Evite, LLC was launched in 1998 by Adam Lieb and Selina Tobaccowala. Today it is part of John Malone's Internet retail firm Liberty Interactive. An invite from Evite gets you in with the cyber in-crowd. Evite, LLC offers registered users online tools for planning parties, activities, and other social events, both private and public. Services include e-mail invitations, calendars, photo sharing, and address books. Customized Web invitations allow guests to RSVP, post comments, view the names of other invitees, and get additional information (such as a map to the event or items to bring). Revenues primarily come from advertising and sponsorships.

InfoSpace, Inc. develops search tools and technologies that assist consumers with finding content and information on the Internet. It offers search services that enable Internet users to locate and view content, information, merchants, individuals, and products online. The company provides search services through its Web sites, such as Dogpile.com, WebCrawler.com, MetaCrawler.com, and WebFetch.com, as well as through the Web sites of distribution partners. It serves primarily search content providers. InfoSpace was founded in 1996 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

The Hoover's website features a database of information on more than 65 million corporations and organizations, and more than 85 million people. Offering both free and for-pay content, the firm focuses on selling subscriptions (the majority of its revenues) to marketing, sales, and business development professionals. Hoover's also publishes its information in reference books. The company is a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). If you're reading this sentence, you know where to go for company data. Hoover's, the publisher of this profile, offers proprietary business information through the Internet, data feeds, wireless devices, and co-branding agreements with other online services.

Baidu, Inc. provides Chinese and Japanese language Internet search services. Its search services enable users to find relevant information online, including Web pages, news, images, multimedia files, and blogs through the links provided on its Websites. Baidu also offers online community-based products and entertainment platforms; an instant messaging service; and a consumer-oriented e-commerce platform. In addition, it designs and delivers online marketing services and auction-based P4P services that enable its customers to reach users who search for information related to their products or services. Baidu serves online marketing customers consisting of small and medium sized enterprises, large domestic corporations, and Chinese divisions or subsidiaries of multinational corporations primarily operating in the medical, machinery, education, franchising, electronic products, e-commerce, ticketing, tourism, information technology, consumer products, real estate, entertainment, and financial services industries. It sells its online marketing services directly, as well as through its distribution network. Baidu was formerly known as Baidu.com, Inc. and changed its name to Baidu, Inc. in December 2008. Baidu, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

Looksmart, Ltd. operates as an online search advertising network solution company that provides solutions for search advertisers and publishers. LookSmart offers advertisers targeted, pay-per-click search advertising and contextual search advertising via its Advertiser Networks; and an Ad Center platform for customizable private-label advertiser solutions for online publishers. Looksmart’s customers include intermediaries, who purchase clicks to sell into the affiliate networks of search engine providers; direct advertisers and their agencies; and self-service advertisers. LookSmart, Ltd. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Leisure Arts is a subsidiary of Liberty Capital Group. For those who have lost the art of leisure (or need a refresher course on how to sew a cross stitch) look no further than Leisure Arts. Leisure Arts publishes how-to information on creative lifestyle topics such as needlework, crafts, and decorating. Its collection of Web sites includes TheLeisureBotique.com, LeisureArtsLibrary.com, and TwoPeasInABucket. Leisure Arts also produces books and DVDs. In addition to publishing, Leisure Arts conducts manufacturing, distribution, and shipping activities from its 150,000 square foot warehouse facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. It creates its material in house, and works with third-party publishers and manufacturers.

UpMyStreet's services are available via the Web, wireless devices, and digital TV. uSwitch, which operates a Web site that offers consumers free comparisons of utility rates and fees, acquired UpMyStreet.com in 2003. Do you know what's going on up your street? If you live anywhere in the UK, the odds are good that UpMyStreet.com knows. The Web site offers neighborhood profiles, demographics, crime reports, property prices, job openings, classified advertisements, services availability and other local information for specific postal codes in the UK.

Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone co-founded Twitter in 2006. Here's less than 140 characters for ya: trivial texts or not, every one's all a-twitter about tweeting. Twitter operates a free digital service site that blends social networking with the ability to post short messages (or micro-blogs) limited to 140 characters or less, commonly known by users as "Tweets." Twitter's service is designed for use on personal computers and via mobile devices, such as iPhone and BlackBerry smart phones. When accessed through the Internet, Tweets are published on a poster's personal Web page. Tweets can be restricted to select viewers, or viewed by anyone.

eDiets.com, Inc. engages in developing and marketing Internet-based diet and fitness programs to consumers and businesses primarily in North America. It offers various digital subscription-based diet plans according to an individual’s weight goals, food and cooking preferences, and related shopping lists and recipes; and subscription-based weight loss oriented meal delivery services, as well as interactive online information, communities, education, and telephone and online support services. The company also provides message boards on various topics of interest to subscribers, such as online meetings presented by licensed mental health counselors, registered dietitians, and certified fitness trainers. In addition, it offers private label online nutrition, fitness, and wellness programs to health insurance, pharmaceutical, and food industries; and operates a Web site, eDiets.com, which provides content in the areas of diet and nutrition, fitness, mind and body, health, and food and recipes, as well as plans, designs, and develops private-label nutrition Web sites. eDiets.com, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

j2 Global Communications provides a variety of business-critical communications and storage messaging services through its global communications/telephony/messaging network. With offices in eight cities worldwide, j2 Global Communications' network spans more than 4,200 cities in 49 countries on six continents, serving more than 11 million subscribers and providing value-added applications and local presence on a global scale. j2 Global Communications offers billing in twelve currencies with multiple payment methods and customer support in more than seven languages. j2 Global Communications offers a complete array of unified-messaging and communications services, including faxing and voicemail solutions, Web-initiated conference calling, storage messaging services, online backup, and virtual office solutions. j2 Global Communications also provides a full suite of unified communications services that include fax, Web-based voicemail, conference calling and a comprehensive set of outsourced virtual phone services.

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