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March 21st, 2011 by Damian Davila
Beluga is part of the fast rising group messaging industry. Beluga was created by 3 Google engineers (Ben Davenport, Lucy Zhang and Jonathan Perlow) who helped developed Gmail and AdSense. If having some Google staff cache wasn’t enough to draw attention to this company, earlier this March 1st, 2011 Beluga was acquired by Facebook.
Beluga offers group messaging through its…
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March 14th, 2011 by Damian Davila
The virtual world industry officially kicked off in June 23, 2003, when Linden Lab made Second Life available to the world. The popularity of Second Life could not only be measured in the thousands of its users but also in economic terms.
In September 2005, Linden Lab reported that the Second Life economy generated US$3,596,674 in economic activity during that…
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March 10th, 2011 by Damian Davila
iZoca.com, a technology company focused on efficient scheduling and communication, provides a simple way for groups, organizations and individuals to share information, plan events and monitor activities. This new platform features tools which provide groups the ability to effectively communicate and organize both publicly and privately.
What is iZoca?
The name iZoca is derived from the Spanish word “zocalo” meaning…
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March 3rd, 2011 by Damian Davila
Electronic Arts, better known as EA, is going to release soon its 14th social game in Facebook: Dragon Age Legends.
Since 2009, a talented team of coders and designers have been working in the development of this social game in Facebook. The team is lead by Ethan Levy, producer of Dragon Age Legends, who made the initial announcement of this…
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March 2nd, 2011 by Damian Davila
Co-foundedby Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, Instagram is a relatively new photo service that allows iPhone users to post pics online, share them through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and allow people to comment on the pics.
The rise to popularity of this iPhone app has been due to its use by celebrities such as Snoop Dogg to…
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March 1st, 2011 by Damian Davila
A 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg (portrayed by Jesse Eissenberg), getting his geeky heart broken by his girlfriend in the film, The Social Network.
If you:
don’t have the patience for eHarmony,
have a crush on somebody on your Facebook friend list but she’s already in a relationship, and
can wait for a while.
Then, here’s the solution for you: Breakup Notifier.…
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February 11th, 2011 by Damian Davila
The rumor is true.
In my earlier post, LinkedIn Gives Away Advertising Credits, I discussed about the rumor that LinkedIn might be trying to create its cash coffers through this offer because of a possible initial public offering (IPO) early on 2011. On January 27th, LinkedIn filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which sets in…
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January 31st, 2011 by Damian Davila
Kickstarter is an innovative social startup that uses crowd sourcing to fund creative projects and ambitious endeavors. This startup is made up of a team of 14 in New York, New York with offices in the Lower East Side. Half of them work on the product (designing and coding), and the other half work with the community.
Kickstarter sets itself…
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January 27th, 2011 by Damian Davila
Earlier on January 2011, SexySocialMedia reported that Groupon’s CEO, 30-year old Andrew Mason declined a $6 billion offer from Google.
It has been confirmed by several blogs including Mashable that Google has taken Groupon’s snub quite personal and is getting ready to launch a Groupon competitor called Google Offers. Google describes Google Offers as:…
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January 24th, 2011 by Damian Davila
You saw it. You drooled. You bought it.
Actually 1,301,296 of you bought it.
You got a $20 Amazon gift card for just $10. Nice!
LivingSocial got $13,012,960 in gross sales for one day’s work. Not bad!…
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