Archive for February, 2009

Mozbox – Social Shopping that Earns You Money!

February 28th, 2009 Social Guy

Mozbox

Mozbox is the first social cashback shopping network, combining the social aspects of a community site, with the benefits of cashback shopping based within a massive shopping environment.

What makes Mozbox truly unique is that Members have the potential to earn cashback on almost every action they take on the site. As well as getting cashback on all purchases made through Mozbox, Members can also earn bonus cashback on their friend’s purchases if they are referred by a product review, wishlist or a recommendation. (more…)

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AdParlor Expands Virtual Currency Monetization Platform to Target Social Media Application Developers

February 26th, 2009 Social Guy

AdParlor

AdParlor, a social media agency, expands its virtual currency monetization platform that now reaches the six leading social networking sites. The expanded platform provides social media application developers with the capability to offer users fast and easy ways to earn virtual currency within their applications.

AdParlor’s virtual currency monetization platform is already being used in more than 30 Facebook applications including Kickmania, Pull Tabs, Yes or No, Slots, Bingo, Egg Breaker,and Premier Football. As AdParlor expands into other social networks, select application developers on sites such as MySpace and Bebo have already begun integrating with the platform and are generating revenue. (more…)

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MyLife Launches People Search, Find Everyone You Know Across the Web

February 26th, 2009 Social Guy

MyLife

As people grow, move on, or switch social networks we inevitably lose track of the people who matter to us, and it’s a basic human need to reach out and get back in touch for all the reasons people want to connect.

MyLife fills market need left unmet by Google and existing social network sites, launches People Search, find everyone you know across the Web. For the first time, people can turn to one place to easily find anyone, and manage multiple relationships across social networks and other online sites.

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Sedo Acquires RevenueDirect From Dotster

February 26th, 2009 Social Guy

Sedo

Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, acquires RevenueDirect, a provider of top-tier domain parking services for professional domain investors. The acquisition of RevenueDirect’s substantial customer base significantly increases Sedo’s North American market share.

In addition to the acquisition, Sedo has formed a strategic long-term partnership with registrar heavyweight and former RevenueDirect parent company, Dotster. Through the strategic partnership, Sedo will benefit from the company’s large inventory and strong registrar presence, while RevenueDirect customers will gain considerable value from Sedo’s superior monetization engines and access to the world’s largest secondary market for buying and selling domain names. (more…)

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Joost Taps Ooyala’s Video Uploading Platform Technology

February 26th, 2009 Social Guy

joost

Ooyala, a leading online video technology provider, and Joost, a global Web video service, today announced that Joost will use a new set of ingestion, transcoding and metadata management tools provided by Ooyala. Through this integration, Ooyala and Joost have developed a custom version of Ooyala’s cutting-edge content ingestion, transcoding and analytics platform that will provide a set of upload tools for select Joost partners.

The partnership between Ooyala and Joost demonstrates how companies are outsourcing certain functions of their video architecture to maximize the value of their business model. Implementing Ooyala will help Joost reduce the friction in the ingestion, transcoding and publication processes for content partners with fewer resources or smaller libraries. (more…)

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