Animoto, the company that allows you to create videos from your photos and music tracks, has expanded its business services to include a vertical for professional photographers.
Features include adjustable speeds for photos displayed in an Animoto video (think one tempo for a wedding video versus another sports highlights), and the option for a “call to [...]
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The World Series kicks off tomorrow, and whether you support the Phillies or the Rays, you can show your support through a pair of Facebook applications created by app development company Watercooler.
Some key features of the team apps are discussion boards, scoreboard feeds, quizzes, and leaderboards. There is also a media-sharing option for posting related [...]
AmieSt, the online digital music store that relies on users to determine the popularity and purchase price of artists’ content, reveals a new site design and a handful of new features today. Most of the site’s new features include more custom capabilities for site members.
A new personalized homepage shows real time data on what a [...]
While there are countless Digg clones out there (Pligg, Newsvine and Reddit, to name a few), only a handful gain enough traction to stay on the radar. Mixx is one of them, and the company has released metrics today showing steady growth over its year-long existence. Mixx reports that it has increased its monthly [...]
Change.org, the year-old site that helps people work on causes they care about, is launching a blog network for social issues. The site started as a searchable collection of resources for connecting people directly with organizations for a variety of causes. Prior to today’s relaunch, Change.org looked to social networks like Facebook in order to [...]
Though online appointment-making service ZocDoc raised $3 million in its first round of funding from Khosla Ventures earlier this year, two new investors have jumped on board, giving the startup an undisclosed infusion of venture capital. One is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, contributing via his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions; the other is Marc [...]
Widget creation platform Clearspring has acquired AddThis, a bookmarking and sharing button, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition moves Clearspring closer to becoming a service that lets users share content from any website.
AddThis will initially remain its own service. Clearspring reports that the two services combined will reach approximately 200 million users and [...]
Vysr, developer of RoamAbout browser plugin that allows users to access their favorite web content from any site, has fortified its product by adding OpenSocial applications to the fold. The widget, designed for Firefox and IE, adds a sidebar to the bottom of every browser window from which you can launch a smaller window showing [...]
Facebook is well aware of its potentially influential position when it comes to the young adult demographic. Perhaps that’s why the social network has launched a voter registration application today, with Rock the Vote and powered by Creedo Mobile. The application allows Facebook members to register to vote online, without even having to leave Facebook. [...]
Cramster, an online network for getting homework assistance, has raised $3 million in its first round of funding. An online version of the study group, Cramster takes the community approach to helping students with homework instead of merely providing an answer.
While Cramster has already experienced growth during this past school year and has good [...]
While many travel-oriented sites provide a way for travelers to share their experiences with one another, few let you connect with locals based on your travel destination.
Localyte, of San Mateo, Calif., is a new online network that has set out to connect travelers with locals–not other travelers.
Its features include a community-wide Q&A, email subscription options [...]
The much anticipated MySpace Music is geared to launch tonight, providing a platform for both major and independent labels and artists to promote and sell their music. The monetization potential of MySpace music is driving a great deal of interest to the new platform, as MySpace has always been considered a useful promotional platform for [...]
After launching Imagekind, an online marketplace for buying and selling original and reprinted artwork, then selling it to CafePress, founder Kelly Smith is back at the drawing board. The latest project is called PressPlane, and Smith has just informed us of its $1.7 million initial round of financing, led by Second Avenue Partners. Also [...]
VoIP startup Ooma, based in Palo Alto, has raised an additional $16 million in funding to help the company get its footing. The financing comes from existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, WorldView Technology Partners, Founders Fund, WI Harper Group and Draper Richards, with new investor Telecommunications Development Fund also participating in this round.
Having already [...]
Israeli-based genealogy site MyHeritage is looking to expand its online social capabilities with the acquisition of Kindo, a service that covers a bit of family tree-building as well as social networking. The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed, but with both MyHeritage and Kindo having a received funding earlier this year as [...]
MTV Networks has acquired social networking platform Social Project, in a move that shows media conglomerates are still willing to make purchases despite the worsening economy. Formerly known as Tagworld, Social Project had received a large infusion of funding when MTV Networks invested a reported $40 million in the social networking platform about two [...]
You’d think a “wish list” application from Amazon would have been a success on Facebook. It enabled the sharing of individual wish lists and direct purchasing without leaving the confines of the social network. But Amazon’s wish list app, called Giver, launched earlier this year, failed to gain significant traction and is no longer in [...]
In case you forgot, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day today — a day when a lot of websites and online networks get into the pirate spirit (check out Google Pirate). Recently launched 12seconds, a video website that limits all video posts to 12 seconds, is taking the opportunity to bring some extra attention [...]
Widgets have provided one of the more effective yet indirect ways of increasing your reach on the web. Now, Widgetbox, one of the more prominent and well-funded widget platforms, is taking another step to differentiate itself in commoditized market. It is starting to use its own network to drive traffic to blogs and other online [...]
Thanks to the fast-growing female web demographic, celebrity and entertainment sites have become a dime a dozen. Hollywood Interactive Group Inc., a company that produces online interactive content based on Hollywood’s current events, has received a $5 million first round of funding in an effort to stand apart from the crowd. Led by BlueRun Ventures [...]
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