Ecards.com Announces New Name and Identity: Blab Media Inc.; Goes Live Today With Blab.com Internet Greeting Card Site.Business/Entertainment Editors & Internet Writers TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2000 Ecards.com Inc. President Vince Commisso announced today that the company has a new name and identity, Blab Media Inc., and that its Internet greeting card site, Ecards.com, goes live as Blab.com. The launch of Blab.com marks Blab Media Inc.'s expansion into new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. product areas and services that will better enable the company to leverage its expertise in rich media, entertainment and e-marketing. Blab.com combines fun and utility through its communication and entertainment services. An invitation functionality, BlabVites, has been added to the site, along with BlabAwards, which lets customers create awards that they can print out or give digitally. BlabBuilder is also new and lets customers make their own unique greeting cards See e-card. by combining elements from the site's special design library of text and graphic images. BlabTrivia offers 5,000 proprietary questions at four levels of incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. difficulty. Players, in turn, can engage their family and friends in a BlabTrivia e-mail challenge. "Blab.com encompasses everything that Ecards.com was and more," stated Commisso, "and this is just the beginning of a new dynamic that will heighten height·en v. height·ened, height·en·ing, height·ens v.tr. 1. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify. 2. To make high or higher; raise. v.intr. customer experience and site stickiness through this and other projects we are developing through Blab Media Inc. That's why changing our name from a generic to a specific is timely, and why we are excited to become the company of `more' for our customers, sponsors and partners." On Sept. 20, 2000, Blab.com (formerly ecards.com) became the first Internet greeting card site enabled with TouchSense(TM) technology from Immersion Corp. (Nasdaq:IMMR IMMR Internal Memory Map Register ). On Sept. 28, 2000, an amicable am·i·ca·ble adj. Characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly. [Middle English, from Late Latin am settlement was reached in E-Cards v. Ecards.com that will redirect re·di·rect tr.v. re·di·rect·ed, re·di·rect·ing, re·di·rects To change the direction or course of. n. A redirect examination. re Ecards.com visitors to Blab.com through Feb. 16, 2001. About Blab Media Inc. Blab Media Inc. is a rich media, entertainment business providing communication services for consumers and corporate clients. Blab.com is an operating division of the company, originally begun as Ecards.com in 1999. A free online service, Blab.com is one of the Internet's largest electronic greeting card sites, and its tactile tactile /tac·tile/ (tak´til) pertaining to touch. tac·tile adj. 1. Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible. 2. Used for feeling. 3. technology, varied design styles, vibrant movement, streaming sound and color provide site visitors with an unparalleled interactive experience. Blab Media Inc. is located at 77 Mowat Ave., Suite 412, Toronto, NMBK 3E3 Canada; 416/642-2520; Web site at: www.blab.com. |
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