Filmbuffet.com, Social Networking Site for Movie Fans, Named E-junkie Start-Up of the Week

New York, New York (PRWEB) November 23, 2011

The online movie community for movie lovers, Filmbuffet.com was recently named the E-junkie Start-up of the Week. Each week, E-junkie features promising entrepreneurs, innovative and creative e-commerce merchants, websites, leading bloggers and small business leaders.

Filmbuffet was recognized for the innovative way the site brings movie fans together to review movies, discuss their favorite films and learn from other movie fans with similar tastes in film. Other Filmbuffet features highlighted included the user-friendly interface and free, simple member sign-up.

In an in-depth interview with E-junkie, Filmbuffet co-founders Timothy Stevens and Juan Carlos Martinez shared their inspiration behind the site, challenges faced when developing the concept, favorite features and aspirations for their movie social networking site. When asked about his vision for the site, President of Filmbuffet, Juan Carlos Martinez said I want Filmbuffet to be the Facebook of film. The site film enthusiasts turn to when they just saw a movie, have a film-related question or just want to discover what movies to watch this weekend.

Both Stevens and Martinez highlighted the ability to create their own virtual movie catalog as one their favorite features of Filmbuffet. Members can create their own movie collection highlighting films theyve already seen, want to see or wish they owned. This feature allows members to discover a little about the films theyre drawn to as well as provides insight into the movies enjoyed by their friends and other members.

Were thrilled to be featured as E-junkies Start-Up of the Week, adds Stevens, CEO of Filmbuffet. Their site recognizes some of the most innovative, new online businesses and to be in the company of other creative and innovative business leaders is a true honor.

About Filmbuffet

Headquartered in New Vernon, New Jersey, Filmbuffet brings movie lovers the first social networking and movie cataloging site of its kind. With a blend of talent, ingenuity and business savvy, founders Timothy Stevens and Juan Carlos Martinez brought their creativity and expertise together to bring a new experience to movie fans everywhere. Filmbuffet serves as an online movie community where movie lovers connect to review movies, discuss films and discover new movies to watch. To learn more, visit Filmbuffet.

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User Analytics Company Kontagent Sees Data Volumes Surging, Now Tracking Over 1 Billion Daily Events, 1 of every 4 Social Gaming Dollars Spent

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 16, 2011

Kontagent, the leading user analytics company for social and mobile application developers, today announced it had surpassed 1 Billion daily event messages and 150M Monthly Active Users (MAUs) handled, reaching an important milestone in the companys scale and reach with its kSuite platform. The company is also tracking 1 in 4 dollars being spent in the social gaming industry.

With over 1,100 active social and mobile applications using its on-demand enterprise software including industry leaders such as Ubisoft, Time Warner, A&E Networks, EA and Tencent, among others, the company is seeing larger clients making sizeable investments in social gaming. According to AppData, Kontagent now handles more MAUs than any social developer except Zynga. [See infographic]

From social games to mobile applications, we continue to see an uptick in new companies coming online that need innovative ways to discover behavioral insights and social usage patterns around their applications. Were thrilled leading developers continue to leverage our social and mobile analytics as their platform of choice, said Jeff Tseng, co-founder and CEO of Kontagent. Just three years ago, we were processing less than a million MAUs amongst a select group of client applications. Since then, weve seen explosive growth in the social and mobile markets and are thrilled that weve successfully architected our system from the ground up to scale quickly with our customers.

Kontagents unique approach to user analytics allows for people at all levels of an organization to gain the critical insights they need to make real-time data-driven decisions. Its kSuite platform powers insights that include best-practice metrics as well as custom insights based on flexible event handling that allow companies to optimize user acquisition, retention and monetization across platforms.

About Kontagent

Kontagent is the leading user analytics platform for developers, marketers, product managers and strategic partners across the social and mobile web. Our proprietary platform kSuite has been built from the ground up to provide deep social data pattern visualization and analysis that delivers actionable insights via an on-demand service. Kontagent tracks more than 1,000 social applications, over 150 million monthly active users, and in excess of 15,000 messages every second. Kontagent is funded by ALTOS Ventures and Maverick Capital, with additional funding from Facebook and other well known angel investors. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in the SOMA district of San Francisco with additional offices in Toronto and London.

For more information, visit http://www.Kontagent.com

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