Wednesday, January 9, 2008

iVerify is interactive video monitoring company, has raised $21 million in private funding

What Company Is Offering:
iVerify, one of the largest dedicated video monitoring centers in the country services national retailers, financial institutions, and public utilities. It operates its National Video Monitoring Center from Charlotte, North Carolina. They deliver verified business data to help companies increase revenue and profitability. Their unique, interactive solution integrates real-time audio, remote video and motion detection with web-based displays and reporting.

How It Works:

Their Video Monitoring Center (VMC) serves as your information hub and control center. There, specially trained operators monitor and verify on-site activities, and respond accordingly: collecting information, creating reports and taking action when necessary. Their unique system combines audio/video intelligence with human interaction to provide their customers an unprecedented level of control and verification.
How Much They Got From VCs:
The iVerify system can benefit every department within a company. Merchandising, operations, human resources, construction and senior management can put the system to work for their own needs by way of online reporting and live camera views. We work one-on-one with each customer to design a system that best achieves that business’ goals.
How Much They Got From VCs:


iVerify is interactive video monitoring company, has raised $21 million in private funding from RBC Century Bank and a "private equity sponsor." The company also announced the $8.5 million cash acquisition of Smart Interactive Systems Inc., the video monitoring business of Magal Security Systems (Nasdaq: MAGS).

More at:http://www.iverify.us/

MyMapCards

Share your business cards, present your company, find new business contacts, and zoom in to find local contacts.

More at:http://www.mymapcards.com/

Morale-O-Meter

What Company Says:
This is just a silly site where you can keep track of your morale and display it on your websicle. It was created by Buster McLeod.

How It Works:
It will get you an email every morning reminding you to report your morale for the previous day. It will also tell you the day's average morale and who had the craziest day.

Unique Features:


1. Keep track of, and share, your morale, health, sleep, alcohol consumption, and caffeine consumption.
2. Compare your day with the days of others.
3. Customize a free graph of your morale trends to put on your own site.
4. Get (optional) daily email reminders about each day.

More at:http://morale.erikbenson.com/

alaTEST is a free and independent product quality comparison engine

What Company Is Offering:
alaTEST is a free and independent product quality comparison engine created for consumers who look for simple and objective product information.
alaTEST is a unique service helping consumers with their shopping decisions by objectively informing them about product quality. They are totally independent towards product manufacturers, retailers and review sources.

How It Works:

Today’s vast array of products can be overwhelming. Questions such as what product, what brand, what version and for what price are not longer easy to answer. Therefore, alaTEST wants to help by providing unbiased product quality information. They do not test any product themselves; instead, they have developed one of the fastest growing databases in the world with professional tests. This database is continuously updated with new tests and reviews that are matched with product specifications and prices provided by their network partners - all with the purpose of informing consumers un a simple, effective and objective way.

Unique Features:
alaSCORE is a complex algorithm that recollects different product quality ratings from reliable sources, standardizes them and develops them into the most unbiased result currently available in the market.
More at:http://alatest.com/

SEONIK Is A Search Engine Friendly Link Generator

What Company Is Offering:
SEONIK is not tool that will make your URLs shorter.SEONIK is a search engine friendly link generator.SEONIK is a tool that helps you to convert dynamic URLs into SEO Frendly looking html URLs. SEONIK URLs automatically redirect to destinations that you choose. Also SEONIK has special algorithm that give you ability to know the best suitable keywords for your web page.

How It Works:

SEONIK will crawl the given URL, extract text as a search engine would and analyses the density of the keywords. As a result the 20 most common words and phrases in the webpage can be seen.The keywords have been generated based on the content of your web page. SEONIK defines the so called Keyword Density. Keyword Density is the percentage of occurrence of your keywords to the text in the rest of your webpage.

The keywords have been generated based on the content of your web page. SEONIK defines the so called Keyword Density. Keyword Density is the percentage of occurrence of your keywords to the text in the rest of your webpage.
Unique Features:
Its based on Static URLs.
1. Static URLs typically Rank better in Search Engines.
2. Search Engines are known to index the content of dynamic pages a lot slower compared to static pages.
3. Static URLs are always more friendlier looking to the End Users.
More at:http://seonik.com/

EmployeeSuggestionBox.com

What Company Says:
EmployeeSuggestionBox.com provides everyone in your organization—from your department managers, your salespeople to your warehouse staff— an on-demand platform to capture, develop and incorporate good ideas companywide.

How It Works:

The first step is to bring in promising ideas. Solicit and capture ideas from your employees. Inspire fresh and creative thinking where each individual can tap into his/her imagination.

Create, distribute and report on an online opinion poll straight from your desktop. Build consensus among co-workers and have the group vote on ideas to consider and tally the results to get a priority of feelings of the group.

The facilitator can open the idea campaign by posing a question or an existing submitted idea and then letting the group brainstorm the idea. This brainstorming session provides a method for your company to build upon ideas into full-blown concepts.

Employees excel when you present them with on-the-job challenges. Match the right people with the right projects and quickly turn ideas into a real product, service, or business model.

More at:https://www.employeesuggestionbox.com/

TimeBridge has created the first personal scheduling manager

What Company Is Offering:

TimeBridge has created the first personal scheduling manager to give busy professionals a faster, more efficient way to schedule meetings and manage their time. TimeBridge's one-step scheduling is the most efficient way to schedule meetings with large groups or individuals across time zones, calendaring systems and companies.

How It Works:

TimeBridge allows users to easily schedule meetings, share their availability with others, and connect directly with calendars including Outlook and Google Calendar.

While online calendars help users track their time, TimeBridge facilitates the social, and often complex process of getting busy people together— in person, on the phone or online.
More at:http://www.timebridge.com/

SoonR--making computer files available and useful to people anytime, through any mobile phone or Internet connected device got $9.5 million

What Company Is Offering:
SoonR is a global innovator dedicated to making computer files available and useful to people anytime, through any mobile phone or Internet connected device.

How It Works:
The SoonR service continuously and securely backs up computer files and allows users to easily search for, view, forward and share documents from wherever they are, and on whatever connected device they prefer. The company provides carriers and other partners with a branded, premium service and a compelling revenue model. The service works across worldwide carrier networks and major handset operating systems.

Unique Features:
SoonR’s platform brings the computer desktop and mobile worlds together as never before. Through SoonR, users can easily access, back up and share files on their desktop computer while on the go, right from their mobile phone or Internet-enabled device -- and even when the computer is turned off.

How Much They Got From VCs:
SoonR announced that it has closed a strategic $9.5 million Series B investment led by Cisco, intended to help the company expand its mobile platform and advance its new partner-driven distribution strategy. Previous investors Intel Capital and Clearstone Venture Partners also participated in the round. Total investment in the two-year old company now stands at $15.5 million.

More at: www.soonr.com

STEP Labs produces crystal-clear voice communications even in the noisiest environments received $6.5 million in Series B funding

What Company Is Offering:
STEP Labs is venture-backed, Silicon Valley-based acoustic software company whose technology produces crystal-clear voice communications even in the noisiest environments. Unlike traditional noise cancelation technologies, STEP's patented technology uses an understanding of the physics of sound wave propagation to isolate voice from ambient noise. This approach offers a broad applicability to a wide range of wireless telecommunications and consumer electronic devices. Working with leading global manufacturers, STEP Labs is designing some of the industry's most advanced hands-free products, including Bluetooth headsets, stereo headphones, helmets and eyewear.


How It Works:
STEP Labs develops and licenses advanced voice separation technology and acoustic design services to manufacturers. Bluetooth headsets enabled with STEPware allow clear, consistent voice communications in even the most severe, high-decibel noise environments - such as a rock concert or a tradeshow. STEPware-enabled devices also make human-to-machine communications clear and concise, enabling near-perfect speech recognition in any noise environment.



How Much They Got From VCs:

STEP Labs announced that it received $6.5 million in Series B funding, led by Gabriel Venture Partners and supported by Individuals' Venture Fund, Garage Technology Ventures, Garage Canada, and private investors.

STEP will use the new funds to expand its acoustic expertise to support its manufacturing partners worldwide in the design of new products and the acceleration of their market introduction.

What VCs Says About Company:

"STEP's patented acoustic technology is a giant leap forward in voice recognition," said Scott Chou, partner at Gabriel Venture Partners. "STEP surpasses any technology out there today in noise elimination at very high decibels, maintaining voice fidelity - which means when you talk on a STEP-enabled Bluetooth device, your voice is always clear and natural."


For more : www.step-labs.com

Fancast--For Online Tv Viewing

What Company Is offering:
Fancast have created one all-inclusive escape that combines everything you want to know about TV, movies, and celebrities. More than just the latest entertainment buzz, Fancast is also your number one place to find what to watch, where to watch it, and when it's available.

How It Works:

With Fancast, you can watch the hits CSI: Miami, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, and plenty of other full-length TV series. You can also check out the latest movie trailers, clips, photos, news and reviews. And you can search for any movie and TV-related info you absolutely need at that moment.Fancast is your destination devoted to TV, movies and celebrities.

To browse the site, click one of the links on the site's main navigation bar to find content. Click Sign In so you can save content to Your Fancast Favorites and personalize your experience.

You can watch video on Fancast anytime without a subscription. In fact, they've created a special place where you can watch and search for movie, TV and other entertainment video. Their editors will let you know what's hot this week. Use the following pointers to get started.
More at:http://www.fancast.com/

Earth Class Mail --Your Postal Mail Online Got funding of $13.3 million

What Company Is Offering:

Earth Class Mail is changing how postal mail is delivered, for the betterment of individuals, businesses, national post offices, and most importantly – the planet. Instead of making physical postal deliveries which are so dependent on fuel for planes and trucks, they deliver postal mail online - where people can deal with it instantly, anywhere in the world.

How It Works:

No matter where their customers are, they simply log-in to view pictures of their mail and decide what they want to do with each piece. For example, they can choose which pieces to have opened and scanned so they can read them online, and which to recycle, archive, or have sent to them in “snail mail” form wherever they are located – all with the click of a mouse.

For businesses, Earth Class Mail not only delivers employee mail regardless of where each employee happens to be, but they also handle standardized process mail such as claim forms, invoices, legal documents, mortgages, applications, tax documents and checks more efficiently and cost-effectively than ordinary document management and storage solutions.

By offering national posts the ability to deliver mail online, Earth Class Mail can move posts from their current energy-wasting physical-delivery model to clean electronic delivery for a significant portion of the mail they currently handle. Their patent-pending MegaSorter automated storage and retrieval system is a transformative technology capable of sorting mail faster and at a fraction of the cost of existing sorter technologies.

How Much They Got From VCs:
Earth Class Mail, which allows people to view their postal mail online, has closed its first round of funding at $13.3 million.



More at:http://www.earthclassmail.com/

PageOnce is the first Personal Internet Assistant web site,got $1.5 million round led by Valley entrepreneurs

What Company Is Offering:
PageOnce is the first Personal Internet Assistant web site.
They are an innovative Internet company located in the heart of the Silicon Valley in California.PageOnce adheres to the highest standards in security in order to keep your data private and secure. They work to bring you a great service, with the peace of mind that your information will be protected.

PageOnce is currently in an invitation only beta and is expecting to open its site soon.

How It Works:

They recognize that security is an important issue for you.
They never require information that connects you to your accounts. All PageOnce needs is your e-mail. You can be as anonymous as you want.

Unique Features:

1.All your data is encrypted with a 256-bit encryption level.

2.All personal data exchanged with PageOnce.com is encrypted with 128-bit (the highest industry standard) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) system, the highest industry standard, to create a protected connection between users and PageOnce.com's server.

3.All your profile data is safely secured on our database behind multiple firewalls that prohibit unauthorized access.

How Much They Got From VCs:

It has announced the closing of a $1.5 million round led by Valley entrepreneurs Liron Petrushka and Bobby Lent.

Who Is Backing Them:

1.Guy Goldstein – Co-Founder and CEO


Guy brings over 16 years of experience in all aspects of technology, product development, management and strategy. Prior to PageOnce, Guy served in an executive position of Corporate Development at HP software, responsible for mergers, acquisitions and strategy. Before that, Guy spent 9 years in various R&D executive roles at Mercury Interactive. Guy holds a bachelor's degree in Business and computer science, cum laude, from the Tel-Aviv University. Guy served in the Israeli Air Force as a major and fighter pilot.
2.Ahikam Kaufman – Co-Founder ChiefOperation Officer

Ahikam brings over 16 years of experience in corporate finance and business operations, including sales operations, business analysis, M&A, financial reporting and financial systems. Prior to PageOnce, Ahikam served in an executive role in the sales operations organization in HP software. Before that, Ahikam spent 6 years in various leadership positions in the Finance organization at Mercury Interactive. Prior to that, Ahikam served as the CFO of Conduct Software, a venture-backed start-up acquired by Mercury in 1999. Ahikam holds a bachelor degree in Economics and an LL.M. in Law from the Bar-Ilan University, Ahikam is also a certified public accountant.
http://www.pageonce.com/How_we_keep_you_safe.html

Break.com is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to provide its original video content on VCast Mobile

What Company Says:
Break is the premier online entertainment destination for guys with over 18,000,000 unique viewers and 500,000,000 page impressions per month (Nielsen Site Audit). Men 15-35 come to Break to enjoy the best content online, helping show over 12,000,000 videos and 5,000,000 pictures daily. Break is more than a website - we are a cutting edge community for guys and the content they like, content made by our viewers for our viewers. We know what guys want to see because we want to see it, too.

Recent Updates:
Break.com is teaming up with Verizon Wireless to provide its original video content on VCast Mobile. Most of of Break’s video content will be available through VCast, including user-generated content, news and more. The motive is obviously, to reach an extended medium through mobile distribution.

The company has also been releasing several upgrades to its web service, but a partnership with Verizon makes it easier for Break to make its content mobile in the portal format that VCast provides to Verizon users.

More at:http://www.break.com/

Spinn3r is a web service for indexing the blogosphere, Upgrades with new Spinn3r version 2.1

What Company Is Offering:
Spinn3r is a web service for indexing the blogosphere. They provide raw access to every blog post being published - in real time. They provide the data and you can focus on building your application / mashup.

Spinn3r handles all the difficult tasks of running a spider/crawler including spam prevention, language categorization, ping indexing, and trust ranking.

How It Works:

You focus on building your application and they give you raw access to their weblog index. Developers within your company just need to call their API every few seconds for the freshest news content.

Recent Updates:

Spinn3r released a laundry list of upgrades ,Spinn3r version 2.1.The biggest aspect of the new release is the full crawler support. It fetches the full HTML of all the posts it discovers and extracts the body of the post. In doing so, spinn3r provides the content under an entirely new API, which its reference client implements, and existing clients can port their code in order to support the new functionality.

More at:http://spinn3r.com/

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Memeo --Managing Your Digital Life Got Series B round of funding led by the Foundry Group

What Company Is Offering:

Memeo is focused on providing software and services that will dramatically simplify the way individuals manage digital media and information across their desktop computers, storage devices, media appliances, mobile devices, and the web.

Their goal is simple, providing innovation solution to meet people's every-day needs.

How It Works:
Memeo's LifeAgent suite of robust and feature-rich data management solutions provide consumers and businesses with a new way to backup, sync, and share their digital lives. LifeAgent AutoBackup for PC users backs up new or changed files automatically to almost any backup device, such as an external hard drive, USB flash drive, networked computers or hard drive, and online storage account.

How Much They Got From VCs:

They announced that it has received a Series B round of funding led by the Foundry Group. In combination with a recent investment from G-51 Capital, the latest round of funding underscores the market demand for simple solutions that reduce the time and effort needed to backup, sync, and share the ever increasing amount of digital content such as photos, music, video, and documents.

Memeo received over $8.1 million in equity funding. Although the company is profitable, it will use the additional capital to boost its market position, expand its team, build distribution channels and enhance product innovation and development.

More at:http://www.memeo.com/

Egglad.com--The Innovative Concept Of G-commerce

What Company Is Offering:
Egglad.com is an integrated casual game and shopping site based on the innovative concept of G-commerce. This site aims to foster a game fan community where members enjoy our free fun games and meet with new friends, and at the same time play the many games to earn points, called "Eggs" and "Chicks", in our affinity point system, which can be redeemed for a wide variety of products, entered into Daily Lucky Draw, and used to participate in other designated activities.

How It Works:

"Eggs" refer to the game points you earned within the same day. "Eggs" could be used to buy tickets to enter Daily Lucky Draw. At the end of the day the remaining Eggs in your balance will convert to "Chicks", or total accumulated points.

By playing the free Egglad games you can gain game score which will then automatically convert to Eggs. Due to different skill levels and complexities, Egglad.com has developed a conversion system that standardizes exchange of score of different games to Eggs. Alternatively, you will be credited with extra Eggs by referring friends to sign up as new members, achieving high rankings in featured games, or taking part in other designated programs. All unused Eggs will be counted as Chicks on the ensuing day for shopping and posting/accepting challenges.

More at:http://egglad.com/

Grooveshark----Everybody Gets Paid

What Company Is Offering:
Grooveshark is an online music sharing community that rewards you for sharing your music.
Grooveshark is a revolutionary music community that rewards users for sharing their music. Grooveshark was founded by three University of Florida students hell-bent on changing the music industry, and the world, forever. Grooveshark's goal is to compensate everyone in the value chain – from users to rights' holders.

How It Works:

For every song sold in their network, they first pay the label (or artist), then they pay you, then they pay themselves. All of the profits from their songs are split with the user 50 / 50.On Grooveshark you will be able to find any song you can dream of, from a classic Rolling Stones albums to Colombian folk music.Music downloaded from Grooveshark can be used in any software that can play MP3s.

Unique Features:

* Grooveshark allows you to safely and legally download high quality MP3s.
* Grooveshark is a peer to peer program with a massive library of songs.
* Grooveshark allows you to interact with other music lovers like yourself.
* Grooveshark rewards you for sharing your music, and gives you a cut of the profits for songs you sell.

More at:http://www.grooveshark.com/

Bigsight is about your true identity

What Company Says:
Bigsight can be a tool for you to get your work out to a larger audience.
The web is a crowded place and it has traditionally done a very poor job of dealing with people data; as such, they believe it is time for a central, standardized directory that is organized around the lasting elements that are tied to individual identity: learning, interests, and work. In creating this directory, they hope to provide a useful utility for individuals to better promote their work, connect with opportunities, and control their online identity. They employ a team of editors and ask that users adhere to strict content guidelines to ensure informational integrity across the directory.

How It Works:

bigsight is about your true identity. They do not allow avatars, aliases, or imagined data. Users must use their real names, real data, and provide an image in which they can be plainly seen.Central to the bigsight model is a third-person, narrative biography that connects all of the elements on the user’s profile. Editors may, at times, make corrections to a user’s bio or suggest improvements; however, each time an editor touches a user’s profile, the user will be notified of the change for review. They do this to ensure a moderate level of standardization across entries.To ensure that profile data is timely, they ask that users visit their profiles at least once each quarter to provide appropriate updates. Profiles that go un-touched after two quarters will be considered abandoned, and thus removed from the directory.
More at:http://www.bigsight.org/

BlueOrganizer-- Connect To Relevant Information

What Company Is Offering:
BlueOrganizer recognizes books, music, wine, stocks, travel destinations and many other things in the web pages that you browse and makes it easier for you to connect to relevant information about those things.

How It Works:

The BlueOrganizer makes it easy to save and manage your favorites. Save things with one click or turn on auto save and let BlueOrganizer capture what you are paying attention to automatically.

BlueOrganizer adds a button to your toolbar with a menu that changes depending on the content of the page: for a book, there is a book menu, for a movie the movie menu, etc. This toolbar menu is automatically personalized based on your browsing history and makes all relevant information just 1-click away.

Share the things you love with your friends and family by posting SmartLinks and Widgets on your blogs. With SmartLinks and Widgets your readers will be able to experience the power of Smart Browsing.

More at:http://www.adaptiveblue.com/

Video chat tool SightSpeed is introducing a new service called SightSpped Light

What Company Is Offering:
SightSpeed Inc. is the award-winning provider of the highest quality, most feature rich, and easiest-to-use Internet video communications services for both businesses and consumers.

The world's first high quality and cost-effective video conferencing service for all businesses (including SMBs) that is easy-to-use, secure and mobile, eliminating the need for expensive, immobile and inflexible hardware.
How It Works:
Their patented video technology ensures you get the best possible video and sound quality every time, unlike other online video services. SightSpeed offers the highest-quality, full-motion 30 frames per second video with clear audio and no annoying delay.

On top of that, you can easily send video mails - much more personal than the traditional email - and text chat endlessly with their integrated instant messaging (IM) service. SightSpeed also offers low-rate worldwide phone calling. And don't forget, SightSpeed works great on both PCs and Macs!


The world’s best reviewed and leading consumer-focused video chat service turns a PC or Mac into an easy-to-use video phone to communicate with friends and family around the world.


SightSpeed's services, which are SIP-based and standards-compliant, deliver superior quality on everyday computers and consumer broadband connections as a result of the company's revolutionary patented technology that is based on more than ten years of research and development originating out of Cornell University.

Recent Updates:
Video chat tool SightSpeed is introducing a new service called SightSpped Light, which is made to work with various social networks in order to provide video chat within a more integrated platform. To start things off, SightSpeed Light will be running on Open Social and all the networks participating in the program, including MySpace, LinkedIn, Salesforce, hi5 and Orkut. Developed on Adobe Flash, SightSpeed Light doesn’t require any downloads for use.


http://www.sightspeed.com/

PlaceShout isn't about volume - it's about trying to express the positives and negatives of a destination in as few of words as possible

What Company Is Offering:

PlaceShout isn't about volume - it's about trying to express the positives and negatives of a destination in as few of words as possible. If people agree, that "shoutout" moves up...if they don't, the shoutout moves down and begins to disappear.

How It Works:


When you view a place on PlaceShout, you're basically viewing a cheat sheet. The whole idea is to get right down to the point. Instead of reading lengthy reviews, you can get the gist: great pizza; roomy theater seats; check the Gorilla exhibit. When you search for a particular location, you’ll get the results with the quick reviews, along with the number of people that have agreed with the review, and disagreed with the review. So while you get some community feedback for the provision of contextual content, you’re still getting an at-a-glance approach to finding places to eat and things to do.
Placeshout was developed by Andre Lewis of Earthcode Studios and Derek Haynes of Highgroove Studios.


More at:http://placeshout.com/

Mobile media company SendMe has signed an agreement with Universal Music Group

What Company Is Offering:
SendMe is all about fun for your phone! As a leading provider of direct to consumer mobile entertainment, SendMe offers the broadest selection of mobile subscription services currently available online in the US. Whether it's interactive mobile trivia, the latest ringtones and wallpaper, mobile sweepstakes or one of the many other services we provide, SendMe is focused on delivering the best wireless content and experiences straight to your pocket.

How It Works:

Almost anyone can use SendMe Mobile. You do have to be located in the United States. And you do need to have a mobile phone. OK, so that isn't "almost anyone" in the global sense but we're still a small company that has yet to achieve world domination. Not to worry though, we're working on it.

All you have to do is visit the SendMe Mobile website. When you find something you'd like to order, just click the "SendMe" button and enter your phone number. We'll send a confirmation message with a password to your phone to make sure we've got the right number. Just enter the password you receive on the website or reply to that message with a "Y" or "YES" (without the quotation marks). Either way, we'll send you what you ordered automatically after that. It's that simple.

Who Is Backing Them:
Russell Klein, Co-Founder and CEO
Russell has spent the last 16 years in the digital media industry. Prior to co-founding SendMe, Russell was SVP, Corporate Development and Strategy, for HandsOn Mobile (f/k/a Mforma), where he spearheaded the company's M&A efforts and grew the company from 70 to 800 employees by acquiring mobile media companies in Europe, Asia, and North America; he also helped fund the company during his tenure as an EIR at General Catalyst Partners. Prior to General Catalyst Partners, Russell was Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at CNET Networks, and a board member of several other companies in the media and online marketing spaces. Russell is an avid consumer of all things mobile and never starts his day without reviewing his SendMe Horoscope. Russell is a Libra.

Russell has a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Markus Mullarkey, Co-Founder and Head of Operations
Markus comes to SendMe with over 15 years of line management and operations experience. Prior to founding SendMe, he was the SVP, Sales & Marketing for Ebates Shopping and VP/General Manager of CNET Networks' email newsletter and subscription publishing businesses. Before that he held positions at Proctor & Gamble and Boston Consulting Group. Markus has been a mobile fanatic ever since getting one of the first Palm Pilots back when he was a wee lad, and is really excited now to have an excuse to buy all the latest phones (for testing, of course).

Markus has a degree in General Studies from Harvard and a MBA from Harvard Business School.

Recent Updates:

Mobile media company SendMe has signed an agreement with Universal Music Group, in order to use the record label’s songs and present them as mobile content for it users. SendMe has been spending some time growing its company, launching mobile entertainment games and acquiring another mobile network all together, SendMe is building up its portfolio to include more mobile networks and provisions of content.


More at:http://www.sendmemobile.com/

Start your own live broadcast using Mogulus

What Company Says:
Start your own live broadcast using content from around the web or your own webcam, and assemble a dream team of producers.

It's the true beauty of Mogulus - it has been designed for simple, casual use. All you'll need is the desire to communicate, inform, and entertain. If you can use blog publishing platforms like Blogger and Wordpress, you won't have any problems using the Mogulus studio.

How It Works:

With Mogulus, the viewer experiences what the producer has put on the air in less than one second. Basically, everyone watching your channel can see exactly the same thing you see as you produce it. Think of the possibilities: you can use your web cam to cover a "live" news or sports event as it happens, spontaneously introduce and playback a prepared clip, then switch back to your web cam commentary with ease.
They have updated the Mogulus beta site with the ability for anybody to pick up the channel embed tag and add it to any internet web page. So, while we remain in closed beta, you can already start broadcasting your channel to the world by embedding the Mogulus Player widget on any web page.
Your viewers can visit your blog, myspace, or personal website without any restrictions.You just need to copy the embed tag under the watch page in your channel and paste in the HTML of your other sites.

You can also embed the player to your facebook profile. All you need is a facebook account.
Recent Updates:
It has secured a $1.5 million second round funding, according to BeetTV. This brings their total funding amount up to $2.7 million.

http://mogulus.com/

Balihoo--tools for media buyers and planners,has raised $4 million in its Series B round

What Company Is Offering:
Balihoo is the only web-based services/software company that creates intelligent, cross-medium tools for media buyers and planners. Based on the world’s largest database of advertising opportunities, Balihoo is a knowledge and communications platform that dramatically streamlines the media planning workflow.

How It Works:
Search and find best-suited media and advertising opportunities across any medium. Advanced search including geographic, demographic and medium-specific search filters. Access to all community media data including basic data, contacts and media kits. Access to community rating, tagging and profiling data on all media outlets. Fully hosted on-demand software solution.

Unique Features:

Find and evaluate cross-medium advertising opportunities for any target market.
Search based on demographic, geographic, keyword or media-specific variables.
Based on the world’s largest collection of advertising opportunities.
Central location to manage all campaign data.
Upload documents, make custom notes and manage all RFI/RFP’s.
Keep all data on media vehicles in easily accessible, campaign-specific “watch lists”.
Share data across your entire organization to facilitate quick, easy access to all campaign information.

Recent Updates:

Balihoo, the only provider of web-based media planning software that streamlines the media research, selection, and request-for-proposal (RFP) processes with on-demand data, today announced that it has raised $4 million in its Series B round of funding. Highway 12 Ventures led the round with participation from existing investor Lacuna Capital. The company will use the funds to augment their sales and marketing efforts targeting the media buying and planning community.

According to Pete Gombert, founder and CEO of Balihoo, “Our Beta Program, which recently ended and included 8 of the top 10 media buying companies in North America, helped us refine Balihoo and identify areas for future development. The product is ready to go and we’re excited to get the commercial version into the hands of our customers."

More at:http://www.balihoo.com/

idiomag is a high-quality, digital magazine currently personalized to each individual user's interests in music

What Company Says:

It keeps you "in the know" about the artists and genres you love, while helping you discover new music. With articles, reviews, galleries and interactive features in a rich magazine format, you can access idiomag whenever and wherever you want it.

How It Works:

idiomag is a high-quality, digital magazine currently personalized to each individual user's interests in music. It keeps them "in the know" about the artists and genres they love, as well as finding new artists that they might like. It includes feature articles, reviews, galleries and interactive elements in an engaging format that users can access whenever and wherever they want it.

Users can read the article, play the track, view the video, check for gigs, and go off to buy the mp3 or ticket or share their views with their friends. We utilise all the knowledge this generates about our users and their interests to deliver the most relevant experience and to target the most compelling advertising.

More at:http://www.idiomag.com/

Find a contractor or service professional

What Company Is Offering:
Service Villa is the home to over 1100 service professionals and general contractors in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, Naples, and the Florida Keys with plans to expand to the rest of the United States in the near future.

How It Works:

If an individual chooses to review a company on their site, they have the option of reviewing them anonymously. This is the now infamous "Service Villa User". They hope this encourages honest reviews that will benefit other users and even the company itself.



If you are a service professional or a general contractor and produce quality work, you can add your business listing to Service Villa.

Simply fill out their "Suggest a Product" application and their editors will research your request. Although not every product will make it to the product section, their editors will look at each application seriously.Make sure you letthem know via the form that you would like to send them the physical product.

More at:http://www.servicevilla.com/

GO is a knowledge network

What Company Is Offering:
The GO provides a controlled vocabulary to describe gene and gene products in different organisms. GO is a knowledge network containing about 20.000 biological terms. It is built up as a directed acyclic graph starting from three basic areas namely:
the molecular function of gene products,
their role in multi-step biological processes, and
their localization to cellular components.

How It Works:

Knowledge-based search helps you to find the answers to your question faster. By using a domain ontology as structured background knowledge the search results are sorted into meaningful categories. You can use these categories to narrow your set of found articles to the relevant ones. In many cases the categories will already represent the answer to your question.

Type "rab5" and wait for the tree on the left to appear. Have a look at the "Top categories What, Who, Where and When". A click on biological process shows endocytosis and clicking on cellular component shows endosome as answers for this question.
More at:http://www.gopubmed.org/

Monday, January 7, 2008

Bigthink.com---You can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with todays leading thinkers, movers and shakers

What Company Says:
bigthink.com is a new and growing website, currently in its private beta version, with a simple mission:

This is a digital age, one in which a wealth of accessible information empowers you, the citizen-consumer. But where is the information coming from? How accurate and unprocessed is it, really? Ask yourself this: how empowered do you feel debating a television screen or a newspaper?

Their task is to move the discussion away from talking heads and talking points, and give it back to you. That is Big Think's mission. In practice, this means that their information is truly interactive.

How It Works:

When you log onto our site, you can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with todays leading thinkers, movers and shakers. You can search them by question or by topic, and, best of all, respond in kind. Upload a video in which you take on Senator Ted Kennedy's views on immigration; post a slideshow of your trip to China that supports David Dollar's assertion that pollution in China is a major threat; or answer with plain old fashioned text. You can respond to the interviewee, respond to a responder or heck, throw your own question or idea into the ring.

The interviews are just one aspect of the site. They are meant to spark discussion by giving you examples of what today's leaders think about broader issues, rather than the blow-by-blow nitty-gritty you see on network news.

Every idea created on the site finds a home in The Idea Network. The Network is intended to be a cross-section of the Big Think project, a place to expose yourself to a range of perspectives and people. You may not agree with everything you see, but they promise you will be glad you took a peek.

The Web has no shortage of self-anointed experts, and the Expert Network is their way of reclaiming a little nook of cyberspace where depth of knowledge and expertise still reign. To that end, they have chosen people who are the best of the best of the best in a variety of fields and equipped them with webcams. Every couple of weeks, they will report on the latest developments in their area of expertise. Its a finger on the pulse of academia, business, politics, science and art.

More at:http://www.bigthink.com/

MeBeam --Now users can make one to one and multi-party video calls directly from Google Talk.

What Company Says:
Bruno Stuani wrote the worlds first plugin for Google Talk giving users the ability to embed videos from YouTube directly into a conversation window.

Now he has done one better, and has been kind enough to implement the MeBeam specification into a new plugin so that users can now make one to one and multi-party video calls directly from Google Talk.

This is great news for everyone, because Google Talk which uses the Jabber protocol, can make and receive, audio/video calls to and from anyone, using a Jabber compatible instant messenger.

How It Works:

From your Google Talk chat window you can make a video call to your friend on AdiumX who is on a Mac, and then invite a third friend into the conference who is on Meebo on Linux, and then that person can further invite another person, who is on ICQ on Windows, etc.

Instantly you have created a protocol agnostic video conference with several people on different instant messengers; and amazingly, only the initiator; in this case the person using gTalk, needs to have the plugin installed.

More at:http://www.mebeam.com/

Liberty Media has acquired a controlling stake in online retailer and fitness website Bodybuilding.com for $100 Million

Liberty Media has acquired a controlling stake in online retailer and fitness website Bodybuilding.com for $100 Million.

Bodybuilding.com sells a broad range of fitness supplements, clothing and supplies as well as offering general fitness articles and a social networking service where over 100,000 users swap exercise goals or post pictures.

According to comScore, Bodybuilding.com had around 2 million unique visitors in November, and according to Liberty sales are expected to top $100 million in 2008.

Link-Techcrunch

Places to Get a Free Business Education Online

Getting a business education doesn't have to be expensive. There are an increasing number of colleges, universities and nonprofit organizations offering free business courses online. Find out where you can sign up and what you can get from these cost-effective sources.



1. MIT OpenCourseWare - Sloan School of Management (mit.edu)


Undergraduate Business Courses
Graduate Business Courses

MIT OpenCourseWare is not an MIT education, but it might be the next best thing. This free online publication offers downloadable undergraduate and graduate business courses from the MIT Sloan School of Management. The downloadable curriculum includes lecture notes, videos, demonstrations, labs and more. Registration is free and there are more than 50 courses available.


2. The U.S. Small Business Administration (sba.gov)


Courses on Starting a Business
Courses on Business Planning
Courses on Business Management
Courses on Finance and Accounting

The Small Business Administration has one of the best selections of business courses on the web. Topics include everything from starting a business and business management to government contracting and international trade. Most courses take only 30 minutes to complete.


3. The Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA Program (managementhelp.org)


Complete Nonprofit Management Learning Coursework

Free Management Library's Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA(SM) Program is the perfect resource for students who want to learn more about nonprofit management. Completion of the course does not result in an actual MBA degree, but enrollment is absolutely free. The amount of time it takes to complete the program depends on how fast you learn, but you can expect to spend at least 200 hours on coursework.


4. 'Business Week' Free Online Courses (bwcourses.com)

Registered Business Week users will soon be able to take advantage of free instructor-led online courses through the Business Week website. Course offerings include but are not limited to:


High-Impact, Low-Cost Marketing
Taking Your Small Business Online
The Art of Business Networking

All courses have four to eight lessons and last an average of two weeks.


5. My Own Business - (myownbusiness.com)


Overview of All 14 Sessions on Starting a Small Business

Nonprofit organization My Own Business, Inc. offers a free online business course that would be beneficial to new managers and anyone interested in starting their own business. The comprehensive course is split into 14 sessions and covers topics like business plans, insurance, accounting, marketing, e-commerce and international trade. For less than $100, students can also acquire a certificate of completion and an accompanying textbook.


6. Business Entrepreneur Courses (trumpuniversity.com)


Overview of All Business Entrepreneurship Courses

Trump University offers a number of free online business courses geared towards the entrepreneur. Courses include How to Start a Business on a Shoestring Budget, Write a Business Plan, and Find Start Up Funding. Most can be completed in an afternoon. Enrollment is free, but you will need to enter your name, address and email info before getting started.
Links---Free Business Education Online

Thinking outside the cube

Peter Gibbons, the character in "Office Space" played by Ron Livingston, famously quipped "Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements."

That was in 1999; and with self-employment on the upswing, Gibbons could be considered somewhat prophetic.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of self-employed people reached 12.2 million in 2003, an increase of 6 percent from 2000.

Katie Sturino, the president and founder of KAS public relations, New York, is part of this growing trend. "I wanted a flexible schedule," she says. "My time is very important to me. I liked the concept of being able to meet for a cappuccino at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. I call it ‘alternative scheduling.'"

But as Sturino and the hoards of other people who have given up the regular routine will tell you, it's hardly a life of constant premium coffee breaks.

In fact, it's why Michelle Goodman wrote "The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women who Think Outside the Cube" (Seal Press, 2007). Goodman, a seasoned freelancer who has dabbled in all things non-9-to-5, including temping, telecommuting, part-time work, flex-time work, and self-employment, is giving this new generation of corporate castaways a primer course on how to do it.

Goodman says the most important thing to remember is that becoming a cubicle expat is not an overnight process. "You have to set a plan in motion both about what are the professional and financial steps you need to take to make the leap from a steady paycheck to full-time freelancer."
Links:Phillyburbs

UBmatrix--provider of information exchange solutions for global organizations and enterpriseshas received $8 million in second round

What Company Is Offering:
UBmatrix, Inc. is the leading provider of information exchange solutions for global organizations and enterprises allowing them to more efficiently and effectively address the challenges of business and financial information management, exchange and reporting. UBmatrix XBRL solutions increase operational efficiency and financial transparency, and ensure reporting accuracy and regulatory compliance. UBmatrix is based in Silicon Valley with development centers in Kirkland, WA, and New Delhi, India.

How It Works:

They provide XBRL-based software products for the full lifecycle of design, development, and deployment of applications that collect, validate, aggregate, report or exchange information. Their products are based on their XBRL Processing Engine which provides taxonomy and instance document validation and conversion. They provide both server-side products such as Enterprise Application Suite and client-side products such as Report Builder and Taxonomy Designer. They also provide xBReeze Compliance Reporting Edition which delivers a COREP/FINREP reporting solution.
How Much They Got From VCs:
UBmatrix, Inc. has received $8 million in second round institutional venture funding.

UBmatrix provides users with an XBRL-based platform that allows them to design, develop and deploy applications that collect, aggregate, report or exchange information.

Draper Fisher Jurvetson and The Meteor Group invested in the round, which is still open for additional funding. The company did not disclosed the expected use of the funding proceeds.

More at:http://www.ubmatrix.com/

Online company eConnek has announced the launch of its marketplace aimed at the electrical OEM market

What Company Is Offering:
eConnek is a secure website that is designed to make searching and purchasing metal circular and plastic circular connectors intermatable to top line electrical suppliers.

eConnek is Committed to Providing the Best Value with Superior Customer Service.
How It Works:
The site allows users to search by eConnek part number, original OEM part number and other criteria. It is a source for alternative products to main line connector parts.

eConnek is dedicated to distributing economically priced alternative electrical connector solutions for any industry. eConnekSM replacement connectors are used in the very same applications as OEMs connectors. eConnekSM has exactly what you need, when you need it at an unbeatable price.

With eConnek you get the quality of the original, but at a more economical price with unmatched service. Their 48 hour turnaround time sets us apart from other suppliers. No need to pay more and wait longer for your REDEL®, ODU® or LEMO® compatible connector solution, eConnekSM has the connection you need when you need it.
Recent Updates:

Online company eConnek has announced the launch of its marketplace aimed at the electrical OEM market.
More at:http://www.econnek.com/

REthink the way you sell your wine, and Inertia will help you grow your business

What Company Is Offering:
Inertia’s software platform, the REthink Engine, is the simplest yet most powerful and comprehensive customer-direct software available to the wine industry.

Created by wine and technology veterans to meet your specific needs, this proprietary software allows you to manage the ever-changing content of your website, your online store, your wine clubs, your phone orders, your email marketing campaigns, allocation, compliance and in-depth reporting-all with one easy tool.

How It Works:
The REthink Engine was designed to bring you closer than ever to all of your customers on a single, streamlined, easy-to-use platform, saving time and reducing administrative costs. In fact, it’s already been profitably implemented by more than 350 brands of all shapes and sizes.

REthink the way you sell your wine, and Inertia will help you grow your business.
Their tools seamlessly help you with order automation, fulfillment integration, credit card processing, club processing, auto e-mail, and more.

Their seamless commerce system automatically processes orders, manages inventory, and uses best practices for customer satisfaction. Our detailed system also helps you easily review past orders and customers to better manage customer support.

Process one to thousands of credit cards with the push of a button! Their club software also allows for significantly reduced administration time by allowing your customers to self-manage their credit card and account information while prompting each customer to update their account information days before the shipment is sent.

Whether it is the club or commerce tools, the REthink Engine helps you seamlessly manage your sales with their fulfillment partners by automatically transmitting orders back and forth or with your designated fulfillment partner via e-mail or fax.

How Much They Got From VCs:


They raises $8m Series B round.

More at: http://www.inertiabev.com/

With Orb--you are free to create, enjoy and share all your favorite media at anytime and anyplace and on virtually any Internet

What Company Is Offering:
Orb provides the ability to MyCast.

MyCasting gives the user instant access to photos, music, videos, live television, and other digital content on their home PC at anytime and from any internet-connected device, such as a mobile phone, PDA or laptop. MyCasting is media anywhere. MyCasting is media freedom.


Orb has developed an award winning service that combines the use of an internet media portal and a proprietary software application. Orb leverages the best in already available technology (hi-speed broadband, Wi-Fi, wireless internet access and sophisticated portable devices) to provide a brand new way for people to connect with their digital media in the manner "how, when and where" they most desire.

How It Works:
With Orb, you can MyCast. MyCasting means you are free to create, enjoy and share all your favorite media at anytime and anyplace and on virtually any Internet-connected media player with streaming capabilities (mobile phone, PDA, laptop or other PC).


Using any web browser, Orb provides a simple, intuitive interface for the user to connect to their home computer and the ability to stream digital content located there without the interruption of download delays. By removing the complexity and limitations of many of today's digital entertainment products and services, Orb's software architecture leverages the best features of today's popular standards while abiding by current digital rights management solutions.

More at:http://corp.orb.com/

Plum is a free online service that lets you collect and share all of the cool and important stuff in your digital life

What Company Is Offering:
Plum is a free online service that lets you collect and share all of the cool, interesting, and important stuff in your digital life. They started Plum because they think that collecting and sharing on the web is really fun and useful — but much too difficult to do.

When you find a great article in a magazine or newspaper, you might cut it out and save it — file it somewhere special, pass it along to a friend, or post it on the fridge. But what do you do when you come across an interesting web page that you want to save and share? What about Word documents and PDFs on your computer? Or photos and videos from sites like Flickr and YouTube?

Browser bookmarks are handy but can't be shared. Blogs and wikis are social but time-consuming to maintain. Email is convenient but in-boxes get cluttered up quickly — and it's a real pain to go back and find stuff later.

How It Works:

Plum is our attempt at providing a better way to collect and share the things you care about. They want Plum to be a complement to all the services you already use — Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Flickr, even desktop programs like Microsoft Office and iTunes. You can grab just about anything from the web or your computer, organize it quickly and easily, annotate it, and share it with others (if you so please).

Plum is currently in an invite-only private beta period. We've done lots of work over the past few months to make Plum what it is today, but we're always eager for your input and feedback. Do you like it? Does it work?
More at:http://www.plum.com/

Amazon's newest digital innovation ----online software downloads

Amazon's newest digital innovation - tax software downloads. You can now purchase a software title and download it directly to your computer, with no shipping, no wasted packaging, and no waiting. With downloads, you don't have to worry about what happens if you lose an installation disc or your hard drive crashes - once you download the product, it will be available to you in Your Media Library.

Their Windows XP and Windows Vista offerings will continue to grow in number, so check back frequently to download new titles. And if you're a Mac user, be sure to visit us again soon since your applications are on their way.
Once you install the downloader, you can either buy the free sample software to test the utility or shell out some money for a copy of TurboTax 2007. We can only assume that at some point Amazon will add a download option for some of the other software the company sells in retail boxes.

After you buy an item a copy is saved in your Amazon Media Library in case you need to download and install it again. Amazon's hardly the only online store selling downloadable software. And Amazon's selection right now is kind of laughable. But for the instant-gratification obsessed, any move toward a future where you will never have to wait for a software package to arrive in the mail is a good move.

More at:http://www.amazon.com/b/?&node=381910011

MoiPal is a friend you create on the internet and that lives in your phone

What Company Is Offering:
MoiPal is a friend you create on the internet and that lives in your phone. With MoiPal you can play fun games or just hang out and have a talk with some other pals.

How It Works:

After you have registered and created your pal, you just go straight to the download-page. There are numerous links to that page, for example from the attic. You can download the game in many ways. You can give your phone number, after which we send you an sms that has a link that downloads the game to your phone. You can also get the game with an sms or by downloading the file to your computer, and then moving it to the phone with Bluetooth or an infrared connection.


When you create your pal, you get to choose your clothes from a certain selection of clothes and hairstyles. But right from the start, you get some pal-money that can be spent to new clothes, furniture, or even hobbies. These can be changed from the attic. Clothes changed also change in your mobile phone if the internet connection is on, but the new furniture and hobbies you have to update by downloading the game again.


What's Lacking:
MoiPal runs very slowly on my mobile.

Close all the other applications running on your mobile. Restart the mobile again, or as the last option you may try to empty the memory of your mobile in order to speed up the game. MoiPal runs very slowly on my mobile.
More at:http://www.moipal.com/

mydrobe is a new and easy way to organize your wardrobe, share your style with others, and find new fashions

What Company Is Offering:
mydrobe is a new and easy way to organize your wardrobe, share your style with others, and find new fashions.

How It Works:

Once you sign up, you can begin filling up your mydrobe with all of your clothes. if you have a digital camera, take a few minutes to take some pictures of your clothes. just lay them on your bed and snap some pics, it doesn't have to be perfect. then, click [New] to add new clothes to your profile. you can fill in as little or as much as you want. of course, the more you add, the easier it will be for you to find your clothes.

First, make sure you have some clothes added to your wardrobe. people need choices! then, click [New] next to events. put in a description of the event, choose an ending date, and then click finish! it's that easy!


An event (sometimes called "votes") is where you can ask the world to dress you! people can look through your clothes and put together an outfit for you for an upcoming event! don't know what to wear tomorrow? just make an event! you can get hundreds of votes and opinions from others!


If you need a decision for what to wear or buy, maybe put in a day or two earlier. if it's something more general, it can be as long or short as you want. if you make it too long, then your event will end after you get 1,000 votes.

An c-blog is where you can post pictures of yourself wearing the clothes that you put into your mydrobe. once you have some clothes in your mydrobe, you can choose [New] next to outfits and put in your picture. you can then choose what you were wearing in the picture, just like in a magazine!
More at:http://www.mydrobe.com/help/

Zilok is a centralized online rental marketplace

What Company Is Offering:
Zilok is a centralized online rental marketplace. Zilok allows anyone, whether individuals or professionals, to rent or offer for rent anything in a few clicks!

If you need a special tool for a weekend, a fancy purse for an evening or an extra bike for a visitor, all you need to do is search and select the item you want for rent, at the most convenient location.

They are providing for both individuals & professionals an ideal platform to offer in seconds any item for rent, so people have a quick and convenient access to anything they could possibly need on occasion, for rent.

How It Works:

Zilok shows listings of all the items for rent in a given location along with their price, conditions and available dates, conveniently mapped around the location of the user. Zilok is currently the only website that provides this kind of online service for locating anything that you want to rent.

Zilok has been created to structure new trend in consuming, by offering a simple yet powerful online rental platform, giving everyone access to all the possible rental resources around.

There are two types of members on Zilok: owners who put their goods and products for rent and renters who, well, rent them.

Zilok aims to put these people and organizations in touch through one single marketplace.

More at:http://us.zilok.com/

Sunday, January 6, 2008

The Energi To Go supplies immediate power anywhere at anytime

What Company Says:
Your life is non-stop. That’s why your portable devices are so important. So when your cell phone or iPod starts running low on power, it can bring your whole world to a grinding halt. Their Energizer® Energi To Go® products can make sure that never happens.

How It Works:
The Energi To Go supplies immediate power anywhere at anytime. The device plugs into all major phone brands and runs on two long-lasting Energizer AA Lithium batteries. The Energi To Go ($20) provides up to nine additional hours of talk time once your own phone battery has lost power – so you’ll never feel anxious or stranded again.

Experience a world where iPods and cell phones charge up anywhere, anytime.

Enjoy fast, long-lasting charging power for your cell phone and iPod devices when you’re unplugged and on-the-go. Compatible with most cell phone brands, our cell phone charger even lets you talk while you charge. Our iPod charger works with most iPods, letting you refuel without stopping the music. And both give you the power to charge and the power to play wherever life takes you.

At the airport, on a boat or on a train. Untethered power for your unplugged lifestyle. Whether it’s an emergency or just another call on-the-go, you’ll have the power you need.
On a plane, at the beach or anywhere in between, this portable battery-powered charger extends the power of your iPod so you can continue to listen to the music you love.
More at:http://www.energizer.com/

Wirenode.com----Create a free mobile website using their mobile page editor

What Company Is Offering:
Create a free mobile website using their mobile page editor. Feel free to try all the functions, upload your pictures and customize your pages. You can create as many websites as you like, link them to each other and then publish them. With very little effort, you can create attractive mobile websites for your use.

How It Works:

From the moment you publish your mobile website, it will be accessible to everyone. Each of your websites has a unique URL on their wirenode.mobi domain or you can use your own domain name. Use a web teaser page for your mobile website to promote it on the Internet.

They recommend you visit their http://wirenode.mobi portal from your mobile phone. It presents the best mobile websites created by their users.

They can offer your subscribers the ability to create their own mobile websites branded in your colors, which you can then add to your mobile portal. Alternatively, they can help to connect their existing mobile websites to your portal. Because those portals will be created by your mobile users, they will have an incentive to promote these sites through "word-of-mouth.

If you have a client who would like to spend part of his marketing budget on mobile marketing, but does not have a mobile website, they are here to help you to offer them a complete service.

More at:http://www.wirenode.com/

Twistbox is the total solution in mobile entertainment

What Company Is Offering:
TWISTBOX ENTERTAINMENT is a global producer and publisher of mobile content. Through exclusive licenses with industry leading brands and direct distribution with over 100 operators in over 40 countries, they provide an extensive portfolio of award-winning games, WAP sites, and mobile TV channels worldwide. From programming to marketing and game development to portal management, Twistbox is the total solution in mobile entertainment.

How It Works:

Twistbox's carrier-class technology allows content providers and network operators to launch compelling mobile services quickly and reliably. Our scalable and versatile platform offers a full array of mobile-media solutions including content management, publishing, marketing, reporting, and messaging.

Twistbox delivers the latest in made-for-mobile entertainment including text alerts, wallpapers, ringtones, games, and videos processing millions of transactions monthly. With years of experience and over 400 mobile sites in 20 languages, Twistbox represents the gold standard in mobile entertainment.


Twistbox Games offers an extensive portfolio of more than 150 addictive puzzle, casino, arcade and premium branded titles. Their RapidPort technology supports and ensures game play on the widest range of handsets. Advanced features include 3D, multi-player, in-game advertising and support for all languages.

More at:http://www.twistbox.com/

Moniker--domain name registration and management

What Company Is Offering:
Moniker Online Services, is a leading provider of domain name registration, management, and monetization services for individuals and businesses that wish to have a unique address and branded identity on the Internet.

How It Works:

Moniker offers a quick and user-friendly domain registration process as well as responsive and reliable customer support. To assist customers in developing and maintaining their online identities, the company bundles value-added products and services with domain names including: URL forwarding, landing pages for parking, website hosting, superior domain management, domain traffic monetization, and real time domain traffic statistics.

Moniker offers additional domain related products and services such as: SEO Tools, Public Relations & Press Releases, Legal Resources, Domain Registrar Theft Protection, Domain Appraisal, and Corporate Domain Management Services. The company also offers domain name re-sale services, such as auctions and escrow, through its parent company, Domainsystems.com.

The Company’s Executive Management, Customer Service, and Operations team, are comprised of experienced professionals recognized for their innovative achievements in the Internet industry as well as other areas of business and finance. Moniker’s headquarters are in South Florida at the center of one of the most active Internet business communities in the world... the Internet Coast.

Recent Updates:

Oversee.net, the Downtown Los Angeles-based online media company that runs domain and online marketing services businesses, has acquired Moniker, a provider of domain name registration, domain asset management and monetization services.

More at:http://www.moniker.com/

BitDefender Online Scanner is an on-demand virus scanner

What Company Is Offering:
BitDefender Online Scanner is an on-demand virus scanner which incorporates the award-winning BitDefender scanning engines. You can use it to scan your system's memory, all files and drives' boot sectors, and to automatically clean infected files.


Unique Features:
BitDefender Free Online Virus Scanner version 8 includes:

Redesigned interface: allows simpler configuration and guidance through the entire scanning process.
Effective defaults: scanning with the default options automatically cleans the infected files.
Automatic uninstall: available straight from the browser.
Improved security: the product can be installed only on authorized web sites.
Proxy enabled: detects automatically the anonymous proxy settings set in Internet Explorer.
Exportable reports: save the scan report for later analyis.

More at:http://www.bitdefender.com/

With imageloop you can construct your own Slideshow, can be integrated into your personal website, webspace or blog

What Company is Offering:

The professional tool to present your images in photo-communities. Upload your photos, publish slideshows on your website, comment, share with friends, embed anywhere, convert pdf to slideshows. The great thing about imageloop Slideshows is that they can be integrated into your personal website, webspace or blog.

How It Works:

Just select "Create Slideshow" from the menu at the top of the page. By clicking on "Add Photos" you can use multiple sources to upload your photos. Once you have started to upload your photos you can give your Slideshow an individual look. Add a title and a brief description to your photos so that they appear on your Slideshow too. You can also use the option "Edit Slideshow" to choose the style of your Slideshow, the colour of the text and many other features. Once you have designed and saved your Slideshow, you can display it on whe web or send it to your friends. The choice is yours!.

There are sveral ways of display your imageloop Slideshow on your website or webspace. If you have an account on MySpace, Blogger.com or Blogger.de you can integrate your Slideshows on these sites automatically. To do so, just click on "publish Slideshow" on any Slideshow page and you'll be guided through this easy process step by step. You can also send the Slideshow to your friends or use the EMBED-code to integrate it into your own webspace. The EMBED-Code is a code snippet, which you just have to copy and then paste into the HTML-Body area of your website. The only requirement is that the SlideShow is 'public'. If it is set to 'private' this process will not work.
With imageloop you can construct your own Slideshow and make your own decision as to who can watch it. During the creation of the Slideshow you can specify the level of access to your Slideshow. There are three possibilities: Public Slideshow (anyone can view it), Private Slideshow (only your friends can view it) and Private Slidehow (only you can view it). If you want to change these settings afterwards, just enter the Slideshow page and click on the editing symbol to the right of your Slideshow and select the desired access level.

More at:http://www.imageloop.com/

MyPlayList

What Company Is Offering:

MyPlayList uses the XSPF xml format to combine images from the Flickr image sharing service, with music that is hosted across the internet.


How It Works:

Enter any band, (and if we haven't already made one) the system will automatically compile a Flickr - music extravaganza, then when it has finished playing through it will make you a new playlist for a similar band.You CANNOT upload music or images, Myplaylist simply organises the content that is already available on the internet.

More at:http://www.myplaylist.biz/

endeve is an online application for invoices management

What Company Is Offering:

endeve is an online application for invoices management. endeve allows any professional or business to issue their own invoices, email them, check revenues and manage clients from any place at any time.

How It Works:

endeve is a Web application. All you need is a Web browser and an Internet connection to manage your invoices.
endeve doesn't access to your invoices or clients data under any circumstances, unless you ask for it formally. endeve is free. You will be able to create your own invoices after filling a simple form. No charges. No fees.

More at:http://endeve.com/

Saturday, January 5, 2008

TrackerSuite.Net

What Company is Offering:
TrackerSuite.Net is a suite of integrated Web applications which can be licensed on a modular or package basis. It includes solutions for project management, time & expense reporting, purchasing, personnel management, invoicing, CRM and reporting. Site visitors can register online for immediate access to a free evaluation site.

How It Works:

TrackerSuite.Net applications integrate with Microsoft Project, most popular CRM applications and virtually any other SOA-compatible enterprise platform. TrackerSuite.Net can also integrate with most email platforms, including Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes and Web based services such as Gmail.

TrackerSuite.Net applications are flexible, allowing organizations to individualize their solutions for various initiatives, including:

Project Portfolio Management
Sarbanes Oxley Compliance: Connecting Purchase Tracker.Net with the organization's accounting system to institute a purchase-to-pay compliance platform. Workflows can be assembled that link purchase requisition forms to the purchase-to-pay cycle, establishing an authorization trail for compliance reporting.
Job Costing: Integrating Project Tracker.Net with a project request engine enables the organization to track time against organizational objectives.
HRIS: Combining Personnel Tracker.Net, Time Tracker.Net and the Tracker Data Warehouse provides organizations with a comprehensive HR system which simplifies and automates processes including payroll, time and labor management, benefit management and personnel tracking.
More at:http://www.trackersuite.net/