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MeeVee expanding beyond a personalized guide to delivering video content

by John Shinal, October 30, 2007 | Comments

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Given how many places consumers can watch video on the Web -- everywhere from YouTube to Veoh Networks and, now, Hulu -- startups in this market need to work hard to differentiate themselves. MeeVee.com, which was originally conceived as a sort of TV Guide for online video, has been expanding beyond just helping consumers find what they want to watch on the Web and now has ways of delivering it to them. The Silicon Valley startup has just raised another funding round and has now raised $16 ...

The growing trend towards web services - 1:1 interview with Roberto Medrano, SOA Software

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 23, 2007 | Comments

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Roberto Medrano, Executive VP of SOA Software, talks about the service oriented architecture (SOA) space and how his company has become one of the most successful players in the field. Roberto explains how web services work and how more and more applications become web services. Roberto also talks about the competitive landscape and partnerships with large players in the software business, like HP, IBM, Oracle and Tibco, that have all started to embrace service oriented architecture for the enterprise market. Finally, Roberto ...

Mining the wisdom of the crowds through widgets - 1:1 Interview with Minekey CEO & Founder Delip Andra

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 21, 2007 | Comments

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In this interview, Delip Andra, CEO and Founder of the Minekey, talks about how Minekey's content discovery service helps online publishers, marketers and retailers increase their revenue and improve user experience by serving relevant information to their target audience. Delip elaborates on how the Minekey recommendations widget works leveraging the wisdom of the crowds and the individual user's behavior to deliver the most relevant information. Delip also addresses how Minekey is different from other services helping Internet users discover contextually relevant ...

1:1 Interview with Topix CEO and Founder Chris Tolles

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 17, 2007 | Comments (1)

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Topix is online news community that aims to connect people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. town and city. Chris Tolles, founder and CEO of the company, talks about the evolution of the rapidly growing site and the kinds of news and commentary that are popular on Topix. Chris also addresses the number of page views and demographics of Topix contributors and readers. Finally, Chris elaborates on the Google Adsense driven business model, advertisers' ...

Citigroup's Mark Mahaney on what's next for the Internet giants

by John Shinal, October 15, 2007 | Comments (4)

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What's on the horizon for the Internet giants? Mark Mahaney, Citigroup's director of Internet equity research, tells Vator.tv's Bambi Francisco what to expect from Google, Yahoo, eBay and Amazon.com for third-quarter earnings and beyond. Google has two strategic initiatives -- YouTube and mobile Internet advertising -- that could help push its stock to new highs, although that's not likely in the wake of its earnings report this week given its recent run-up, Mahaney says. He sees YouTube contributing between $100 ...

Vino Veritas applies clean technology to the wine industry

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 10, 2007 | Comments (2)

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Over three billion bottles of wine were sold in the U.S. last year, up 18% from the prior year. That's a lot of wine to be stored. The numbers underscore the growing popularity of collecting wines. The self-storage market is estimated to be a $22.6 billion industry. Climate-controlled storage is estimated to make up a sliver of the 1.6 billion square feet of storage on the market, which is estimated to grow by 26% over the next three to five ...

1:1 Interview with Baynote CEO Jack Jia

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 7, 2007 | Comments

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Jack Jia, CEO and founder of Baynote, talks about how his company's on-demand recommendation technology works to automatically display the best content and products on Baynote's customers' websites. Jack explains how the Baynote recommendation engine taps into the wisdom of crowds to provide recommendations aimed at increasing the number of products purchased, site impressions and/or the number of leads. Jack also talks about Baynote's business model and the rapid growth of his company. To see Jack's pitch for Baynote, click ...

Pixsy signs partnership with Veoh Networks as video-search market heats up

by John Shinal, October 4, 2007 | Comments (2)

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Pixsy Corp., the upstart video and image search company that's taking on larger rivals such as Blinkx and Truveo, said today that online video-sharing channel Veoh Networks will start using its technology in return for an undisclosed sum. With the deal, which is exclusive on the image-search side but not on the video-search side, Pixsy adds Veoh to its list of paying customers, which also includes Travelocity, Pixsy CEO Chase Norlin told Vator.tv in a phone interview. The video search market got a high-profile ...

Online Dating On Steroids? 1:1 Interview with Woome founder/CEO Stephen Stokols

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 2, 2007 | Comments (2)

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Online dating sites have been proliferating in the past couple of years. Stephen Stokols, founder and CEO of Woome.com, provides a sneak preview of his new online speed dating and social networking platform which will launch on November 10th (to apply for early access, you should register at woome.com). Stephen explains what genres of the live voice-only or voice-video speed dating sessions have already been created and what it means to be wooed in a session. Stephen also elaborates on ...

The Roizen Report: Making Sense of Millions of Voices

by Ezra Roizen, September 25, 2007 | Comments

Words cannot describe the degree to which I hate shopping. Over-stimulation is probably at the root of my shopping aversion. There are too many choices and too many questions that go unanswered, which invariably raises the possibility for future regret. Abundant choice seems to be a precondition for buyer’s remorse. So, why bother setting myself up for disappointment? Like for most people, the idea of getting a cool new toy has its appeal. But my allergy to the process ...

1:1 Interview with WhitePages.com CEO Alex Algard

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, September 23, 2007 | Comments

In this interview, Alex Algard, the CEO of WhitePages.com, explains how the site has evolved from a directory assistance site to a broader people search engine, with an expected 160 million people on the site by the end of this year. Alex gives his take on how the WhitePages.com network is different from other competing online directories and how the site’s features provide users with the possibility to discover relevant information beyond mere contact info. Alex elaborates on the company’s ...

1:1 Interview with TalkPlus Chairman and Founder Jeff Black

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, September 18, 2007 | Comments

The $1.2 trillion global telecom market is projected to grow to $1.6 trillion by 2010. In this interview, Jeff Black, the Chairman and founder of TalkPlus, talks about how his company provides telephony services that enable customers to make and receive low cost long distance phone calls. Specifically, Jeff discusses the number of users and how the Menlo Ventures backed company is building business and consumer side partnerships to grow the business. Jeff also explains how TalkPlus’ narrow band VoIP ...

1:1 Interview with Conduit CMO Reena Jadhav

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, September 9, 2007 | Comments (1)

Conduit offers a communication channel in the form of a customizable dynamic toolbar. Using Conduit, publishers can create a customizable branded toolbar that takes the best of their site, their offers and community and puts it on the customers' browser. In this interview, Conduit’s CMO Reena Jadhav shares recent stats about the toolbar’s online permeation and the company’s user base. Reena also talks about Conduit's unique business model, different ways of using the toolbar, and how publishers like Vator.tv can use ...

Facebook first-mover off to build Qubescape

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, September 6, 2007 | Comments (2)

Aaron Greenspan made the front page of the NY Times business section recently. The story written by John Markoff said Aaron claimed to be "the one who created the original college social networking system," which eventually became Facebook. As Aaron tells me in this interview, he simply wants people to know that he and others had "influence" in the early days of building Facebook. Aaron also shares a little about his new venture called Qubescape, which he calls a "Facebook ...

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