Archive for September, 2007

Google Acquires Zingku

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Google made further inroads into the mobile space today with the acquisition of Zingku, a mobile social networking and communication platform, according to the Google Operating System blog.
Zingku’s mission is to enable individuals and businesses to “mobilize their passion” by leveraging their personal network.
We started in 2005 when we noticed that teenage/twenty something’s and their […]

Put a live talking person on your website

Friday, September 28th, 2007

LiveFaceOnWeb.com is an internet-based service that allows your website to have a real person as the face of your company. We believe that real people relate to real people, not to animations. LiveFaceOnWeb.com uses real people to enrich the interactivity of your site.
 
http://www.livefaceonweb.com
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Creating a Floorplan Online

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Cool tools to create floorplans.
www.floorplanner.com
www.plan3d.com
www.mydesignin.com
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Fetchback retargetting your customers

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Up to 98% of the visitors to your website leave without signing up to become a customer. “Retargetting” means delivering your message to those visitors after they have left your website in effort to convert them into customers down the road.
Fetchback.com is one such company in the business of retargetting.
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DECA gets $5m

Friday, September 28th, 2007

DECA is a yet-to-launch company that aims to develop, finance, and distribute professional video over the Web. The company announced it has raised $5 million to build its service, which will combine video with social networking to try and launch professional quality entertainment at a fraction of the cost of traditional distribution.
It sounds a lot […]

International Calls

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Here are websites that offer free or discounted IP based international calls:
www.magnumbers.com
www.globedialer.com
www.jajah.com
www.pingo.com
www.rebtel.com
www.skype.com
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RGM lands $6m in venture funding

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Real Girls Media ( http://www.realgirlsmedia.com ) founded by Kate Evertt-Thorp landed $6m in venture funding by 3i.com and waldenvc.com
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Blurb gets $2.5m in funding

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Web based book publisher blurb (http://www.blurb.com) founded by Eileen Gittins secured more than $2.5m in funding.
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