July 25, 2008

Stanford - AlwaysOn Global 250 Winners

Click the pic to have a look on the Stanford Summit archives
Click the pic to have a look on the Stanford Summit archives

weblin proudly announces that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AO Global 250 Winners. Inclusion in the AO Global 250 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the global technology industries. Weblin was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
The AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies have been honored at the AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford on July 22-24, 2008 at Stanford University.
Weblin´s GM North America Marc Theermann was there to network and talk to a lots of impressive start-ups.

July 15, 2008

Xbox 360 comes with avatars!

Klick the screenshot to get to the full article on cnet
Klick the screenshot to get to the full article on cnet

As Microsoft announced at E3 in LA, the Xbox 360 comes with exciting updates: "In the new version, you'll even be able to create your own avatars who can then meet up with your friend's avatars."
This is again great news, because it emphasises the global trend to virtual identity, avatars and socializing.

July 14, 2008

weblin scoring at TechCrunch UK Pitch

click the pic to read the techcrunch.uk article by Mike Butcher
click the pic to read the techcrunch.uk article by Mike Butcher

It was a great evening, when the first TechCrunch Pitch! event in London took place on Thursday last week. Only a handful start-ups had the chance to present in five minutes their product and company. Jan, our CEO was one of the lucky guys to do so and he was very close to the top. In the end, WatZatSong won the pitch but weblin together with TIOTI, Amazee and Tactile CRM belongs to the Top 5 European start-ups, ranked in this evening.

July 09, 2008

weblin is nominated: AlwaysOn Global 250 Competition

Click on the screenshot to get to the full nominees list
Click on the screenshot to get to the full nominees list

weblin is one of the nominees in this years AlwaysOn Global 250 Competition! This is so great, we are really surprised to be on this bright listing in neigbourhood to freindster, hi5, Gaia Online, JaJah, meebo and so many other famous companies.

"AlwaysOn and KPMG have officially launched this year’s AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies competition. After 6 years of the AlwaysOn 100, we're expanding our flagship list to better represent the burgeoning startup communities from around the globe."

Weblin is nominated in the "Consumer and Entertainment" sector. We are very excited and hope be on the final winners list, which will be announced on July 22.