Archive for the ‘Startups’ Category

775×25 Ad Format

Posted on September 18th, 2007 by Elliot

Here’s an ad format I’ve never seen before. It’s actually pretty attractive. It definitely caught my attention for being so thin! What do you think?

In this screenshot, the ad is the HP bar in the middle. I’ve left some context above and below it so you can see what was around it and see its [...]

Facebook is a replacement for email

Posted on September 18th, 2007 by Elliot

This is simply genius. Now when sending a message on Facebook, you can add your friends’ email addresses to the From field. If they have a Facebook account, it will be forwarded there. If they don’t, they’ll get the message by email.
Amazing and astonishingly simple. This is sure to revolutionize online communication. Sure, Facebook has [...]

Revver puts a million dollars in video publishers’ pockets

Posted on September 12th, 2007 by Elliot

This is proof that revenue sharing works.

It’s a Million-Dollar Day.
Revver is thrilled to announce that we’ve put a million dollars in our creators’ pockets. It also happens to be our first anniversary. How great is that? I guess you can say we’ve put our money where our mouth is. Now, where’s the cake?