mobissimo Launches MobiFriends Collaborative Community

So, looks like the travel space is heating up this summer. Get it? See what I did there? Heat. Summer. Travel. I swear, with news puns like this, I should be on the local news busting out fake laughter and bad news puns. Back to you, Steve. Right. mobissimo. They are billing themselves as “the [...]

Pure Verticals Trying To Monetize UGC

Pure Verticals, Inc. announced the launch of their Monetization of User-Generated Content (MUGC) platform called “Mugzy.” The idea is to let producers of UGC place targeted ads within their content. From the press release: By using Mugzy, content creators can place relevant product endorsements and video advertisements in their video and text content. Through the [...]

Is Perpetual Negativity Valuable?

Sorry about the title. I’m having a tough time figuring out a good title for this post. If you use twitter with any frequency, you’re probably familiar with Amanda Chapel. “She’s” a fictional character created to do nothing but attack and contradict anything said by web 2.0 evangelists. Now, don’t read that last sentence as [...]