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United States, Massachusetts, Boston

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51-200

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2005

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Dec 8, 2009	Meetcha: A New Dating Site for the 40-Plus Set, from Monster/Eons Founder Jeff Taylor	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints [Updated 12/8/09 2:30 p.m. with comments from Taylor, see below] Jeff Taylor, the founder of Monster Worldwide and the founder/CEO of the boomer-focused online community Eons,...
Nov 4, 2009	As Facebook Ages, Gen Y Turns to Twitter	Facebook is getting old. No, people aren’t getting tired of it, it’s actually getting old, as in its population is aging. In May of 2008, the median age for Facebook was 26. Today, it’s 33, a good seven years older. That’s an interesting tu...
Jul 28, 2009	Face the facts, Facebook: 3 out of 5 social networkers still use MySpace	Among social network users, 68 percent visit Facebook weekly, according to the latest annual survey of 40,000 American Net users by Forrester Research. But a nearly equal 59 percent visit MySpace — a healthy dose of traffic for a site that ...
Jul 28, 2009	Face the facts, Facebook: 3 out of 5 social networkers still use MySpace	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Among social network users, 68 percent visit Face...
Oct 29, 2008	Q: Do Baby Boomers Need Their Own Yahoo Answers? A: No. (Someone Tell Boomerater).	Today is the public beta launch of Boomerater, a question and answer service that caters specifically to baby boomers, which is a fancy term to describe people aged somewhere between 44 and 62. The website is basically Yahoo Answers for bab...
Jul 10, 2008	Spire Aspires to Greater Things with $9 Million Infusion	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Spire.com, the Boston-based social networking site for the affluent—not be confused with Bedford, MA-based photovoltaic equipment maker Spire Corporation—said this week that i...
Jun 26, 2008	Why iYomu, a Social Network for Old People, Expired	iYomu was a social network designed for adults, that launched in August 2007 with a splashy $1 million competition. Less than a year later, the company has closed its doors. Turns out adults didn’t want a separate social network after all, ...
Feb 13, 2008	Boomer Social Network Eons Gets a Facelift; Spins Off Obits Section as Tributes	Can Jeff Taylor revive Eons, his dying social network for aging Boomers? A few weeks ago, he dropped the minimum age requirement of 50. And, today, he is giving his old lady of a site a facelift. The redesigned site now has new navigation, ...
Feb 4, 2008	Lovin’ Life on Both Sides of 50? Eons Removes Age Limit in Bid to Spur Social Networking; More Big Changes Coming	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Eons, the web portal for aging Baby Boomers with the famous slogan “Lovin’ Life on the Flip Side of 50,” removed its age limits last week as part of a bid to remake itself—and...
Jan 31, 2008	Eons: Now You Just Have To FEEL Old To Join	When Jeff Taylor launched old-people social network Eons in August 2006, he couldn’t use the site. That’s because the minimum age was 50, and he was just 45. That was the first warning sign that this thing was headed to the deadpool. Our in...
Sep 22, 2007	Reed Sturtevant: New Force for Microsoft in Boston is Veteran of Many Startups	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints If anyone can bring a startup sensibility to a software giant like Microsoft, it’s Reed Sturtevant. The MIT dropout, who left his position as CTO at over-50 social networking ...
Sep 22, 2007	Microsoft Hires Eons CTO to Start Lab Next Door to MIT	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Microsoft has hired Eons chief technology officer and local software legend Reed Sturtevant to head a new development lab and innovation group that is expected to set up shop ...
Sep 18, 2007	Silicon Valley East? New England Web 2.0 Firms Attracted $102 Million in Venture Funding in Year’s First Half, Beating Their Bay-Area Counterparts	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Web 2.0 firms based in New England received nearly $102 million in venture capital funding in the year’s first half, the highest total of any region, including perennial leade...
Sep 12, 2007	Eons Announces Big Layoffs as Company Refocuses on Social Networking: “It Was Kind of Like Survivor.”	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints It was a dramatic, sobering, but ultimately healthy and air-clearing scene on Monday when Eons founder Jeff Taylor called together his remaining staff and engaged in a moment ...
Sep 6, 2007	Multiply, social networking for 30-somethings, raises $16.6M	Multiply, a social network aimed at 30-somethings, has just announced additional venture funding of $16.6 million The Boca Raton, Florida-based Multiply struggled after launching in late 2003. It was part of the early pack of social network...
Aug 13, 2007	iYomu, social network for adults, offers chance to win $1 million	iYomu, a social network targeting adults, is offering a $1 million prize in an effort to lure users. The contest starts today. The New Zealand-based company says that the major social networks like MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, and Hi5 are desig...
Jun 20, 2007	Decision Street, for guidance through tough times	If your elderly mom has a crippling accident and you’re at a loss for what to do, Mountain View’s Decision Street wants to help. Decision Street is no mere portal for information about elderly care. Its goal is to provide decision-making to...
Mar 6, 2007	Eons, the Web site for people aged 50 and older	Eons, the Web site for people aged 50 and over, says its traffic is growing rapidly, and has raised $22 million in a second round of financing. Eons, based in Boston, has a built a search engine focused on the 50-plus generation, called Cra...
Jan 10, 2007	Do Older People Really Need Separate Internet Sites?	Building specialized websites and services for the older crowd has been popular lately. First we had Eons, the social network for people over 50. Founder Jeff Taylor is too young, at 45, to use his own site. Perhaps being out of touch with ...
Aug 1, 2006	Old People Now Have a Place to Hang Out	Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor has a new startup launching today called Eons. But don’t bother signing up unless you are at least 50 years old – this is a social network for the older crowd. Jeff himself is only 45 years old – too young to...
Apr 4, 2006	Catchup Tuesday in Silicon Valley	Updated (see correction on FreeWebs item) Lots going on in venture capital-tech land. Here’s a summary: Yahoo might have a major spyware click-fraud problem on its hands. We haven’t had a chance to get our head around this completely, and h...

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