Archive for the ‘Widgets’ Category

Match puts on a new face

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. ...

Collaboradate.com no more…

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 ...

The biggest news in Online Dating and Social Networking in years

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, ...

Myspace Platform

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 ...

OkCupid Puts on a New Facebook

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 ...

JibJab - Staring You

Friday, October 5th, 2007

JibJab has released a new flash movie creation tool, pure fun...

With these two hands…

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 ...

20+ Niche Dating Sites

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 ...

Pageflakes launches “blizzard”, will it cause a storm?

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 ...

Mashable Covers Collaboradate

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 ...

Gizmoz launches. Opens users to a whole new world

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 ...

Become a Collaboradate 1.0 Featured Partner

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. ...

Myspace Blocks Widgets (I told you so)

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 ...