Layoffs at Evite reported
San Francisco Business Journal
... advertising on Evite, its main source of revenue, has been hurt due to the downturn. Evite has also been facing more competition from social-media friendly events sites, particularly Facebook and MySpace and smaller players like MyPunch...
Was an 'Anarcho-Transexual Afro-Chicano' Behind the IM Worm?
Gawker
(In fact, it was once the home of Socializr, Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams's current company.) In his work, too, Ton-That has followed the herd. A Google-cached version of Ton-That's blog gives this career biography: From July 2007 to ...
MyPunchbowl revamps birthday reminders
Venturebeat.com
The round was led by Contour Venture Partners in conjunction with angel investors Intel Capital and eCoast Angels. Rivals include Evite, Pingg, Socializr, and Anyvite. Next Story: Bigfoot Networks launches second-generation gaming network c...
10 Evite alternatives: The good and the bad
CNET News
Socializr Creating invitations and sifting through designs was more difficult than it should have been on Socializr. Though I liked that I could add videos, photos, or even chat with friends in my invite, once I did send out the invitation,...
Evite rival Socializr launches aggregator
Sauk Valley Daily Gazette
NEW YORK (AP) – Socializr, the online invitations startup from Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, now helps users manage their events from sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Evite and Meetup. Event Connect lets users organize their social li...
Competitors hope to crash the Evite party
Newark Star-Ledger
Other options include Crusher (at crush3r.com), Socializr and Zoji. Of course, if you use Facebook, and all of your friends do, then you can just keep things simple and use Facebook for invites. You just choose the calendar icon (for Events...
Socializr and the new, leaner startup (Jonathan Abrams interview, part ...
San Francisco Examiner
Previous Photo: Jonathan Abrams. To San Francisco’s dotcomerati, Social Media is just another tech play . Even when, in the case of Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, you created the modern version of it. When Abrams told me that he didn’t...
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Newsweek Blog
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