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Ariadne Recommends
Momail - Mobile application of the week
by Andrew Grill on Sun 16 Mar 2008
I came across this site by accident while searching for something else. Always interested in trying out new applications, I visited www.momail.org, chose my country and operator and within 2 minutes I had a mobile email account - with push email for free!
Try it - they have made both the installation, web based interface and the whole process so easy. There is even an email aggregation feature, and a dynamic reply feature so replies come from the account they were sent to. The simplicity is your mobile number becomes your email address eg 07979123456@momail.co.uk
Couldn't be simpler. They have just received some serious funding and I predict these guys will become "the hotmail of mobile". Read more about Momail here
The Bizmo - 'The Biz in a Box' (www.thebizmo.com)
The Bizmo is the ultimate marketing tool for the entertainment business. It enables you to create your own free personal store in your social network, on your blog or on your website, turning you, the consumer into the tastemaker and retailer. The application is easily embedded into Facebook, MySpace or blogs to provide content downloads merchandising and e-ticketing giving you the "Biz in a box" and enabling you to make money from your content. (Try it out free at www.thebizmo.com)
Make your money Mobile - Monilink www.monilink.co.uk
Monitise's product, MonilinkTM has made money mobile. By combining their technology with established banking and payments services, they are able to offer the freedom and flexibility of mobile banking with bank grade security. The Monilink service offers the benefits of: Mini Statements; Balance Checks and Top-Ups.
To try MonilinkTM, register online at: http://www.monilink.co.uk/register/
Ariadne 'Goes Platinum'
Ariadne Capital, held it’s extremely successful, second Investor Forum ‘Going Platinum’ on January 15th at the Institute of Directors.
Read the online report by Digital Exec here.
Please click here to see video footage of the day.
Can internet use ever be kept private?... Yes! Thanks to Ajaz Ahmed’s 'Browzar'
Having secretly just booked the perfect mini-break online for Easter, you walk away from the computer and in seconds, your surprise is no longer a secret... your partner jumped on to check their email, saw your browser history and sadly, your surprise is ruined!
Ajaz Ahmed, co-founder of Freeserve and friend of Ariadne Capital has developed a privacy internet browser, Browzar, which allows users to search and surf without leaving traces of their internet usage. This is particularly helpful for people accessing sensitive webmail accounts or information in internet cafés or to save users from embarrassing moments of being "caught online" through auto-complete and browsing history.
The 'Ariadne Insiders' Programme
Ariadne Capital supports some of the most innovative early-stage companies in the technology, new media, communications, and life services sectors. To continue supporting these entrepreneurs with their propositions, Ariadne is reaching out to the top pioneering schools in Europe to become part of The 'Ariadne Insiders' Programme.
The 'Ariadne Insiders' Programme aims to support early stage companies in Ariadne's portfolio through recommendations. Participating students are able to provide suggestions on the products and services of early stage companies via a forum located at ASOP http://asopeurope.ning.com
Julie Meyer writes for CityAM
Julie Meyer has again been busy writing her weekly guest column for the London City business newspaper, CityAM. As always, the articles have been controversial and thought provoking. Here are a few of her most recent pieces:
Female entrepreneurs need female venture capitalists View
After Socgen fiasco, it’s tempting to get mediaeval on staff View
Office romances can be bad news for both parties and their work View
Facebook means there is now no excuse for working with jerks View
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