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...
Checklist: Our Top Picks for the Week
Newsweek Blog
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Evite rival Socializr launches events aggregator
WPVI
NEW YORK (AP) - April 15, 2009 -- The online invitations startup Socializr will now let users manage their events from sites like Facebook, MySpace, Evite and Meetup. Socializr comes from Jonathan Abrams, who founded Friendster, one of the ...
eBay Goes Back to Basics, Buys Korean Auction Site Gmarket
Mashable.com
eBay seems to have decided to go back to what it does well, and get rid of the stuff it doesn’t know much about ( StumbleUpon , Skype ). Reuters reports they’re buying a controlling stake in South Korean auction site Gmarket for up to 1.2 b...
Socializr Lets You View Events From Multiple Social Sites
Mashable.com
We’ve covered Socializr a few times before, and frankly we found the online event and invitation site to be “a mess with some innovative features attached.” So now that Socializr is announcing their new event aggregation platform — Socializ...
MyPunchbowl saw record traffic as Evite failed
Venturebeat.com
(Socializr investor Auren Hoffman wrote a column for us about why he hates Evite.) None of them comes close to Evite’s traffic, but if Compete’s data is to be believed, MyPunchbowl leads the pack. The site stands out because it tries to be ...
Socializr gets into aggregation with 'Event Connect'
CNET News
Online-invitation service Socializr is hoping to be the FriendFeed for your social life. The site announced on Wednesday that it now aggregates invitations from MySpace, Facebook, Yahoo's Upcoming, Meetup, Google Calendar, and industry lead...
Socializr Lays Off Staff, On DeadPool Watch
TechCrunch
Socializr , the online event organization tool that first went into private beta in 2006 , isn’t in good shape. We’ve heard from a couple of sources that Socializr has laid off most or all of the staff and that the site is running on autopi...
TechBits package
Boston Globe
To ensure privacy, Socializr lets users add "friends" the same way many other social sites do, and users can control which friends they share what events with -- important for anyone looking to keep those bachelorette party photos out of th...
