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Vivox secures $7.8 million funding

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vivox.pngVivox, provider of integrated voice services for online games and virtual worlds, has secured $7.8 million in a second round of equity financing led by Benchmark Capital led the round. Support was also received from the its existing investors, Canaan Partners and GrandBanks Capital.

Proceeds from the round will fund product development, sales support and marketing as the Company extends its technology and market lead. Vivox offers the only integrated platform and managed service available today to enable online games and virtual worlds to connect their communities with cutting edge features and functionality on a massive scale.

Vivox customers and partners include online game and virtual world leaders 1GPN, Inc., Alpha Innovation, BigWorld Technology, CCP Games, The Electric Sheep Company, FWD International, IBM, Icarus Studios, Illusion Factory, K2 Network, LanguageLab.com, Linden Lab, Monumental Games, Pixel Mine and Wizards of the Coast.

Originally posted on November 13, 2007 @ 12:38 pm

Crain Communications announces new professional web video business site

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webvideoreport.pngCrain Communications Inc. announced the launch of WebVideoReport.com, an online publication focused on the creation,
distribution and monetization of web video. The site shows users how to research effective web video business models; develop accurate budgets for the creation of online video; determine the going rates for web video advertising; and find out how to market their products and services with online video.

Originally posted on November 12, 2007 @ 4:08 pm

Yahoo! introduces mobile search in Latin America

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onesearch.pngYahoo! Inc. announced the availability of Yahoo! oneSearch beta for Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Beginning today, consumers in Latin America are able to access the industry’s leading mobile search experience with localized content presented in Spanish and Portuguese. This announcement continues Yahoo!’s momentum by further increasing the global reach of oneSearch and reinforcing the company’s strong leadership in the mobile industry, and comes on the heels of a partnership with Telefonica announced in October.

Yahoo! oneSearch is an innovative search service explicitly designed to serve the needs of mobile users by delivering results directly in the first screen and thereby removing the need for consumers to navigate through a sea of links to PC Web sites to find the information they want. OneSearch improves consumers’ search experience on mobile devices by integrating content from a variety of sources across the open Web, providing consumers with access to localized news, financial information, weather conditions, Flickr photos, Yahoo! Answers, web images, as well as web and mobile web sites.

Originally posted on November 13, 2007 @ 12:29 pm

Glam Media launches Managed Vertical Network (MVN) platform

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glammedia.pngGlam Media today launched the Glam Managed Vertical Network (MVN) platform. The platform is designed to rapidly and effectively develop, manage and monetize dedicated vertical networks. Lifetime Networks is the first company to leverage Glam’s MVN platform to extend their reach online by launching a co-branded vertical channel with Glam.

The Glam MVN platform offers media companies the necessary infrastructure and tool set to create a successful vertical network. With the Glam MVN, media companies can easily recruit publishers, manage inventory, set pricing, serve and optimize campaigns, support multiple billing systems, and offer both publisher and advertisers a wide range of reports and technical support.

Glam Media makes it simple for web publishers to maximize online advertising revenues and represents ad inventory for leading life and style along the web’s mid-tail. Glam Media brings together owned and operated sites including its flagship site Glam.com, the Glam Publisher Network of more than 400 popular lifestyle websites and blogs, and syndicated content from leading media companies.

Originally posted on November 12, 2007 @ 12:23 pm

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Dominos Pizza offers mobile ordering

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dominos1.jpgDomino’s Pizza is making ordering a piping, hot pizza even easier with the introduction of mobile ordering. Now, customers with web-enabled cell phones can place their order from nearly 2,500 of Domino’s 5,128 U.S. stores on mobile.dominos.com.

Domino’s mobile ordering site is similar to its current online ordering web site, yet even more specialized for the quick order experience. Designed for the small screen of a cell phone, mobile.dominos.com features a streamlined interface for optimal speed. It also automatically adapts to the size of any cell phone screen, no matter what service carrier customers use. Once on the site, customers can enter their Domino’s online ordering username and password and all orders saved on the system will carry-over to their mobile device – including any coupons associated with the order – making re-ordering your favorite pizza meal a breeze.

Originally posted on September 28, 2007 @ 9:53 am