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Community fueled site on instructional videos launched

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WonderHowTo.com has unveiled the world’s biggest free how-to video index, cataloging and linking to more than 90,000 curated video clips at launch. The company has also closed a Series “A” investment led by General Catalyst Partners and ad sales will be powered by Scripps Networks. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

WonderHowTo.com’s team of pre-launch video curators has amassed an impressive collection of free, high-quality how-to video features from the farthest reaches of the Internet, classifying and ranking more than 90,000 videos in more than 400 categories over the last few months. With the launch, WonderHowTo.com will also begin accepting community submissions of new videos and soliciting user ratings of videos featured on the site.

WonderHowTo.com aggregates community-submitted links and reviews of how-to video from across the Internet. From mainstream queries such as how to tie a tie, to the eye-opening presentation of how to perform a Balducci levitation, to the long-tail eccentricity of how to train your cat to use the toilet, WonderHowTo embraces the ever expanding visual imagination of the collective web to provide the most comprehensive and revelatory results in the instructional video space.

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Originally posted on January 30, 2008 @ 10:43 am

Zwinky avatars come to life with Zazzle

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zwinky.jpgZwinky,a wholly-owned business of IAC and home to more than 12 million avatars, has launched Zazzle Kiosk within the Zwinky virtual world. The Zazzle Kiosk will enable Zwinky users to purchase customizable merchandise on-demand including t-shirts, mugs, posters, postage stamps, and more, all branded with their personalized Zwinky avatar.

The Zazzle Kiosk makes Zwinky one of the first virtual worlds to give users the opportunity to customize and purchase merchandise for the real world. All merchandise can be created and shipped to the user within 24 hours.

Users who visit the Zazzle Kiosk inside Zwinky’s virtual world can see their avatar automatically displayed on various merchandise items. The user can then choose from saved avatar outfits that they have previously created to display on their merchandise.

Originally posted on January 30, 2008 @ 11:56 am

Capzles launches social storytelling

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capzles.pngCapzles, Inc., a social media company that provides users the ability to share their stories through visually rich multimedia timelines, launched today via private beta. Capzles users are able to combine images, video, audio and blogs/text posts to create their dynamic, compelling story “capzles” which they can share.

Capzles offers people the means to create colorful, interactive time capsules to arrange their personal multimedia into narrative stories that others can follow step-by-step. With a savvy design, unique, easy-to-use Flash interface and robust back-end technology, Capzles provides an effective solution for anyone, from consumers to corporate brands, to share their stories. The complete Capzles experience is a broad universe of stories searchable through topics and time, and accessible through an intuitive map of time. While the stylized design and ease-of-use are compelling for users, the time-sensitive storage of valuable personal history is equally so.

Originally posted on January 28, 2008 @ 4:25 pm

Guinness World Records launches new online community

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guinness.pngGuinness World Records has added an online community on their website, inviting record holders, record aspirers and fans around the world to post their best videos, audio, photos and stories on the site. The community features a new level of interactivity and customization for record holders and Guinness World Records fans. Visitors can create their own profile page, read and write blog entries and upload unlimited amounts of media. With this new site, current record holders can showcase their talents, while aspiring record breakers can get discovered and be on their way to capturing a record title.

Record enthusiasts will now have a place to gather to view and share new record attempts as they are submitted, rather than having to wait for the annual publication. The new online community not only looks to establish a forum for record breakers and fans, but also to provide a platform to identify exciting new record-breaking talent. The new community is powered by KickApps.

Originally posted on January 28, 2008 @ 6:35 am

Tastemycooking.com launches Filipino Cooking Forums

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Filipino cooking web site Tastemycooking.com has launched its online cooking community. Providing hundreds of tasty recipes, Tastemycooking is one of the most important Filipino recipe sites on the web.

Visitors can register for a free account to share their cooking knowledge and recipes with other users. The community categories include: Recipes by members, recipe requests, recipe videos and also a recipe feedback area. Unlike many other web sites, Tastemycooking provides authentic Filipino recipes, which are posted by people who are originally from the Philippines.

Additionally the site has launched its cooking video section which allows web site visitors to browse and watch featured Filipino cooking videos online.

Originally posted on January 26, 2008 @ 10:10 am