Unisfair captures $3.2M to host virtual events
Unisfair, a firm that hosts virtual events, particularly job fairs that you don’t have to attend in person, has brought in $3.2 million of an anticipated $9.3 million round of equity, according to a filing with the SEC. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company just bolstered its offerings by integrating Facebook and Twitter into its event experiences.
Unisfair’s platform allows you to create a digital character, or avatar, that you can navigate through a faux exhibition hall… Continue Reading
Virtual events draw a live in-person crowd
Yes, these people in the picture are real. What’s weird is they’re attending a conference about virtual events. You know, the kind they have only in cyberspace where you pretend you’re at a live event.
As surreal as it sounds, the fledgling virtual events industry gathered today at a first-of-its-kind Virtual Edge event at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. While other conferences have been pummeled by the recession, there were 500 people… Continue Reading
ON24 raises the profile for virtual trade shows
Virtual trade shows are catching on, according to one of the leading companies in the space.
San Francisco-based ON24 says it grew sales 40 percent in 2008 and saw its client base expand to 700 customers. (It didn’t disclose exact revenues.)
Sharat Sharan, its chief executive, said that companies trying to reduce travel costs are looking for alternatives, and that virtual shows — where attendees meet in a virtual world where the main object is to engage… Continue Reading
Roundup: Apple backdating probe dropped, AMD takes big write-off, Webroot founder missing
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Apple criminal backdating probes dropped: It’s a happy day for Apple, and not just because of the iPhone 3G launch. The criminal backdating probe of Steve Jobs and other Apple executives has been dropped, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Attorneys involved in defending various participants said the Justice Department concluded no charges should be brought against Jobs or anyone else invovled in the backdating. The Securities and Exchange Commission, however, is still pressing… Continue Reading