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WooMe makes social networking real time

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new media newsWooMe has announced the public launch of its innovative online introduction platform that allows users to meet, see, and hear people live in 1-minute conversations.

Users can instantly experience the exhilaration of meeting five people in five minutes in topical sessions straight from their webcam. Whether looking to meet new friends, find a date, or even find a travel companion, WooMe enables fun, fast and free introductions.

Users can easily create their own “speed sessions” based on a myriad of diverse topics and interests or join already scheduled sessions. Contrived profiles and outdated pictures are now a thing of the past as WooMe replaces static expression with live interaction.

There are no lengthy profiles to complete and no software to download. WooMe’s optimized in-browser video and voice capability delivers the highest quality interactive experience available through a browser today.

After meeting five people in five minutes, you decide whether you’ve been Woo’d or not.

Originally posted on November 15, 2007 @ 4:56 am

Fatdoor hires Yahoo! veteran as CEO and secures $5.5 million in funding

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fatdoor.pngFatdoor, a neighborhood community platform, today announced the addition of Yahoo! veteran, Jennifer Dulski, to its team. The company also announced that it has secured $5.5 million from an investment group led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and also including KeyNote Ventures. Fatdoor will use this first institutional round of funding to expand its market presence, scale its infrastructure and further build out the company’s innovative, community offerings.

Fatdoor began testing its service through an alpha site open in Silicon Valley earlier this year. It will continue that alpha with existing users and incorporate the feedback and recommendations it gathers for the public launch, which is planned for spring of 2008.

As part of the investment, Sergio Monsalve will join Fatdoor’s board of directors.

Originally posted on November 14, 2007 @ 11:33 am

MixRevolution.com a new breed of online DJ community

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new media newsMixRevolution.com is a website serves as the foundation in the movement of creating a central online community for DJs of every genre of music. The collective will allow DJs to interact directly and collaborate with one another, while gaining more exposure to the outside world.

Although other online communities for DJs exist, MixRevolution.com is the first to offer original video content that DJs are looking for.
After one year in beta mode, MixRevolution.com has already created a buzz with over 1,600 DJs as members.

Another pioneering feature of the site is its incentive-based surveys, which MixRevolution.com believes will give DJs a greater voice. Through these surveys, DJs will have the opportunity to voice their opinion about what music does and does not work.

In return, the DJs get a chance to win iPod Nanos, Xbox 360s or round-trip airfares. The feedback provided by the DJs will be priceless info for music companies as they attempt to gauge the probability of success for a new artist and/or song.

“Nothing to this extent has been done before. With all the features of this site and the way we’re bridging together the genres of music, this is the beginning of a true DJ community with a united voice,” said Aaron Eng aka DJ Crazy ASE who is one of the partners of Mix Revolution, Inc.

Originally posted on November 8, 2007 @ 2:01 am

Drew Carey talks about marijuana at Reason.tv

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In a new Reason.tv video examining medical marijuana and the war on drugs, The Price Is Right and Power of 10 host Drew Carey wants the federal government to reclassify marijuana and that “people who need it should be able to get it safely and easily.”

In 1999 the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that marijuana has “therapeutic value” that relieves pain, controls vomiting and nausea, and stimulates the appetite.

This year, in a study funded by the state of California, doctors at the University of California at San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital proved marijuana provides significant relief to HIV-infected patients suffering from neuropathic pain.

“The DEA is ignoring a large and growing body of evidence and needs to reschedule marijuana. Cancer patients, HIV and AIDS patients, and millions of sick Americans deserve access to the drugs that ease their pain and suffering, and Congress can and should facilitate that,” said David Nott, president of Reason Foundation.

Originally posted on November 4, 2007 @ 9:42 am

Agingcare.com an online community for caregivers

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new media newsAgingcare.com is a new website focused on the needs of caregivers to the elderly while providing a forum for connecting caregivers with expert information, resources, products and each other.

It will also provide an empathetic community to exchange advice, ideas and emotional support. The site editors will bring together relevant information on the critical issues associated with caregiving while providing easy, direct access to answers.

The caregiver market represents one of the fastest growing populations in the U.S. As advances in healthcare continue, the over-65 population is projected to grow exponentially.

“My passion for this website was the result of personal experience in caregiving for a family member. Though there were many websites that provided assistance and information, navigating, researching and sorting through the mounds of information was a long, difficult task. Finding individuals in a similar life situation became a source of comfort and a way to identify important information sources,” said Katie Brennan, VP and Publisher of Agingcare.com.

Originally posted on November 4, 2007 @ 8:43 am