised $10 million in series B equity financing. New investor Softbank Capital led the round, which also included Court Square Ventures, Columbia Capital, and individual investors.
How They Will Use Raised Fund:
The new funding will facilitate commercial implementation with additional carriers as well as expand the depth and breadth of Mobile Posse's advertising sales division.
About VCs:
Court Square Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early- stage communications, information technology, and media companies, with a particular interest in points of convergence between these industries. The firm's deep understanding of its three target sectors stems from the partners' 60 years of operating and investing experience in these areas. Court Square uses this base of experience to support young companies executing the critical transitions from pre-revenue to first sales and accelerating growth.
detail at:www.courtsquareventures.com.
www.colcap.com.
www.softbank.com.
More at:www.mobileposse.com.
Mobile Posse, Inc. is a privately-held mobile advertising solution provider based in McLean, VA. Using proprietary patents-pending software, Mobile Posse allows marketers to radically enhance reach and conversion rates in a convenient and cost-effective manner while strengthening relationships with the consumer and carriers. Mobile Posse is the first company to rollout and deliver idle screen insertion advertisements in partnership with a U.S. carrier.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mobile Posse Inc., a leading mobile content and advertising solution provider, announced today that it has raised $10 million in series B equity financing. New investor Softbank Capital led the round, which also included Court Square Ventures, Columbia Capital, and individual investors.
How They Will Use Raised Fund:
The new funding will facilitate commercial implementation with additional carriers as well as expand the depth and breadth of Mobile Posse's advertising sales division.
About VCs:
Court Square Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early- stage communications, information technology, and media companies, with a particular interest in points of convergence between these industries. The firm's deep understanding of its three target sectors stems from the partners' 60 years of operating and investing experience in these areas. Court Square uses this base of experience to support young companies executing the critical transitions from pre-revenue to first sales and accelerating growth.
detail at:www.courtsquareventures.com.
www.colcap.com.
www.softbank.com.
More at:www.mobileposse.com.
Hi-G-Tek got $5.5M in funding from an investment team led by L Capital Partners
What Company Is Offering:
Hi-G-Tek, The Highly Intelligent RFID Solutions Provider, goes above and beyond traditional asset monitoring platforms with its Pro-Active line of RFID solutions. The company provides real-time information using patented remote sensing wireless technology to monitor high-value cargo while in-transit or at fixed locations. Hi-G-Tek's Pro-Active Visibility and Security solutions deliver precise and immediate information on logistics, business operations, and cargo condition. Hi-G-Tek's unique capabilities ensure visibility, security and value for valuable assets.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Hi-G-Tek, a leading provider of a new highly intelligent generation of Pro-Active RFID solutions for high value cargo and sensitive materials, has just received $5.5M in funding from an investment team led by L Capital Partners and Battelle Ventures. The cash infusion enables the company to accelerate market penetration and growth in the international cargo security and petroleum logistics markets.
L Capital Partners and Battelle Ventures are major investors in Hi-G-Tek and are the majority investors in the current investment. John Levy and Oded Weiss from L Capital Partners and Ralph Taylor-Smith from Battelle Ventures serve on Hi-G-Tek's Board of Directors. Additional information about L Capital Partners can be found at http://www.lcapitalpartners.com. Additional information about Battelle Ventures can be found at http://www.battelleventures.com.
More at:http://www.higtek.com.
Hi-G-Tek, The Highly Intelligent RFID Solutions Provider, goes above and beyond traditional asset monitoring platforms with its Pro-Active line of RFID solutions. The company provides real-time information using patented remote sensing wireless technology to monitor high-value cargo while in-transit or at fixed locations. Hi-G-Tek's Pro-Active Visibility and Security solutions deliver precise and immediate information on logistics, business operations, and cargo condition. Hi-G-Tek's unique capabilities ensure visibility, security and value for valuable assets.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Hi-G-Tek, a leading provider of a new highly intelligent generation of Pro-Active RFID solutions for high value cargo and sensitive materials, has just received $5.5M in funding from an investment team led by L Capital Partners and Battelle Ventures. The cash infusion enables the company to accelerate market penetration and growth in the international cargo security and petroleum logistics markets.
L Capital Partners and Battelle Ventures are major investors in Hi-G-Tek and are the majority investors in the current investment. John Levy and Oded Weiss from L Capital Partners and Ralph Taylor-Smith from Battelle Ventures serve on Hi-G-Tek's Board of Directors. Additional information about L Capital Partners can be found at http://www.lcapitalpartners.com. Additional information about Battelle Ventures can be found at http://www.battelleventures.com.
More at:http://www.higtek.com.
Jobvite provides an on-demand recruitment application got $7.2 million Series A financing
What Company Is Offering:
Jobvite creates recruitment solutions that fundamentally change the way companies hire. They think collaboration, not automation, builds great companies. Their on-demand recruitment application is radically easy to use, so everyone can use it. That brings control, visibility and speed to hiring for companies who need the best people to succeed.
How It Works:
Jobvite provides an on-demand recruitment application that manages the entire recruiting and hiring process. Built on Web 2.0 technologies, Jobvite is radically easy to use for everyone involved in recruiting. Social networking, collaboration and Outlook integration engage all employees productively in their hiring tasks. The Software as a Service application solves the problem of coordinating hiring activities and data across departments, so companies can identify and hire the best people.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Jobvite, the provider of next generation on-demand recruitment solutions, announced the completion of a $7.2 million Series A financing led by CMEA Ventures. The company will use the investment to expand product development, marketing and sales efforts. Jim Watson, Managing Director, and Saad Khan, Partner, of CMEA join the company's Board of Directors.
About VCs:
CMEA Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on high technology, life sciences, and energy & materials investments. CMEA believes that the most successful venture backed businesses have extraordinary people and experienced teams intent on winning and building great companies. CMEA invests in both early and late stage ventures, and currently manages six funds representing investments in excess of $1 billion. CMEA has been an early stage investor in many leading Silicon Valley high technology companies including Entropic Communications (ENTR), Flextronics (FLEX), Magma (LAVA), Maxygen (MAXY), Monogram Biosciences (MGRM), Silicon Spice (BRCM), Symyx (SMMX), and Syrrx (purchased by Takeda). CMEA Ventures was founded in 1989 and maintains offices in San Francisco and Menlo Park.detail..at..www.cmeaventures.com
More at:www.jobvite.com
Jobvite creates recruitment solutions that fundamentally change the way companies hire. They think collaboration, not automation, builds great companies. Their on-demand recruitment application is radically easy to use, so everyone can use it. That brings control, visibility and speed to hiring for companies who need the best people to succeed.
How It Works:
Jobvite provides an on-demand recruitment application that manages the entire recruiting and hiring process. Built on Web 2.0 technologies, Jobvite is radically easy to use for everyone involved in recruiting. Social networking, collaboration and Outlook integration engage all employees productively in their hiring tasks. The Software as a Service application solves the problem of coordinating hiring activities and data across departments, so companies can identify and hire the best people.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Jobvite, the provider of next generation on-demand recruitment solutions, announced the completion of a $7.2 million Series A financing led by CMEA Ventures. The company will use the investment to expand product development, marketing and sales efforts. Jim Watson, Managing Director, and Saad Khan, Partner, of CMEA join the company's Board of Directors.
About VCs:
CMEA Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on high technology, life sciences, and energy & materials investments. CMEA believes that the most successful venture backed businesses have extraordinary people and experienced teams intent on winning and building great companies. CMEA invests in both early and late stage ventures, and currently manages six funds representing investments in excess of $1 billion. CMEA has been an early stage investor in many leading Silicon Valley high technology companies including Entropic Communications (ENTR), Flextronics (FLEX), Magma (LAVA), Maxygen (MAXY), Monogram Biosciences (MGRM), Silicon Spice (BRCM), Symyx (SMMX), and Syrrx (purchased by Takeda). CMEA Ventures was founded in 1989 and maintains offices in San Francisco and Menlo Park.detail..at..www.cmeaventures.com
More at:www.jobvite.com
Beam It Up Scotty is a service that allows anybody to quickly send their favorite image, audio or video file to their cellphone
What Company Is Offering:
Beam It Up Scotty is a service that allows anybody to quickly send their favorite image, audio or video file to their cellphone. It will be automatically converted into a cellphone compatible file format.
After the file has been uploaded to their system, you can choose to compress it to reduce download time and transfer costs.
After conversion, they will send an SMS/text message with a download link to your cellphone. Using this link you can download the file to your phone.
How It Works:
Beam It Up Scotty accepts most file types.
However the full compression capabilities only work with common multimedia files like .jpg, .gif, .mpg, .avi, .flv and many more.
Files types they do not recognize, can be compressed using the zip format.Beam It Up Scotty is completely free of charge :-)
Please be aware, that - depending on your contract -your provider may charge you for the file transfer.
For details please contact your cellphone provider.
More at:http://beam-it-up-scotty.com/
Beam It Up Scotty is a service that allows anybody to quickly send their favorite image, audio or video file to their cellphone. It will be automatically converted into a cellphone compatible file format.
After the file has been uploaded to their system, you can choose to compress it to reduce download time and transfer costs.
After conversion, they will send an SMS/text message with a download link to your cellphone. Using this link you can download the file to your phone.
How It Works:
Beam It Up Scotty accepts most file types.
However the full compression capabilities only work with common multimedia files like .jpg, .gif, .mpg, .avi, .flv and many more.
Files types they do not recognize, can be compressed using the zip format.Beam It Up Scotty is completely free of charge :-)
Please be aware, that - depending on your contract -your provider may charge you for the file transfer.
For details please contact your cellphone provider.
More at:http://beam-it-up-scotty.com/
Generations Network operates eight ancestry Web sites got $17.5 Million in Debt and $500,000 Equity Capital from Hercules
What Company Is Offering:
The Generations Network of products and services provides the tools that enable people to discover who they are and where they come from.
The Generations Network operates eight ancestry Web sites, including www.ancestry.com and the family social networking site, www.myfamily.com.
The Generations Network has established a leading position in the genealogy Web site market, providing people with the content, community and technology to empower them to find the individuals most important to them,” said Tim Sullivan, president and chief executive officer of The Generations Network, Inc. “We will use the debt and equity capital from this transaction to support the next phase of the company’s growth.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, the premier specialty finance company providing venture debt and equity to venture capital and private equity backed technology and life science companies at all stages of development, today announced that it provided a combination of $17.5 million in debt financing and $500,000 of equity capital as part of a larger leveraged recapitalization on December 5, 2007, to The Generations Network, Inc. – an online network of family history Web sites.
More at:http://www.tgn.com/
The Generations Network of products and services provides the tools that enable people to discover who they are and where they come from.
The Generations Network operates eight ancestry Web sites, including www.ancestry.com and the family social networking site, www.myfamily.com.
The Generations Network has established a leading position in the genealogy Web site market, providing people with the content, community and technology to empower them to find the individuals most important to them,” said Tim Sullivan, president and chief executive officer of The Generations Network, Inc. “We will use the debt and equity capital from this transaction to support the next phase of the company’s growth.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, the premier specialty finance company providing venture debt and equity to venture capital and private equity backed technology and life science companies at all stages of development, today announced that it provided a combination of $17.5 million in debt financing and $500,000 of equity capital as part of a larger leveraged recapitalization on December 5, 2007, to The Generations Network, Inc. – an online network of family history Web sites.
More at:http://www.tgn.com/
u-Nav has been acquired by Santa Clara-based Atheros Communications In $54M
What Company Is Offering:
u-Nav is a company which develops GPS chipsets and software for the mobile location-based services market. u-Nav's technology delivers ultra-low power at low cost and state of the art performance.
How It Works:
Their technology enables operation indoors and in urban canyons. With the smallest footprint available, the easy-to-integrate GPS chipset is targeted for battery powered mobile applications.
Security, emergency response, telemetry, and personal navigation for consumer and enterprise markets are rapidly driving the demand for location-based services. Our multi-mode products and technology support both conventional and network assisted GPS (A-GPS). We effectively enable our customers to quickly develop products for embedded applications in wireless handset, personal navigation and high volume mobile telemetry markets.
Recent updates:
u-Nav has been acquired by Santa Clara-based Atheros Communications. Atheros said late Thursday that it will pay $54M for u-Nav, made up of $15.4M in cash plus 1.28 million shares of Atheros common stock. The deal also includes an undisclosed milestone payout to shareholders. According to Atheros, the deal is expected to close this year. U-Nav is venture backed by iSherpa Capital, Nordic Venture Partners, and Shelter Capital Partners, among others.
http://www.unav-micro.com/
u-Nav is a company which develops GPS chipsets and software for the mobile location-based services market. u-Nav's technology delivers ultra-low power at low cost and state of the art performance.
How It Works:
Their technology enables operation indoors and in urban canyons. With the smallest footprint available, the easy-to-integrate GPS chipset is targeted for battery powered mobile applications.
Security, emergency response, telemetry, and personal navigation for consumer and enterprise markets are rapidly driving the demand for location-based services. Our multi-mode products and technology support both conventional and network assisted GPS (A-GPS). We effectively enable our customers to quickly develop products for embedded applications in wireless handset, personal navigation and high volume mobile telemetry markets.
Recent updates:
u-Nav has been acquired by Santa Clara-based Atheros Communications. Atheros said late Thursday that it will pay $54M for u-Nav, made up of $15.4M in cash plus 1.28 million shares of Atheros common stock. The deal also includes an undisclosed milestone payout to shareholders. According to Atheros, the deal is expected to close this year. U-Nav is venture backed by iSherpa Capital, Nordic Venture Partners, and Shelter Capital Partners, among others.
http://www.unav-micro.com/
Youtube On Your Mobile With Mobile Virtual Network Operator Helio
About Company:
They're the most advanced mobile service in the U.S., helping you stay connected like never before through exclusive, high-end, beautiful devices, innovative market-first services and smart pricing all running on the nation's largest high-speed 3G network.
How It Works:
The service is available for Helio Ocean users at no additional charge. Helio says that besides running over a nationwide high-speed 3G network, the custom application is complete with integrated video capture and upload for near real-time sharing of experiences, GPS tagging of videos, personalization, and access to community features like rating and commenting.
Helio members can browse and upload previously saved videos or record videos in the application and upload them directly to YouTube, sharing experiences in near real-time with friends, family and the YouTube community. Uploaded videos can be given a title, description, tags, category and be set to public or private. Only Helio allows members to also geo-tag video uploads from their mobile device. Using Ocean's built-in GPS capabilities, members can send GPS coordinates with their video to track where they were when everything went down.
Recent Updates:
Westwood-based mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, Helio has announced that it has partnered with YouTube to bring what it calls the most comprehensive YouTube experience currently offered on mobile to its subscribers.
More at:http://www.helio.com/
They're the most advanced mobile service in the U.S., helping you stay connected like never before through exclusive, high-end, beautiful devices, innovative market-first services and smart pricing all running on the nation's largest high-speed 3G network.
How It Works:
The service is available for Helio Ocean users at no additional charge. Helio says that besides running over a nationwide high-speed 3G network, the custom application is complete with integrated video capture and upload for near real-time sharing of experiences, GPS tagging of videos, personalization, and access to community features like rating and commenting.
Helio members can browse and upload previously saved videos or record videos in the application and upload them directly to YouTube, sharing experiences in near real-time with friends, family and the YouTube community. Uploaded videos can be given a title, description, tags, category and be set to public or private. Only Helio allows members to also geo-tag video uploads from their mobile device. Using Ocean's built-in GPS capabilities, members can send GPS coordinates with their video to track where they were when everything went down.
Recent Updates:
Westwood-based mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, Helio has announced that it has partnered with YouTube to bring what it calls the most comprehensive YouTube experience currently offered on mobile to its subscribers.
More at:http://www.helio.com/
Modiv Media enables consumers to make purchases via mobile phone at participating merchants, has raised $8 million
What Company Is Offering:
Modiv Media orchestrates relevant retail messages and improved shopping experiences at exactly the right moment in exactly the right place. Modiv Media's multi-touch platform delivers consumer-convenient media through in-store self-service solutions and on-the-go shoppers' mobile phones.
How It Works:
With Modiv Shopper,
Brand marketers bring real-time, measurable, coordinated and relevant media targeting to an in-store experience. Offers and content can be contextualized based on a number of factors, including shopping history, redemption history, in-store location tracking and just-purchased items in aisles.
Consumers receive a superior shopping experience, allowing them to save time and money with intuitive self-service scan and bag, running total and fast check-out functionality - all combined with personally relevant savings and offers without manual coupon clipping.
Retailers increase sales, customer loyalty and operational efficiencies through self-service convenience and relevant marketing solutions.
Its for brand marketers and retailers looking to influence consumers' shopping habits and buying decisions.
With Modiv Media's multi-touch platform, consumers benefit by saving time and money with self-service options and instant product information, specials and rewards, while retailers can boost operational efficiencies, loyalty and sales.
How Is It Different:
Unlike other retail media companies, Modiv Media™ removes the complexity out of providing the right offers and ads, delivery timing and self-service solutions when consumers are at their "moment of decision" with what, where and when to buy. Retail leaders such as Stop & Shop, Giant Eagle, Ukrop's and Subway rely on Modiv Media™ for measurable ROI gains.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Modiv Media Inc., a Quincy, Mass.-based provider of software that enables consumers to make purchases via mobile phone at participating merchants, has raised $8 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include Ignition Partners, Oak Investment Partners and SeaPoint Ventures
More at:http://www.modivmedia.com/
Modiv Media orchestrates relevant retail messages and improved shopping experiences at exactly the right moment in exactly the right place. Modiv Media's multi-touch platform delivers consumer-convenient media through in-store self-service solutions and on-the-go shoppers' mobile phones.
How It Works:
With Modiv Shopper,
Brand marketers bring real-time, measurable, coordinated and relevant media targeting to an in-store experience. Offers and content can be contextualized based on a number of factors, including shopping history, redemption history, in-store location tracking and just-purchased items in aisles.
Consumers receive a superior shopping experience, allowing them to save time and money with intuitive self-service scan and bag, running total and fast check-out functionality - all combined with personally relevant savings and offers without manual coupon clipping.
Retailers increase sales, customer loyalty and operational efficiencies through self-service convenience and relevant marketing solutions.
Its for brand marketers and retailers looking to influence consumers' shopping habits and buying decisions.
With Modiv Media's multi-touch platform, consumers benefit by saving time and money with self-service options and instant product information, specials and rewards, while retailers can boost operational efficiencies, loyalty and sales.
How Is It Different:
Unlike other retail media companies, Modiv Media™ removes the complexity out of providing the right offers and ads, delivery timing and self-service solutions when consumers are at their "moment of decision" with what, where and when to buy. Retail leaders such as Stop & Shop, Giant Eagle, Ukrop's and Subway rely on Modiv Media™ for measurable ROI gains.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Modiv Media Inc., a Quincy, Mass.-based provider of software that enables consumers to make purchases via mobile phone at participating merchants, has raised $8 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include Ignition Partners, Oak Investment Partners and SeaPoint Ventures
More at:http://www.modivmedia.com/
Spot Merchant provides small to medium businesses a way to easily and quickly design, manage, and create professional online stores
What Company Is Offering:
Spot Merchant provides small to medium businesses a way to easily and quickly design, manage, and create professional online stores without the need to know any programming or to install any software. They strive to make their services the best in the industry by focusing on ease of use and high performance.
How It works:
Quickly create great looking stores from many premium templates, No HTML, programming, or graphic design skills required .All templates can be easily customized (fonts, sizes, background colors, and more) using point and click options.
Features:
Product reviews, review approvals, and tags ,Email to products to friends ,Automatic resizing of product images ,Allows multiple inventory for each product,
Classify products in catagories and multiple additional fields.
Customer accounts for order tracking ,Persistent cart for logged in customers,
Registered customers may saved their items, Advanced search and search result navigation, Search engine friendly URLs, i.e. http://www.store.com/p/10/product-name and XML sitemap submissions, Use custom or automatically generated keywords, descriptions, URLs, and titles.
More at:http://www.spotmerchant.com/
Spot Merchant provides small to medium businesses a way to easily and quickly design, manage, and create professional online stores without the need to know any programming or to install any software. They strive to make their services the best in the industry by focusing on ease of use and high performance.
How It works:
Quickly create great looking stores from many premium templates, No HTML, programming, or graphic design skills required .All templates can be easily customized (fonts, sizes, background colors, and more) using point and click options.
Features:
Product reviews, review approvals, and tags ,Email to products to friends ,Automatic resizing of product images ,Allows multiple inventory for each product,
Classify products in catagories and multiple additional fields.
Customer accounts for order tracking ,Persistent cart for logged in customers,
Registered customers may saved their items, Advanced search and search result navigation, Search engine friendly URLs, i.e. http://www.store.com/p/10/product-name and XML sitemap submissions, Use custom or automatically generated keywords, descriptions, URLs, and titles.
More at:http://www.spotmerchant.com/
Lovest.at is about social discovery, helping find people just like you
What Company Is Offering:
Lovest.at is about social discovery, helping find people just like you. You can use the default 'similar people' list or create your own lists, setting parameters and relative importance of the points that matter most to you. Lovest.at draws on all your existing social site profiles so there is no need to enter much additional information.
How It Works:
Lovest.at combines many of these media discovery sites - like del.icio.us and Last.fm - and turns their data into a people discovery service, for want of a better phrase. With the current site we have put the bare bones of such a service in place. During the course of 2008, Lovest.at will become much more sophisticated and will allow you, as the user, to find people you have huge amounts in common with.
Lovest.at is a privately held organisation based in London, England. We created Lovest.at as the internet has many great services which allow you to find new music and new videos; new websites and new photos. What it hasn't been great for is finding a way to add all this together and offer a way to meet new people.
More at:http://www.lovest.at/
Lovest.at is about social discovery, helping find people just like you. You can use the default 'similar people' list or create your own lists, setting parameters and relative importance of the points that matter most to you. Lovest.at draws on all your existing social site profiles so there is no need to enter much additional information.
How It Works:
Lovest.at combines many of these media discovery sites - like del.icio.us and Last.fm - and turns their data into a people discovery service, for want of a better phrase. With the current site we have put the bare bones of such a service in place. During the course of 2008, Lovest.at will become much more sophisticated and will allow you, as the user, to find people you have huge amounts in common with.
Lovest.at is a privately held organisation based in London, England. We created Lovest.at as the internet has many great services which allow you to find new music and new videos; new websites and new photos. What it hasn't been great for is finding a way to add all this together and offer a way to meet new people.
More at:http://www.lovest.at/
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Handheld Talking Translator Device
Korean developer Mouscan is working on a handheld device, dubbed Voiscan, that it expects to be commercially available worldwide by the end of 2008. Mouscan will pay royalties to HP for each device sold.
“This pioneering handheld scanning technology developed by HP allows us to bring to market a unique device that facilitates communication from text to audio anywhere, anytime and in any language”, said Yang Yu, chief executive officer of Mouscan, which he founded in 2002 to develop translation devices.
Voiscan relies on a scanning technology invented by HP Labs. The handheld device is dragged across foreign language text, recognizes words, and translates them. Text-to-speech software developed by Mouscan is used to convert the translated text into spoken words instantly. As the scanning area is relatively narrow, the device can also automatically stitch together multiple scans to form a complete image of a page before translating the text.
“HP welcomes partnerships with start-ups like Mouscan to help them find capital while giving new life to technology developed in HP Labs,” said Joe Beyers, vice president, Intellectual Property Licensing, HP. “Our IP licensing program is one way HP can help make useful technologies such as Voiscan widely available.”
Mouscan will pay royalties to HP for each device sold.
More at:http://mouscan.cdisk.co.kr/
Via-vnunet
“This pioneering handheld scanning technology developed by HP allows us to bring to market a unique device that facilitates communication from text to audio anywhere, anytime and in any language”, said Yang Yu, chief executive officer of Mouscan, which he founded in 2002 to develop translation devices.
Voiscan relies on a scanning technology invented by HP Labs. The handheld device is dragged across foreign language text, recognizes words, and translates them. Text-to-speech software developed by Mouscan is used to convert the translated text into spoken words instantly. As the scanning area is relatively narrow, the device can also automatically stitch together multiple scans to form a complete image of a page before translating the text.
“HP welcomes partnerships with start-ups like Mouscan to help them find capital while giving new life to technology developed in HP Labs,” said Joe Beyers, vice president, Intellectual Property Licensing, HP. “Our IP licensing program is one way HP can help make useful technologies such as Voiscan widely available.”
Mouscan will pay royalties to HP for each device sold.
More at:http://mouscan.cdisk.co.kr/
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Microsoft has acquired UK tech firm Multimap In $50 million
What Company Is Offering:
Multimap offer business-focussed location-based services, such as proximity searching and aerial images with map overlay, all available on web, mobile, PDA, kiosk, and iTV platforms. Multimap's asset tracking service locates assets in real time and can reverse geocode, to give an address from geographic coordinates which can be browsed to or sent as a text message.
Multimap can supply its application programming interfaces (APIs) to businesses allowing customisable client-side applications and also allowing firms to embed interactive location services into their own websites. A choice of interfaces can be delivered including Javascript, and a new Static API which works over dial-up and with non-Javascript browsers. The Web Services API gives a direct programming interface for integration into enterprise sites.
Who Acquired This Company:
Microsoft has acquired UK tech firm Multimap, to better compete with Google Maps. Although no figures have been disclosed, the deal is rumoured to be around $50 million.
Multimap will become part of the Virtual Earth and Search teams in Microsoft's Online Services Group, but will operate as a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary.
More at:http://www.multimap.com/
Multimap offer business-focussed location-based services, such as proximity searching and aerial images with map overlay, all available on web, mobile, PDA, kiosk, and iTV platforms. Multimap's asset tracking service locates assets in real time and can reverse geocode, to give an address from geographic coordinates which can be browsed to or sent as a text message.
Multimap can supply its application programming interfaces (APIs) to businesses allowing customisable client-side applications and also allowing firms to embed interactive location services into their own websites. A choice of interfaces can be delivered including Javascript, and a new Static API which works over dial-up and with non-Javascript browsers. The Web Services API gives a direct programming interface for integration into enterprise sites.
Who Acquired This Company:
Microsoft has acquired UK tech firm Multimap, to better compete with Google Maps. Although no figures have been disclosed, the deal is rumoured to be around $50 million.
Multimap will become part of the Virtual Earth and Search teams in Microsoft's Online Services Group, but will operate as a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary.
More at:http://www.multimap.com/
TripIt --Travel Organizer
What Company Is Offering:
With today's myriad of travel sites, even the most experienced traveler has their hands full managing all the details of a typical trip. Booking airline tickets, hotels, rental cars and restaurants leaves you with lots of separate pieces of paper. Throw in maps, directions, things to do, and weather and the chaos multiplies.
How It Works:
There are two ways to create a TripIt account.
1.Click the "sign up" link at the top of the page to manually create an account.
2.Email a travel booking to plans@tripit.com and we'll automatically create an account for you. You'll receive an email confirmation with temporary sign in information.
TripIt turns chaos into order by making it easy for anyone to:
Organize trip details into one master online itinerary -- even if arrangements are booked at multiple travel sites. Automatically include maps, directions and weather in their master itinerary. Have the option to book restaurants, theater tickets, activities and more right from within the online itinerary. Safely access travel plans online, share them, check-in for flights, or print an itinerary.
TripIt is a free service for travelers like you to enjoy.
More at: http://www.tripit.com/
With today's myriad of travel sites, even the most experienced traveler has their hands full managing all the details of a typical trip. Booking airline tickets, hotels, rental cars and restaurants leaves you with lots of separate pieces of paper. Throw in maps, directions, things to do, and weather and the chaos multiplies.
How It Works:
There are two ways to create a TripIt account.
1.Click the "sign up" link at the top of the page to manually create an account.
2.Email a travel booking to plans@tripit.com and we'll automatically create an account for you. You'll receive an email confirmation with temporary sign in information.
TripIt turns chaos into order by making it easy for anyone to:
Organize trip details into one master online itinerary -- even if arrangements are booked at multiple travel sites. Automatically include maps, directions and weather in their master itinerary. Have the option to book restaurants, theater tickets, activities and more right from within the online itinerary. Safely access travel plans online, share them, check-in for flights, or print an itinerary.
TripIt is a free service for travelers like you to enjoy.
More at: http://www.tripit.com/
RadarFarms.com --Keyword Intelligence
What Company is Offering:
RadarFarms.com is a "turn-key" platform offering the capability to create, publish, and access information radars - controlled streams of Web news, articles, multimedia, blog items covering very specific topics of interests of RadarFarms users.
How It Works:
If you are a Webmaster or Newsmaster, you will have the opportunity to enhance your website content by creating and publishing news radars at their own sites through Radar Widgets, which will allow them to increase market position, become a trustable content source and generate more traffic and/or revenues.
Whom This Site Will Help Most:
Market Researchers, Product Managers and Competitive Intelligence professionals can benefit from monitoring and analyzing online response/buzz, Consumer-Generated Media and Word-of-Mouth information for products, services, brands and competitors. If you are a Knowledge Worker or SEO Practitioner, you will be able to build, manage and use secure web-based information channels giving you competitive and/or innovative advantage, as well as create taxonomies for any subject of your interest and/or expertise (Keyword Intelligence).
More at:http://www.radarfarms.com/
RadarFarms.com is a "turn-key" platform offering the capability to create, publish, and access information radars - controlled streams of Web news, articles, multimedia, blog items covering very specific topics of interests of RadarFarms users.
How It Works:
If you are a Webmaster or Newsmaster, you will have the opportunity to enhance your website content by creating and publishing news radars at their own sites through Radar Widgets, which will allow them to increase market position, become a trustable content source and generate more traffic and/or revenues.
Whom This Site Will Help Most:
Market Researchers, Product Managers and Competitive Intelligence professionals can benefit from monitoring and analyzing online response/buzz, Consumer-Generated Media and Word-of-Mouth information for products, services, brands and competitors. If you are a Knowledge Worker or SEO Practitioner, you will be able to build, manage and use secure web-based information channels giving you competitive and/or innovative advantage, as well as create taxonomies for any subject of your interest and/or expertise (Keyword Intelligence).
More at:http://www.radarfarms.com/
LateRooms.com --To Sell Their Late Availability Hotel Bedrooms
What Company Is Offering:
LateRooms is an established way for hotels around the world to sell their late availability bedrooms, and for customers to take advantage of excellent savings. Because no hotel wants to be left with empty rooms, they will often drop the price to fill their empty beds and the internet makes this possible by bringing all the availability together in one place - LateRooms.
How It Works:
LateRooms is the hotel industry's late availability database providing over 500,000 genuine hotel deals and discount hotels across the UK and Worldwide. With up to 70% off thousands of discount hotel rooms in properties ranging from 4 star and 5 star luxury hotels through to unique guest houses, from city apartments to rural bed and breakfasts, LateRooms is the only place you need visit to find hotels for business or pleasure.
Their hotels simply enter their own rates and update daily to reflect their availability. Book hotels online or by telephone through their hotel reservations service and secure your booking by credit card. Pay the hotel on departure. LateRooms do not charge a booking fee.
More at:http://www.laterooms.com/
LateRooms is an established way for hotels around the world to sell their late availability bedrooms, and for customers to take advantage of excellent savings. Because no hotel wants to be left with empty rooms, they will often drop the price to fill their empty beds and the internet makes this possible by bringing all the availability together in one place - LateRooms.
How It Works:
LateRooms is the hotel industry's late availability database providing over 500,000 genuine hotel deals and discount hotels across the UK and Worldwide. With up to 70% off thousands of discount hotel rooms in properties ranging from 4 star and 5 star luxury hotels through to unique guest houses, from city apartments to rural bed and breakfasts, LateRooms is the only place you need visit to find hotels for business or pleasure.
Their hotels simply enter their own rates and update daily to reflect their availability. Book hotels online or by telephone through their hotel reservations service and secure your booking by credit card. Pay the hotel on departure. LateRooms do not charge a booking fee.
More at:http://www.laterooms.com/
22books
What Company Is Offering:
22books is dedicated to the creating, sharing, and viewing of book lists. Start out by browsing some of the featured lists to the left and then open a free account and start creating lists of your own.
How It Works:
Once you are a member of this site you can create a book list to share with other members. You book list can have any theme you want. You can make a list of your favorite books, the books you read over the summer. The list can be books by a specific author of from a specific genre or topic. Make any type of book list you want and post it on the site. If you are interested in looking through the book lists you can conduct a key word search or click on the list section. Have fun discovering new reading material at 22books.com.
More at:http://www.22books.com/
22books is dedicated to the creating, sharing, and viewing of book lists. Start out by browsing some of the featured lists to the left and then open a free account and start creating lists of your own.
How It Works:
Once you are a member of this site you can create a book list to share with other members. You book list can have any theme you want. You can make a list of your favorite books, the books you read over the summer. The list can be books by a specific author of from a specific genre or topic. Make any type of book list you want and post it on the site. If you are interested in looking through the book lists you can conduct a key word search or click on the list section. Have fun discovering new reading material at 22books.com.
More at:http://www.22books.com/
ADNStream is a Spanish startup dedicated to generating technology for the diffusion of audiovisual content
What Company is Offering:
ADNStream is a Spanish startup dedicated to generating technology for the diffusion of audiovisual content through the internet for the entire world.
How It Works:
ADNStream is actually quite reminiscent of Joost except that it works right in your browser and you don’t have to install a thing. The first thing you’ll see is a nebula of amorphous colors which acts as a cool prelude to what’s in store. On the sides are two selection panels, one labeled ADN, the other TV channels. The former, once you click on it, opens up a screen in which you can select from a variety of different video clips. TV Channels, on the other hand, gives you a selection of different viewing genres: Manga films, Vanguard and Classics; it’s here that you’ll find such goodies as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Rashomon, the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Tales of Kama Sutra in the Garden. The control panel allows you to adjust to full screen or widescreen mode; additionally, you can bookmark and email videos, and read a short synopsis.
More at:http://www.adnstream.tv/
ADNStream is a Spanish startup dedicated to generating technology for the diffusion of audiovisual content through the internet for the entire world.
How It Works:
ADNStream is actually quite reminiscent of Joost except that it works right in your browser and you don’t have to install a thing. The first thing you’ll see is a nebula of amorphous colors which acts as a cool prelude to what’s in store. On the sides are two selection panels, one labeled ADN, the other TV channels. The former, once you click on it, opens up a screen in which you can select from a variety of different video clips. TV Channels, on the other hand, gives you a selection of different viewing genres: Manga films, Vanguard and Classics; it’s here that you’ll find such goodies as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Rashomon, the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Tales of Kama Sutra in the Garden. The control panel allows you to adjust to full screen or widescreen mode; additionally, you can bookmark and email videos, and read a short synopsis.
More at:http://www.adnstream.tv/
Combyo, combines hot deals & coupons from top deal sites
What Company is Offering:
Combyo, combines hot deals & coupons from top deal sites like Fatwallet, Slickdeals etc. and presents them with real-time price comparison side by side. In case you don't have the time to look for deals everyday, tell us what you are looking for and the price you are looking for. They will alert you when there is a price drop.
How It works:
Combyo.com which fetches deals from all the top deal sites and provides side by side price comparison from Shopzilla. Following are the salient features of Combyo that differentiates it from any other meta deal site.
Deals from various top deal sites like Fatwallet, Slickdeals etc. are aggregated in one place ( includes your favorite deal site too )
Real time price comparison of products and prices side by side. Eliminates the need for going out of Combyo.
Set Price Alert on all our deals and products and you will be sent an email when the price of the product drops to your desired price.
Deal Rollups - We have made some good effort to rollup same deals from different sites.
Search for lowest price on almost any product.
More at:http://www.combyo.com/
Combyo, combines hot deals & coupons from top deal sites like Fatwallet, Slickdeals etc. and presents them with real-time price comparison side by side. In case you don't have the time to look for deals everyday, tell us what you are looking for and the price you are looking for. They will alert you when there is a price drop.
How It works:
Combyo.com which fetches deals from all the top deal sites and provides side by side price comparison from Shopzilla. Following are the salient features of Combyo that differentiates it from any other meta deal site.
Deals from various top deal sites like Fatwallet, Slickdeals etc. are aggregated in one place ( includes your favorite deal site too )
Real time price comparison of products and prices side by side. Eliminates the need for going out of Combyo.
Set Price Alert on all our deals and products and you will be sent an email when the price of the product drops to your desired price.
Deal Rollups - We have made some good effort to rollup same deals from different sites.
Search for lowest price on almost any product.
More at:http://www.combyo.com/
Mobius Microsystems is an innovator in analog and mixed signal designs got $10.22 million Series B round of financing
What Company Is Offering:
Mobius Microsystems is an innovator in analog and mixed signal designs, and is the first to implement highly accurate frequency generators entirely in standard CMOS. This is a significant technical breakthrough in a class of frequency generation, which to date has been accomplished exclusively with quartz-based crystals and oscillators.
Mobius’ patented CMOSHarmonic Oscillator (CHO™) technology is implemented on a single piece of silicon and enables system designers to create smaller, thinner, and more mechanically robust products. CHO also significantly shortens the manufacturing cycle time to best respond to market demands.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They announced that it closed its Series B round of financing in the amount of $10.22 million. The investors for this round were Foundation Capital, Menlo Ventures and RPM Ventures. The three firms extended their seed and Series A round investment in the company.
How They Will Use Raised Fund:
Mobius will use the funds to expand operations to support the production release of its patented CMOS Harmonic Oscillator (CHO™). This is the world’s first highly accurate frequency reference produced entirely in standard CMOS, and targeted at high volume consumer and storage markets. The CHO device will replace quartz-based crystals and crystal oscillators that have been the existing technology for nearly 70 years.
What's Market Of That Kind Of Product:
The demand for frequency references and oscillators is expected to be a $5.7 billion market by 2011. Mobius’ CHO will enable system designers to reduce costs, offer higher frequencies, and allow for smaller, thinner, and more mechanically robust products.
More at:http://www.mobiusmicro.com/
Mobius Microsystems is an innovator in analog and mixed signal designs, and is the first to implement highly accurate frequency generators entirely in standard CMOS. This is a significant technical breakthrough in a class of frequency generation, which to date has been accomplished exclusively with quartz-based crystals and oscillators.
Mobius’ patented CMOSHarmonic Oscillator (CHO™) technology is implemented on a single piece of silicon and enables system designers to create smaller, thinner, and more mechanically robust products. CHO also significantly shortens the manufacturing cycle time to best respond to market demands.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They announced that it closed its Series B round of financing in the amount of $10.22 million. The investors for this round were Foundation Capital, Menlo Ventures and RPM Ventures. The three firms extended their seed and Series A round investment in the company.
How They Will Use Raised Fund:
Mobius will use the funds to expand operations to support the production release of its patented CMOS Harmonic Oscillator (CHO™). This is the world’s first highly accurate frequency reference produced entirely in standard CMOS, and targeted at high volume consumer and storage markets. The CHO device will replace quartz-based crystals and crystal oscillators that have been the existing technology for nearly 70 years.
What's Market Of That Kind Of Product:
The demand for frequency references and oscillators is expected to be a $5.7 billion market by 2011. Mobius’ CHO will enable system designers to reduce costs, offer higher frequencies, and allow for smaller, thinner, and more mechanically robust products.
More at:http://www.mobiusmicro.com/
SmartVideoChannel
what Company is Offering:
SmartVideoChannel is a free video portal service that provides users a comprehensive tool to manage and share video. You can use your own domain or create your own SmartVideoChannel channel. SmartVideoChannel makes it easy for you to seamlessly integrate videos into your website whether you’re just starting out, or an experienced webmaster.
How It Works:
Your users will be able to upload media and comment on media anonymously.
SmartVideoChannel Login: Your users will have to register and login before they can upload or comment on media. SmartVideoChannel will administer and maintain your user database for you.
External Login: Your users will have to register and login on your existing website before they can upload or comment on media.They support avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .mov, .dvr-ms, .mpe, .mp4, .mp2, .asx, .asf, .wmv, .3g2, .3gp, and .divx. All videos will be outputted in .wmv or .swf format.
Features:
Ability to comment on individual videos.Ability to rate videos. Ensures that the best videos receive proper exposure.Ability to change the look and appeal of your page.Ability to email and/or embed videos with provided html codes.Ability to control your content.Tracking and monitoring reports provided for you .
More at:http://www.smartvideochannel.com/
SmartVideoChannel is a free video portal service that provides users a comprehensive tool to manage and share video. You can use your own domain or create your own SmartVideoChannel channel. SmartVideoChannel makes it easy for you to seamlessly integrate videos into your website whether you’re just starting out, or an experienced webmaster.
How It Works:
Your users will be able to upload media and comment on media anonymously.
SmartVideoChannel Login: Your users will have to register and login before they can upload or comment on media. SmartVideoChannel will administer and maintain your user database for you.
External Login: Your users will have to register and login on your existing website before they can upload or comment on media.They support avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .mov, .dvr-ms, .mpe, .mp4, .mp2, .asx, .asf, .wmv, .3g2, .3gp, and .divx. All videos will be outputted in .wmv or .swf format.
Features:
Ability to comment on individual videos.Ability to rate videos. Ensures that the best videos receive proper exposure.Ability to change the look and appeal of your page.Ability to email and/or embed videos with provided html codes.Ability to control your content.Tracking and monitoring reports provided for you .
More at:http://www.smartvideochannel.com/
NanoScan--The First Instant Virus Scanner
What Company is Offering;
It's an "instant" scanner that searches for viruses, spyware and other threats. It can detect, in less than a minute, a huge number of threats that could be running on your PC right now. Actually, don't be surprised if it finds active viruses, spyware or Trojans on your PC, even if you have an updated antivirus.
How it Works:
NanoScan's great detection capacity is mainly due to the new Anti-malware Collective Intelligence, a system developed by Panda Research and hosted on a network of datacenters (initially made up of around 100 servers).
It detects over 2,718,036 viruses, spyware and other known threats.
It also finds threats that have not yet been identified thanks to its TruPrevent® intelligent technology.
It is downloaded and scans in approximately 1 minute.
It takes about 400k (compared to 20-30MB taken by other virus scanners).
How Is It Different:
Unlike traditional antiviruses, NanoScan doesn't need to download a virus signature file, as it accesses the entire Panda knowledge base online.
This results in an extremely light scanner, which performs the scan in approximately one minute and detects much more than a traditional antivirus.
More at:http://www.nanoscan.com/
It's an "instant" scanner that searches for viruses, spyware and other threats. It can detect, in less than a minute, a huge number of threats that could be running on your PC right now. Actually, don't be surprised if it finds active viruses, spyware or Trojans on your PC, even if you have an updated antivirus.
How it Works:
NanoScan's great detection capacity is mainly due to the new Anti-malware Collective Intelligence, a system developed by Panda Research and hosted on a network of datacenters (initially made up of around 100 servers).
It detects over 2,718,036 viruses, spyware and other known threats.
It also finds threats that have not yet been identified thanks to its TruPrevent® intelligent technology.
It is downloaded and scans in approximately 1 minute.
It takes about 400k (compared to 20-30MB taken by other virus scanners).
How Is It Different:
Unlike traditional antiviruses, NanoScan doesn't need to download a virus signature file, as it accesses the entire Panda knowledge base online.
This results in an extremely light scanner, which performs the scan in approximately one minute and detects much more than a traditional antivirus.
More at:http://www.nanoscan.com/
neighborrow.com --Borrow Anything From Your Neighbor
What Company Says:
Based upon each one of these values, metrics,assignments and qualifications, neighborrow allows people to use things in a way that was never possible
before. The formula will apply algorithms and manual flexibility to enable sharing in the most efficient,convenient, and safest way possible...
How It Works:
neighborrow.com identifies and tracks individually owned items and automatically pools them into one giant collection for a group of people living in a concentrated area (or a group of people connected to each other in some way). Once an item is added to the system, it is visible to every member of the group immediately. Each neighborrowhood is transformed into a perpetually growing, completely transparent, collectively owned, FREE library that is open (theoretically) 24 hours a day. Using an apartment building as an example, the building is the library and the library is the building. What could be more convenient than that? In addition to apartment buildings, neighborrow works any place on earth where there are people and things (and the Internet)! All you need to do is list and lend (or donate); then borrow, trade, use and share anything in the library.
More at:http://neighborrow.com/
Based upon each one of these values, metrics,assignments and qualifications, neighborrow allows people to use things in a way that was never possible
before. The formula will apply algorithms and manual flexibility to enable sharing in the most efficient,convenient, and safest way possible...
How It Works:
neighborrow.com identifies and tracks individually owned items and automatically pools them into one giant collection for a group of people living in a concentrated area (or a group of people connected to each other in some way). Once an item is added to the system, it is visible to every member of the group immediately. Each neighborrowhood is transformed into a perpetually growing, completely transparent, collectively owned, FREE library that is open (theoretically) 24 hours a day. Using an apartment building as an example, the building is the library and the library is the building. What could be more convenient than that? In addition to apartment buildings, neighborrow works any place on earth where there are people and things (and the Internet)! All you need to do is list and lend (or donate); then borrow, trade, use and share anything in the library.
More at:http://neighborrow.com/
eMarketer is "The First Place to Look" for market research and trend analysis
What Company is Offering:
eMarketer is "The First Place to Look" for market research and trend analysis on Internet, e-business, online marketing, media and emerging technologies. eMarketer aggregates and analyzes information from over 2,800 sources, and brings it together in analyst reports, daily research articles and the most comprehensive database of e-business and online marketing statistics in the world.
How It Works:
With eMarketer, you understand the growth and impact of the Internet. Plus, you stay ahead of the curve on new trends such as blogs, social networking, podcasting, mobile marketing, and many others that are profoundly affecting the business landscape. eMarketer's core expertise lies in researching and sorting vast amounts of publicly available information, and objectively compiling and analyzing this information into widely read reports, articles and newsletters. Their information products help business executives worldwide make smarter, faster decisions about online marketing, emerging technologies and e-business.
Why To Use It:
eMarketer provides the information marketers need to keep up-to-date with trends and developments in online marketing and emerging media. Companies from all verticals rely on their eMarketer subscriptions for easy access to information, charts and data to make informed decisions and to prepare compelling sales, client and business presentations.
http://www.emarketer.com/
eMarketer is "The First Place to Look" for market research and trend analysis on Internet, e-business, online marketing, media and emerging technologies. eMarketer aggregates and analyzes information from over 2,800 sources, and brings it together in analyst reports, daily research articles and the most comprehensive database of e-business and online marketing statistics in the world.
How It Works:
With eMarketer, you understand the growth and impact of the Internet. Plus, you stay ahead of the curve on new trends such as blogs, social networking, podcasting, mobile marketing, and many others that are profoundly affecting the business landscape. eMarketer's core expertise lies in researching and sorting vast amounts of publicly available information, and objectively compiling and analyzing this information into widely read reports, articles and newsletters. Their information products help business executives worldwide make smarter, faster decisions about online marketing, emerging technologies and e-business.
Why To Use It:
eMarketer provides the information marketers need to keep up-to-date with trends and developments in online marketing and emerging media. Companies from all verticals rely on their eMarketer subscriptions for easy access to information, charts and data to make informed decisions and to prepare compelling sales, client and business presentations.
http://www.emarketer.com/
10 Tech Concepts Which Will Change The Face 2008
1.EEG Game Controllers
The Nintendo Wii has gotten gamers moving about with its motion-sensitive controllers, but the next generation of game control device may require no movement at all. Video games that can read your mind will invade living rooms in 2008, thanks to electroencephalography (EEG) controllers that detect the electrical activity of the brain. Scientists have been working on the basic concept for several years, developing experimental brain implants that allow paralyzed patients to check their e-mail and move their wheelchair by thinking about it. But the new wave of EEG devices make the transition from medical device to consumer gadget, involving simple headsets that slip on with an array of electrodes to measure brain activity.
Already, Japanese researchers have demonstrated a prototype system that allows users to move their avatars around the virtual world of Second Life with only the power of their thoughts. The system is aimed at providing new opportunities to patients with severe paralysis. Some companies are using the consumer gaming market as a launchpad—hoping to make enough money to develop medical devices later, they say. Emotiv Systems promises its headset will detect facial expression, emotion (for instance, you might need to remain calm to stay undetected in a stealth game), as well as Jedi-style thoughts such as an intent to levitate things out of a swamp hands-free. Another company, NeuroSky, is creating its own biosensor technology for gaming. Whichever company wins, the force will be with us.
2.Self-Healing Materials
Drop your cellphone and it is likely to get scratched—unless it’s made of a self-healing material. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed the first practical self-healing plastic back in 2001: When the material was damaged, embedded microcapsules ruptured and a healing agent oozed out the fill the crack. The agent mixed with a catalyst also embedded in the material and hardened in place. The problem was that the catalyst was too expensive to be practical in real-world applications. But now the same research team has managed to modify the process so that the expensive catalyst is replaced by an inexpensive solvent. Tests of the new system show that fractures can recover as much as 82 percent of their original strength.
The applications for self-healing materials range from cosmetic uses like car paint that makes door dings disappear to structural uses like repairing airplane fuselages, where cracks can be catastrophic. The Illinois researchers are already working on tough paint for Navy ships, and the Army Corps of Engineers is testing a self-healing coating for large steel structures that have lead-based paint on them. Ultimately, the technology will allow bridges to repair tiny cracks before they turn into major structural problems.
3.High-k Transistors
Every few years, we’re warned that computer chips soon won’t be able to get any smaller or faster. The problem: Tiny chip circuitry lets electric current leak out, causing overheating and wasting power. But Intel has once again managed to reduce chip size, with the smallest features on its new Penryn chips shrinking from 65 nanometers to 45 nanometers, thanks to a radical change in how it builds the insulating wall on its chips.
For the past four decades, semiconductor makers have used silicon dioxide as an insulating material. But the most recent generation of chips is so small that the insulating layer is as little as five atoms thick, making it impossible to shrink further without permitting too much current to leak away. The new chips replace silicon dioxide with a hafnium-based high-k insulator. “High-k” refers to the electric properties of the new material, which allows ten times less leakage current to escape compared to a similar thickness of silicon dioxide.
Intel rival AMD is following with its own 45-nanometer chips, also based on high-k technology. And the pace of development seems unlikely to slow down quite yet: Intel as well as an alliance of chip makers led by IBM have already demonstrated working prototypes of the next generation of high-k chips, 32-nanometer models that should hit in 2009.
4.Real-World Web
The machines know where you are—and that may be a good thing. As more portable devices merge GPS information with network connectivity through cellular, Wi-Fi or ad hoc links, Internet use will change. Do a Yellow Pages search on “pizza” when you’re in a new town and your smartphone will tell you the closest spot to get a slice. New pop-up ads may not be far behind—imagine receiving an alert that a Starbucks is just a block away, along with an electronic coupon for a new coffee flavor.
Already, many GPS devices are integrating real-time contextual location information into guidance. Many of the latest systems incorporate real-time traffic and construction information over terrestrial or satellite radio frequencies.
But the biggest development of 2008 may be the advent of Android, a new open-source mobile operating system platform backed by Google and several major cellphone carriers through the Open Handset Alliance. The organization’s aim is to encourage the development of creative applications that will transform the mobile handset into more of a portable mini computer whose phone function is secondary. Google cites possible mash-ups like combining a mobile version of Google Maps with a service showing where your friends are, suggesting that the company’s mastery of contextual information could help kick-start a new, location-based information age.
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The Nintendo Wii has gotten gamers moving about with its motion-sensitive controllers, but the next generation of game control device may require no movement at all. Video games that can read your mind will invade living rooms in 2008, thanks to electroencephalography (EEG) controllers that detect the electrical activity of the brain. Scientists have been working on the basic concept for several years, developing experimental brain implants that allow paralyzed patients to check their e-mail and move their wheelchair by thinking about it. But the new wave of EEG devices make the transition from medical device to consumer gadget, involving simple headsets that slip on with an array of electrodes to measure brain activity.
Already, Japanese researchers have demonstrated a prototype system that allows users to move their avatars around the virtual world of Second Life with only the power of their thoughts. The system is aimed at providing new opportunities to patients with severe paralysis. Some companies are using the consumer gaming market as a launchpad—hoping to make enough money to develop medical devices later, they say. Emotiv Systems promises its headset will detect facial expression, emotion (for instance, you might need to remain calm to stay undetected in a stealth game), as well as Jedi-style thoughts such as an intent to levitate things out of a swamp hands-free. Another company, NeuroSky, is creating its own biosensor technology for gaming. Whichever company wins, the force will be with us.
2.Self-Healing Materials
Drop your cellphone and it is likely to get scratched—unless it’s made of a self-healing material. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed the first practical self-healing plastic back in 2001: When the material was damaged, embedded microcapsules ruptured and a healing agent oozed out the fill the crack. The agent mixed with a catalyst also embedded in the material and hardened in place. The problem was that the catalyst was too expensive to be practical in real-world applications. But now the same research team has managed to modify the process so that the expensive catalyst is replaced by an inexpensive solvent. Tests of the new system show that fractures can recover as much as 82 percent of their original strength.
The applications for self-healing materials range from cosmetic uses like car paint that makes door dings disappear to structural uses like repairing airplane fuselages, where cracks can be catastrophic. The Illinois researchers are already working on tough paint for Navy ships, and the Army Corps of Engineers is testing a self-healing coating for large steel structures that have lead-based paint on them. Ultimately, the technology will allow bridges to repair tiny cracks before they turn into major structural problems.
3.High-k Transistors
Every few years, we’re warned that computer chips soon won’t be able to get any smaller or faster. The problem: Tiny chip circuitry lets electric current leak out, causing overheating and wasting power. But Intel has once again managed to reduce chip size, with the smallest features on its new Penryn chips shrinking from 65 nanometers to 45 nanometers, thanks to a radical change in how it builds the insulating wall on its chips.
For the past four decades, semiconductor makers have used silicon dioxide as an insulating material. But the most recent generation of chips is so small that the insulating layer is as little as five atoms thick, making it impossible to shrink further without permitting too much current to leak away. The new chips replace silicon dioxide with a hafnium-based high-k insulator. “High-k” refers to the electric properties of the new material, which allows ten times less leakage current to escape compared to a similar thickness of silicon dioxide.
Intel rival AMD is following with its own 45-nanometer chips, also based on high-k technology. And the pace of development seems unlikely to slow down quite yet: Intel as well as an alliance of chip makers led by IBM have already demonstrated working prototypes of the next generation of high-k chips, 32-nanometer models that should hit in 2009.
4.Real-World Web
The machines know where you are—and that may be a good thing. As more portable devices merge GPS information with network connectivity through cellular, Wi-Fi or ad hoc links, Internet use will change. Do a Yellow Pages search on “pizza” when you’re in a new town and your smartphone will tell you the closest spot to get a slice. New pop-up ads may not be far behind—imagine receiving an alert that a Starbucks is just a block away, along with an electronic coupon for a new coffee flavor.
Already, many GPS devices are integrating real-time contextual location information into guidance. Many of the latest systems incorporate real-time traffic and construction information over terrestrial or satellite radio frequencies.
But the biggest development of 2008 may be the advent of Android, a new open-source mobile operating system platform backed by Google and several major cellphone carriers through the Open Handset Alliance. The organization’s aim is to encourage the development of creative applications that will transform the mobile handset into more of a portable mini computer whose phone function is secondary. Google cites possible mash-ups like combining a mobile version of Google Maps with a service showing where your friends are, suggesting that the company’s mastery of contextual information could help kick-start a new, location-based information age.
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NewzNozzl
What Company Is Offering:
NewzNozzl takes the top stories from the best social news sites, combines them - and then lets you comment and Vote for the stories that you think are the best. They ONLY load the high-rated stories from each site, so by the time it hits NewzNozzl, you know it's worth looking at! Most of the social news sites are often thought of as "meta" sites - that is, they take in and amplify what other news sites have. Nozzl can be thought of a "Meta-Meta" site - they take what other meta news sites think are worthwhile and amplify just those stories.
How It Works:
They only load stories from other sites. If you think you've got a story that others need to know about, submit them to your favorite social news site - if others agree with you, it'll show up on NewzNozzl quickly.
How Is Different:
Unlike most of the other social news sites, they don't take story submissions - instead, they let the other social news sites discover (through their community) what's interesting and important. And then they take the very best of those stories and let our users figure out which of those stories is really interesting and useful. This lets us show only the very best stories out there, quickly and from a really wide array of sources.
More at:http://newznozzl.com/
NewzNozzl takes the top stories from the best social news sites, combines them - and then lets you comment and Vote for the stories that you think are the best. They ONLY load the high-rated stories from each site, so by the time it hits NewzNozzl, you know it's worth looking at! Most of the social news sites are often thought of as "meta" sites - that is, they take in and amplify what other news sites have. Nozzl can be thought of a "Meta-Meta" site - they take what other meta news sites think are worthwhile and amplify just those stories.
How It Works:
They only load stories from other sites. If you think you've got a story that others need to know about, submit them to your favorite social news site - if others agree with you, it'll show up on NewzNozzl quickly.
How Is Different:
Unlike most of the other social news sites, they don't take story submissions - instead, they let the other social news sites discover (through their community) what's interesting and important. And then they take the very best of those stories and let our users figure out which of those stories is really interesting and useful. This lets us show only the very best stories out there, quickly and from a really wide array of sources.
More at:http://newznozzl.com/
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Smilebox creates a new category of service called "creative messaging",got $7 million in Series B financing
What Company Is Offering:
Smilebox makes it easy to connect with friends and family in a more creative and compelling way.Smilebox creates a new category of service called "creative messaging," which draws from related categories including photo services, scrapbooking and ecards; delivering a new medium for communication that is unparalleled in its ability to convey mood, thought and emotion.
How Is It Different:
Unlike other solutions that focus on organizing, editing, and sharing photos or sending pre-packaged ecards, the Smilebox online service enables users to create something truly powerful by choosing from hundreds of unique multimedia designs, easily personalizing them with their photos, video, music, words, and style, and then sharing them via email, blog, or print.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Smilebox, the leader in multimedia expressions technology, announced it has raised $7 million in Series B financing. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round and was joined by existing investor Frazier Technology Ventures. Rob Stavis, Managing Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, will join the Smilebox board of directors.
How This Product Is Progressing:
The Series B financing comes at a time when more than 1.8 million users have installed the Smilebox service since its launch in June 2006 and more than 1.3 million unique users worldwide access it monthly.
More at:http://www.smilebox.com/about/
Smilebox makes it easy to connect with friends and family in a more creative and compelling way.Smilebox creates a new category of service called "creative messaging," which draws from related categories including photo services, scrapbooking and ecards; delivering a new medium for communication that is unparalleled in its ability to convey mood, thought and emotion.
How Is It Different:
Unlike other solutions that focus on organizing, editing, and sharing photos or sending pre-packaged ecards, the Smilebox online service enables users to create something truly powerful by choosing from hundreds of unique multimedia designs, easily personalizing them with their photos, video, music, words, and style, and then sharing them via email, blog, or print.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Smilebox, the leader in multimedia expressions technology, announced it has raised $7 million in Series B financing. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round and was joined by existing investor Frazier Technology Ventures. Rob Stavis, Managing Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, will join the Smilebox board of directors.
How This Product Is Progressing:
The Series B financing comes at a time when more than 1.8 million users have installed the Smilebox service since its launch in June 2006 and more than 1.3 million unique users worldwide access it monthly.
More at:http://www.smilebox.com/about/
MOG music community is launching with Rhapsody digital music, for providing MOG with full song playbacks
What Company Is Offering:
MOG, your personalized gateway for music discovery. With MOG, you can find, share, and talk about the music you’re into, from Abba to Zappa.
Whether you’re a die-hard music junkie, or just looking for inspiration for your latest party playlist, MOG is your essential online music source. Created by a passionate community of music lovers and powered by cutting edge music discovery technology, MOG makes it ridiculously easy to find new music, watch music videos, and read news and reviews that match your personal taste in music.
Recent Updates:
MOG music community is launching a full-site integration with Rhapsody digital music, for providing MOG with full song playbacks. This announcement comes alongside new search functionality that MOG is rolling out today as well. While MOG already began to offer full-length music with its relaunch a couple of months back, the Rhapsody integration, however, is still pretty important. It lets MOG utilize Rhapsody’s music license agreements and adds another layer of music capabilities to MOG, which revolves around the shared media and wisdom from users and others in the music industry.
And being integrated throughout the entire MOG site means that Rhapsody’s music offering will be made available in multiple ways and through various access points: the yellow “play icon beside any song title, the MOG-O-MATIC auto-profiling software and recommendations “play all” options, widgets, playlists, an legacy blog posts. Additionally, tags with blog posts that include song and artist information will automatically add Rhapsody links so other MOG users can have quick access to the full-length clips.
More at:http://mog.com/
Via-Mashable
MOG, your personalized gateway for music discovery. With MOG, you can find, share, and talk about the music you’re into, from Abba to Zappa.
Whether you’re a die-hard music junkie, or just looking for inspiration for your latest party playlist, MOG is your essential online music source. Created by a passionate community of music lovers and powered by cutting edge music discovery technology, MOG makes it ridiculously easy to find new music, watch music videos, and read news and reviews that match your personal taste in music.
Recent Updates:
MOG music community is launching a full-site integration with Rhapsody digital music, for providing MOG with full song playbacks. This announcement comes alongside new search functionality that MOG is rolling out today as well. While MOG already began to offer full-length music with its relaunch a couple of months back, the Rhapsody integration, however, is still pretty important. It lets MOG utilize Rhapsody’s music license agreements and adds another layer of music capabilities to MOG, which revolves around the shared media and wisdom from users and others in the music industry.
And being integrated throughout the entire MOG site means that Rhapsody’s music offering will be made available in multiple ways and through various access points: the yellow “play icon beside any song title, the MOG-O-MATIC auto-profiling software and recommendations “play all” options, widgets, playlists, an legacy blog posts. Additionally, tags with blog posts that include song and artist information will automatically add Rhapsody links so other MOG users can have quick access to the full-length clips.
More at:http://mog.com/
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Celebitrix is a self-promotional website
What Company Is Offering:
Celebitrix is the ultimate place to seek connections and network with your closest online users. Within their subculture they believe that the extraordinary and the ordinary deserve to be a celebrity. With Celebitrix you can post video snippets, comment to friends, bling your products, blog and create stories, browse news, and much more.
How It Works:
Their aim is to supply user-generated content as well as strategic services and products to promote identity for individuals or groups in any facet of business development. Whether you're a male, female, pet, or band they'll make sure you're connected with the right people safely. Their networking system allows full privacy options.
People are using their Bling-It(TM) service to sell their bling items. This specialized service is allowing users to search for bling nation-wide and set their own pricing for ad displays. Bling-It continues to integrate new user-friendly features to create the ultimate ad posting portal online.
When you visit Celebitrix you'll soon discover a wide variety of Web Templates to initiate your web presence. Within their web template nest, startups are purchasing their ideal template design in a matter of a minutes thanks to their specific searching capability. They're adding templates daily and their inventory is forever increasing. They make templates easy to integrate for non-developers by detailing FAQ information in our highly dynamic support area.
More at:http://www.mycelebritywebsite.com/
Celebitrix is the ultimate place to seek connections and network with your closest online users. Within their subculture they believe that the extraordinary and the ordinary deserve to be a celebrity. With Celebitrix you can post video snippets, comment to friends, bling your products, blog and create stories, browse news, and much more.
How It Works:
Their aim is to supply user-generated content as well as strategic services and products to promote identity for individuals or groups in any facet of business development. Whether you're a male, female, pet, or band they'll make sure you're connected with the right people safely. Their networking system allows full privacy options.
People are using their Bling-It(TM) service to sell their bling items. This specialized service is allowing users to search for bling nation-wide and set their own pricing for ad displays. Bling-It continues to integrate new user-friendly features to create the ultimate ad posting portal online.
When you visit Celebitrix you'll soon discover a wide variety of Web Templates to initiate your web presence. Within their web template nest, startups are purchasing their ideal template design in a matter of a minutes thanks to their specific searching capability. They're adding templates daily and their inventory is forever increasing. They make templates easy to integrate for non-developers by detailing FAQ information in our highly dynamic support area.
More at:http://www.mycelebritywebsite.com/
PriceAdvance is the easiest way to compare prices while you shop, with the most accurate product matches
What Company is Offering:
PriceAdvance is the easiest way to compare prices while you shop, with the most accurate product matches.
If a product doesn't match exactly, they won't display it. This means you won't find an Angel costume if you're trying to compare prices on Halo 3.
PriceAdvance is a product of MediaNext, Inc., founded by Adam Gotterer and Roddy Richards.
How It Works:
The PriceAdvance Plugin finds you better prices for the products you're already viewing while you shop. Save time, save money. After installing the PriceAdvance FireFox addon, browse to a product page on one of our supported merchants' sites (for example, Amazon.com, Buy.com, BestBuy.com, or CircuitCity.com).
A list of merchants and prices will appear top left. These are the other merchants with the product you're already browsing, sorted by price.
More at:http://www.priceadvance.com/
PriceAdvance is the easiest way to compare prices while you shop, with the most accurate product matches.
If a product doesn't match exactly, they won't display it. This means you won't find an Angel costume if you're trying to compare prices on Halo 3.
PriceAdvance is a product of MediaNext, Inc., founded by Adam Gotterer and Roddy Richards.
How It Works:
The PriceAdvance Plugin finds you better prices for the products you're already viewing while you shop. Save time, save money. After installing the PriceAdvance FireFox addon, browse to a product page on one of our supported merchants' sites (for example, Amazon.com, Buy.com, BestBuy.com, or CircuitCity.com).
A list of merchants and prices will appear top left. These are the other merchants with the product you're already browsing, sorted by price.
More at:http://www.priceadvance.com/
HollywoodPrize--The online entertainment marketing, lead generation, CRM, mobile messaging, social networking portal
What Company Is Offering:
HollywoodPrize is a lead generation, viral loyalty rewards and direct online entertainment marketing promotions portal.
Submit or Add A Sweepstakes Contest to the new HollywoodPrize.com Daily Sweeps Directory! Simply sign up today and drive more targeted traffic to your contest. HollywoodPrize is the most comprehensive sweepstakes contest portal on the net today.
How It Works:
They offer data management and online registration solutions for various entertainment brands and companies (i.e. independent record labels, bands/musicians, filmmakers, solo artists, comedians, performance/fine artists, classical dance, theatre, casting directors, event organizers, managers, tv/film production companies, gaming, sports/athletics, book/magazine publishers and performance/fine art organizations).
Artists can run sweepstakes contests, manage online street teams and mobile marketing campaigns. Managers and agents can submit actors / actresses to casting directors while festival organizers can manage call for entries from filmmakers. HollywoodPrize is simple and easy to use. By entering into one contest, you can create an entertainment marketing profile that is a snapshot in time of your entertainment interests. Whether you are an artist, fan, consumer, manager, or general entertainment enthusiast, HollywoodPrize is the premiere portal for online entertainment and artistic registration. You can also refer a friend to each contest and earn points for each quality referral. Once you reach a certain point level, you can earn free prizes. Just create a contestant profile today and you can create your own MySummary page and share your latest promotions with friends.
More at:http://www.hollywoodprize.com/
HollywoodPrize is a lead generation, viral loyalty rewards and direct online entertainment marketing promotions portal.
Submit or Add A Sweepstakes Contest to the new HollywoodPrize.com Daily Sweeps Directory! Simply sign up today and drive more targeted traffic to your contest. HollywoodPrize is the most comprehensive sweepstakes contest portal on the net today.
How It Works:
They offer data management and online registration solutions for various entertainment brands and companies (i.e. independent record labels, bands/musicians, filmmakers, solo artists, comedians, performance/fine artists, classical dance, theatre, casting directors, event organizers, managers, tv/film production companies, gaming, sports/athletics, book/magazine publishers and performance/fine art organizations).
Artists can run sweepstakes contests, manage online street teams and mobile marketing campaigns. Managers and agents can submit actors / actresses to casting directors while festival organizers can manage call for entries from filmmakers. HollywoodPrize is simple and easy to use. By entering into one contest, you can create an entertainment marketing profile that is a snapshot in time of your entertainment interests. Whether you are an artist, fan, consumer, manager, or general entertainment enthusiast, HollywoodPrize is the premiere portal for online entertainment and artistic registration. You can also refer a friend to each contest and earn points for each quality referral. Once you reach a certain point level, you can earn free prizes. Just create a contestant profile today and you can create your own MySummary page and share your latest promotions with friends.
More at:http://www.hollywoodprize.com/
ChannelMe is the best place to register a .TV domain name for your business
What Company Is Offering:
Demand MediaTM is building a different type of new media company.
With a proprietary media platform that powers the company's highly-trafficked domains and wholly-owned content media properties, Demand Media leverages cutting edge, user-driven publishing, community and monetization tools in its quest to define the next generation of new media companies
The .TV domain extension is open to anyone, just like .COM or .NET. You don't have to be a television mogul to own one . But unlike .COM where the best names disappeared shortly after dinosaurs, fabulous .TV domains are still available. Many domain registrars offer .TV names. GoDaddy, for instance, charges $39.99. But since Demand Media owns the primary .TV engine, including a vast inventory of premium names.Thats why its free.
How It Works:
ChannelMe is the best place to register a .TV domain name for your business since you get an all-in-one channel building kit free with a $24.95 registration that will allow you to:
Program your channel: Upload your own videos, or link to others on the web. Let customers, prospects and other visitors rate and comment on your channel's content.
Create and customize your business profile: Select a channel design template; customize an avatar, display "About" text and more.
Start a blog, forum or survey: It's never been easier. Talk to your customers. Make entries public or private, with moderated or unmoderated comments.
Post photos of your products, place of business, customers, staff or whatever you like.Start your own business ( "social") network: Invite customers and prospects to view, join and participate in your business channel. Share links and build a community.Make some money: Turn on the advertising feature to include search ads on your site and share in the revenue.
More at:http://domains.channelme.tv/
Demand MediaTM is building a different type of new media company.
With a proprietary media platform that powers the company's highly-trafficked domains and wholly-owned content media properties, Demand Media leverages cutting edge, user-driven publishing, community and monetization tools in its quest to define the next generation of new media companies
The .TV domain extension is open to anyone, just like .COM or .NET. You don't have to be a television mogul to own one . But unlike .COM where the best names disappeared shortly after dinosaurs, fabulous .TV domains are still available. Many domain registrars offer .TV names. GoDaddy, for instance, charges $39.99. But since Demand Media owns the primary .TV engine, including a vast inventory of premium names.Thats why its free.
How It Works:
ChannelMe is the best place to register a .TV domain name for your business since you get an all-in-one channel building kit free with a $24.95 registration that will allow you to:
Program your channel: Upload your own videos, or link to others on the web. Let customers, prospects and other visitors rate and comment on your channel's content.
Create and customize your business profile: Select a channel design template; customize an avatar, display "About" text and more.
Start a blog, forum or survey: It's never been easier. Talk to your customers. Make entries public or private, with moderated or unmoderated comments.
Post photos of your products, place of business, customers, staff or whatever you like.Start your own business ( "social") network: Invite customers and prospects to view, join and participate in your business channel. Share links and build a community.Make some money: Turn on the advertising feature to include search ads on your site and share in the revenue.
More at:http://domains.channelme.tv/
fatfoogoo provides a player-2-player marketplace for the trading of virtual goods and services
What Company Is Offering
fatfoogoo provides a player-2-player marketplace for the trading of virtual goods and services as extension to major virtual worlds and multiplayer games. The fatfoogoo.com portal offers in-game-services, e.g. support for challenging missions or virtual tour guides to online worlds as well as virtual game goods such as weapons, currency, characters or virtual buildings.
fatfoogoo thus explores a completely new business field within a strongly growing new market setting international standards for the secondary trade with virtual goods and services.
How It Works:
fatfoogoo's revenue is generated from a cut of every transaction that runs through the platform. Creating a shop and listing articles is free. The platform offers extensive capabilities to be marketed virally through gaming clans and guildes. Integrating the feedback of the community, user ratings and votings allows to create a fair and trustful market place.
What's Market For That Kind Of Product:
The global market for trading virtual game goods and services generated revenues of around 1 billion USD in 2006 and will rise dramatically to a 7 billion Dollar market in 2009. (see Nielsen 2006 and ScreenDigest 2007). This makes electronic commerce and virtual goods/services trading an important alternative business model to classical subscription programs that are currently the dominating business pattern for projects such as World of WarcraftTM and Second LifeTM.
More at:http://www.fatfoogoo.com/
fatfoogoo provides a player-2-player marketplace for the trading of virtual goods and services as extension to major virtual worlds and multiplayer games. The fatfoogoo.com portal offers in-game-services, e.g. support for challenging missions or virtual tour guides to online worlds as well as virtual game goods such as weapons, currency, characters or virtual buildings.
fatfoogoo thus explores a completely new business field within a strongly growing new market setting international standards for the secondary trade with virtual goods and services.
How It Works:
fatfoogoo's revenue is generated from a cut of every transaction that runs through the platform. Creating a shop and listing articles is free. The platform offers extensive capabilities to be marketed virally through gaming clans and guildes. Integrating the feedback of the community, user ratings and votings allows to create a fair and trustful market place.
What's Market For That Kind Of Product:
The global market for trading virtual game goods and services generated revenues of around 1 billion USD in 2006 and will rise dramatically to a 7 billion Dollar market in 2009. (see Nielsen 2006 and ScreenDigest 2007). This makes electronic commerce and virtual goods/services trading an important alternative business model to classical subscription programs that are currently the dominating business pattern for projects such as World of WarcraftTM and Second LifeTM.
More at:http://www.fatfoogoo.com/
IDC Finds Strong Demand for Archiving and Data Protection and Recovery Software Driving Market Growth
According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, the worldwide storage software market experienced its 16th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth in the third quarter of 2007 with revenues of $2.8 billion, a 9.8% increase over the same quarter one year ago.
"Overall market growth was driven by strong performance in both the archiving and data protection and recovery markets," according to Michael Margossian, research analyst, Storage Software at IDC. "Customer demand for storage replication seems to be cooling off, while the need for archiving appears to be picking up."
The archiving market grew 13.6% year over year, driven by e-discovery, regulatory compliance, and overall storage optimization needs. Data protection and recovery, while down from 2Q07, had strong year-over-year growth of 13.1%. This growth was perpetuated by five out of the top six vendors having double-digit growth over 3Q06.
EMC led the overall market with 25.6% revenue share in the third quarter of 2007. Symantec took the second position with 17.0% revenue share, while IBM finished in the third position with 12.4% revenue share. Network Appliance finished in the fourth position with 10.9% revenue share. Again, CA and HP rounded out the top 5 in a statistical tie, with both having a 4.3% revenue share.
"Overall market growth was driven by strong performance in both the archiving and data protection and recovery markets," according to Michael Margossian, research analyst, Storage Software at IDC. "Customer demand for storage replication seems to be cooling off, while the need for archiving appears to be picking up."
The archiving market grew 13.6% year over year, driven by e-discovery, regulatory compliance, and overall storage optimization needs. Data protection and recovery, while down from 2Q07, had strong year-over-year growth of 13.1%. This growth was perpetuated by five out of the top six vendors having double-digit growth over 3Q06.
EMC led the overall market with 25.6% revenue share in the third quarter of 2007. Symantec took the second position with 17.0% revenue share, while IBM finished in the third position with 12.4% revenue share. Network Appliance finished in the fourth position with 10.9% revenue share. Again, CA and HP rounded out the top 5 in a statistical tie, with both having a 4.3% revenue share.
RivalMap let us immediately setup a competitive intelligence platform for tracking key competitors
What Company is Offering:
RivalMap is web-based collaboration software that gives companies a central place to share and address information about competitors and their industry. If your company spends any time watching competitors and their activities, RivalMap will make the management and communication of competitive information much easier and more effective.
How It Works:
RivalMap enables new forms of communication for uncovering and sharing critical information.Break down communication barriers. Share news, files and important information. Work together to address concerns. Get information from the right people.
RivalMap let us immediately setup a competitive intelligence platform for tracking key competitors, discussing events, and sharing facts, tips, and rumors. As a hosted service, we didn't need to go through the IT and the capital planning process. We were up and running immediately and able to share this resource globally across organizational functions. RivalMap has been particularly helpful in sharing competitive intelligence with our international offices.
More at:http://www.rivalmap.com/
RivalMap is web-based collaboration software that gives companies a central place to share and address information about competitors and their industry. If your company spends any time watching competitors and their activities, RivalMap will make the management and communication of competitive information much easier and more effective.
How It Works:
RivalMap enables new forms of communication for uncovering and sharing critical information.Break down communication barriers. Share news, files and important information. Work together to address concerns. Get information from the right people.
RivalMap let us immediately setup a competitive intelligence platform for tracking key competitors, discussing events, and sharing facts, tips, and rumors. As a hosted service, we didn't need to go through the IT and the capital planning process. We were up and running immediately and able to share this resource globally across organizational functions. RivalMap has been particularly helpful in sharing competitive intelligence with our international offices.
More at:http://www.rivalmap.com/
Kenshoo, is a provider of end-to-end search marketing automated technology
What Company is Offering:
Kenshoo, is a provider of end-to-end search marketing automated technology for advertisers and agencies worldwide.
The company's flagship product KENSHOO SEARCH(TM) provides automated Quality Management for cross- platform search campaigns. Kenshoo's unique technology and approach enables advertisers and agencies worldwide to reach high volumes, optimize campaigns and to boost ROI.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Sequoia Capital and Kenshoo, provider of innovative Search Marketing Automated Solutions, announced a strategic collaboration upon official closing of the institutional funding round. The investment by Sequoia Capital will be used to accelerate the company's rapid growth in key global markets, including the launch of an office in the UK in early 2008, and roll out to other global markets through the year.
About VCs:
Sequoia Capital, based in Palo Alto, California has provided startup venture capital for very smart people who want to turn ideas into companies. As the "Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs," Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with innovators such as Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Gaurav Garg of Redback Networks, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle. The companies organized by Sequoia Capital now account for about 12% of the value of NASDAQ. To learn more about Sequoia Capital visit http://www.sequoiacap.com/
More at:
http://www.kenshoo.com
Kenshoo, is a provider of end-to-end search marketing automated technology for advertisers and agencies worldwide.
The company's flagship product KENSHOO SEARCH(TM) provides automated Quality Management for cross- platform search campaigns. Kenshoo's unique technology and approach enables advertisers and agencies worldwide to reach high volumes, optimize campaigns and to boost ROI.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Sequoia Capital and Kenshoo, provider of innovative Search Marketing Automated Solutions, announced a strategic collaboration upon official closing of the institutional funding round. The investment by Sequoia Capital will be used to accelerate the company's rapid growth in key global markets, including the launch of an office in the UK in early 2008, and roll out to other global markets through the year.
About VCs:
Sequoia Capital, based in Palo Alto, California has provided startup venture capital for very smart people who want to turn ideas into companies. As the "Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs," Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with innovators such as Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Gaurav Garg of Redback Networks, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle. The companies organized by Sequoia Capital now account for about 12% of the value of NASDAQ. To learn more about Sequoia Capital visit http://www.sequoiacap.com/
More at:
http://www.kenshoo.com
Twenga is the leading next generation shopping search engine got VCs funding
What Company is Offering :
Twenga is the leading next generation shopping search engine, committed to giving consumers the largest choice of products and retailers online, and the tools to make smarter decisions. Twenga, meaning "straight to the point" in Swahili, prides itself on its true impartiality, listing search results by relevance. Its comprehensive product catalogue is fuelled by a proprietary crawl technology that enables the indexing of all products and retailers on the web. Founded in September 2006 and headquartered in Paris, France, Twenga currently has sites in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and, Poland. Listing 40 million products from over 25,000 merchants, the Twenga sites are growing rapidly.
How Much They Got In VCs Funding:
3i today announces a Euro2.6m investment in Twenga SA, a next generation shopping search engine, enabling consumers to compare, review and purchase the most complete range of products online.
About VCs:
3i is a world leader in private equity and venture capital. They focus on Buyouts, Growth Capital, Venture Capital, Infrastructure and Quoted Private Equity ("QPE") and invest across Europe, the United States and Asia. Their competitive advantage comes from their international network and the strength and breadth of their business relationships. These underpin the value that we deliver to our portfolio and to our shareholders.
3i's Venture Capital partners focus on investing in scaleable early to late stage technology and healthcare businesses on a global basis. The business currently manages investments across Europe, US, Asia and Israel. 3i VC plans to invest $1.5bn funds over the next five years in exciting and ambitious companies in the following areas: IT (digital media, enterprise IT and semiconductors), healthcare (biotech, medtech and specialty pharma) and clean technology.
More at:http://www.twenga.com/
Twenga is the leading next generation shopping search engine, committed to giving consumers the largest choice of products and retailers online, and the tools to make smarter decisions. Twenga, meaning "straight to the point" in Swahili, prides itself on its true impartiality, listing search results by relevance. Its comprehensive product catalogue is fuelled by a proprietary crawl technology that enables the indexing of all products and retailers on the web. Founded in September 2006 and headquartered in Paris, France, Twenga currently has sites in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and, Poland. Listing 40 million products from over 25,000 merchants, the Twenga sites are growing rapidly.
How Much They Got In VCs Funding:
3i today announces a Euro2.6m investment in Twenga SA, a next generation shopping search engine, enabling consumers to compare, review and purchase the most complete range of products online.
About VCs:
3i is a world leader in private equity and venture capital. They focus on Buyouts, Growth Capital, Venture Capital, Infrastructure and Quoted Private Equity ("QPE") and invest across Europe, the United States and Asia. Their competitive advantage comes from their international network and the strength and breadth of their business relationships. These underpin the value that we deliver to our portfolio and to our shareholders.
3i's Venture Capital partners focus on investing in scaleable early to late stage technology and healthcare businesses on a global basis. The business currently manages investments across Europe, US, Asia and Israel. 3i VC plans to invest $1.5bn funds over the next five years in exciting and ambitious companies in the following areas: IT (digital media, enterprise IT and semiconductors), healthcare (biotech, medtech and specialty pharma) and clean technology.
More at:http://www.twenga.com/
REVShare specializes in Cost-per-Action Got $20 million VCs Funding
About Company:
REVShare specializes in Cost-per-Action (CPA) television advertising. Reaching 110 million U.S. households, REVShare has relationships with more than 1,500 combined English and Spanish local market television stations, cable systems, syndicators, and networks that are willing to provide television time on a results basis. With a customer-oriented team, proven client results, state-of-the-art technology and marketing acumen, REVShare continues to lead the industry in the evolution of television advertising models to meet the challenges of the next generation of convergence and interactivity.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group and H.I.G. Ventures today announced they co-led a $20 million investment in REVShare, an exchange that allows advertisers to bid for television time on a Cost-per-Action (CPA) basis (akin to the Cost-per-Click method of web advertisers), versus the traditional method of charging based on projected audience size.
How This Company Is Progressing:
REVShare has created an innovative product and a broad network of 1,500 local market television properties that reach over 110 million U.S. households," said Josh Ofstein, a Carlyle Principal. "Similar to the Pay-per-Click model that has been so successful on the Internet, REVShare delivers a performance-based solution to advertisers, which we believe has tremendous growth potential."
About VCs:
1.The Carlyle Group.
The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm with $74.9 billion under management committed to 57 funds. Carlyle invests in buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate and leveraged finance in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America focusing on aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology & business services and telecommunications & media. Since 1987, the firm has invested $37.6 billion of equity in 734 transactions for a total purchase price of $212.8 billion. The Carlyle Group employs more than 990 people in 21 countries. In the aggregate, Carlyle portfolio companies have more than $87 billion in revenue and employ more than 286,000 people around the world. www.carlyle.com .
2.H.I.G. Ventures.
H.I.G. Ventures partners with entrepreneurs to provide the capital, expertise and relationships necessary to build market-leading businesses. With over $550 million in dedicated venture and growth capital under management, the firm's team invests nationally in early to later-stage information technology, life science and service businesses. H.I.G. Ventures is the venture capital affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, a leading private equity investment firm with over $4 billion of capital under management. H.I.G. Ventures has offices in Atlanta, GA and Miami, FL. www.higventures.com .
More at:www.revshare.com
REVShare specializes in Cost-per-Action (CPA) television advertising. Reaching 110 million U.S. households, REVShare has relationships with more than 1,500 combined English and Spanish local market television stations, cable systems, syndicators, and networks that are willing to provide television time on a results basis. With a customer-oriented team, proven client results, state-of-the-art technology and marketing acumen, REVShare continues to lead the industry in the evolution of television advertising models to meet the challenges of the next generation of convergence and interactivity.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group and H.I.G. Ventures today announced they co-led a $20 million investment in REVShare, an exchange that allows advertisers to bid for television time on a Cost-per-Action (CPA) basis (akin to the Cost-per-Click method of web advertisers), versus the traditional method of charging based on projected audience size.
How This Company Is Progressing:
REVShare has created an innovative product and a broad network of 1,500 local market television properties that reach over 110 million U.S. households," said Josh Ofstein, a Carlyle Principal. "Similar to the Pay-per-Click model that has been so successful on the Internet, REVShare delivers a performance-based solution to advertisers, which we believe has tremendous growth potential."
About VCs:
1.The Carlyle Group.
The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm with $74.9 billion under management committed to 57 funds. Carlyle invests in buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate and leveraged finance in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America focusing on aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology & business services and telecommunications & media. Since 1987, the firm has invested $37.6 billion of equity in 734 transactions for a total purchase price of $212.8 billion. The Carlyle Group employs more than 990 people in 21 countries. In the aggregate, Carlyle portfolio companies have more than $87 billion in revenue and employ more than 286,000 people around the world. www.carlyle.com .
2.H.I.G. Ventures.
H.I.G. Ventures partners with entrepreneurs to provide the capital, expertise and relationships necessary to build market-leading businesses. With over $550 million in dedicated venture and growth capital under management, the firm's team invests nationally in early to later-stage information technology, life science and service businesses. H.I.G. Ventures is the venture capital affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, a leading private equity investment firm with over $4 billion of capital under management. H.I.G. Ventures has offices in Atlanta, GA and Miami, FL. www.higventures.com .
More at:www.revshare.com
Searchles is a highly scaleable "social search" platform
What Company is Offering:
Searchles is a highly scaleable "social search" platform that showcases expertise, enables collaboration with peers and instantly captures it in searchable knowledge indexes. The platform is a hybrid, combining aspects of "social bookmarking" and "social networking" technology with analytical "social search" capability.
How It Works:
Network search allows you to discover content with personalized filtering features that include tags, keywords or a combination of both, as well as the ability to apply these same filters to search all postings, groups, friends, or friends' friends based on your own criteria. By analyzing the associations and patterns between trusted people, sources, tags and content, Searchles is able to deliver more precise, relevant results while suggesting content and people related to your interests.
The proprietary technology behind Searchles is an evolution of the search engine Dumbfind, developed by veteran search technologist and Searchles' founder and CTO Chris Seline. Both brands are wholly-owned by Searchles, Inc., a privately-held company based in Washington, D.C. backed by angel investors.
Who Is Backing The Company :
1.Chris Seline, Founder & CTO (aka dumbfounder).
7 years in the internet industry with particular expertise in search, data-mining and analytics. Co-founder/CTO of venture backed search engine 2wrongs.com which was acquired by Cyveillance, Inc. VP of R&D at Cyveillance. Graduate of Johns Hopkins University/B.S. degree in mechanical engineering.
2.Elias Shams, CEO (aka caveman).
MS in Telecommunication Engineering from George Washington University. BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland. Experienced technologist and business manager with 16 years expertise in the telecommunications, internet, ecommerce and networking industries. A Strategist with a successful history identifying opportunities, delivering solutions and breaking into some of the most competitive markets worldwide. Shams was founder and CTO of telezoo.com, a telecom solution search platform backed by $5 M in institutional and angel investment. He elevated the company into the top five B2B internet sites in the world next to cisco.com for three consecutive years, and brought the company to cash flow positive in 2001 with revenue of $1 M when most dot com companies were struggling. Prior to Telezoo, Shams was a project manager with a top secret security clearance at Yurie Systems, in charge of managing the mission-critical design and rapid deployment of the ATM over Satellite network used to support U.S. troops on the ground in Bosnia - the first of its kind. Yurie was subsequently acquired by Lucent Technologies for $1.1 billion
3.Amy M. Smith (aka mindspeakr).
19 years as a business strategist helping companies leverage strengths to gain significant market-share from large, powerful and better funded concerns through integrated grassroots PR, marketing and business development strategies. Private consultant for technology, professional services, governmental and non profit advocacy concerns. Internal leadership roles with startup and established companies. University of Georgia.
More at:http://www.searchles.com/
Searchles is a highly scaleable "social search" platform that showcases expertise, enables collaboration with peers and instantly captures it in searchable knowledge indexes. The platform is a hybrid, combining aspects of "social bookmarking" and "social networking" technology with analytical "social search" capability.
How It Works:
Network search allows you to discover content with personalized filtering features that include tags, keywords or a combination of both, as well as the ability to apply these same filters to search all postings, groups, friends, or friends' friends based on your own criteria. By analyzing the associations and patterns between trusted people, sources, tags and content, Searchles is able to deliver more precise, relevant results while suggesting content and people related to your interests.
The proprietary technology behind Searchles is an evolution of the search engine Dumbfind, developed by veteran search technologist and Searchles' founder and CTO Chris Seline. Both brands are wholly-owned by Searchles, Inc., a privately-held company based in Washington, D.C. backed by angel investors.
Who Is Backing The Company :
1.Chris Seline, Founder & CTO (aka dumbfounder).
7 years in the internet industry with particular expertise in search, data-mining and analytics. Co-founder/CTO of venture backed search engine 2wrongs.com which was acquired by Cyveillance, Inc. VP of R&D at Cyveillance. Graduate of Johns Hopkins University/B.S. degree in mechanical engineering.
2.Elias Shams, CEO (aka caveman).
MS in Telecommunication Engineering from George Washington University. BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland. Experienced technologist and business manager with 16 years expertise in the telecommunications, internet, ecommerce and networking industries. A Strategist with a successful history identifying opportunities, delivering solutions and breaking into some of the most competitive markets worldwide. Shams was founder and CTO of telezoo.com, a telecom solution search platform backed by $5 M in institutional and angel investment. He elevated the company into the top five B2B internet sites in the world next to cisco.com for three consecutive years, and brought the company to cash flow positive in 2001 with revenue of $1 M when most dot com companies were struggling. Prior to Telezoo, Shams was a project manager with a top secret security clearance at Yurie Systems, in charge of managing the mission-critical design and rapid deployment of the ATM over Satellite network used to support U.S. troops on the ground in Bosnia - the first of its kind. Yurie was subsequently acquired by Lucent Technologies for $1.1 billion
3.Amy M. Smith (aka mindspeakr).
19 years as a business strategist helping companies leverage strengths to gain significant market-share from large, powerful and better funded concerns through integrated grassroots PR, marketing and business development strategies. Private consultant for technology, professional services, governmental and non profit advocacy concerns. Internal leadership roles with startup and established companies. University of Georgia.
More at:http://www.searchles.com/
Wikio is a personalized News Portal that combs media sites and blogs for stories
What Company Is Offering:
Wikio is a personalized News Portal that combs media sites and blogs for stories and topics that you find interesting.
How It Works:
With Wikio, you can create your own pages to follow information that interests you. All news is continuously updated!
Wikio is an interactive service: you can publish an item directly onto Wikio or comment on an existing item.
You can also vote for an item or group of items that you find interesting in order to increase the news’ visibility on the site.
Each page contains an RSS feed that allows subscribing and receiving information into the reader of your choice.
Recent Updates:
They are officially launching their "memetracker" in the US .
What Is Memetracker:
There are three main features to the Wikio interface – News, Blogs, and the option to create an unlimited amount of custom views. “Blogs” is the one most like the memetrackers you’re already familiar with, as it looks to identify the original source of a story, and then lists “discussion” links under it. Wikio also tries to build a bit of a community around the news, giving each story its own page where users can engage in discussion.
More at:http://www.wikio.com/
Wikio is a personalized News Portal that combs media sites and blogs for stories and topics that you find interesting.
How It Works:
With Wikio, you can create your own pages to follow information that interests you. All news is continuously updated!
Wikio is an interactive service: you can publish an item directly onto Wikio or comment on an existing item.
You can also vote for an item or group of items that you find interesting in order to increase the news’ visibility on the site.
Each page contains an RSS feed that allows subscribing and receiving information into the reader of your choice.
Recent Updates:
They are officially launching their "memetracker" in the US .
What Is Memetracker:
There are three main features to the Wikio interface – News, Blogs, and the option to create an unlimited amount of custom views. “Blogs” is the one most like the memetrackers you’re already familiar with, as it looks to identify the original source of a story, and then lists “discussion” links under it. Wikio also tries to build a bit of a community around the news, giving each story its own page where users can engage in discussion.
More at:http://www.wikio.com/
Zoomomail is a type of media software that enables you to share photos with your close friends and family all with a simple touch of the hand
What Company Is Offering:
Zoomomail is a type of media software that enables you to share photos with your close friends and family all with a simple touch of the hand.
Capture special moments, happy celebrations or simply the latest addition to the family's newborn smile.
Zoomomail also allows you to artistically arrange your photos to create personal, one-of-a-kind photo albums which can be sent to family and friends.
You no longer have to wait forever to download photos one by one in your inbox and then wait to open each one separately. Zoomomail takes care of all of that by providing you with a URL that you copy and paste in your email- it's that simple!
How It Works:
With Zoomomail you can share your unique photo album highlighting family celebrations, the office party or any amazing happening with all your acquaintances, while it's still fresh in their memory. It's quick and easy because your images are accessible in just a simple click.
Zoomorama is for everyone who seeks an easy, quick way to share images without overloading anyone's inbox with heavy or non-open able attachments. With Zoomorama lost attachments, overloaded inboxes, or endless waits for downloads are a thing of the past.
Zoomorama is totally FREE. All our services, including the storing of your images are at no cost to you. Zoomorama is completely financed by advertising that we do our utmost to keep to a minimum. In addition, soon we will be offering a variety of premium products and services that can be purchased for a small charge.
More at:http://www.zoomorama.com/
Zoomomail is a type of media software that enables you to share photos with your close friends and family all with a simple touch of the hand.
Capture special moments, happy celebrations or simply the latest addition to the family's newborn smile.
Zoomomail also allows you to artistically arrange your photos to create personal, one-of-a-kind photo albums which can be sent to family and friends.
You no longer have to wait forever to download photos one by one in your inbox and then wait to open each one separately. Zoomomail takes care of all of that by providing you with a URL that you copy and paste in your email- it's that simple!
How It Works:
With Zoomomail you can share your unique photo album highlighting family celebrations, the office party or any amazing happening with all your acquaintances, while it's still fresh in their memory. It's quick and easy because your images are accessible in just a simple click.
Zoomorama is for everyone who seeks an easy, quick way to share images without overloading anyone's inbox with heavy or non-open able attachments. With Zoomorama lost attachments, overloaded inboxes, or endless waits for downloads are a thing of the past.
Zoomorama is totally FREE. All our services, including the storing of your images are at no cost to you. Zoomorama is completely financed by advertising that we do our utmost to keep to a minimum. In addition, soon we will be offering a variety of premium products and services that can be purchased for a small charge.
More at:http://www.zoomorama.com/
Whereboutz is a service that allows you to share your location with friends
What Company Is Offering:
Whereboutz is a service that allows you to share your location with friends and let them know what you’re up to—it is available as a Facebook application and a free mobile application.
Once you start using Whereboutz, you’ll realize just how easy it is to meet up with friends near you. Use Whereboutz every day (many times a day!) to tell your Facebook friends where you are and what you’re up to—either from your computer, or from your cell phone. When you post, your friends can find you on a map on Facebook or their cell phone.
How It Works:
Signing up for Whereboutz is easy once you have a Facebook account. Just click the Applications link in the left-hand menu of your Facebook page, click ‘Browse Applications’ then search for Whereboutz.
Only your Facebook friends can see the history of locations that you post. However, other users may be able to see your most recent posting on your Profile page, depending on your Facebook privacy settings.
More at:http://www.whereboutz.com/
Whereboutz is a service that allows you to share your location with friends and let them know what you’re up to—it is available as a Facebook application and a free mobile application.
Once you start using Whereboutz, you’ll realize just how easy it is to meet up with friends near you. Use Whereboutz every day (many times a day!) to tell your Facebook friends where you are and what you’re up to—either from your computer, or from your cell phone. When you post, your friends can find you on a map on Facebook or their cell phone.
How It Works:
Signing up for Whereboutz is easy once you have a Facebook account. Just click the Applications link in the left-hand menu of your Facebook page, click ‘Browse Applications’ then search for Whereboutz.
Only your Facebook friends can see the history of locations that you post. However, other users may be able to see your most recent posting on your Profile page, depending on your Facebook privacy settings.
More at:http://www.whereboutz.com/
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
TechForward Got VCs Funding
What Company Is Offering:
TechForward empowers customers to keep pace with innovation while protecting the environment by promoting reuse and recycling. If you have ever had the experience of buying a device, and then finding out weeks later that something new is coming out that you want more, you should look into Guaranteed Buyback™. They currently offer Guaranteed Buybacks™ for laptops and iPods, and will soon be adding similar services for other consumer electronics devices. TechForward, Inc. is a privately-funded company based in Los Angeles.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has raised a second round of funding from New Enterprise Associates. Prior investor First Round Capital also participated in the round. Financial terms of the funding was not disclosed. TechForward sells plans--similar to an extended warranty--which allows people purchasing computers and consumer electronics to guarantee a specific trade-in value on those items. The firm said the funding will go towards expanding the reach of its product.
http://www.techforward.com/
TechForward empowers customers to keep pace with innovation while protecting the environment by promoting reuse and recycling. If you have ever had the experience of buying a device, and then finding out weeks later that something new is coming out that you want more, you should look into Guaranteed Buyback™. They currently offer Guaranteed Buybacks™ for laptops and iPods, and will soon be adding similar services for other consumer electronics devices. TechForward, Inc. is a privately-funded company based in Los Angeles.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has raised a second round of funding from New Enterprise Associates. Prior investor First Round Capital also participated in the round. Financial terms of the funding was not disclosed. TechForward sells plans--similar to an extended warranty--which allows people purchasing computers and consumer electronics to guarantee a specific trade-in value on those items. The firm said the funding will go towards expanding the reach of its product.
http://www.techforward.com/
Green Shopping
What Company Is Offering:
The EVO Tree is intended to be a fun, engaging way to give people a sense of their environmental impact and get them thinking about their daily habits and choices. While it is a simple, visual representation, it is based on the integration of several complex data models used to assess a wide range of environmental impacts.
How It Works:
They do not sell products on their site. Rather, they connect you directly with online sellers. Their focus is on aggregating and presenting valuable content along with green products and services. Their intention is to make it easy and accessible for everyone to make better choices and go green.
EVO has partnered with Trees For The Future. In honor of their site launch, they have committed to planting 100,000 trees. Since 1988, Trees for the Future has helped thousands of communities in Central America, Africa, and Asia improve their livelihoods and their environment by planting nearly 50 million trees. They calculate that these trees remove approximately one million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere each year.
EVO believes that offering people green alternatives to everyday products and services along with a tangible measurement of both their individual and collective impact on our ecosystem will engage consumers to make progressively better choices. Start by offering eco-alternatives but aim to raise awareness and reduce consumption. For the long-term viability of our planet, less is truly more.
More at:http://www.evo.com/
The EVO Tree is intended to be a fun, engaging way to give people a sense of their environmental impact and get them thinking about their daily habits and choices. While it is a simple, visual representation, it is based on the integration of several complex data models used to assess a wide range of environmental impacts.
How It Works:
They do not sell products on their site. Rather, they connect you directly with online sellers. Their focus is on aggregating and presenting valuable content along with green products and services. Their intention is to make it easy and accessible for everyone to make better choices and go green.
EVO has partnered with Trees For The Future. In honor of their site launch, they have committed to planting 100,000 trees. Since 1988, Trees for the Future has helped thousands of communities in Central America, Africa, and Asia improve their livelihoods and their environment by planting nearly 50 million trees. They calculate that these trees remove approximately one million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere each year.
EVO believes that offering people green alternatives to everyday products and services along with a tangible measurement of both their individual and collective impact on our ecosystem will engage consumers to make progressively better choices. Start by offering eco-alternatives but aim to raise awareness and reduce consumption. For the long-term viability of our planet, less is truly more.
More at:http://www.evo.com/
Six Disciplines offers unlimited potential for those suited to own one or more of their franchises
What Company Is Offering:
Six Disciplines offers unlimited potential for those suited to own one or more of their franchises.
These benefits include the freedom to:
Own and operate a new type of coaching business that is revolutionizing the industry
Be a part of a select member of the best coaches in America.
Make a difference in your community.
Experience the thrill of getting an early start in this business opportunity with huge growth potential.
How It Works:
Own a franchise and profit from a program that is revolutionizing the way Small to Medium Size Businesses are formulating and executing strategies and growing their businesses.
Six Disciplines for Excellence, the program uniquely combines a proven methodology, continuous accountability coaching, web-based activity management technology and facilitates individual accountability and organizational alignment to help ambitious businesses reach AND sustain a desired level of performance improvement.
More at:http://www.bison.com/Six_Disciplines
Six Disciplines offers unlimited potential for those suited to own one or more of their franchises.
These benefits include the freedom to:
Own and operate a new type of coaching business that is revolutionizing the industry
Be a part of a select member of the best coaches in America.
Make a difference in your community.
Experience the thrill of getting an early start in this business opportunity with huge growth potential.
How It Works:
Own a franchise and profit from a program that is revolutionizing the way Small to Medium Size Businesses are formulating and executing strategies and growing their businesses.
Six Disciplines for Excellence, the program uniquely combines a proven methodology, continuous accountability coaching, web-based activity management technology and facilitates individual accountability and organizational alignment to help ambitious businesses reach AND sustain a desired level of performance improvement.
More at:http://www.bison.com/Six_Disciplines
ReQall, the mobile tool that helps you remember your task lists
What Company Is Offering:
Busy lifestyle? Lots to remember? reQall remembers when you can't - ideas, images, appointments, anything! It links together your digital data to remind you -- save you time -- help you get more done. Pick up the phone to reQall - no software required, just your voice! It works with any phone or web browser.
How It Works:
ReQall converts what you say to text, remembering is as easy as searching the web. And you can add to-dos and to-remembers right online. Then, playback via phone as you move through your day.reQall has lots of different ways to give you your data whenever you need it, wherever you are. In My ReQall settings (selected after you login to My reQall), you can chose to get an email or a text message whenever you add something to reQall. You can also get a daily summary email, kind of a daily to-do list. reQall can send you reminders via email or text message for any item that has a time associated with it. You can also always see what you have in reQall via the web or hear what you have via your phone.
More at:http://www.reqall.com/
Busy lifestyle? Lots to remember? reQall remembers when you can't - ideas, images, appointments, anything! It links together your digital data to remind you -- save you time -- help you get more done. Pick up the phone to reQall - no software required, just your voice! It works with any phone or web browser.
How It Works:
ReQall converts what you say to text, remembering is as easy as searching the web. And you can add to-dos and to-remembers right online. Then, playback via phone as you move through your day.reQall has lots of different ways to give you your data whenever you need it, wherever you are. In My ReQall settings (selected after you login to My reQall), you can chose to get an email or a text message whenever you add something to reQall. You can also get a daily summary email, kind of a daily to-do list. reQall can send you reminders via email or text message for any item that has a time associated with it. You can also always see what you have in reQall via the web or hear what you have via your phone.
More at:http://www.reqall.com/
Wetpaint powers free wiki websites that are available to anyone and easy to use
What Company Is Offering:
Wetpaint powers free wiki websites that are available to anyone and easy to use. In fact, that’s one of the many things that sets Wetpaint apart from other wikis on the web. Creating a Wetpaint wiki is as simple as 1-2-3, so anyone can start a free wiki website they can then share with their family, friends, and the friends they haven’t even met...yet.
How It Works:
Once your site is launched, adding content is easy with the EasyEdit Toolbar. You’ll see that editing a Wetpaint wiki page works very much like a word processor: You can “click” on any open page and start typing. Even better, you can also add photos, YouTube videos, polls . . . it’s all as simple as “click and type.
Start by choosing what topic you want your site to be about, then pick from a variety of site styles, whether you want your wiki to be public or private, and who you want to contribute (everyone, or just a few friends?).
Benifits Of Partners:
Just Add Wetpaint is a simple, all-in-one community solution that delivers key benefits to each partner.
Benefit 1: Increased User Engagement
Deepen user engagement by providing fans a place to connect and build a body of knowledge about your product or brand.
Partner Case Study: 4,000+ User-Generated Pages on the CSI Wiki .
Benefit 2: Wider Reach
Extend audience reach through SEO services built right in to the Wetpaint platform, along with cross-promotion of your brand throughout the Wetpaint network of over 600,000 user-generated wikis.
Partner Case Study: 50% of traffic to the wiki originates from outside the partner’s preexisting network.
Benefit 3: Increased Revenue
Increase revenue opportunities with high-quality content that results in significantly higher CPMs than social networking and forums.
Partner Case Study:T-Mobile launched a wiki sweepstakes to promote their new Sidekick phone, drive user engagement and brand loyalty, and increase phone sales.
More at:http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/
Wetpaint powers free wiki websites that are available to anyone and easy to use. In fact, that’s one of the many things that sets Wetpaint apart from other wikis on the web. Creating a Wetpaint wiki is as simple as 1-2-3, so anyone can start a free wiki website they can then share with their family, friends, and the friends they haven’t even met...yet.
How It Works:
Once your site is launched, adding content is easy with the EasyEdit Toolbar. You’ll see that editing a Wetpaint wiki page works very much like a word processor: You can “click” on any open page and start typing. Even better, you can also add photos, YouTube videos, polls . . . it’s all as simple as “click and type.
Start by choosing what topic you want your site to be about, then pick from a variety of site styles, whether you want your wiki to be public or private, and who you want to contribute (everyone, or just a few friends?).
Benifits Of Partners:
Just Add Wetpaint is a simple, all-in-one community solution that delivers key benefits to each partner.
Benefit 1: Increased User Engagement
Deepen user engagement by providing fans a place to connect and build a body of knowledge about your product or brand.
Partner Case Study: 4,000+ User-Generated Pages on the CSI Wiki .
Benefit 2: Wider Reach
Extend audience reach through SEO services built right in to the Wetpaint platform, along with cross-promotion of your brand throughout the Wetpaint network of over 600,000 user-generated wikis.
Partner Case Study: 50% of traffic to the wiki originates from outside the partner’s preexisting network.
Benefit 3: Increased Revenue
Increase revenue opportunities with high-quality content that results in significantly higher CPMs than social networking and forums.
Partner Case Study:T-Mobile launched a wiki sweepstakes to promote their new Sidekick phone, drive user engagement and brand loyalty, and increase phone sales.
More at:http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/
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