Category: Social Discovery

MeetMe: 32nd Fastest Growing Company In On Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500

Posted on November 16, 2012

Meetme logo news July 12MARKETWIRE – Nov 16 – MeetMe,
the public market leader in social discovery, ranked 32 on Deloitte's
Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology,
media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies
in North America. Rankings are based on five-year revenue growth. In
that period, MeetMe has grown its revenue 5300%. MeetMe, formerly known
as myYearbook, previously ranked 26th as a Technology Fast 500™ award
winner for 2011.

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New Social Discovery Startup: Mirror

Posted on November 13, 2012

Mirror logoPR WEB – Nov 12 – Mirror is a new social discovery platform. When users sign up, they create a frame. A frame is a short profile; a snapshot of who that person is. All Mirror users are verified by email and SMS. Mirror Media, Inc. is a privately-held company and is headquartered in New York City.

The full article was originally published at Equities, but is no longer available.

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OKCupid Has Launched Social Discovery Service Tallygram

Posted on November 9, 2012

TallygramOPW – Nov 9 - OKCupid has been working on a new social discovery product Tallygram. After you sign up using Facebook Connect you are presented with countless questions such as "Should marijuana be legal?" or "Would you consider donating your body to science after you die?". The more questions you answer, the smarter Tallygram gets at suggesting you friends, just like OKCupid does with recommending you matches. Based on your answers Tallygram shows you on a percentage scale who might be your friend and who might be your enemy. As of now Tallygram only allows you to do a basic search, message people and invite your friends. The site is in Alpha and OKCupid is seeking developers to build new features.

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MeetMe Q3 Financial Results

Posted on November 8, 2012

Meetme logo news July 12PRESS RELEASE – Nov 7 – MeetMe is a public social discovery service. Q3 revenue totaled $11.6M, up 1,148% YOY. Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, totaled $95K, an improvement from an Adjusted EBITDA loss of $852K in the year ago period. Mobile revenue grew 34% sequentially to $1.8M, and 200% versus the same period a year ago, and now accounts for 20% of MeetMe-platform revenue.

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Dubai Blocks iDating, But Lets People Discovery Sites Off The Hook

Posted on November 3, 2012

Dubai pictureOPW – Nov 3 – Irena and I
were in Dubai for a few days so we thought we'd see which dating sites
were blocked and which made it past government filtering. Specifically
any 'Internet Content that contradicts the ethics and morals of the UAE
including Nudity and Dating' get blocked. iDating doesn't fit the
religion and culture of UAE. Matrimonials sites, on the other hand, are
ok.

Match, Plentyoffish and OKCupid were blocked. I thought
World Singles Arablounge.com might make the cut, but no. It was
blocked. China dating sites Zhenai, Baihe and Jiayuan were all blocked
as well. We got through to Facebook and thought we'd have more luck
with people discovery services. Badoo was blocked but Tagged and Meetme
were ok. Matrimonials sites made the cut. Shaadi, Bharat Matrimony
and Jeevansathi were all available in Dubai. We were especially pleased
that Online Personals Watch and Social Networking Watch were available
as well. Of course, as soon as I fired up my VPN I could get to
everything. Dubai Internet City also enjoys open access and alternative
ISP Du is more lenient than Etisalat. [Full Disclosure: POF and Meetme
are clients of Courtland Brooks]

MeetMe Photoboard, Coming To A Bar Near You

Posted on October 22, 2012

Meetme photoboardOPW – Oct 19 – MeetMe announced the launch of a new feature that has one foot in your smart phone, and the other foot in 560 bars around the country. The new Photoboard feature in MeetMe allows users to see freshly uploaded pictures from people nearby. A great way to visualize the community around you. Thanks to a deal with Zoom Media & Marketing, they're also pushing these images out into 560 digital screens in bars around the USA. This iphone/android app feature to real world cross-over is a first. I'm looking forward to observing the user behavior around it. – Mark Brooks (Full Disclosure: Meetme is a client of Courtland Brooks)

Here's coverage on CNET and the press
release.

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MeetMe Now A Single Global Brand

Posted on October 10, 2012

Meetme logo news July 12PRESS RELEASE – Oct 9 – The transition of Quepasa.com users to the MeetMe platform is complete. MeetMe is now a single global brand. This transition marks the final step of the November 2011 merger between Quepasa Corporation and Insider Guides, DBA myYearbook. In mid-August, the company launched in Spanish and Portuguese across all platforms and indicated MeetMe would be in a half dozen languages by the end of the year. In September, MeetMe unique visitors from Brazil increased 800%, from Mexico increased 3000%, and from Spain increased 1900% compared to June.

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MeetMe Enhances Mobile Offer Wall With Video

Posted on October 5, 2012

Meetme logo news July 12PRESS RELEASE – Oct 3 – MeetMe has added video to its mobile Offer Wall through Tapjoy, a mobile advertising and publishing platform. Users may watch sponsored video and participate in other activities in exchange for MeetMe's virtual currency, MeetMe Credits. Video is available on both Android and iPhone. "Our Q2 results showed virtual currency now accounts for more than half of mobile revenue," said Bill Alena, Chief Revenue Officer.

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MeetMe Launches iPhone App In Spanish And Portuguese

Posted on September 20, 2012

Meetme ipodMARKETWIRE – Sep 19 – MeetMe, the social discovery serivce, has launched MeetMe iPhone app in both Spanish and Portuguese. MeetMe launched its web and Android apps in Spanish and Portuguese in May. Meetme expects to be in half a dozen languages by the year's end.

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HotOrNot Founder Launches Social Discovery Service

Posted on September 18, 2012

Perceptual networks logoTECH CRUNCH – Sep 18 – Perceptual Networks has raised $1M in funding from an impressive group of VCs and angels. The startup appears to be focused on social discovery and mobile. It was co-founded by HotOrNot and I/O Ventures founder Jim Young, is developing a suite of products to make it easy for people to find the people they best connect with, whether they are looking for the right co-workers or employees, the right relationship, the right friends and activity partners or the right community to live in. Young founded HotorNot in 2000 and sold the site for $20M in 2008.

by Leena Rao
See full article at Tech Crunch

Mark Brooks: HotorNot is a hallmark idating brand, and (was) one of the most efficient dating sites ever built. Badoo acquired HotorNot in April from Avid Life Media who acquired HotorNot from founders Jim and James in Feb 2008.

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