TJ's WeblogTechnology, Venture Capital and EntrepreneurshipSpeed Dating with kissnofrog- January 30, 2008 Kissnofrog is (as you may have guessed) a new online dating service. The company just launched in Germany and let&39;s user talk in dedicated sessions via web cams and microphones. I&39;m an investor in the company and have watched a little how the team assembled the solution of the last months. It&39;s a pretty cool way to meet new people without going out of the house much. The voice and video also adds way more &39;signals&39; as what chat, emails or personal profiles can do. It enables..http://www.tjacobi.com/50226711/speed_dating_with_kissnofrog.php Internet Trading and Investing 2.0- January 28, 2008 One of the big breakthroughs of the Internet in the last 15 years has been financial tools. Information distributed with the speed of light that can be translated into instant profits - the internet is the best tool ever for investors looking for a quick trade or trying to dive into first hand research. Currencytrading.net has taken the time to organize a list of 40 Web 2.0 tools for investors. A super list with many sites that you should not miss out on like: - GStock: Use this...http://www.tjacobi.com/50226711/internet_trading_and_investing_20.php jollo catches the long tail of translations- January 22, 2008 Jollo.com is a website that relies on the long tail to find translations for common phrases in multiple languages. Right now phrases such as "Je voudrais rserver une place prs de la fentre, s&39;il vous plat." are translated into Chinese, English, German. It&39;s a cool site - needs a bit of traffic and if it finds enough followers scale really well. It might need to get in touch with one of these old-school online dictionaries :) See full article. Related Entries: The Long Tail Brings.http://www.tjacobi.com/50226711/jollo_catches_the_long_tail_of_translations.php kinkaa raises first round from HTGF- January 22, 2008 I just came back from two hectic weeks in Europe. A lot of good news - kinkaa relaunched its interface and raised it&39;s first round of 600k EUR from HTGF. HTGF invested 500k+ in loans and equity together with the existing business angels that invested in 2006 in kinkaa. We are very happy to welcome HTGF as a kinkaa investor and hope we can redeem the trust that has been invested into us very soon. See full article. Related Entries: Kinkaa - Neue Reisesuchmaschine sucht Betatester -..http://www.tjacobi.com/50226711/kinkaa_raises_first_round_from_htgf.php Smaato raises Series A- January 22, 2008 I got to know Ragnar several years ago and like his unstoppable entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm from day one. In 2005 Ragnar and Petra decided to develop software for smart phones and use advertising as a way to &39;charge&39; customers in lieu of charging a download fee. After two years of development and thinking they brought together many industry partners (publishers, ad networks, developers) to bring them into the Smaato mobile open advertising platform. Now they got rewarded for.http://www.tjacobi.com/50226711/smaato_raises_series_a.php Google Maps with weather info (temperature, wind, precipitation)- January 4, 2008 So I admit - I&39;m a weather freak and I&39;m trying to constantly watching temperatures in 15 locations around teh world every day (all spots I consider worth living in :) I was always looking for a Google Maps weather mashup that shows temperatures and precipitation globally. Somehowe I could never find it (it might just be hiding from me). Today I found it a Wunderground . Pretty nice. See full article. Related Entries: Google Maps - 25 2006 Canada's Largest Wind Farm - 27...http://www.tjacobi.com/50226711/google_maps_with_weather_info_temperature_wind_precipitati... M&A deals of 2007- January 4, 2008 Steve at Partnerup has done the effort to write down COMPLETE list of major M&A deals in the media, internet, tech and gaming industry. Quite a feat - many interesting deals there I had not seen. Thanks Steve! See full article. Related Entries: Demand Media Deals.com - 03 2006 Two Great Video Game Deals - 11 December 2006 Killer retro game deals, for a few people - 18 January 2007 Let The Deals Begin - 23 November 2007 Contents of this feed are a property of Creative...http://www.tjacobi.com/50226711/ma_deals_of_2007.php |