Evite fails on the year’s biggest party night

Evite fails on the year’s biggest party night

Update: It’s past 9pm Pacific time, meaning that it’s now New Year’s Day on the East Coast … and Evite is still down. I think it’s safe to say that this isn’t planned maintenance, or if it is, it went horribly awry.

No one cool uses… Continue Reading

Martha smiles on event manager Pingg, leads $2.8M round

Martha smiles on event manager Pingg, leads $2.8M round

Martha Stewart, cultural icon of event planning that she is, has given Pingg — maker of software for invitation and event management — her seal of approval, and contributed to a $2.8 million first round of funding via her media network Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia… Continue Reading

Roundup: E-fight, Voki avatars, young founders, Kokua, Imeem and more

Roundup: E-fight, Voki avatars, young founders, Kokua, Imeem and more

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Evite vs. Socializr continued — The bad blood between Jonathan Abrams, founder of Friendster and now founder of online event service Socializr, and the lawyers at Evite, is worse than we realized. The bitterness started during the Friendster days, and worsened when Evite threatened… Continue Reading

Evite threatens to sue Socializr for copyright infringement

Evite threatens to sue Socializr for copyright infringement

Ticketmaster, owner of the popular invitation service Evite, has threatened to sue Socializr for copyright infringement, saying the company’s service looks strikingly and confusingly similar to Evite’s.

In a letter sent April 3, Ticketmaster’s law firm, Quinn Emanuel, said two invitation design templates offered by… Continue Reading

Socializr, for planning events online

Socializr, for planning events online

Socializr, a new San Francisco-based company that wants to help you plan events online, opens to the public today.

It is owned by Jonathan Abrams, the founder of the early social networking site, Friendster. When Friendster emerged four years ago, it was cutting-edge — creating enormous… Continue Reading

Renkoo launches event service — in time to schedule holiday cocktails

Renkoo launches event service — in time to schedule holiday cocktails

Renkoo, a Redwood City start-up that has worked in secrecy for a year on a more interactive version of Evite’s event service, has launched.

Evite is the big player in this industry. Renkoo pitches itself as “Evite done right,” seeking to incorporate Web 2.0 features. It… Continue Reading