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Advertisers find new headaches in lawless world of social Web sites

  • by Steve Waganer
  • from Social Media Optimization News
  • added Aug 14, 2007
  • According to the Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, Inc. press release, Addiction411 has started a new MySpace page to educate people all around the world regarding Opioid addiction. (more)

Advertisers find new headaches in lawless world of social Web sites

  • by Doreen Carvajal
  • from International Herald Tribune
  • added Aug 12, 2007
  • First came the soaring ascent of online social networking sites and now comes old fashioned soul searching about a sprawling universe where staid advertisements can scrape up against profiles of giddy young professionals and pages devoted to self-proclaimed angry "straight, white men." (more)

Respectance

  • by Brian Erickson
  • from Brian Erickson
  • added Aug 10, 2007
  • So a few days ago I wrote about the website Respectance receiving funding and how it seemed like a preposterous concept. Well, I officially proved myself wrong and wanted to write about my recent experience with the site. (more)

Hot end of July on the web 2.0 scene

  • from Next Net News
  • added Aug 09, 2007
  • Respectance , which is unique among social networks since it’s dedicated to remembering those who have died, has taken $1.5 million in a series A funding in a round led by Solid Ventures and Big Bang Ventures. (more)

Respectance: conheça o “cemitério” virtual

  • from Fina Sintonia
  • added Aug 08, 2007
  • Com a popularização de redes sociais, é cada vez mais comum se deparar com um efeito colateral impensado – páginas pessoais de pessoas que morreram, mas que continuam online, protegidas por login e senha. (more)

Belgische durfkapitalist ziet toekomst in Rouw 2.0

  • from CV2
  • added Aug 08, 2007
  • Respectance, een netwerksite waar nabestaanden mediaprofielen aanmaken voor overleden geliefden, is stevig op poten gezet door een miljoeneninvestering van de Belgische durfkapitalisten van Big Bang Ventures (BBV). (more)

Web 2.0 Venture Capital for July 2007: 33 Fundings for Over $300 Million

  • from Yahoo! News,
  • added Aug 08, 2007
  • Respectance Receives $1.5 Million for Sharing Memories of those that Past Away (more)

The web of the dead

  • by Linton Chiswick
  • from The First Post
  • added Aug 07, 2007
  • Thanks to the Web 2.0 revolution, everybody has a home on the net. There are social networks for fit people (WeEndure.com), for fashionable people (ShareYourLook.com), arrogant people (IntellectConnect.com)... and now, fresh from a venture capital injection worth $1.5m, there's a social network for dead people. (more)

Dos mortos aos gordinhos, redes sociais inusitadas proliferam na internet

  • by Guilherme Gatis
  • from TNow
  • added Aug 06, 2007
  • As comunidades virtuais caíram no gosto dos internautas pelas possibilidades de sociabilidade com outros usuários. Sites como o Facebook, o MySpace, o Multiply e o queridinho dos brasileiros, o Orkut, tecem uma gigantesca rede social, em que os usuários podem encontrar, espalhadas pelo mundo, pessoas com mesmos gostos e manias. (more)

Respectance, La Web de los Finados

  • by Raúl Drelichman
  • from InterLink Headline News
  • added Aug 06, 2007
  • Luego de las exitosas Gonetooson y Muchloved, llega la última página de homenajes post-mortem. El sitio es administrado por un ex Kazaa, e invita a subir videos y fotos in memoriam. (more)

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