What Company Is Offering:
Rude66 is a free international trade portal that helps business to promote their products and services to the world. Based in Phoenix Arizona Rude66 is committed to facilitating import and export trade.Communication is vital to create an atmosphere of prosperity worldwide. Any legitimate business, entrepreneur or individual can come to this trade directory to post their buy and sell trade leads or to create their company profile.
More at:http://www.rude66.com/
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Dizzywood's creative, story-driven world offers children a safe virtual environment has secured additional financing in its Series A round
What Company Is Offering:
Dizzywood's is to inspire young people to use their imagination and have fun, while learning real-life values and skills.
How it Works:
Dizzywood's creative, story-driven world offers children a safe virtual environment where they can explore worlds unlike any other, engage in challenging activities and cooperate with others, while developing important cognitive skills. Because Dizzywood's games and activities have endless variation, each experience is new and unique -- keeping kids captivated and engaged. Kids are appropriately challenged with games and activities that earn players unique super powers and other creative rewards. For more information.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Dizzywood, a new virtual world and online gaming platform for children ages 8-12, today announced that it has secured additional financing in its Series A round. The round was led by Shelby Bonnie, with additional investment from Charles River Ventures and other renowned individual investors. The company plans to use the capital to further develop and expand content and services on Dizzywood.
How Is Market Of That Kind of Company:
According to eMarketer, 24% of the 34.3 million US child and teen Internet users will visit virtual worlds once a month in 2007. This will rise to 34% in 2008 and by 2011, 53% will do so. "With so many kids expected to join virtual worlds in the next few years, the market opportunity is tremendous," said Shelby Bonnie. "Dizzywood is defining the next generation of virtual worlds for kids by combining immersive 3-D graphics with story-driven content creating an environment that challenges children to use their imagination."
More at: www.dizzywood.com
Dizzywood's is to inspire young people to use their imagination and have fun, while learning real-life values and skills.
How it Works:
Dizzywood's creative, story-driven world offers children a safe virtual environment where they can explore worlds unlike any other, engage in challenging activities and cooperate with others, while developing important cognitive skills. Because Dizzywood's games and activities have endless variation, each experience is new and unique -- keeping kids captivated and engaged. Kids are appropriately challenged with games and activities that earn players unique super powers and other creative rewards. For more information.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Dizzywood, a new virtual world and online gaming platform for children ages 8-12, today announced that it has secured additional financing in its Series A round. The round was led by Shelby Bonnie, with additional investment from Charles River Ventures and other renowned individual investors. The company plans to use the capital to further develop and expand content and services on Dizzywood.
How Is Market Of That Kind of Company:
According to eMarketer, 24% of the 34.3 million US child and teen Internet users will visit virtual worlds once a month in 2007. This will rise to 34% in 2008 and by 2011, 53% will do so. "With so many kids expected to join virtual worlds in the next few years, the market opportunity is tremendous," said Shelby Bonnie. "Dizzywood is defining the next generation of virtual worlds for kids by combining immersive 3-D graphics with story-driven content creating an environment that challenges children to use their imagination."
More at: www.dizzywood.com
Podium Advertising Technologies specializes in online paid search advertising technologies
What Company Is Offering:
Podium Advertising Technologies(adcore) , specializes in online paid search advertising technologies.
At Podium they seek to maintain their advanced technology status and high level of professionalism in the online paid search advertising field by constantly improving their technology tools and deepening theirr SEM knowledge.
How It Works:
adCore is a next generation online advertising technology which fully automates your paid search activities. The system takes you through the entire SEM process from keywords and ads creation through campaign optimization and maximization and down to reporting and monitoring. adCore takes your business to a new level of performance and efficiency.
To fully automate the online paid search advertising process and achieve technological superiority by supplying a comprehensive software solution covering all aspects of industry activity, which is both easy to use and affordable in price.
Their technology is designed to help their customers increase efficiency, scalability, return on investment and the overall value of their paid search advertisements.
More at:http://www.podiumadtech.com/
Podium Advertising Technologies(adcore) , specializes in online paid search advertising technologies.
At Podium they seek to maintain their advanced technology status and high level of professionalism in the online paid search advertising field by constantly improving their technology tools and deepening theirr SEM knowledge.
How It Works:
adCore is a next generation online advertising technology which fully automates your paid search activities. The system takes you through the entire SEM process from keywords and ads creation through campaign optimization and maximization and down to reporting and monitoring. adCore takes your business to a new level of performance and efficiency.
To fully automate the online paid search advertising process and achieve technological superiority by supplying a comprehensive software solution covering all aspects of industry activity, which is both easy to use and affordable in price.
Their technology is designed to help their customers increase efficiency, scalability, return on investment and the overall value of their paid search advertisements.
More at:http://www.podiumadtech.com/
Zolve is an online real estate referral network
What Company is Offering:
Zolve is an online real estate referral network, a business exchange that connects real estate practitioners and service providers across the country and around the globe.Zolve.com was founded by Brian Wilson, a Colorado Springs Realtor®. In the course of running his own real estate brokerage, Brian identified a need for a platform to more efficiently managing his referral business.
How it Works:
Zolve members access inbound referrals from across the country and around the world. They can also send referrals to qualified professionals who have been ranked, eBay®-style, by consumers with whom they have worked. A simple online referral agreement wizard and referral logging system add legal strength and organization to the entire process.
In addition to providing a business class referral network, Zolve provides social tools that empower real estate professionals to expand their sphere of influence and connect with others. Members can increase the value of their network exponentially by managing it on an interactive map and having access to their network’s network.
All real estate professionals and service providers – mortgage brokers, inspectors, appraisers, etc. -- are welcome to join Zolve.
Joining Zolve is FREE. Your Zolve membership comes with a blog, social networking tools, and the ability to submit outbound referrals to other Zolve members.
More at:http://zolve.com/
Zolve is an online real estate referral network, a business exchange that connects real estate practitioners and service providers across the country and around the globe.Zolve.com was founded by Brian Wilson, a Colorado Springs Realtor®. In the course of running his own real estate brokerage, Brian identified a need for a platform to more efficiently managing his referral business.
How it Works:
Zolve members access inbound referrals from across the country and around the world. They can also send referrals to qualified professionals who have been ranked, eBay®-style, by consumers with whom they have worked. A simple online referral agreement wizard and referral logging system add legal strength and organization to the entire process.
In addition to providing a business class referral network, Zolve provides social tools that empower real estate professionals to expand their sphere of influence and connect with others. Members can increase the value of their network exponentially by managing it on an interactive map and having access to their network’s network.
All real estate professionals and service providers – mortgage brokers, inspectors, appraisers, etc. -- are welcome to join Zolve.
Joining Zolve is FREE. Your Zolve membership comes with a blog, social networking tools, and the ability to submit outbound referrals to other Zolve members.
More at:http://zolve.com/
ByAllAccounts delivers reconciliation-ready data to investment management and advisory firms has secured $5 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
ByAllAccounts delivers reconciliation-ready data to investment management and advisory firms. Using innovative expert system technology, we provide an unparalleled access to financial account data from thousands of custodians and enable efficient and timely account reconciliation, performance analysis and consolidated reporting.
How It Works:
They help you build stronger, more profitable relationships by providing timely, personalized levels of service and better advice based on a more complete understanding of your clients' assets.
They have set a new standard in financial data assembly, providing an offering that is innovative in its approach to collecting, normalizing, interpreting and categorizing transaction-level information -- information brought to you in a timely and wholly useful way. They enable you to improve efficiencies, grow your business, and leapfrog your competition.
How Much They Got From VCs:
ByAllAccounts, a provider of reconciliation-ready data for investment management and advisory firms, announced that it has secured $5 million in Series A funding. Commonwealth Capital Ventures led the round and was joined by members of the company's executive management team. The company plans to use the funding to further support sales, marketing and product development initiatives.
Who Is Backing Them:
The ByAllAccounts management team is led by CEO, President and co-founder James Carney. The team also includes co-founder Ellen Dickau, Vice President of Engineering, and co-founder Martin Dickau, Chief Technology Officer.
Commonwealth Capital Ventures' Perreault and General Partner Jeffrey Hurst have joined Carney on the company's Board of Directors.
"It was important for us to find an investor that understood our industry and business model and shared our vision," said Carney. "With Commonwealth's track record of successfully investing in companies that deliver Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions and their collaborative, team-based approach to working with their portfolio companies, they bring more than just capital; they will add significant value to the strategic direction of our organization."
More at:http://www.byallaccounts.com/
ByAllAccounts delivers reconciliation-ready data to investment management and advisory firms. Using innovative expert system technology, we provide an unparalleled access to financial account data from thousands of custodians and enable efficient and timely account reconciliation, performance analysis and consolidated reporting.
How It Works:
They help you build stronger, more profitable relationships by providing timely, personalized levels of service and better advice based on a more complete understanding of your clients' assets.
They have set a new standard in financial data assembly, providing an offering that is innovative in its approach to collecting, normalizing, interpreting and categorizing transaction-level information -- information brought to you in a timely and wholly useful way. They enable you to improve efficiencies, grow your business, and leapfrog your competition.
How Much They Got From VCs:
ByAllAccounts, a provider of reconciliation-ready data for investment management and advisory firms, announced that it has secured $5 million in Series A funding. Commonwealth Capital Ventures led the round and was joined by members of the company's executive management team. The company plans to use the funding to further support sales, marketing and product development initiatives.
Who Is Backing Them:
The ByAllAccounts management team is led by CEO, President and co-founder James Carney. The team also includes co-founder Ellen Dickau, Vice President of Engineering, and co-founder Martin Dickau, Chief Technology Officer.
Commonwealth Capital Ventures' Perreault and General Partner Jeffrey Hurst have joined Carney on the company's Board of Directors.
"It was important for us to find an investor that understood our industry and business model and shared our vision," said Carney. "With Commonwealth's track record of successfully investing in companies that deliver Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions and their collaborative, team-based approach to working with their portfolio companies, they bring more than just capital; they will add significant value to the strategic direction of our organization."
More at:http://www.byallaccounts.com/
Cellfire that allows consumers to easily access deals from brand-name merchants nationwide through their mobile phone raised $12 million in funding
What Company Is Offering:
Cellfire gives amazing offers from food and entertainment to retail shopping and more. With Cellfire, you are only a few key taps away from convenient savings on the stuff you want to buy.Cellfire is the first nationwide mobile coupon and discount offer service that allows consumers to easily access deals from brand-name merchants nationwide through their mobile phone.
How It Works:
With Cellfire's mobile technology, you already have the coupons and discount offers right on your phone.
* No need to clip paper coupons and bring it with you when you shop.
* You don't have to check email or surf the Web looking for hot deals.
* Quickly and easily navigate through coupons and discount offers by menus — without sifting through your text messages!.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Cellfire Inc. secured its third round of funding, raising $12 million from a new investor, Silver Creek Ventures, and existing investors, including Menlo Ventures, and Storm Ventures. Proceeds will be used to expand the company's sales and marketing efforts, along with increasing product functionality, business development and partnership activities.
http://www.cellfire.com/
Cellfire gives amazing offers from food and entertainment to retail shopping and more. With Cellfire, you are only a few key taps away from convenient savings on the stuff you want to buy.Cellfire is the first nationwide mobile coupon and discount offer service that allows consumers to easily access deals from brand-name merchants nationwide through their mobile phone.
How It Works:
With Cellfire's mobile technology, you already have the coupons and discount offers right on your phone.
* No need to clip paper coupons and bring it with you when you shop.
* You don't have to check email or surf the Web looking for hot deals.
* Quickly and easily navigate through coupons and discount offers by menus — without sifting through your text messages!.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Cellfire Inc. secured its third round of funding, raising $12 million from a new investor, Silver Creek Ventures, and existing investors, including Menlo Ventures, and Storm Ventures. Proceeds will be used to expand the company's sales and marketing efforts, along with increasing product functionality, business development and partnership activities.
http://www.cellfire.com/
QualVu enables you to turn consumer-generated video into business intelligence got $750,000 in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
QualVu is an automated online video platform designed for researchers, helping them connect directly with audiences they care about to gain rich insights faster and more cost-effectively than any other online or offline methods.
How It Works:
QualVu enables you to turn consumer-generated video into business intelligence — delivering on the flexibility, reach and cost efficiencies of the Internet, without sacrificing rich, visual and auditory consumer reactions. QualVu can be embedded in online surveys to generate visual representative insights, and also provides a video diary module that allows researchers to go way beyond text-based online methods.
Use the online video platform to engage with audiences you care about, and capture invaluable insights gained from their answers to your questions.
How Much They Got From VCs:
QualVu, a Colorado-based technology start-up that has developed a web-based video platform for qualitative research, it has closed $750,000 in Series A funding. The round was led by the co-founders of ServiceMagic.com, Mike Beaudoin and Rodney Rice. The company plans to use the funding to fuel further development and growth of their online business-driven video platform. In conjunction with this funding, Mike Beaudoin and Rodney Rice joined the Board of Directors, along with QualVu CEO and Founder John Williamson.
More at:http://www.qualvu.com/
QualVu is an automated online video platform designed for researchers, helping them connect directly with audiences they care about to gain rich insights faster and more cost-effectively than any other online or offline methods.
How It Works:
QualVu enables you to turn consumer-generated video into business intelligence — delivering on the flexibility, reach and cost efficiencies of the Internet, without sacrificing rich, visual and auditory consumer reactions. QualVu can be embedded in online surveys to generate visual representative insights, and also provides a video diary module that allows researchers to go way beyond text-based online methods.
Use the online video platform to engage with audiences you care about, and capture invaluable insights gained from their answers to your questions.
How Much They Got From VCs:
QualVu, a Colorado-based technology start-up that has developed a web-based video platform for qualitative research, it has closed $750,000 in Series A funding. The round was led by the co-founders of ServiceMagic.com, Mike Beaudoin and Rodney Rice. The company plans to use the funding to fuel further development and growth of their online business-driven video platform. In conjunction with this funding, Mike Beaudoin and Rodney Rice joined the Board of Directors, along with QualVu CEO and Founder John Williamson.
More at:http://www.qualvu.com/
The Merlin Technologies is to assemble and build a new and unique talent acquisition company raised $10 million in Series A financing
What Company Is Offering:
The Merlin Technologies is to assemble and build a new and unique talent acquisition company through the effective integration of complementary pre-employment point solution providers. Employers currently deal with too many vendors in a fragmented pre-employment process that increases cost and complexity. Merlin streamlines the process and provides one-stop shopping that allows the customer to achieve better hiring results and improved productivity through an integrated and improved process, and simplification and cost reduction through fewer vendor implementations, contracts and databases.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has raised $10 million in Series A financing from Updata Partners. Funding will be used to expand operations and finance the acquisition of ASSESS Systems, a leading provider of web-enabled candidate assessment and employee development offerings. Commensurate with the funding, Ira Cohen, Venture Partner, and Barry Goldsmith, General Partner at Updata Partners have joined the board of directors.
As the former CEO and CFO of Peopleclick, Inc., Merlin Technologies' founders, Steve Sasser and Jim Buchanan, are knowledgeable leaders in the talent acquisition market; having gained valuable experience working with industry leading customers at Peopleclick - who was a pioneer in this market. Sasser and Buchanan formed Merlin to assemble and build a new and unique talent acquisition company through the effective integration of complementary pre-employment point solution providers. They have extensive experience with merger and acquisition activities and worked together in leadership roles at Legent and Goal Systems earlier in their careers.
More at:http://www.merlintechcorp.com/
The Merlin Technologies is to assemble and build a new and unique talent acquisition company through the effective integration of complementary pre-employment point solution providers. Employers currently deal with too many vendors in a fragmented pre-employment process that increases cost and complexity. Merlin streamlines the process and provides one-stop shopping that allows the customer to achieve better hiring results and improved productivity through an integrated and improved process, and simplification and cost reduction through fewer vendor implementations, contracts and databases.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has raised $10 million in Series A financing from Updata Partners. Funding will be used to expand operations and finance the acquisition of ASSESS Systems, a leading provider of web-enabled candidate assessment and employee development offerings. Commensurate with the funding, Ira Cohen, Venture Partner, and Barry Goldsmith, General Partner at Updata Partners have joined the board of directors.
As the former CEO and CFO of Peopleclick, Inc., Merlin Technologies' founders, Steve Sasser and Jim Buchanan, are knowledgeable leaders in the talent acquisition market; having gained valuable experience working with industry leading customers at Peopleclick - who was a pioneer in this market. Sasser and Buchanan formed Merlin to assemble and build a new and unique talent acquisition company through the effective integration of complementary pre-employment point solution providers. They have extensive experience with merger and acquisition activities and worked together in leadership roles at Legent and Goal Systems earlier in their careers.
More at:http://www.merlintechcorp.com/
Vaultus Mobile Technologies that extends business-critical applications to handheld devices for anywhere, anytime access Got $6 million In VCs Fund
What Company Is Offering:
Vaultus Mobile Technologies is a mobility leader that extends business-critical applications to handheld devices for anywhere, anytime access. Its award-winning Mobile Application Platform provides the fastest and most secure access to enterprise data, along with unparalleled ease of use.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Vaultus Mobile Technologies, a leader in extending business-critical applications to handheld devices, announced that it closed a $6 million expansion round. The round was lead by Point Judith Capital with participation from existing investors Susquehanna International Group and IDG Ventures. The funding will enable Vaultus to accelerate its growth in the mobile space, building its sales and partnership channels to extend its leadership position in the burgeoning mobile market.
What VCs Says About Company:
“Mobile is the future of the enterprise application. Over the next few years every major corporation is going to have to be sure that any application they deploy be available anywhere at any time,” said David Martirano, general partner at Point Judith Capital and Vaultus board member. “Vaultus is positioned for strong growth, not only because of the market, but because it has the right technology, the right management team and the strong partnerships that will propel it forward.”
About VCs:
Point Judith Capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs building communications, Internet, healthcare and technology companies. Point Judith Capital has a strategic partnership with Tudor Investment Corporation, an internationally recognized, diversified investment management firm.
For more, visit http://www.pointjudithcapital.com.
More at:www.vaultus.com
Vaultus Mobile Technologies is a mobility leader that extends business-critical applications to handheld devices for anywhere, anytime access. Its award-winning Mobile Application Platform provides the fastest and most secure access to enterprise data, along with unparalleled ease of use.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Vaultus Mobile Technologies, a leader in extending business-critical applications to handheld devices, announced that it closed a $6 million expansion round. The round was lead by Point Judith Capital with participation from existing investors Susquehanna International Group and IDG Ventures. The funding will enable Vaultus to accelerate its growth in the mobile space, building its sales and partnership channels to extend its leadership position in the burgeoning mobile market.
What VCs Says About Company:
“Mobile is the future of the enterprise application. Over the next few years every major corporation is going to have to be sure that any application they deploy be available anywhere at any time,” said David Martirano, general partner at Point Judith Capital and Vaultus board member. “Vaultus is positioned for strong growth, not only because of the market, but because it has the right technology, the right management team and the strong partnerships that will propel it forward.”
About VCs:
Point Judith Capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs building communications, Internet, healthcare and technology companies. Point Judith Capital has a strategic partnership with Tudor Investment Corporation, an internationally recognized, diversified investment management firm.
For more, visit http://www.pointjudithcapital.com.
More at:www.vaultus.com
Camlink is an innovative dating service that brings the popular concept of Speed Dating to the web
What Company Is Offering:
Camlink is an innovative dating service that brings the popular concept of Speed Dating to the web.
Experience Online Speed Dating from the comfort of your own home through a series of online dates. No long profiles. No misleading pictures. Connect with other members through a webcam or chat, then vote for those that you like. Speed Dating is a quick and fun way to meet singles from your area. Get instant results!
How It Works:
Speed dating is based on the scientifically proven fact that most people form their impressions of one another within the first minute of the meeting. After the session, which was a lot of fun, we came to the realization that an online version of Speed Dating could be even better. We felt there is a definite need for a new kind of site that is not profile and picture based, but rather gives users a live interaction with other singles, all from the comfort of their own home. Best of all, Camlink is free to all users.
Each Online Speed Date session consists of a number of mini-dates, ranging anywhere from 1 minute (we call them "turbo dates") to 5 minutes for a typical session. They also host private events for parties of a particular interest. Each event is theme based. During the date you vote if you like the person you're speed dating with. If both users vote YES - then the system detects the match and users are prompted to select which contact information to share. You're able to communicate through our website, or can provide your email address, screen names or phone number if you feel comfortable. The next step is in your hands, for you to plan a future date.
More at:http://www.camlink.com/
Camlink is an innovative dating service that brings the popular concept of Speed Dating to the web.
Experience Online Speed Dating from the comfort of your own home through a series of online dates. No long profiles. No misleading pictures. Connect with other members through a webcam or chat, then vote for those that you like. Speed Dating is a quick and fun way to meet singles from your area. Get instant results!
How It Works:
Speed dating is based on the scientifically proven fact that most people form their impressions of one another within the first minute of the meeting. After the session, which was a lot of fun, we came to the realization that an online version of Speed Dating could be even better. We felt there is a definite need for a new kind of site that is not profile and picture based, but rather gives users a live interaction with other singles, all from the comfort of their own home. Best of all, Camlink is free to all users.
Each Online Speed Date session consists of a number of mini-dates, ranging anywhere from 1 minute (we call them "turbo dates") to 5 minutes for a typical session. They also host private events for parties of a particular interest. Each event is theme based. During the date you vote if you like the person you're speed dating with. If both users vote YES - then the system detects the match and users are prompted to select which contact information to share. You're able to communicate through our website, or can provide your email address, screen names or phone number if you feel comfortable. The next step is in your hands, for you to plan a future date.
More at:http://www.camlink.com/
TripTouch is a website for independent travelers who want the best from their trip
What Company Is Offering:
TripTouch is a website for independent travelers who want the best from their trip. Everything at TripTouch is centered around your location and your personalized travel tastes. They'll bring you information, services and a lively community - all in one easy to use site. TripTouch is still in beta stage.
Its Features:
TripTouch is free - all you need is an email address, and you're ready to go.
TripTouch is your travel home page and gives you everything you need -
Travel information - attractions, events, accommodation, and more.
Services - maps, news, weather, currency rates and more.
Share your trip - publish your photos and blog your trip!.
Lively travel community - keep in touch with people you meet and find new travel friends.
More at:http://www.triptouch.com/
TripTouch is a website for independent travelers who want the best from their trip. Everything at TripTouch is centered around your location and your personalized travel tastes. They'll bring you information, services and a lively community - all in one easy to use site. TripTouch is still in beta stage.
Its Features:
TripTouch is free - all you need is an email address, and you're ready to go.
TripTouch is your travel home page and gives you everything you need -
Travel information - attractions, events, accommodation, and more.
Services - maps, news, weather, currency rates and more.
Share your trip - publish your photos and blog your trip!.
Lively travel community - keep in touch with people you meet and find new travel friends.
More at:http://www.triptouch.com/
What's Reason Behind Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's acquisition bid?
Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's acquisition bid is likely a negotiating strategy to elicit a higher offer and shouldn't be seen as an attempt to resist a deal at all costs, according to analysts.
Neither Microsoft nor Yahoo has many options to improve their position in online services and advertising, and combining forces is their best bet against common rival Google, analysts said.
"It's part of a larger negotiation that's occurring. Clearly, Yahoo should be and is seeking a higher bid, and this is part of that process," said Clayton Moran, a financial analyst with Stanford Group.
Yahoo is unlikely to find a company willing to bid as much as Microsoft for it, while Microsoft will not be able to attain its Internet goals by acquiring a company other than Yahoo. "While they need to negotiate and go through the process, at the end of the day this deal will happen," Moran said.
On Monday, Yahoo rejected Microsoft's bid, saying it undervalues the company. Microsoft offered to pay US$31 for half of Yahoo's outstanding shares and 0.9509 of a Microsoft share for the other half. At the time of the offer, Microsoft's stock stood at $32.60 and the bid was valued at $44.6 billion, a 62 percent premium over Yahoo's stock price at the time. However, the bid's value has dropped with Microsoft's sliding stock price, which at press time was $28.10. At the same time, Yahoo's stock price has risen from a close of $19.18 on the day before the bid to $29.75 at press time.
Moran predicted that Microsoft will adjust its offer so that it ends up at $35 per share, probably increasing the fixed cash portion and reducing the variable stock portion so that value is less vulnerable to Microsoft stock fluctuations. A $35-per-share offer would be a midpoint between the original bid and the $40 per share Yahoo is reportedly seeking.
"We continue to view a Yahoo sale to Microsoft as the most likely outcome," Citigroup financial analysts wrote in a note published Sunday after press reports over the weekend that Yahoo would reject the Microsoft bid. The rejection isn't surprising, but rather consistent with Yahoo's board job to "extract maximum value" for shareholders, the Citigroup analysts wrote.
Yahoo has reportedly held talks with Google and AOL to explore alternatives to a Microsoft acquisition.
Via-Juan Carlos
Neither Microsoft nor Yahoo has many options to improve their position in online services and advertising, and combining forces is their best bet against common rival Google, analysts said.
"It's part of a larger negotiation that's occurring. Clearly, Yahoo should be and is seeking a higher bid, and this is part of that process," said Clayton Moran, a financial analyst with Stanford Group.
Yahoo is unlikely to find a company willing to bid as much as Microsoft for it, while Microsoft will not be able to attain its Internet goals by acquiring a company other than Yahoo. "While they need to negotiate and go through the process, at the end of the day this deal will happen," Moran said.
On Monday, Yahoo rejected Microsoft's bid, saying it undervalues the company. Microsoft offered to pay US$31 for half of Yahoo's outstanding shares and 0.9509 of a Microsoft share for the other half. At the time of the offer, Microsoft's stock stood at $32.60 and the bid was valued at $44.6 billion, a 62 percent premium over Yahoo's stock price at the time. However, the bid's value has dropped with Microsoft's sliding stock price, which at press time was $28.10. At the same time, Yahoo's stock price has risen from a close of $19.18 on the day before the bid to $29.75 at press time.
Moran predicted that Microsoft will adjust its offer so that it ends up at $35 per share, probably increasing the fixed cash portion and reducing the variable stock portion so that value is less vulnerable to Microsoft stock fluctuations. A $35-per-share offer would be a midpoint between the original bid and the $40 per share Yahoo is reportedly seeking.
"We continue to view a Yahoo sale to Microsoft as the most likely outcome," Citigroup financial analysts wrote in a note published Sunday after press reports over the weekend that Yahoo would reject the Microsoft bid. The rejection isn't surprising, but rather consistent with Yahoo's board job to "extract maximum value" for shareholders, the Citigroup analysts wrote.
Yahoo has reportedly held talks with Google and AOL to explore alternatives to a Microsoft acquisition.
Via-Juan Carlos
The Industry Standard
What Company Is Offering:
The Industry Standard features news and analysis that covers emerging technologies and companies, venture funding, acquisitions, site launches, and other developments in the internet space. Additionally, The Standard aggregates community knowledge in a quantified fashion, thereby ranking both the knowledge of the individual community members themselves, as well as the value of the information the community provides as a whole. This system is built as a prediction market, intersected with a reputation-based social network.
How It Works:
Their prediction market is a place where, for entertainment purposes, you can bet on the chances of future events occurring or not occurring, using a virtual currency called "Standard Dollars". The predictions listed on the market are all related to the online economy, which touches nearly all businesses these days. If you see a prediction on the site where you believe you know the future outcome, place a bet and see if you are right. If your bet is correct, you’ll win more "Standard Dollars" to bet on other predictions, and your community rank will increase. If you’re really good, you may also win prizes.
The Community Consensus (Odds) is a rolled-up percentage of all the community's bets on that prediction, meaning it represents the consensus of the community as to the probability of that event. We calculate this not only by the number of total bets, but more importantly, we calculate the amount of Standard Dollars wagered in total. For example, if there is a prediction stating, “Apple will sell 10 million iPhones by October 31, 2008” and the community odds are at 65%, that means the community believes there is a 65% chance that the event will occur by the date specified. Ultimately, the consensus is built off of all of the betting actions of the community, bets in favor and bets against.
More at:http://thestandard.com/
The Industry Standard features news and analysis that covers emerging technologies and companies, venture funding, acquisitions, site launches, and other developments in the internet space. Additionally, The Standard aggregates community knowledge in a quantified fashion, thereby ranking both the knowledge of the individual community members themselves, as well as the value of the information the community provides as a whole. This system is built as a prediction market, intersected with a reputation-based social network.
How It Works:
Their prediction market is a place where, for entertainment purposes, you can bet on the chances of future events occurring or not occurring, using a virtual currency called "Standard Dollars". The predictions listed on the market are all related to the online economy, which touches nearly all businesses these days. If you see a prediction on the site where you believe you know the future outcome, place a bet and see if you are right. If your bet is correct, you’ll win more "Standard Dollars" to bet on other predictions, and your community rank will increase. If you’re really good, you may also win prizes.
The Community Consensus (Odds) is a rolled-up percentage of all the community's bets on that prediction, meaning it represents the consensus of the community as to the probability of that event. We calculate this not only by the number of total bets, but more importantly, we calculate the amount of Standard Dollars wagered in total. For example, if there is a prediction stating, “Apple will sell 10 million iPhones by October 31, 2008” and the community odds are at 65%, that means the community believes there is a 65% chance that the event will occur by the date specified. Ultimately, the consensus is built off of all of the betting actions of the community, bets in favor and bets against.
More at:http://thestandard.com/
ZocDoc enables you to make appointments with dentists and doctors instantly online
What Company Is Offering:
ZocDoc enables you to make appointments with dentists and doctors instantly online. They are currently offering dental appointments in New York. Other specialties and cities will be added soon.
How It Works:
ZocDoc brings the speed and convenience of the web to finding and booking a dentist or doctor. With a few clicks. You can easily filter doctors and dentists by location or insurance, read reviews by other patients, leave your own doctor rating or find out where a doctor went to school.
Features:
Find doctors and dentists in your neighborhood,
judge their quality by patient reviews & ratings,
filter them by your insurance and finally
book them online 24/7.
More at:http://www.zocdoc.com/
ZocDoc enables you to make appointments with dentists and doctors instantly online. They are currently offering dental appointments in New York. Other specialties and cities will be added soon.
How It Works:
ZocDoc brings the speed and convenience of the web to finding and booking a dentist or doctor. With a few clicks. You can easily filter doctors and dentists by location or insurance, read reviews by other patients, leave your own doctor rating or find out where a doctor went to school.
Features:
Find doctors and dentists in your neighborhood,
judge their quality by patient reviews & ratings,
filter them by your insurance and finally
book them online 24/7.
More at:http://www.zocdoc.com/
Lotame- For Online Undrstanding Of Consumer Behaviors
What Company Is Offering:
At Lotame they understand the world of social media and have worked hard to develop tools to navigate this ever-changing environment. Their Crowd Control technology merges important demographic and behavioral cues to provide insight into what users do (actions) as well as what they like (interests). With this powerful data, publishers and advertisers can do what they were previously unable to: increase relevancy by delivering targeted and retargeted messages to engaged users. They bring the audience into focus so our clients can increase the value of ad space, drive sales and enhance overall end user experience.
How It Works:
They aim to bring the social media audience into focus, delivering greater value for ad inventory, driving sales and enhancing overall user experience.
Crowd Control technology creates value for advertising inventory on social media sites by uncovering consumer actions, as well as interests, to target relevant audiences. Through advanced user personality profiles, publishers can more effectively market real estate within these environments. Messages connect to engaged users, achieving greater results from ad investments and increased value for CPMs (cost per impression).
Crowd Control is a revolutionary new technology that delivers a higher return on your advertising investment, increased sales and a better understanding of the users interacting with your brand. By developing advanced user personality profiles, you can create messages and advertising campaigns that genuinely interest social media users. Crowd Control technology creates value for advertising space on social media sites by uncovering consumer actions (behaviors), as well as interests, to consistently target and engage relevant audiences.
More at:http://lotame.com/
At Lotame they understand the world of social media and have worked hard to develop tools to navigate this ever-changing environment. Their Crowd Control technology merges important demographic and behavioral cues to provide insight into what users do (actions) as well as what they like (interests). With this powerful data, publishers and advertisers can do what they were previously unable to: increase relevancy by delivering targeted and retargeted messages to engaged users. They bring the audience into focus so our clients can increase the value of ad space, drive sales and enhance overall end user experience.
How It Works:
They aim to bring the social media audience into focus, delivering greater value for ad inventory, driving sales and enhancing overall user experience.
Crowd Control technology creates value for advertising inventory on social media sites by uncovering consumer actions, as well as interests, to target relevant audiences. Through advanced user personality profiles, publishers can more effectively market real estate within these environments. Messages connect to engaged users, achieving greater results from ad investments and increased value for CPMs (cost per impression).
Crowd Control is a revolutionary new technology that delivers a higher return on your advertising investment, increased sales and a better understanding of the users interacting with your brand. By developing advanced user personality profiles, you can create messages and advertising campaigns that genuinely interest social media users. Crowd Control technology creates value for advertising space on social media sites by uncovering consumer actions (behaviors), as well as interests, to consistently target and engage relevant audiences.
More at:http://lotame.com/
Monday, February 11, 2008
Track-n-Graph is a powerful information tracking and graphing solution that allows you to track just about anything
What Company Is Offering:
Track-n-Graph is a powerful information tracking and graphing solution that allows you to track just about anything.
Track-n-Graph breaks through the limitations of today's existing solutions by letting you define what information you want to track, how you want to collect it, and how and who you want to view it. Instead of signing up for multiple sites or services, you sign up for Track-n-Graph and have a single source for all of your tracking needs.
How It Works:
With the Track-n-Graph service, you have the ability to create a tracker based on your specific needs, or you can use the unique Tracker Catalog to find a Tracker Template that already tracks the information you want to collect. These Tracker Templates are created and shared by Track-n-Graph users who have submitted them for community use.
The power of the Track-n-Graph service lies in the fact that you are not limited by what has already been defined; you can create your own trackers as well as customize existing templates to meet your specific needs. The easy-to-use interface allows you to add and update data quickly, and you see the results on your brightly colored and interactive graph immediately. Track-n-Graph mobile features allow you to enter and update your data on your mobile phone or device, so you can keep your tracker up to date away from your computer. Beyond collecting your data, the Track-n-Graph service offers powerful sharing and publishing features if you want to share your information with other people.
Track-n-Graph sharing allows you to make your trackers and graphs available to groups of users that you trust. You can share information in a “View Only” mode where trusted members can only view your data, or you can share information in “Team Tracker” mode. “Team Tracker” mode allows all the members of your group to enter data into the tracker and graph their data along with the other members.
Track-n-Graph publishing features allow you to make any of your graphs available to the public using a unique URL address or the Track-n-Graph embedded graph viewer.
More at:http://www.trackngraph.com/
Track-n-Graph is a powerful information tracking and graphing solution that allows you to track just about anything.
Track-n-Graph breaks through the limitations of today's existing solutions by letting you define what information you want to track, how you want to collect it, and how and who you want to view it. Instead of signing up for multiple sites or services, you sign up for Track-n-Graph and have a single source for all of your tracking needs.
How It Works:
With the Track-n-Graph service, you have the ability to create a tracker based on your specific needs, or you can use the unique Tracker Catalog to find a Tracker Template that already tracks the information you want to collect. These Tracker Templates are created and shared by Track-n-Graph users who have submitted them for community use.
The power of the Track-n-Graph service lies in the fact that you are not limited by what has already been defined; you can create your own trackers as well as customize existing templates to meet your specific needs. The easy-to-use interface allows you to add and update data quickly, and you see the results on your brightly colored and interactive graph immediately. Track-n-Graph mobile features allow you to enter and update your data on your mobile phone or device, so you can keep your tracker up to date away from your computer. Beyond collecting your data, the Track-n-Graph service offers powerful sharing and publishing features if you want to share your information with other people.
Track-n-Graph sharing allows you to make your trackers and graphs available to groups of users that you trust. You can share information in a “View Only” mode where trusted members can only view your data, or you can share information in “Team Tracker” mode. “Team Tracker” mode allows all the members of your group to enter data into the tracker and graph their data along with the other members.
Track-n-Graph publishing features allow you to make any of your graphs available to the public using a unique URL address or the Track-n-Graph embedded graph viewer.
More at:http://www.trackngraph.com/
Google Finance
What Company Is Offering:
Google Finance is an early beta product that offers a broad range of information about North American stocks, mutual funds and public and private companies along with charts, news and fundamental financial data.
How It Works:
Google Finance offers an easy way to search for stocks, mutual funds and public and private companies. It delivers a broad range of company news and information in order to deliver more relevant, unbiased results in a clean and uncluttered user interface.
Unique Features:
· Company Search - With Google Finance you can search for stocks, mutual funds and public and private companies, using both company names and ticker symbols (where available).
· Interactive Charts - Google Finance charts correlate market data with corresponding dated news stories to help you determine if there is a relationship between them (for instance, by seeing news stories that came out about a certain company in the context of what that company's stock did that day). You can also click and drag the charts to see different time periods and zoom in to see more detailed information.
· News and More News - Google Finance incorporates our Google News service. Stories are clustered by topic, so you can see different opinions on a single subject. You can also review news stories by monthly date range and by importance (which is determined by algorithms).
· Blogs - If you want the opinions of citizen journalists, you got 'em; Google Finance includes company-related postings from Google Blog Search.
· Company Management Team - Google Finance helps you put a face to a name. When you place your cursor over an executive's name, that person's picture is displayed, along with links (where available) to a biography, compensation details and trading activity.
· Discussion Groups - Talk amongst yourselves. Google Finance offers high-quality Discussion Groups whose dedicated team of moderators works to keep conversations lively and spam-free.
Portfolios - Google Finance offers a fast, easy and powerful way to create and maintain your portfolio of stocks and mutual funds.
More at:http://www.google.co.uk/
Google Finance is an early beta product that offers a broad range of information about North American stocks, mutual funds and public and private companies along with charts, news and fundamental financial data.
How It Works:
Google Finance offers an easy way to search for stocks, mutual funds and public and private companies. It delivers a broad range of company news and information in order to deliver more relevant, unbiased results in a clean and uncluttered user interface.
Unique Features:
· Company Search - With Google Finance you can search for stocks, mutual funds and public and private companies, using both company names and ticker symbols (where available).
· Interactive Charts - Google Finance charts correlate market data with corresponding dated news stories to help you determine if there is a relationship between them (for instance, by seeing news stories that came out about a certain company in the context of what that company's stock did that day). You can also click and drag the charts to see different time periods and zoom in to see more detailed information.
· News and More News - Google Finance incorporates our Google News service. Stories are clustered by topic, so you can see different opinions on a single subject. You can also review news stories by monthly date range and by importance (which is determined by algorithms).
· Blogs - If you want the opinions of citizen journalists, you got 'em; Google Finance includes company-related postings from Google Blog Search.
· Company Management Team - Google Finance helps you put a face to a name. When you place your cursor over an executive's name, that person's picture is displayed, along with links (where available) to a biography, compensation details and trading activity.
· Discussion Groups - Talk amongst yourselves. Google Finance offers high-quality Discussion Groups whose dedicated team of moderators works to keep conversations lively and spam-free.
Portfolios - Google Finance offers a fast, easy and powerful way to create and maintain your portfolio of stocks and mutual funds.
More at:http://www.google.co.uk/
GotoBilling-----A Payment processing application for small to mid size businesses
What Company Is Offering:
It is a payment processing application for small to mid size businesses. It includes payments, CRM, invoicing, marketing and giftcards.Making it easy for your customers to pay you online boosts loyalty and retention.Allowing customers to pay you directly from your web site provides them with easy access to pay you on time, every time.
How It Works:
Payments:
Credit cards. Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover payments are deposited directly into your bank account.
Check and ACH payments, and remote captured deposits are processed electronically, and then automatically transmitted to your bank.
Recurring Payments
Recurring payments provide the most reliable way to get paid. Rather than billing customers repeatedly, you are paid automatically via their designated checking account or credit card.
Your customers don't have to worry about checks, postage or late fees; you don't have to send statements or wonder when your money will be "in the mail".
Invoicing:
Take invoicing to the next level. Create, email and manage invoices easily in one place.
Your customer gets the invoice by email then views, prints and pays the invoice right from their inbox.
A complete paperless invoice solution.
More at:http://www.gotobilling.com/
It is a payment processing application for small to mid size businesses. It includes payments, CRM, invoicing, marketing and giftcards.Making it easy for your customers to pay you online boosts loyalty and retention.Allowing customers to pay you directly from your web site provides them with easy access to pay you on time, every time.
How It Works:
Payments:
Credit cards. Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover payments are deposited directly into your bank account.
Check and ACH payments, and remote captured deposits are processed electronically, and then automatically transmitted to your bank.
Recurring Payments
Recurring payments provide the most reliable way to get paid. Rather than billing customers repeatedly, you are paid automatically via their designated checking account or credit card.
Your customers don't have to worry about checks, postage or late fees; you don't have to send statements or wonder when your money will be "in the mail".
Invoicing:
Take invoicing to the next level. Create, email and manage invoices easily in one place.
Your customer gets the invoice by email then views, prints and pays the invoice right from their inbox.
A complete paperless invoice solution.
More at:http://www.gotobilling.com/
Joint Contact is an online project collaboration solution
What Company Is Offering:
Joint Contact is an online project collaboration solution that supports group management and creation of documents, discussions, schedules, cases, tasks and team information. Available online or hosted at your company, Joint Contact supports companies in their efforts to maintain "high trust" person-to-person (P2P) and business-to-business (B2B) relationships.
How It Works:
Joint Contact makes it easy for any size organization to acquire an enterprise knowledge management solution at an affordable price. Overall, Joint Contact provides a flexible solution architecture that can be applied to many businesses and specific applications.
Joint Contact facilitates a simple and intuitive way to collaborate, so your team can start using it within minutes. For example, a user can share documents, participate in online discussions, coordinate a project, or post status reports with team members, partners or even customers. Companies can also choose to extend and/or integrate Joint Contact with existing line-of-business applications, company websites or other web applications.
More at:http://www.jointcontact.com/
Joint Contact is an online project collaboration solution that supports group management and creation of documents, discussions, schedules, cases, tasks and team information. Available online or hosted at your company, Joint Contact supports companies in their efforts to maintain "high trust" person-to-person (P2P) and business-to-business (B2B) relationships.
How It Works:
Joint Contact makes it easy for any size organization to acquire an enterprise knowledge management solution at an affordable price. Overall, Joint Contact provides a flexible solution architecture that can be applied to many businesses and specific applications.
Joint Contact facilitates a simple and intuitive way to collaborate, so your team can start using it within minutes. For example, a user can share documents, participate in online discussions, coordinate a project, or post status reports with team members, partners or even customers. Companies can also choose to extend and/or integrate Joint Contact with existing line-of-business applications, company websites or other web applications.
More at:http://www.jointcontact.com/
SinglesCruise.com --Dating On Cruise
What Company Is Offering:
SinglesCruise.com hosts their program onboard 25 cruises a year on a variety of cruise lines and itineraries. Through dedicated singles cruise directors, the company provides exclusive entertaining events and activities for the solo passengers to participate in throughout their vacation at sea such as theme nights, cocktail mixers, games, dance classes, karaoke contests, beach parties, speed meeting, wine tastings and more.
How It Works:
A singles cruise gives you the opportunity to meet other interesting people and create friendships from all over the world," said another past cruiser Lori Sgarbossa from Toronto. "I went on my first singles cruise in April 2005 not looking for that special someone, but for fun and sun. I had such a great time and met so many new friends, some of whom I stay in touch with to this day. On my second singles cruise over Halloween 2005, I still wasn't looking for a serious relationship, but I ended up meeting my future husband Jim Robertson from Vancouver.”
More at:
SinglesCruise.com
Vickie Meeuwsen
616-494-6589
vmeeuwsen@carlson.com
www.SinglesCruise.com
SinglesCruise.com hosts their program onboard 25 cruises a year on a variety of cruise lines and itineraries. Through dedicated singles cruise directors, the company provides exclusive entertaining events and activities for the solo passengers to participate in throughout their vacation at sea such as theme nights, cocktail mixers, games, dance classes, karaoke contests, beach parties, speed meeting, wine tastings and more.
How It Works:
A singles cruise gives you the opportunity to meet other interesting people and create friendships from all over the world," said another past cruiser Lori Sgarbossa from Toronto. "I went on my first singles cruise in April 2005 not looking for that special someone, but for fun and sun. I had such a great time and met so many new friends, some of whom I stay in touch with to this day. On my second singles cruise over Halloween 2005, I still wasn't looking for a serious relationship, but I ended up meeting my future husband Jim Robertson from Vancouver.”
More at:
SinglesCruise.com
Vickie Meeuwsen
616-494-6589
vmeeuwsen@carlson.com
www.SinglesCruise.com
ExportNation B2B Marketplace is a 100% free trading environment
What Company Is Offering:
ExportNation B2B Marketplace is a 100% free trading environment. The website also offers in-depth analysis of market trends and global buying/selling statistics. ExportNation’s next generation Vertical Portal is focused primarily on export-import business and the international trading. It represents structured and organized web properties, human edited and controlled content. ExportNation includes B2B Trade Leads Marketplace, Trade Forums, and a Portal/Directory. Its unique Export Import EXIM Tradebar is also available to download from leading websites like Download.com, ZdNet.com, TechRepublic, etc.
At ExportNation’s Marketplace, companies can create their profile and add product catalogs.
Recent Updates:
ExportNation, which offers a global B2B export import marketplace, announced yesterday that it has launched the enhanced version of the ExportNation AdWorks. ExportNation AdWorks helps advertisers and marketers in collecting highly qualified leads to achieve success in lead generation and brand awareness campaigns.
The latest enhanced advertising system, AdWorks also improves company’s profitability by streamlining the web advertising campaigns. It also provides end-to-end web advertising management product for businesses interested in targeting global audience.
More at:www.exportnation.com
Company Info:
ExportNation.com
Jasbir Sandhu
908-212-1681
exim@exportnation.com
www.exportnation.com
ExportNation B2B Marketplace is a 100% free trading environment. The website also offers in-depth analysis of market trends and global buying/selling statistics. ExportNation’s next generation Vertical Portal is focused primarily on export-import business and the international trading. It represents structured and organized web properties, human edited and controlled content. ExportNation includes B2B Trade Leads Marketplace, Trade Forums, and a Portal/Directory. Its unique Export Import EXIM Tradebar is also available to download from leading websites like Download.com, ZdNet.com, TechRepublic, etc.
At ExportNation’s Marketplace, companies can create their profile and add product catalogs.
Recent Updates:
ExportNation, which offers a global B2B export import marketplace, announced yesterday that it has launched the enhanced version of the ExportNation AdWorks. ExportNation AdWorks helps advertisers and marketers in collecting highly qualified leads to achieve success in lead generation and brand awareness campaigns.
The latest enhanced advertising system, AdWorks also improves company’s profitability by streamlining the web advertising campaigns. It also provides end-to-end web advertising management product for businesses interested in targeting global audience.
More at:www.exportnation.com
Company Info:
ExportNation.com
Jasbir Sandhu
908-212-1681
exim@exportnation.com
www.exportnation.com
Banzza.com is a tool for sellers to maximize their real estate’s exposure
What Company Is Offering:
Banzza.com was developed with one goal in mind. That goal was to provide a venue where people could easily, efficiently and cheaply exchange real estate information. Our services are directed at helping two types of visitors; people looking for housing and people wishing to sell housing.
How It Works:
Banzza.com is a tool for sellers to maximize their real estate’s exposure through detailed listings, photos and other various marketing tools. Their basic listing is completely free and renewable until a seller’s listing is sold or rented out.
Banzza.com aims to provide buyers and renters with detailed information about the real estate at the local level allowing visitors to make smarter, educated choices about real estate. Their search features have been developed to help buyers and renters find housing that matches their specific needs.
More at:http://www.banzza.com/
Banzza.com was developed with one goal in mind. That goal was to provide a venue where people could easily, efficiently and cheaply exchange real estate information. Our services are directed at helping two types of visitors; people looking for housing and people wishing to sell housing.
How It Works:
Banzza.com is a tool for sellers to maximize their real estate’s exposure through detailed listings, photos and other various marketing tools. Their basic listing is completely free and renewable until a seller’s listing is sold or rented out.
Banzza.com aims to provide buyers and renters with detailed information about the real estate at the local level allowing visitors to make smarter, educated choices about real estate. Their search features have been developed to help buyers and renters find housing that matches their specific needs.
More at:http://www.banzza.com/
RescueTime is a web-based time-management tool that allows you to easily understand how you spend your time
What Company is Offering:
RescueTime is a web-based time-management tool that allows you to easily understand how you spend your time. One of the coolest things about RescueTime is that there is NO DATA ENTRY. You install a doohicky on your computer and they magically track all of your time usage.
How It Works:
RescueTime doesn't really care which applications you have open, but rather pays attention to which applicaiton or site is currently "in focus". In other words, they're measuring what's what you are paying attention to.
RescueTime has an idle timeout that will stop the data collection process if there hasn't been mouse or keyboard activity for a certain period of time. It's also interesting to note that we're working on being able to accept data from various calendaring applications, so that you can track your meeting time in RescueTime.
More at:http://www.rescuetime.com/
RescueTime is a web-based time-management tool that allows you to easily understand how you spend your time. One of the coolest things about RescueTime is that there is NO DATA ENTRY. You install a doohicky on your computer and they magically track all of your time usage.
How It Works:
RescueTime doesn't really care which applications you have open, but rather pays attention to which applicaiton or site is currently "in focus". In other words, they're measuring what's what you are paying attention to.
RescueTime has an idle timeout that will stop the data collection process if there hasn't been mouse or keyboard activity for a certain period of time. It's also interesting to note that we're working on being able to accept data from various calendaring applications, so that you can track your meeting time in RescueTime.
More at:http://www.rescuetime.com/
Persai is a content aggregator that is specific to your interests
What Company Is Offering:
Persai is a content aggregator that is specific to your interests. You specify a topic that you're interested in with a few words, and Persai will find new content relevant to that interest and recommend it to you.
How It Works:
As you use Persai, it learns about you, and can better recommend content to you. Recommendations are based entirely on content, other users' feedback has no bearing on what Persai recommends to you. As an example of this, they have taken two "interests" in Persai, stylized them, and put them on their own domains.
www.eyeonfacebook.com is a Persai interest that I created with the words "facebook, mark zuckerberg"
www.appleinsight.com is an interest that Kyle created with the words "apple, mac" .
These two sites are examples of content that you would see as a Persai user who is interested in Facebook and Apple. Of course, these sites are just for testing their classifiers; the persai.com consumer site will be much more interactive. Personally, they have been using it to follow news about the American subprime mortgage lending crisis and global warming.
More at:http://www.persai.com/
Persai is a content aggregator that is specific to your interests. You specify a topic that you're interested in with a few words, and Persai will find new content relevant to that interest and recommend it to you.
How It Works:
As you use Persai, it learns about you, and can better recommend content to you. Recommendations are based entirely on content, other users' feedback has no bearing on what Persai recommends to you. As an example of this, they have taken two "interests" in Persai, stylized them, and put them on their own domains.
www.eyeonfacebook.com is a Persai interest that I created with the words "facebook, mark zuckerberg"
www.appleinsight.com is an interest that Kyle created with the words "apple, mac" .
These two sites are examples of content that you would see as a Persai user who is interested in Facebook and Apple. Of course, these sites are just for testing their classifiers; the persai.com consumer site will be much more interactive. Personally, they have been using it to follow news about the American subprime mortgage lending crisis and global warming.
More at:http://www.persai.com/
Turning bookmarks and feeds into interactive slideshows
What Company Is Offering:
A new way of organizing, sharing, and presenting web content...Turning bookmarks and feeds into interactive slideshows.
How is it useful:
Provide a quick briefing, a simple tutorial or guided tour on any subject.
Re-mix and re-package your blog posts to encourage browsing and embedding...
Create a guided tour for any website
Show a list of houses to real estate clients
Review a list of job candidates found online
Bundle important course resources for students
Assemble all the pages on a specific family line.
Provide guided use cases for potential customers
Share the favorite places you would like to visit with your friends and blog readers.
More at: http://slides.diigo.com/
A new way of organizing, sharing, and presenting web content...Turning bookmarks and feeds into interactive slideshows.
How is it useful:
Provide a quick briefing, a simple tutorial or guided tour on any subject.
Re-mix and re-package your blog posts to encourage browsing and embedding...
Create a guided tour for any website
Show a list of houses to real estate clients
Review a list of job candidates found online
Bundle important course resources for students
Assemble all the pages on a specific family line.
Provide guided use cases for potential customers
Share the favorite places you would like to visit with your friends and blog readers.
More at: http://slides.diigo.com/
Backtags provides a new assessment of websites in comparison to traditional traffic analysis and ranking methodologies
What Company Is Offering:
Backtags provides a new assessment of websites in comparison to traditional traffic analysis and ranking methodologies. Backtags brings in a social component, by determining the interaction of visitors with websites and the “Tags or Keywords” visitors use to describe the content of a particular website.
This is achieved by extracting data from the top leading social bookmarking services on how often individual websites are bookmarked or referenced by users and the descriptions visitors use to describe their perception of the content of a site.
How It Works:
Backtags collects the total amount of bookmarks for any domain across the top leading social bookmarking services. This data is then summarized resulting in a total score (Total amount of bookmarks or references) for any given domain. The results are then normalized to provide a ranking of all websites.
This "social ranking" gives an indication of the popularity of a website as determined by the user. The theory behind this is - If a large number of users use a particular keyword/tag or range of keywords/tags to describe their perception of the content of a site then this site is more relevant for these keywords or tags than others.
More at:http://www.backtags.com/
Backtags provides a new assessment of websites in comparison to traditional traffic analysis and ranking methodologies. Backtags brings in a social component, by determining the interaction of visitors with websites and the “Tags or Keywords” visitors use to describe the content of a particular website.
This is achieved by extracting data from the top leading social bookmarking services on how often individual websites are bookmarked or referenced by users and the descriptions visitors use to describe their perception of the content of a site.
How It Works:
Backtags collects the total amount of bookmarks for any domain across the top leading social bookmarking services. This data is then summarized resulting in a total score (Total amount of bookmarks or references) for any given domain. The results are then normalized to provide a ranking of all websites.
This "social ranking" gives an indication of the popularity of a website as determined by the user. The theory behind this is - If a large number of users use a particular keyword/tag or range of keywords/tags to describe their perception of the content of a site then this site is more relevant for these keywords or tags than others.
More at:http://www.backtags.com/
Convert any Youtube and other Online Video to popular formats or download the video without buying or installing anything on your PC
What Company Is Offering:
YouConvertIt.com, the world's first and most complete conversion, file storage, units conversion website allowing internet users to convert audio video images and documents into an array of formats also sending or delivering file(s). Free! Convert any Youtube and other Online Video to popular formats or download the video without buying or installing anything on your PC.
How It Works:
YouConvertIt.com support unit conversion of thousands of types making it easy for users to reach one stop shop without the need to jump from one location to another.
YouConvertIt.com’s service is free, instant, and does not require any tedious download and software installations.
More at:http://www.youconvertit.com/
YouConvertIt.com, the world's first and most complete conversion, file storage, units conversion website allowing internet users to convert audio video images and documents into an array of formats also sending or delivering file(s). Free! Convert any Youtube and other Online Video to popular formats or download the video without buying or installing anything on your PC.
How It Works:
YouConvertIt.com support unit conversion of thousands of types making it easy for users to reach one stop shop without the need to jump from one location to another.
YouConvertIt.com’s service is free, instant, and does not require any tedious download and software installations.
More at:http://www.youconvertit.com/
Datamash is a Smart Directory of Connected Things
What Company Is Offering:
Datamash is a Smart Directory of Connected Things.Datamash lets you make live data connections between documents, web sites, blogs and other applications. Datamash wraps them together.
Choose from many ready-to-use wrap templates on their site or create one from scratch, link it with your data and publish to a website or blog .
How It Works:
Datamash helps you collect dynamically changing data from a widget being updated by others and use it a widget on your blog. You will Wrap these widgets and by connecting them set up a Datastream. For example, widgets on the left may collect inputs from users expressing their opinions about politics or quality of service, etc. If you switch this stream of opinions from many web pages to the chart widget on your blog page, this widget will express the percentages of opinions currently expressed by visitors. Later you may switch this Datastream to another blog post or to another widget.
In Case, you have Wrapped elements (datasets) from a database by selecting those you wish to publish. You can connect this data to your chart or table widget. For example, current revenue of some of your company departments may be stored in a database. This data is published in a chart or as a set of numbers in your corporate portal or blog. The Datasteams can also be connected to spreadsheets, presentations, other documents,or connected to another database.
More at:http://www.datamash.us/
Datamash is a Smart Directory of Connected Things.Datamash lets you make live data connections between documents, web sites, blogs and other applications. Datamash wraps them together.
Choose from many ready-to-use wrap templates on their site or create one from scratch, link it with your data and publish to a website or blog .
How It Works:
Datamash helps you collect dynamically changing data from a widget being updated by others and use it a widget on your blog. You will Wrap these widgets and by connecting them set up a Datastream. For example, widgets on the left may collect inputs from users expressing their opinions about politics or quality of service, etc. If you switch this stream of opinions from many web pages to the chart widget on your blog page, this widget will express the percentages of opinions currently expressed by visitors. Later you may switch this Datastream to another blog post or to another widget.
In Case, you have Wrapped elements (datasets) from a database by selecting those you wish to publish. You can connect this data to your chart or table widget. For example, current revenue of some of your company departments may be stored in a database. This data is published in a chart or as a set of numbers in your corporate portal or blog. The Datasteams can also be connected to spreadsheets, presentations, other documents,or connected to another database.
More at:http://www.datamash.us/
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Beyondmotherhood.com---connect employers with mothers to create a win/win situation
What Company Is Offering:
Beyondmotherhood.com is a launch pad for women who want more than the title "mom". The site is a niche job board specializing in helping mothers leverage their education and experience, while providing them with flexible opportunities. It connects employers with the "untapped" workforce, stay at home mothers.
How It Works:
At Beyondmotherhood.com, their mission is simple: connect employers with mothers to create a win/win situation.
In today's market, the need for reliable, skilled employees is high and resources are limited. Offering a flexible work schedule will enable your organization to utilize and capitalize on this untapped resource, mothers. The payback in growth and success could be limitless!
Whether you're looking for a job that will get you out of house for a few hours a week or for a job that could become a stepping stone to help you land a full time position in the future --- you'll find the opportunities here at Beyondmotherhood.com.
More at:http://www.beyondmotherhood.com/
Beyondmotherhood.com is a launch pad for women who want more than the title "mom". The site is a niche job board specializing in helping mothers leverage their education and experience, while providing them with flexible opportunities. It connects employers with the "untapped" workforce, stay at home mothers.
How It Works:
At Beyondmotherhood.com, their mission is simple: connect employers with mothers to create a win/win situation.
In today's market, the need for reliable, skilled employees is high and resources are limited. Offering a flexible work schedule will enable your organization to utilize and capitalize on this untapped resource, mothers. The payback in growth and success could be limitless!
Whether you're looking for a job that will get you out of house for a few hours a week or for a job that could become a stepping stone to help you land a full time position in the future --- you'll find the opportunities here at Beyondmotherhood.com.
More at:http://www.beyondmotherhood.com/
eDirectree - almost certainly the best online group management and sharing application in the world
What Company Is Offering:
eDirectree - almost certainly the best online group management and sharing application in the world.
How It Works:
eDirectree makes all these things possible and more! To do this, they want to get groups into and out of the system in as many ways as they can: from yearbook photos, from booklets, from spreadsheet files, from the web, from mobile devices, from the users' home computers and from whatever software they are using to manage their groups. eDirectree is the Magic Marker that makes it easy to get groups from one person to another in whatever way they want.
In eDirectree, you can give your friends, family, and other contacts permission to organize your groups - not just to add comments, but also notes and tags. People like to ooh and ahh, laugh and cry, make wisecracks when sharing groups. Why not give them the ability to do this when they look at them over the internet? And as all this info accretes around the groups as metadata, you can find them so much easier later on, since all this info is also searchable.
More at:http://www.edirectree.com/
eDirectree - almost certainly the best online group management and sharing application in the world.
How It Works:
eDirectree makes all these things possible and more! To do this, they want to get groups into and out of the system in as many ways as they can: from yearbook photos, from booklets, from spreadsheet files, from the web, from mobile devices, from the users' home computers and from whatever software they are using to manage their groups. eDirectree is the Magic Marker that makes it easy to get groups from one person to another in whatever way they want.
In eDirectree, you can give your friends, family, and other contacts permission to organize your groups - not just to add comments, but also notes and tags. People like to ooh and ahh, laugh and cry, make wisecracks when sharing groups. Why not give them the ability to do this when they look at them over the internet? And as all this info accretes around the groups as metadata, you can find them so much easier later on, since all this info is also searchable.
More at:http://www.edirectree.com/
EarthFrisk
What Company Is offering:
EarthFrisk 'Frisks' the entire world wide web as well as the best search
engines for the very best links and websites.
They'll find better results than what any one search engine can!
They also interface with Digg, the King of Social News Sites, as well as StumbleUpon, Wikipedia and more!
How It Works:
Currently links are the primary method of rating and ranking a site.
Their community results based on your comments and real votes can quickly overshadow the major search engine results that they already show!
In the meantime, you can still get the very best of the OLD Paradigm search engine results with EarthFrisk.Org, while feeling free to add your own sites and vote and comment to usher in the next revolution in search.
More at:http://www.earthfrisk.org/
EarthFrisk 'Frisks' the entire world wide web as well as the best search
engines for the very best links and websites.
They'll find better results than what any one search engine can!
They also interface with Digg, the King of Social News Sites, as well as StumbleUpon, Wikipedia and more!
How It Works:
Currently links are the primary method of rating and ranking a site.
Their community results based on your comments and real votes can quickly overshadow the major search engine results that they already show!
In the meantime, you can still get the very best of the OLD Paradigm search engine results with EarthFrisk.Org, while feeling free to add your own sites and vote and comment to usher in the next revolution in search.
More at:http://www.earthfrisk.org/
EduWizardS features the world's best online tutors, ranked and reviewed by students
What Company Is Offering:
EduWizardS features the world's best online tutors, ranked and reviewed by students. Most other online tutoring websites continue with mediocre tutors for years, and which students get the good tutors is generally a matter of luck. At EduWizardS the best tutors are clearly identified by the students themselves. They believe the most effective way of identifying top tutors is by actual review of tutors by students. All reviews are openly posted. Using these reviews and other information, a student can choose which tutor he/she wants.
How It Works:
All tutoring sessions are live and one-to-one with a tutor personally selected by you. They currently have "by appointment" tutoring where you choose a tutor, choose a time from that tutor's available times, and make an appointment. They are also starting Instant On-Demand Tutoring, where you can see which tutors are currently online, have a pre-session chat with tutor(s), and then instantly start a session with the tutor of your choice.
The choice of tutor is always entirely yours. You can choose any tutor you want based on his/her price, reviews, experience, qualifications and other factors. You can also try out a tutor for free since almost all tutors offer half-hour trial sessions. These sessions are absolutely free with no strings attached.
Funds can be added to your student account Credit Balance by using either a credit card or a PayPal account. Both kinds of transactions are handled via PayPal.com, which is owned by Ebay. They have set up with Paypal so that they alone (and not our company) deal with your credit card and other info. The entire transaction takes place at their website, and after the transaction you are returned to their website.
More at:http://www.eduwizards.com/
EduWizardS features the world's best online tutors, ranked and reviewed by students. Most other online tutoring websites continue with mediocre tutors for years, and which students get the good tutors is generally a matter of luck. At EduWizardS the best tutors are clearly identified by the students themselves. They believe the most effective way of identifying top tutors is by actual review of tutors by students. All reviews are openly posted. Using these reviews and other information, a student can choose which tutor he/she wants.
How It Works:
All tutoring sessions are live and one-to-one with a tutor personally selected by you. They currently have "by appointment" tutoring where you choose a tutor, choose a time from that tutor's available times, and make an appointment. They are also starting Instant On-Demand Tutoring, where you can see which tutors are currently online, have a pre-session chat with tutor(s), and then instantly start a session with the tutor of your choice.
The choice of tutor is always entirely yours. You can choose any tutor you want based on his/her price, reviews, experience, qualifications and other factors. You can also try out a tutor for free since almost all tutors offer half-hour trial sessions. These sessions are absolutely free with no strings attached.
Funds can be added to your student account Credit Balance by using either a credit card or a PayPal account. Both kinds of transactions are handled via PayPal.com, which is owned by Ebay. They have set up with Paypal so that they alone (and not our company) deal with your credit card and other info. The entire transaction takes place at their website, and after the transaction you are returned to their website.
More at:http://www.eduwizards.com/
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Eyejot is the first, comprehensive, client-free online video messaging platform ideal for both personal and business communications
What Company Is Offering:
Eyejot is the first, comprehensive, client-free online video messaging platform ideal for both personal and business communications. It offers everyone the ability to create and receive video messages in a self-contained, spam-free environment. With no client to install, you can start using Eyejot immediately with any browser, on any platform. It even features built-in support for iTunes™ (and iPods&trade), mobile devices and social networks like MySpace™. Watch Eyejot video examples.
How It Works:
Eyejot offers people the ability to easily communicate more naturally with one another through video while still taking advantage of some of the great traits that email offers in terms of working across geographies and time zones, and eliminating spam from the equation.
Ever have someone interpret your email differently from the way you had intended? Without facial expressions and gestures that happens often. With Eyejot, your friends, family and business contacts won't have any trouble whatsoever understanding what you mean. They'll be able to see your energy, passion, concern, interest, excitement, humor - you name it. They'll see and hear it.
Eyejot offers a widget (tiny, embeddable application) that you can place inside of your web pages, blogs and social networking sites, like MySpace. You can activate this widget by clicking on the Services tab in the top navigation space on the Eyejot site and then selecting the Site Widget tab.
More at:http://www.eyejot.com/
Eyejot is the first, comprehensive, client-free online video messaging platform ideal for both personal and business communications. It offers everyone the ability to create and receive video messages in a self-contained, spam-free environment. With no client to install, you can start using Eyejot immediately with any browser, on any platform. It even features built-in support for iTunes™ (and iPods&trade), mobile devices and social networks like MySpace™. Watch Eyejot video examples.
How It Works:
Eyejot offers people the ability to easily communicate more naturally with one another through video while still taking advantage of some of the great traits that email offers in terms of working across geographies and time zones, and eliminating spam from the equation.
Ever have someone interpret your email differently from the way you had intended? Without facial expressions and gestures that happens often. With Eyejot, your friends, family and business contacts won't have any trouble whatsoever understanding what you mean. They'll be able to see your energy, passion, concern, interest, excitement, humor - you name it. They'll see and hear it.
Eyejot offers a widget (tiny, embeddable application) that you can place inside of your web pages, blogs and social networking sites, like MySpace. You can activate this widget by clicking on the Services tab in the top navigation space on the Eyejot site and then selecting the Site Widget tab.
More at:http://www.eyejot.com/
Aviary is a suiAviary is a website for artists of all genres to create, edit and share their works directly in their favorite browser
What Company Is Offering:
Aviary is a suiAviary is a website for artists of all genres to create, edit and share their works directly in their favorite browser.
Aviary is a suite of rich internet applications geared for artists of all genres. From image editing to typography to music to 3D to video, they have a tool for everything. At Worth1000, they are creating a complex ecosystem for artists and providing the world with free, capable collaborative tools and an approach to collaboration and rights management that will turn the marketplace for online art on its head.
Unique Features:
Aviary is an entire suite of different types of image editors (including pattern editing, 3D modeling, and vector editing).
All of the tools are incredibly powerful for web application software.
It's layer-based (like Photoshop).
Aviary tracks all sources that are used in a work, and where a work is used by other people.
Aviary tracks all rights, royalties and attributions in a work forever, and across collaborations.
Aviary's applications communicate with each other, allowing for seamless editing in multiple tools for a single project, as well as shared resources between tools.
Aviary supports limitless revisions.
Aviary is intended for serious editing, allowing complete control and precise editing effects. It's not for red-eye removal.
More at:http://a.viary.com/
Aviary is a suiAviary is a website for artists of all genres to create, edit and share their works directly in their favorite browser.
Aviary is a suite of rich internet applications geared for artists of all genres. From image editing to typography to music to 3D to video, they have a tool for everything. At Worth1000, they are creating a complex ecosystem for artists and providing the world with free, capable collaborative tools and an approach to collaboration and rights management that will turn the marketplace for online art on its head.
Unique Features:
Aviary is an entire suite of different types of image editors (including pattern editing, 3D modeling, and vector editing).
All of the tools are incredibly powerful for web application software.
It's layer-based (like Photoshop).
Aviary tracks all sources that are used in a work, and where a work is used by other people.
Aviary tracks all rights, royalties and attributions in a work forever, and across collaborations.
Aviary's applications communicate with each other, allowing for seamless editing in multiple tools for a single project, as well as shared resources between tools.
Aviary supports limitless revisions.
Aviary is intended for serious editing, allowing complete control and precise editing effects. It's not for red-eye removal.
More at:http://a.viary.com/
Renkoo is to create fun tools that connect you with your friends, both in the real world and online got $6 million in funding
What Company is Offering:
Renkoo is the maker of social networking apps like Renkoo.com, Booze Mail, and Haikoo Zoo. Their mission is to create fun tools that connect you with your friends, both in the real world and online.
How It Works:
Their flagship site, Renkoo.com, helps you make plans with your real-life friends. We all know how hard it can be to decide on a time and place to get together, especially when several people are involved and you don't want to spend all day on the phone. Renkoo.com also lets you use the Web, IM, text messages, and email to communicate with your friends wherever you are and however you like.
Their most popular app is Booze Mail, which lets you send your friends virtual drinks (over 150 varieties, including Tequila, Jagerbomb, Duff Beer, and Tea, Earl Grey, Hot) along with a message. So far, Facebook users have sent over 200 million drinks to over 28 million people all over the world. When words are not enough, let booze do the talking!
Their newest app is Haikoo Zoo, a collection of virtual pets that you can feed, cuddle, dress up, and more! The Zoo is always growing--right now you can adopt a Bunny-rabbit, a Tiger-kitty, a Panda-bear, a Pengu-penguin, a Pygmy-potamus, or a pair of Lovey-lovebirds. Haikoo Zoo also lets your pet make friends with hundreds of thousands of other Facebook users' pets.
All of our apps are free, so if want a little extra fun in your life, try Renkoo.com, Booze Mail, and Haikoo Zoo now!
Recent Updates:
They got $6 million in funding, led by Maveron Equity Partners, according to a report from VentureBeat. This is the company’s second round of funding.
More at:http://renkoo.com/
Renkoo is the maker of social networking apps like Renkoo.com, Booze Mail, and Haikoo Zoo. Their mission is to create fun tools that connect you with your friends, both in the real world and online.
How It Works:
Their flagship site, Renkoo.com, helps you make plans with your real-life friends. We all know how hard it can be to decide on a time and place to get together, especially when several people are involved and you don't want to spend all day on the phone. Renkoo.com also lets you use the Web, IM, text messages, and email to communicate with your friends wherever you are and however you like.
Their most popular app is Booze Mail, which lets you send your friends virtual drinks (over 150 varieties, including Tequila, Jagerbomb, Duff Beer, and Tea, Earl Grey, Hot) along with a message. So far, Facebook users have sent over 200 million drinks to over 28 million people all over the world. When words are not enough, let booze do the talking!
Their newest app is Haikoo Zoo, a collection of virtual pets that you can feed, cuddle, dress up, and more! The Zoo is always growing--right now you can adopt a Bunny-rabbit, a Tiger-kitty, a Panda-bear, a Pengu-penguin, a Pygmy-potamus, or a pair of Lovey-lovebirds. Haikoo Zoo also lets your pet make friends with hundreds of thousands of other Facebook users' pets.
All of our apps are free, so if want a little extra fun in your life, try Renkoo.com, Booze Mail, and Haikoo Zoo now!
Recent Updates:
They got $6 million in funding, led by Maveron Equity Partners, according to a report from VentureBeat. This is the company’s second round of funding.
More at:http://renkoo.com/
Koolwire is a free file conversion service via e-mail
What Company Is Offering:
Koolwire is a free file conversion service via e-mail. Users from all over the world can have their files rapidly and conveniently turned into a different file format by simply sending them as attachments to a specific e-mail address.
How It Works:
Koolwire will take the file, convert it in seconds, and send it back to the sender. Simple as that!
No software to purchase, download and install. No time wasted in waiting for your computer to finish its conversion task. Concentrate your efforts and the resources of your PC on what really matters and let Koolwire take care of the rest.
More at:http://koolwire.com/
Koolwire is a free file conversion service via e-mail. Users from all over the world can have their files rapidly and conveniently turned into a different file format by simply sending them as attachments to a specific e-mail address.
How It Works:
Koolwire will take the file, convert it in seconds, and send it back to the sender. Simple as that!
No software to purchase, download and install. No time wasted in waiting for your computer to finish its conversion task. Concentrate your efforts and the resources of your PC on what really matters and let Koolwire take care of the rest.
More at:http://koolwire.com/
Friday, February 8, 2008
OMlogic Is helping organizations realize the full potential of Online Marketing in their businesses
What Company Is Offering:
OMlogic is an Online Marketing Consulting and Outsourcing company, helping organizations realize the full potential of Online Marketing in their businesses. At OMLogic, they understand "Online Behavior" and excel in “Taking Businesses Online”.
How It Works:
At OMLogic, they relate to Online Marketing in a holistic way. While Search Marketing, Pay per click advertisement, Traffic generation, e-mail Marketing, Online Branding, Community building are all critical components of Online Marketing, they produce tangible results only when used within a well designed framework of sound Online Marketing Strategy.
It's unique and a holistic approach to online marketing ensures that its customers get the best possible returns on their online marketing investments. Unlike most other online marketing firms, OMLogic works with its customers as its partners and treats online marketing as a core and an integral part of its customer's business. It starts its customer engagement by first understanding its customer business thoroughly and then by creating a customized online marketing strategy.
They, at OMLogic, can help you with the answers and help you execute the strategy that is appropriate for your organization – provide you the absolute best returns for your online marketing investments.
More at:http://www.omlogic.com/
OMlogic is an Online Marketing Consulting and Outsourcing company, helping organizations realize the full potential of Online Marketing in their businesses. At OMLogic, they understand "Online Behavior" and excel in “Taking Businesses Online”.
How It Works:
At OMLogic, they relate to Online Marketing in a holistic way. While Search Marketing, Pay per click advertisement, Traffic generation, e-mail Marketing, Online Branding, Community building are all critical components of Online Marketing, they produce tangible results only when used within a well designed framework of sound Online Marketing Strategy.
It's unique and a holistic approach to online marketing ensures that its customers get the best possible returns on their online marketing investments. Unlike most other online marketing firms, OMLogic works with its customers as its partners and treats online marketing as a core and an integral part of its customer's business. It starts its customer engagement by first understanding its customer business thoroughly and then by creating a customized online marketing strategy.
They, at OMLogic, can help you with the answers and help you execute the strategy that is appropriate for your organization – provide you the absolute best returns for your online marketing investments.
More at:http://www.omlogic.com/
WebinSuggest makes online life easier with advanced recommendation technology
What Company Is Offering:
inSuggest makes online life easier with advanced recommendation technology.It helps people find the right things on the Internet. Traditional search engines only present things that the users know they are looking for, while inSuggest gives recommendations that the users did not know they were looking for.
How It Works:
nSuggest is a recommendation engine, and works in the same way as when rumors are spreading in social networks. The engine is developed in-house and by telling what you like, inSuggest matches the results with recommendations from people with similar taste. There are possibilities to perform searches, but the core of inSuggest is the recommendation technology.
Web inSuggest is the second implementation from inSuggest, after the ‘Image inSuggest’, which is giving recommendations on Flickr images. Both services are available on http://www.insuggest.com.
More at:www.insuggest.com
Company Info:
inSuggest
Dennis Gustafsson (CEO)
+46-317-809-598
anders@insuggest.com
www.insuggest.com
inSuggest makes online life easier with advanced recommendation technology.It helps people find the right things on the Internet. Traditional search engines only present things that the users know they are looking for, while inSuggest gives recommendations that the users did not know they were looking for.
How It Works:
nSuggest is a recommendation engine, and works in the same way as when rumors are spreading in social networks. The engine is developed in-house and by telling what you like, inSuggest matches the results with recommendations from people with similar taste. There are possibilities to perform searches, but the core of inSuggest is the recommendation technology.
Web inSuggest is the second implementation from inSuggest, after the ‘Image inSuggest’, which is giving recommendations on Flickr images. Both services are available on http://www.insuggest.com.
More at:www.insuggest.com
Company Info:
inSuggest
Dennis Gustafsson (CEO)
+46-317-809-598
anders@insuggest.com
www.insuggest.com
Mobical.net is an application that let you backup Contacts, Calendars, Tasks, Notes, Bookmarks, SMS over-the-air from mobile handset to server
What Company Is Offering:
Mobical.net is an application that let you backup Contacts, Calendars, Tasks, Notes, Bookmarks, SMS over-the-air from mobile handset to server. This is done using the SyncML protocol for synchronization, which is a standard protocol in the Mobile industry supported by all major handset vendors. The Mobical platform uses the built in synchronization clients in the handset. These clients are set up with correct settings for synchronizing against the Mobical.net server. The process of setting up the clients is either done via automatic Over-The-Air settings sent out from Mobical.net or manually.
How It Works:
When the user starts synchronizing the data is transferred over the air to Mobical.net. Once you have created the backup, you can view your data on the Mobical.net web portal from any browser. With our editing tools, you can quickly modify entries, adding new contacts, appointments, etc., or completing the information on your existing entries. The next time you connect your phone, information on all changes made are exchanged. In other words, your phone is updated with all changes made on the web, and vice versa.
Mobical.net is also not limited to one device, you can use any amount of mobiles with the same account. If you have an empty phone, that you want to move your personal data to, just configure it correctly with your credentials. When you connect it to Mobical.net, it will be filled with your data.
More at:https://www.mobical.net/
Mobical.net is an application that let you backup Contacts, Calendars, Tasks, Notes, Bookmarks, SMS over-the-air from mobile handset to server. This is done using the SyncML protocol for synchronization, which is a standard protocol in the Mobile industry supported by all major handset vendors. The Mobical platform uses the built in synchronization clients in the handset. These clients are set up with correct settings for synchronizing against the Mobical.net server. The process of setting up the clients is either done via automatic Over-The-Air settings sent out from Mobical.net or manually.
How It Works:
When the user starts synchronizing the data is transferred over the air to Mobical.net. Once you have created the backup, you can view your data on the Mobical.net web portal from any browser. With our editing tools, you can quickly modify entries, adding new contacts, appointments, etc., or completing the information on your existing entries. The next time you connect your phone, information on all changes made are exchanged. In other words, your phone is updated with all changes made on the web, and vice versa.
Mobical.net is also not limited to one device, you can use any amount of mobiles with the same account. If you have an empty phone, that you want to move your personal data to, just configure it correctly with your credentials. When you connect it to Mobical.net, it will be filled with your data.
More at:https://www.mobical.net/
Silobreaker is an online search service that delivers meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines
What Company Is Offering:
Silobreaker is an online search service for news and current events that delivers meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines. Its relational analysis and explanatory graphics provide users with unparalleled contextual insight into the news stories of the day.
How It Works:
Silobreaker provides relevance by looking at the data it finds like a person does. It recognises people, companies, topics, places and keywords; understands how they relate to each other in the news flow, and puts them in context for the user. The graphical search results enables users to quickly and easily understand connections, trends and topics or navigate deeper into the most relevant stories for them. No other news search service provides such an extensive suite of contextual tools in the industry today.
Silobreaker pulls content on global issues, science, technology and business from approximately 10,000 news, blog, research and multimedia sources. With the engine’s focus on finding and connecting related data in the information flow, Silobreaker’s user tools and visualisations are ideal for bringing meaning to content from either today’s Web or the evolving Semantic Web, or both.
Who should use Silobreaker?
Silobreaker should be used by anyone who wants to get more from current affairs on the internet in less time. If you want to get an in-depth understanding of the news, whether it's for your own interest or as part of your job, Silobreaker provides you with the information you need to know.
More at:http://www.silobreaker.com/
Silobreaker is an online search service for news and current events that delivers meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines. Its relational analysis and explanatory graphics provide users with unparalleled contextual insight into the news stories of the day.
How It Works:
Silobreaker provides relevance by looking at the data it finds like a person does. It recognises people, companies, topics, places and keywords; understands how they relate to each other in the news flow, and puts them in context for the user. The graphical search results enables users to quickly and easily understand connections, trends and topics or navigate deeper into the most relevant stories for them. No other news search service provides such an extensive suite of contextual tools in the industry today.
Silobreaker pulls content on global issues, science, technology and business from approximately 10,000 news, blog, research and multimedia sources. With the engine’s focus on finding and connecting related data in the information flow, Silobreaker’s user tools and visualisations are ideal for bringing meaning to content from either today’s Web or the evolving Semantic Web, or both.
Who should use Silobreaker?
Silobreaker should be used by anyone who wants to get more from current affairs on the internet in less time. If you want to get an in-depth understanding of the news, whether it's for your own interest or as part of your job, Silobreaker provides you with the information you need to know.
More at:http://www.silobreaker.com/
cVidya Networks is a global leader and innovative provider of Telecom Revenue Assurance got $12m Round C funding
What Company Is Offering:
cVidya Networks is a global leader and innovative provider of Telecom Revenue Assurance and Data Integrity products.
cVidya’s suite of comprehensive Revenue Assurance solutions assists fixed, mobile, and triple-play communication service providers (CSPs) to continuously improve their bottom line results.
cVidya’s innovative and flexible product, MoneyMap®, provides a unified platform for implementing Process Aware Revenue Assurance solutions, Data Integrity, Risk Management and Rating & Billing Verification within legacy and new service environments, over all types of networks, OSS and BSS.
How Much They Got From VCs:
cVidya Networks, a global leader of telecom data integrity revenue assurance and dealer management systems, announced today that it has closed a $12m Round C funding round. The company selected an offer from Battery Ventures which is leading the round along with all existing cVidya investors: Carmel Ventures, Hyperion, Stage One and Star Ventures.
This round of funding will enable cVidya to continue with the development of new products developed for the Revenue Management market, to expand its activities in growing markets such as Latin America and USA and to continue its success with Tier 1 telecom operators around the world.
More at:http://www.cvidya.com/
cVidya Networks is a global leader and innovative provider of Telecom Revenue Assurance and Data Integrity products.
cVidya’s suite of comprehensive Revenue Assurance solutions assists fixed, mobile, and triple-play communication service providers (CSPs) to continuously improve their bottom line results.
cVidya’s innovative and flexible product, MoneyMap®, provides a unified platform for implementing Process Aware Revenue Assurance solutions, Data Integrity, Risk Management and Rating & Billing Verification within legacy and new service environments, over all types of networks, OSS and BSS.
How Much They Got From VCs:
cVidya Networks, a global leader of telecom data integrity revenue assurance and dealer management systems, announced today that it has closed a $12m Round C funding round. The company selected an offer from Battery Ventures which is leading the round along with all existing cVidya investors: Carmel Ventures, Hyperion, Stage One and Star Ventures.
This round of funding will enable cVidya to continue with the development of new products developed for the Revenue Management market, to expand its activities in growing markets such as Latin America and USA and to continue its success with Tier 1 telecom operators around the world.
More at:http://www.cvidya.com/
Howcast Is free how-to videos for consumers got $8M Series A round
What Company Is Offering:
Howcast brings together the personality of user-generated content with the quality of a professional video studio to create engaging, informative, and free how-to videos for consumers. It also offers emerging filmmakers an opportunity to gain experience, exposure, and income. With high quality, compelling video content, Howcast opens new opportunities for viewers, video producers, content distributors, and advertisers.
Viewers can also subscribe to free feeds featuring the latest videos on their favorite topics (e.g., Health & Nutrition) or from their favorite contributors (e.g., GardenGirl). And they can discover videos on the profile pages of individuals in Howcast's community of viewers and contributors.
Want to know how re-wire a lamp, swaddle a baby, or chill a six pack in three minutes? Howcast.com can show you how. Howcast currently has offices in New York City and San Francisco and is looking for talented individuals to join its growing team.
How It Works:
To join Howcast:
1. Click: Join Howcast.
2. Provide your name, email address, and other basic information about yourself.
3. Check your email for a message from Howcast confirming your account.
4. Click on the link provided within the email to get started with Howcast.com.
Posting a comment on a video or guide is an easy way to share your knowledge about the topic at hand. To post a comment,
1. Click the “Post Feedback” button shown beneath all videos and wiki.
2. Enter your note.
3. Choose the feedback type – “Comment”, “Tip”, “Warning”, or “Fact”
4. Click “Post”.
Howcast Experts are highly active users who regularly contribute to the Howcast Community by uploading videos, writing guides, and leaving comments—particularly within a specific category. Experts are great, trustworthy sources of knowledge on Howcast.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got $8M Series A round which is led by Tudor Investment Corporation and includes other investors.
More at:http://www.howcast.com/
Howcast brings together the personality of user-generated content with the quality of a professional video studio to create engaging, informative, and free how-to videos for consumers. It also offers emerging filmmakers an opportunity to gain experience, exposure, and income. With high quality, compelling video content, Howcast opens new opportunities for viewers, video producers, content distributors, and advertisers.
Viewers can also subscribe to free feeds featuring the latest videos on their favorite topics (e.g., Health & Nutrition) or from their favorite contributors (e.g., GardenGirl). And they can discover videos on the profile pages of individuals in Howcast's community of viewers and contributors.
Want to know how re-wire a lamp, swaddle a baby, or chill a six pack in three minutes? Howcast.com can show you how. Howcast currently has offices in New York City and San Francisco and is looking for talented individuals to join its growing team.
How It Works:
To join Howcast:
1. Click: Join Howcast.
2. Provide your name, email address, and other basic information about yourself.
3. Check your email for a message from Howcast confirming your account.
4. Click on the link provided within the email to get started with Howcast.com.
Posting a comment on a video or guide is an easy way to share your knowledge about the topic at hand. To post a comment,
1. Click the “Post Feedback” button shown beneath all videos and wiki.
2. Enter your note.
3. Choose the feedback type – “Comment”, “Tip”, “Warning”, or “Fact”
4. Click “Post”.
Howcast Experts are highly active users who regularly contribute to the Howcast Community by uploading videos, writing guides, and leaving comments—particularly within a specific category. Experts are great, trustworthy sources of knowledge on Howcast.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got $8M Series A round which is led by Tudor Investment Corporation and includes other investors.
More at:http://www.howcast.com/
Numobiq that turns every mobile handset into a smartphone got $4.5 million Series A round of funding from Benchmark Capital
What Company Is Offering:
Numobiq has created a revolutionary software platform that turns every mobile handset into a smartphone. Its technology solution adds intelligence to the network, a consumer-friendly experience to the handset, and an array of features and functionality that surpass today's most advanced offerings. Best of all, it works across hundreds of mobile handsets to deliver a common, highly personalized user experience.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Numobiq Inc., a global provider of the next-generation platform for enabling mobile content and services, announced that it has secured a $4.5 million Series A round of funding from Benchmark Capital.The company offers a unique business model that provides significant financial advantage to mobile operators, content developers and technology partners alike.
What VCs Says About Company:
Numobiq represents the future of the mobile phone," said Mitch Lasky, general partner at Benchmark. "Finally a breakthrough technology platform and business model exists that will unify the mobile market. Numobiq's management team has the history, technical track record and global relationships needed to redefine the mobile ecosystem, and deliver on the promise of anytime, anywhere information and services."
Unique Features:
ForMobile Operators: Provides an efficient, smart pipe delivery model that expands the scope and quality of next-generation content and services, creates new revenue opportunities and optimizes deliver costs.
For Consumers: Provides anytime, anywhere access to real-time information sources, and sets a new standard for the way consumers use their mobile phone to communicate and express themselves.
For Content Developers: Fosters innovation, reduces costs and improves time-to-market by providing development tools that are optimize for the rapid delivery of next-generation mobile offerings.
For Sponsors and Advertisers: Delivers unprecedented segmentation to support interactive campaigns, branded product information, and promotions.
More at:http://www.numobiq.com/
Numobiq has created a revolutionary software platform that turns every mobile handset into a smartphone. Its technology solution adds intelligence to the network, a consumer-friendly experience to the handset, and an array of features and functionality that surpass today's most advanced offerings. Best of all, it works across hundreds of mobile handsets to deliver a common, highly personalized user experience.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Numobiq Inc., a global provider of the next-generation platform for enabling mobile content and services, announced that it has secured a $4.5 million Series A round of funding from Benchmark Capital.The company offers a unique business model that provides significant financial advantage to mobile operators, content developers and technology partners alike.
What VCs Says About Company:
Numobiq represents the future of the mobile phone," said Mitch Lasky, general partner at Benchmark. "Finally a breakthrough technology platform and business model exists that will unify the mobile market. Numobiq's management team has the history, technical track record and global relationships needed to redefine the mobile ecosystem, and deliver on the promise of anytime, anywhere information and services."
Unique Features:
ForMobile Operators: Provides an efficient, smart pipe delivery model that expands the scope and quality of next-generation content and services, creates new revenue opportunities and optimizes deliver costs.
For Consumers: Provides anytime, anywhere access to real-time information sources, and sets a new standard for the way consumers use their mobile phone to communicate and express themselves.
For Content Developers: Fosters innovation, reduces costs and improves time-to-market by providing development tools that are optimize for the rapid delivery of next-generation mobile offerings.
For Sponsors and Advertisers: Delivers unprecedented segmentation to support interactive campaigns, branded product information, and promotions.
More at:http://www.numobiq.com/
SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management got USD 20 million round of financing
What Company Is Offering:
SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software for companies of all sizes. Sugar easily adapts to any business environment by offering a more flexible, cost-effective alternative than proprietary applications.
How It Works:
SugarCRM's open source architecture allows companies to more easily customize and integrate customer-facing business processes in order to build and maintain more profitable relationships. SugarCRM offers several deployment options, including on-demand, on-premise and appliance-based solutions to suit customers' security, integration and configuration needs.
How This Company Is Performing:
SugarCRM’s innovation in the CRM market has been recognized by industry experts, with the company being named a “Rising Star” by CRM Magazine, an Always On Top 100 Private Company, and a Leader in the InfoTech Decision Diamond for CRM Solutions.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got USD 20 million round of financing led by New Enterprise Associates, bringing total funding to USD 46 million. Existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Walden International also joined the round.
About VCs:
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a leading venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs create and build major new enterprises that use technology to improve the way we live, work and play. Since its founding in 1978, the firm has followed the same core principles: supporting its entrepreneurs, providing an excellent return to its limited partners, and practicing its profession with the highest standards and respect. NEA focuses on investments at all stages of a company’s development, from seed stage through IPO. With approximately USD 8.5 billion in committed capital, NEA’s experienced management team has invested in over 550 companies, of which more than 160 have gone public and more than 230 have been acquired. NEA has U.S. offices in Chevy Chase, Maryland; Menlo Park, California; and Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd. has an office in Bangalore, India and New Enterprise Associates (Beijing) Ltd. has offices in Beijing and Shanghai, China.
For additional information, visit www.nea.com.
Company Info:
SugarCRM
Chris Harrick, 408-454-6947
charrick@sugarcrm.com
or
Schwartz Communications for SugarCRM
Jen Spark, 415-512-0770
SugarCRM@schwartz-pr.com
More at:http://www.sugarcrm.com.
SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software for companies of all sizes. Sugar easily adapts to any business environment by offering a more flexible, cost-effective alternative than proprietary applications.
How It Works:
SugarCRM's open source architecture allows companies to more easily customize and integrate customer-facing business processes in order to build and maintain more profitable relationships. SugarCRM offers several deployment options, including on-demand, on-premise and appliance-based solutions to suit customers' security, integration and configuration needs.
How This Company Is Performing:
SugarCRM’s innovation in the CRM market has been recognized by industry experts, with the company being named a “Rising Star” by CRM Magazine, an Always On Top 100 Private Company, and a Leader in the InfoTech Decision Diamond for CRM Solutions.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got USD 20 million round of financing led by New Enterprise Associates, bringing total funding to USD 46 million. Existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Walden International also joined the round.
About VCs:
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a leading venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs create and build major new enterprises that use technology to improve the way we live, work and play. Since its founding in 1978, the firm has followed the same core principles: supporting its entrepreneurs, providing an excellent return to its limited partners, and practicing its profession with the highest standards and respect. NEA focuses on investments at all stages of a company’s development, from seed stage through IPO. With approximately USD 8.5 billion in committed capital, NEA’s experienced management team has invested in over 550 companies, of which more than 160 have gone public and more than 230 have been acquired. NEA has U.S. offices in Chevy Chase, Maryland; Menlo Park, California; and Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd. has an office in Bangalore, India and New Enterprise Associates (Beijing) Ltd. has offices in Beijing and Shanghai, China.
For additional information, visit www.nea.com.
Company Info:
SugarCRM
Chris Harrick, 408-454-6947
charrick@sugarcrm.com
or
Schwartz Communications for SugarCRM
Jen Spark, 415-512-0770
SugarCRM@schwartz-pr.com
More at:http://www.sugarcrm.com.
SitePoint is a fast growing online media company and information provider targeting the Web professional market
What Company is Offering:
SitePoint is a fast growing online media company and information provider targeting the Web professional market, specifically Web Developers and Designers. The company has five major revenue streams: advertising and sponsorship, content-based products both online and in retail, software, and more recently streaming video subscriptions and classified listings.
More at:http://www.sitepoint.com/
SitePoint is a fast growing online media company and information provider targeting the Web professional market, specifically Web Developers and Designers. The company has five major revenue streams: advertising and sponsorship, content-based products both online and in retail, software, and more recently streaming video subscriptions and classified listings.
More at:http://www.sitepoint.com/
TurnHere is a full-service Internet video solutions provider
What Company Is Offering:
TurnHere is a full-service Internet video solutions provider. We provide video production and distribution services, produce high quality low-cost Internet videos and develop and execute plans to distribute those videos across the Internet to the right audience. Their video production platform makes online video affordable to businesses of all sizes - from local small businesses to major brands seeking to leverage the power of video as part of their online marketing strategy. Video production and distribution is our specialty.
How It Works:
TurnHere, Inc. is a full-service Internet video solutions provider to the
media, publishing, travel, local and real estate industries. They provide
video strategy development services, produce high quality low-cost Internet videos and develop and execute plans to deliver those videos across the Internet to the right audience.
Their business strategy group includes a talented team of video and media professionals with creative, production and video monetization experience. They advise companies on ways to build traffic, enhance brands, engage consumers and increase sales with video.
Their 2,000+ filmmakers shoot and produce Internet videos in more than 50 countries that emotionally engage viewers with compelling, authentic
stories. With deep backgrounds in media and video production, our in-house team of producers works with our partners on creative treatments and leverages the talent of our filmmaking network.
More at:http://turnhere.com/
TurnHere is a full-service Internet video solutions provider. We provide video production and distribution services, produce high quality low-cost Internet videos and develop and execute plans to distribute those videos across the Internet to the right audience. Their video production platform makes online video affordable to businesses of all sizes - from local small businesses to major brands seeking to leverage the power of video as part of their online marketing strategy. Video production and distribution is our specialty.
How It Works:
TurnHere, Inc. is a full-service Internet video solutions provider to the
media, publishing, travel, local and real estate industries. They provide
video strategy development services, produce high quality low-cost Internet videos and develop and execute plans to deliver those videos across the Internet to the right audience.
Their business strategy group includes a talented team of video and media professionals with creative, production and video monetization experience. They advise companies on ways to build traffic, enhance brands, engage consumers and increase sales with video.
Their 2,000+ filmmakers shoot and produce Internet videos in more than 50 countries that emotionally engage viewers with compelling, authentic
stories. With deep backgrounds in media and video production, our in-house team of producers works with our partners on creative treatments and leverages the talent of our filmmaking network.
More at:http://turnhere.com/
With WooMe, meeting people online is transformed into a live interactive experience got $3 million fund
What Company Is Offering:
WooMe brings the speed dating craze online and extends it to let users meet new people live in fast, fun and free speed sessions. There are no long forms or lengthy profile descriptions, simply find a session that interests you and meet 5 people in 5 minutes. Or, create your own sessions based on your interests. Invite friends or strangers to play with you and immediately decide if you are woo'd by someone.
How It Works:
WooMe's in-browser video and voice capability delivers a live interactive experience where users play for fun, to hook up, or just meet new people around shared interests. There are no tedious profiles, no software to download, and best of all it's free.
Backed by Niklas Zennström's (Skype Founder) Atomico Investments, the original investors in Skype (Mangrove Capital), and Klaus Hommels (Europe's Investor of the Year, 2006), WooMe is catapulting the $1 billion+ speed dating market into the online world. With WooMe, meeting people online is transformed into a live interactive experience that makes sifting through contrived profiles a thing of the past.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have announced a $3 million bridge round, led by Mangrove and previous investors Atomico (which was founded by Nikas Zennstrom and Janus Friis), and Klaus Hommels. WooMe has also added the help of Oliver Jung to aid with the company’s international expansion.
More at;http://woome.com/
WooMe brings the speed dating craze online and extends it to let users meet new people live in fast, fun and free speed sessions. There are no long forms or lengthy profile descriptions, simply find a session that interests you and meet 5 people in 5 minutes. Or, create your own sessions based on your interests. Invite friends or strangers to play with you and immediately decide if you are woo'd by someone.
How It Works:
WooMe's in-browser video and voice capability delivers a live interactive experience where users play for fun, to hook up, or just meet new people around shared interests. There are no tedious profiles, no software to download, and best of all it's free.
Backed by Niklas Zennström's (Skype Founder) Atomico Investments, the original investors in Skype (Mangrove Capital), and Klaus Hommels (Europe's Investor of the Year, 2006), WooMe is catapulting the $1 billion+ speed dating market into the online world. With WooMe, meeting people online is transformed into a live interactive experience that makes sifting through contrived profiles a thing of the past.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have announced a $3 million bridge round, led by Mangrove and previous investors Atomico (which was founded by Nikas Zennstrom and Janus Friis), and Klaus Hommels. WooMe has also added the help of Oliver Jung to aid with the company’s international expansion.
More at;http://woome.com/
AdCamo intends to bring back the visual appeal of online ads with the introduction of Camouflage Advertising
What Company Says:
They believe that Publishers need to allow the option of more branding for their Advertisers, by not limiting them with mostly small formats and sizes.
Website users have become adapted to "traditional" advertising formats - which allow them to cancel out banners, text ads and intrusive formats. AdCamo intends to bring back the visual appeal of online ads with the introduction of Camouflage Advertising.
How It Works:
Camouflage Advertising is a way to disguise the appearance using seamless background ad formats.
Background ads aren’t clickable – they’re much more about branding. AdCamo wants to change this by bringing the format to a network where advertisers can make buys across multiple small-to-mid sized sites.AdCamo adds to the monetization mix, and assuming publishers have some control over what ads show on their site.
More at:http://www.adcamo.com/
They believe that Publishers need to allow the option of more branding for their Advertisers, by not limiting them with mostly small formats and sizes.
Website users have become adapted to "traditional" advertising formats - which allow them to cancel out banners, text ads and intrusive formats. AdCamo intends to bring back the visual appeal of online ads with the introduction of Camouflage Advertising.
How It Works:
Camouflage Advertising is a way to disguise the appearance using seamless background ad formats.
Background ads aren’t clickable – they’re much more about branding. AdCamo wants to change this by bringing the format to a network where advertisers can make buys across multiple small-to-mid sized sites.AdCamo adds to the monetization mix, and assuming publishers have some control over what ads show on their site.
More at:http://www.adcamo.com/
Seero.com Is Self Broadcasting Tool
What Company Is Offering:
Seero.com is a geo-broadcasting platform for users to broadcast and experience destinations around the world. Seero fuses live and on-demand video with GPS mapping to create a rich and unique user experience. Our goal is to shake the foundations of how you see video with a platform that promotes exploration and geographical awareness.
If you are looking for another typical video site, or 'Television Online', this probably isn't the place for you. If you want to experience a new way to see the world, welcome.
How It Works:
Seero utilizes the vast potential of the internet to create an original brand of content. If you are a citizen journalist, local tour guide, back road explorer, talented performer, or simply have a great destination to unveil, Seero is your platform to broadcast your world.
Unique Features:
Broadcast live video and archive it for on-demand playback.
Track GPS position in real-time and archive a course for playback with video.
Explore the world and discover video through an innovative geo-navigational interface.
Geo-tag your video clips to showcase the destinations where they take place.
Experience location specific factoids and feeds with a video broadcast.
More at:http://www.seero.com/
Seero.com is a geo-broadcasting platform for users to broadcast and experience destinations around the world. Seero fuses live and on-demand video with GPS mapping to create a rich and unique user experience. Our goal is to shake the foundations of how you see video with a platform that promotes exploration and geographical awareness.
If you are looking for another typical video site, or 'Television Online', this probably isn't the place for you. If you want to experience a new way to see the world, welcome.
How It Works:
Seero utilizes the vast potential of the internet to create an original brand of content. If you are a citizen journalist, local tour guide, back road explorer, talented performer, or simply have a great destination to unveil, Seero is your platform to broadcast your world.
Unique Features:
Broadcast live video and archive it for on-demand playback.
Track GPS position in real-time and archive a course for playback with video.
Explore the world and discover video through an innovative geo-navigational interface.
Geo-tag your video clips to showcase the destinations where they take place.
Experience location specific factoids and feeds with a video broadcast.
More at:http://www.seero.com/
Stuffable is another outlet for self-expression on the web
What Company Is Offering:
Stuffable is another outlet for self-expression on the web. It is simply a place for your stuff! You’ve got it, you love it and now you’ve got a place to show it off.
Think of it as how blog platforms like blogger help express your thoughts or how photo sharing sites like flickr help convey your memories. Have you ever had something that you loved so much you wanted to show the world, like say maybe your iPhone or something you built?
Stuffable is where you show off your gadgets, you collectibles, your furniture, your bookshelf, your accessories or even the fact that you own the cutest dog in the world.
How It Works:
Click on your picture/avatar and then either click the text you want to change or click the edit button on the right to open up the editable boxes.The only thing people can see is the stuff you add to your list or type into your profile or the items and descriptions you give!
Stuffable is like when you walk into someone’s house for the first time and look around at how they decorate and the things they have - knowingly or not you are getting a sense of who they are. Stuffable is a place for cool people with cool stuff; lets see what you’ve got!Call it materialistic or even superficial, but your stuff is an extension of you - a view into a part of your life that doesn’t define you but perhaps helps describe you. Stuffable isn’t just for Prada purses and Tiffany jewelry, it is for your stuff because it is yours! And because that 92′ Honda Civic you’ve been sporting just isn’t going out of style anytime soon so, show it off!
More at:http://stuffable.com/
Stuffable is another outlet for self-expression on the web. It is simply a place for your stuff! You’ve got it, you love it and now you’ve got a place to show it off.
Think of it as how blog platforms like blogger help express your thoughts or how photo sharing sites like flickr help convey your memories. Have you ever had something that you loved so much you wanted to show the world, like say maybe your iPhone or something you built?
Stuffable is where you show off your gadgets, you collectibles, your furniture, your bookshelf, your accessories or even the fact that you own the cutest dog in the world.
How It Works:
Click on your picture/avatar and then either click the text you want to change or click the edit button on the right to open up the editable boxes.The only thing people can see is the stuff you add to your list or type into your profile or the items and descriptions you give!
Stuffable is like when you walk into someone’s house for the first time and look around at how they decorate and the things they have - knowingly or not you are getting a sense of who they are. Stuffable is a place for cool people with cool stuff; lets see what you’ve got!Call it materialistic or even superficial, but your stuff is an extension of you - a view into a part of your life that doesn’t define you but perhaps helps describe you. Stuffable isn’t just for Prada purses and Tiffany jewelry, it is for your stuff because it is yours! And because that 92′ Honda Civic you’ve been sporting just isn’t going out of style anytime soon so, show it off!
More at:http://stuffable.com/
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