March 6th, 2008

Jangl Turns On Audio Ads

Jangl is finally turning on a revenue stream across its network of social calling widgets, which reach a potential 80 million social networking profiles (the company hasn’t announced actual active users). People generally use Jangl to place calls or SMSs to other web surfers without exchanging your real number. The new advertising initiative is called Mobile Media Platform and provides a set… → Read More

January 4th, 2008

Pudding Media Raises $8 Million To Serve Ads Against Phone Conversations

Placing ads based on what people say in phone conversations is going to be controversial, but Pudding Media just raised $8 million in an A round led by Opus Capital and BRM Capital to prove the concept. Pudding Media already operates The Pudding, a Website we covered in September. As we reported back then: ThePudding provides free, PC-based phone calls to anywhere in the US or Canada. The big… → Read More