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JS-Kit raises $3.6M in series B funding

A few weeks ago, Mahalo's Jason Calacanis (who founded Weblogs Inc. and Download Squad) issued an e-mail missive (now posted here) predicting that 80% of all web 2.0 start-ups would fail to reach the next round of funding or profitability. The man makes some good points, and the tenuous economic climate is already leading to start-up layoffs and reduced expansion. Fortunately for the web industry, there are still some silver linings. Social widget provider JS-Kit just closed a Series B funding round for $3.6M.

JS-Kit offers compact JavaScript snippets that you can add to your webpage or blog to add dynamic rating, review, poll and comment functionality. We've discussed JS-Kit before and it really is one of the easiest ways to add threaded and dynamic commenting or Digg-like rating systems to a blog or website.

In addition to closing a second round of funding, JS-Kit has also hired on Chris Saad, co-founder of the DataPortability Project as a strategic advisor. Chris is an incredibly, incredibly smart guy -- he is also responsible for APML and Particls -- and he is sure to be a huge assett to the JS-Kit team.


Filed under: Internet, Blogging, Web services, web 2.0

JS-Kit adds Digg-like features to your site with just a few lines of code

JS-Kit Navigator
JS-Kit provides some of the simplest tools around for adding threaded comments, post reviews, and polls to your web site. All you have to do is install two or three lines of code to your blog or web site template and JS-Kit will do the heavy lifting. On the downside, since the code basically calls up a JavaScript application from JS-Kit's servers, some portions of your site might load a little slowly, and if JS-Kit ever goes down, there goes your comment system.

Now JS-Kit has added a new Score tool that lets visitors to your site give content a thumbs up or down. You can also install a Navigator widget which you can then place in a prominent position on your site to let visitors find the most popular stories quickly.

[via Mashable]

Filed under: Web services, Freeware

Add comments to any web page instantly

JS-Kit instant commentsEver want to toss up a web page for something and let people comment on it, but don't want to (or are unable to) mess with server-side scripts and the like? What if you could just paste a single snippet of HTML into your page's source and instantly have a live comment form appear? Well, today is your lucky day: JS-Kit is a free service that will add comment functionality to any page you paste it into. As you might have guessed from the name, it's a JavaScript solution that automatically fetches the comments for a page from the JS-Kit server when the page loads. Comments are threaded and are posted via Ajax without having to leave or reload the page. Commenters can also delete their own comments, and there are a few advanced options like having multiple comment blocks on the same page, changing the comment link text, and even changing their appearance altogether using a hidden template. For such an easy-to-use solution, JS-Kit is pretty powerful and robust, and if you don't have a better or easier alternative, it looks like it could be very handy. Oh, and did I mention that it's completely free and doesn't come with any nasty ads or even plugs?

[Via TechCrunch]

Featured Time Waster

Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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