Posts Tagged with ‘press-release’

I have already said here on Profy before that unlike many bloggers I do appreciate various requests to review a website that land in my inbox. The reason in my case is quite simple - I don’t really love hunting for information and news and when something is pushed to my eyes, I will appreciate someone taking the time to send this something my way and will at least take a look.
I have spoken once about the basic rules of [...]

I missed an embargo lifting this morning.
It's happened on occasion when life has overtaken my planned schedule for testing and writing, or we've missed an email due to the enormous amount of spam that often comes into the address for pitches, but I would much rather miss being "one of the first" to review a new product or service than put out an article that shows little to no effort.
What is disappointing to me is the number of blogs I [...]

As I am sure you already know, viral video is all the rage on the internet. It is all about sharing and embedding your favorite video content into other sources such as your social network profile or a blog. Now, bloggers have an all new place to catch the latest videos… but this time, they are not comedic or user-generated. They are news and current event videos.
Today, the NewsMarket, launched VideoCafé, a new service that will give bloggers the ability [...]

If you haven't heard of eBaum's World, a viral online video portal, now you will. HandHeld Entertainment, has purchased the popular web destination for $15 million in cash and another $2.5 million in stock. Current estimates suggest a possible total of $50 million in cash and stock over the next three years.
Today's press release revealed that the site generated approximately $5.2 million in revenue and $1.6 million in net income last year. It also mentions that the video service [...]

Beginning Friday, August 3 at 8 a.m., LonelyGirl15 will begin showing its season finale on MySpaceTV every hour for 12 hours in a row. The “12 in 12″ final episodes will follow the cast as they try to find their missing friend. Each episode is usually between 1 to 4 minutes long. Expect the second season of LonelyGirl15 to start next week, on August 6th.
“We're thrilled to give LonelyGirl15 the global platform it deserves via MySpaceTV,” said Greg Goodfried, co-creator [...]

Me.dium has just announced receiving $15 million in series B funding from various venture partners. According to our communique with Me.dium this round of investing was led by Commonwealth Venture Partners. Me.dium's existing investors Spark Capital, Appian Ventures and Brad Feld also took part in what is to be the driving push to open the doors to one of the year's most anticipated betas. This latest round brings Me.dium's total funding to $20 million since their June, 2006 founding.
Me.dium is a [...]

ThinkFree, perhaps the Web's foremost online office productivity suite launched ThinkFree Docs on Tuesday. ThinkFree Docs allows users to search, share, tag and publish MS Office documents online the way some sites allow image sharing. The free service extends the existing ThinkFree online community of 275,000 users and adds functionality and collaboration. Additional search and filtering capabilities will help power this latest addition to the already potent tools at ThinkFree. The company's approach to content quality and quantity has been methodical out [...]

JobTonic.com, a company we profiled a little over a week ago, is rewarding its first referral with a £375 finder's fee. The site, which launched in 2006, allows users to refer friends, acquaintances, and themselves for open positions, replacing a traditional headhunter or employment service with real-life social networks.
In this case, a Mr. B (JobTonic.com has hidden identities) referred Mr. A in Glasgow for a position as Telesales Advisor at a major UK financial company. After the candidate [...]

European Internet start-up Webjam raises $2 million in first-round funding.
Webjam, a London startup founded by Yahoo! veterans, has just received their first round funding of about $2 million for further product development. We received the press release from Webjam Ltd. announcing this latest news about the versatile online community.
Webjam has been in Beta testing since its inception back in November of last year and has been covered by us then. This latest news prompted me to join the site to [...]