may 2008

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"Bluepulse is a free mobile social messenger.Take the best of a social network, the best of an instant messenger, revolutionize both and combine them to run on anyone’s mobile phone. That’s a mobile social messenger, that’s bluepulse." (Standard Society)What is the difference between a social network and a social messenger? Sites like LinkedIn or Facebook enable users to grow their networks of friends/acquaintances. A social messenger leverages the power of social platforms to facilitate interpersonal communications between existing friends.BluePulse is the best social messenger solution out there. Once you sign up to the service - exclusively from your mobile phone ...

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Social commerce... While the term was coined by VC David Beisel, it is Steve Rubel who brought a comprehensive definition to the new trend:“Social commerce can take several forms, but in sum it means creating places where people can collaborate online, get advice from trusted individuals, find goods and services and then purchase them. It shrinks the research and purchasing cycle by creating a single destination powered by the power of many.”The VC and the Blogger sketched the main lines of social commerce back in those days. It's important to notice that while we witness an evolution of social commerce ...

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A "bar-like environment". Those are the words that Suneet Wadhwa, Founder and CEO of Engage, uses to describe traditional dating sites. The 1998 romantic movie "You got mail" has seriously changed Americans' attitude regarding online dating. Sites like Match.com soon became the next best thing for singles to make romantic encounters in a whole new fashion.Back to 2008. The rise of online dating has brought yet another dilemma in the mix: Most online daters lie on their profiles to decrease their chances of being rejected. This is why Suneet Wadhwa describes traditional dating sites as "bar-like environment", i.e. places where ...

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CC Weblog).This description of Apture couldn't be more exact. I am a video producer, and until today, I had not found a way to let readers access and watch all of my videos without leaving that same page you are on right now (converting readers into viewers is tricky). If you look in the center sidebar (HyveUp video directory), just hover a link and ...

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The real estate crisis settled in Uncle Sam's country. This means tougher times for Realtors. Each and every bit of their marketing dollars will have to be spent wisely from now on. Enters Roost, a powerful real estate search engine: Roost is here to drive qualified traffic to Realtors.Instead of trying to list all the properties in the US like Zillow, or take in feeds from individual real estate brokers like Trulia, Roost negotiates with Multiple Listing Services to provide complete and always up-to-date SERPs.As Drew Izzo, former CMO at Ancestry.com and now new CMO at Roost, explains in the ...

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Have you ever wanted to jump into the real estate business but never made the move? It takes a lot of practice to understand what defines the value of a home. Real estate prices vary constantly, depending on the mood of the market, but mostly depending on the value that each individual attributes to the house.Do you feel the need to practice your market insight? Realius is a new online fantasy real estate game. The first game you can play so far is Price Me Now: See it as an online multiplayer Price is Right game for real estate. Once ...

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Today, Michael Arrington brings up some Saturday afternoon talk by wondering if Powerset should sell before launch. I find this to be a weird question: If Powerset has been able to create a vaporware, then they should be able to attract at least a few million users in the first few months, and generate a monster buzz in the tech blogosphere.However, the Web 2.0 opinion leader has a point: Now that Microsoft cannot count on Yahoo to gain market shares, it'll have to focus on acquiring promising young technologies. Powerset is the perfect target for Microsoft: search engine, natural search, ...

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Congratulations to Blurb who won the Best Services Webby Awards 2008. For those of you who don't know Blurb, the service offers you a software to edit your book easily, and a printing and distribution service that enables book creators to sell books online at no initial cost.Blurb is not just a printing business online. The company is building a huge community of book-lovers who can collaborate on the Blurb platform to create passionate community-driven books. Passion is what Eileen Gittins wants her startup to be all about. Congratulations to the team for the great achievement!Talking about creating books online, ...

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This is kind of old news but still super interesting, Scribd has integrated Clickpass in their service. Thanks to this novelty, anyone can use Scribd with their OpenID. It doesn't come as a big surprise that those two YC startups partnered up. However, Scribd is heading to become a mainstream document sharing platform (thank you iPaper). Thanks to Clickpass, they are now enhancing their site's accessibility. On the other hand, this is great news for Clickpass. Their service has gained an undiscussed popularity since launch 2 months ago. Top bloggers support the Founders, and top entrepreneurs are enthusiasts about their ...

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