OpenCandy inserts recommendations when you install software
OpenCandy is a new company that serves recommendations to you when you are downloading software. It offers up suggestions of other software you may be interested in, based on your tastes.
For example, if you’re downloading Miro, a popular open source Internet TV and video player, OpenCandy has created an install process that also shows you an advertisement for Audacity, a free open source sound recorder and editor. See screenshots below.
The model is one of those… Continue Reading
Kongregate, the gaming Web site, raises $5 million
Kongregate, a gaming Web site that targets young men and woos game developers with incentives, has raised over $5 million to support its growth.
It lets developers compete to create games, and rewards the best of them.
The San Francisco-based company launched publicly in March (our coverage), and has grown since then to include nearly 1,500 games from 750 independent game developers. It is nearing a million unique visitors per month, 85 percent of whom are… Continue Reading