Archive for the ‘Widgets’ Category
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Two new features from Match.com are aimed at getting new users to sign up for the service. One is targeted at the shy crowd, and one is targeted at the outgoing crowd–Facebook.
The Little Black Book feature lets Match.com users find other Facebook members that also have an account on Match.com. ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, Dating Industry, Online Dating News, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Widgets, black, book, crowd, crowd–facebook, facebook, fitting, shy, targeted | No Comments »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Some big things to announce.
Collaboradate.com is going away :( But wait! Not to worry, just the name is going away. I'm excited to announce that I've brought in a partner, and this was the first order of business.
We are not set on the new name yet, but over the past ...
Posted in Api's, Beta, Dating 2.0, Dating Industry, Development, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Widgets, announce, brought, excited, order, partner, past, wait, worry | No Comments »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The official news is out on the MySpace and Google deal, first rumored earlier today. The big news: the two companies have actually been working together on OpenSocial all along, which launches officially tonight.
Other “founding partners” of the project include: Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, ...
Posted in Api's, Beta, Dating 2.0, Finding Love Online, Online Dating News, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Widgets, addition, hyves, imeem, ning, officially, opensocial, plaxo, salesforce | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
MySpace is gearing up to launch MySpace Platform, according to a number of third party developers who’ve been contacted for input on the product. While this has been rumored since June, this is the first indication that the service is preparing to actually launch. And we also have information that ...
Posted in Api's, Dating 2.0, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Widgets, contacted, gearing, indication, june, platform, preparing, suggests, who’ve | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
OkCupid.com, a free online dating site, has announced the launch of its quiz application for Facebook. Once completed, the OkCupid Dating Quiz gives you your personality type and allows you to add it to your Facebook profile. Next week, the application will expand to allow users to take any of ...
Posted in Online Dating Identity, Online Dating News, Site Info, Uncategorized, Widgets, compare, completed, facebook, lifestyle, okcupid, quiz, quizzes, thumbs | No Comments »
Friday, October 5th, 2007
JibJab has released a new flash movie creation tool, pure fun...
Posted in Just Because, Web 2.0, Widgets, creation, flash, fun, jibjab, movie, pure, released, tool | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 27th, 2007
It's time to get personal(s)! Once in a while you will see me put some semi personal thoughts on this blog, and it's time again.
Collaboradate has come a long way, no one ever said it was going to be easy, and it continues to be a challenge. Though I am ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, Development, Just Because, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Widgets, challenge, continues, frustratd, personal, proud, put, semi, thoughts | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Dating sites have come a long way, and now there are hundreds of alternative services beyond the all-encompassing Match.com and the breakout hit PlentyofFish. If you’re looking for one last summer fling (or just a human for a change –editor), we’ve picked out more than twenty niche dating services.
Mashable keeps ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, Finding Love Online, Online Dating News, Site Reviews, Web 2.0, Widgets, breakout, encompassing, fling, human, info, niche, twenty, we’ve | 2 Comments »
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Customized home page startup Pageflakes launched a slew of new features this morning under what it is calling its “Blizzard” release.Among all of the new features, the two that are important to highlight are social networking and customizable themes on pages.Until today Pageflakes users could create pages for their own ...
Posted in Beta, O-U, Social Networking, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Widgets, common, customizable, effectively, interests, pageflakes, pages, shot, shown | No Comments »
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
"In all, I like all the features that have gone into the creation of Collaboradate. Many of these can be applied across the board to other social networks for useful purposes and easy ways to encourage virality within a highly customized interface."
Hey Thanks guys :)
You can read it in it's ...
Posted in Beta, Dating Industry, Online Dating Features, Online Dating News, Social Networking, Startup, Web 2.0, Widgets, applied, creation, customized, encourage, highly, interface, purposes, virality | No Comments »
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Today, the product launches for everyone to use. Gizmoz is also announcing a $6.3 million Series A funding round from Benchmark Capital and Columbia Capital and distribution partnerships with RockYou and Freewebs.
These are animated, talking, 3D images that can be embedded on any website. When compared to what ...
Posted in Beta, Online Dating Features, Social Networking, Startup, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Widgets, clips, express, gizmoz, video | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
The time had come for me to start to solicit partners for the upcoming release of Collaboradate.com
Some of the types of partners we are looking for are:
1. Dating sites: Do you want to include your user names predominately in our search results? More clicks = more page views for you. ...
Posted in Beta, Dating Industry, Development, Online Dating News, Site Info, Social Networking, Startup, Web 2.0, Widgets, include, names, partners, predominately, results, solicit, upcoming | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 12th, 2007
VRS
Hosting people's lives online has become big business: services like Flickr and Photobucket serve as a virtual shoe box for millions of photographs, while YouTube and MySpace Video regularly serve up a daily dose of video blogs, home videos, and crazy stunts. But what happens ...
Posted in Development, Flickr, Social Networking, Startup, Web 2.0, Widgets, case, hosting, months, myspace, pages, photobucket, serve, youtube | 4 Comments »