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Strands Official Relaunch: How to Use Data Portability Profiles

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2008-05-28 12:59:22 by Kristen Nicole in Mashable!
...Strands (formerly known as MyStrands) is undergoing some huge changes. Looking back at some large, recent rounds of funding for Strands, it could easily have been conjectured that the company had more than music recommendations with mobile access up its sleeve. Months later, we see that is the case Strands is hoping to take its recommendation...
 
 
 
 
 
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Interview With Gabriel Aldamiz-echevarria, Strands VP

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2008-04-29 15:46:53 by Allen Stern in CenterNetworks
...Strands announced the acquisition of Expensr and the creation of moneyStrands. I had the opportunity to sit down with Gabriel Aldamiz-echevarria, VP Communications to learn more about what Strands offers and about why they acquired Expensr. Our chat transcript is below Allen: Can we start with a brief bio about yourself Gabriel...
 
 
 
 
 
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Strands Absorbs Another Personal Finance Company

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2008-05-15 11:00:47 by Mark Hendrickson in TechCrunch
Strands has made a second recruitment in its effort to develop a Mint competitor called moneyStrands that leverages the same recommendation engine behind its video and music products Just over two weeks ago Strands acquired Expensr , and now the company is announcing its acquisition of NetworthIQ . Both are personal finance applications that...
 
 
 
 
 
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Should Strands Apply Recommendations to Personal Finance?

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2008-04-30 21:41:19 by Kristen Nicole in Mashable!
Strands has been around for a couple of years now, and has made quite a name for itself in th realm of social media recommendations. Often considered a competitor to sites like Last.fm, Strands built a brand around providing a service that spanned the web and mobile devices for introducing you to new music, and more recently videos, by way of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Strands Launches Updated Friend Recommendations Service

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2008-05-28 10:05:03 by Allen Stern in CenterNetworks
...Strands is announcing the launch of a new private beta today. The new service seems similar to Valley-darling FriendFeed but takes the good part of FF one step further. Strands is offering a service that not only aggregates your friends social profiles, but also offers "tastes". The "tastes" are recommendations for other content based on the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Strands 1.2 b1 - Glowing, flexing lines on your desktop

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2008-03-26 00:00:00 by Editor in Softonic > Windows > Latest releases
...Strands is a pretty cool screensaver which shows a flow of glowing lines weaving on your screen. The lines change color every few seconds, going from red to yellow, green, or many other colors. You'll need at least a 16MB 3d card to be able to enjoy the screensaver without any slowdowns. Obviously, if you stare at it too long you'll notice...
 
 
 
 
 
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Strands Introduces Amazon-like Recommendation Engine

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2008-06-10 11:45:19 by Jason Kincaid in TechCrunch
...Strands has released a new Plug-and Play product recommendation service that will allow online retailers to generate Amazon-like recommendations. eCommerce providers can implement the service through either the sites API or with a widget plug-in, and Strands says that setup should take as little as 30 minutes Earlier this month Strands...
 
 
 
 
 
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Strands 1.2 - Glowing, flexing lines on your desktop

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2008-03-26 00:00:00 by Editor in Softonic > Mac > Latest releases
...Strands is a pretty cool screensaver which shows a flow of glowing lines weaving on your screen. The lines change color every few seconds, going from red to yellow, green, or many other colors. You'll need at least a 16MB 3d card to be able to enjoy the screensaver without any slowdowns. Obviously, if you stare at it too long you'll notice...
 
 
 
 
 
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Strands Rings Up Another One: NetworthIQ

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2008-05-15 06:46:49 by Allen Stern in CenterNetworks
...Strands about their business and their acquisition of Expensr. Today Strands is announcing another acquisition -- this time it's NetworthIQ. NetworthIQ will become part of the moneyStrands application which is currently in private beta. No financial details were provided regarding the acquisition Gabriel defines moneyStrands as, "moneyStrands...