This morning a slide from a PowerPoint deck outlining a potential merger between JLA-backed blog network b5media and blog search engine Technorati was leaked.
Techcrunch says that the deal has been called off. Toronto based b5media has been looking to raise a significant series B and seems to been exploring doing the deal as part of a merger, hence the Technorati talks. We have an email out to Blog King Jeremy Wright, CEO of b5, to find out more.
Till then feel free to play armchair quarterback in the comments.
2-3 weeks later two packages will arrive: a welcome kit (which includes a fingerprint scanner and a copy of the book Anne of Green Gables) at the parents home and a password card at the sponsors home. The sponsor then must call the parents to reveal the password. And that is just the sponsorship piece.
A subscription to Anne’s Diary costs $119.99 a year. For comparisons sake, Club Penguin costs $60 a year and Webkinz $15. The games on Club Penguin are actually pretty fun and you get to play with other penguins! With Webkinz, you get a physical stuffed animal even before you register!
So what does being “the first biometrically-secured social networking site for children in the world” mean in terms of security? We’re not exactly sure… The issue is content not authentication. What’s to stop Uncle Lester from using a logged in but unattended computer?