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DNA Direct Acquired by Medco Health Solutions

alon — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:26:51 +0000

Medco Health Solutions and Carbon Five client DNA Direct announced earlier this month that DNA Direct has been acquired by Medco. Congratulations to everyone on the DNA Direct team on this new opportunity to extend their genomic medicine and health care services to an exponentially greater audience.

Among other initiatives, Carbon Five worked with DNA Direct to roll out their first release of, as founder and CEO Ryan Phelan describes it, “the first genetic guidance program for a top five health plan with Humana, facilitating prior authorization and providing clinical services to ensure appropriate testing with lower out of pocket costs from the right lab.”

Google Acquires Aardvark

alon — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:52:03 +0000

Google announced today that they have acquired our client Aardvark. Congratulations to the very talented team at Aardvark on this next big step toward bringing their social search service to a global audience.

Aarvark has more details on the acquisition. You can also read more about the work did helping the Aardvark bootstrap their team and product development.

Once Upon a School, Hot and C5 in Fast Company

alon — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:36:22 +0000

I was just forwarded a great writeup in Fast Company of the work Hot Studio and Carbon Five did for Dave Eggers and 826 Valencia on Once Upon a School. Truth be told, the article is primarily on Hot’s fantastic contribution to the project. Check it out!

Vinfolio Launches Collector Marketplace

alon — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:15:03 +0000

Vinfolio announced today the launch of Vinfolio Marketplace where wine collectors can buy and sell wine from their private cellars.

According to Steve Bachmann, Vinfolio CEO, the marketplace includes 27,000+ unique items already marked for sale – more than 170,000 bottles with over $20 million estimated retail value. That’s far more than any retailer/auction house on the day the marketplace opens.

Carbon Five worked with Vinfolio years ago to create and launch their groundbreaking procurement and storage service for wine collectors. It’s great to see that they continue to push their industry by creating new ways for wine lovers to sell, acquire and enjoy wine.

SmartyCard Launches!

don — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:49:46 +0000

Our client SmartyCard launched in early March at the DEMO conference picking up the People’s Choice Award. SmartyCard is a learning site that offers kids rewards for completing a variety of interactive learning games. Kids are able to ‘learn, earn and play’ grade-appropriate games while earning real and virtual rewards.

Viscape in USA Today

alon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:52:15 +0000

Our client Viscape was cited in a USA Today article on travel to DC for the upcoming inauguration as showing a 25x increase in rental listings. Viscape provides vacation rental listings and travel destination planning for property owners and travelers who want to use the wisdom of crowds to maximize their vacation experience.

SFMOMA.org Redesign Launches

alon — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:42:19 +0000

The San Francisco of Modern Art released the redesign of www.sfmoma.org on Monday. This redesign has been in the works for a couple years and is the result of a lot of hard work by the folks at SFMOMA, Hot Studio and of course Carbon Five. Congratulations to all involved.

SFMOMA.org is the latest site to be released using SmileMaker, our favorite web CMS.

Read more about this effort on the SFMOMA site.

The Aardvark is out of the bag

alon — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:00:23 +0000

TechCrunch is spreading the word about our client The Mechanical Zoo and their social search product Aardvark. I’m sure they’re helping the network grow. I certainly got a number of requests for invites to the beta as soon as the post was up.

We worked closely with TMZ to bootstrap the development of Aardvark. They are a fun and talented team working on a great product.

Or course we like the comment by one reader:

Technically it works surprisingly well for a new app in beta – they must have superior techies working on the details, not just marketing and sales guys – I am impressed so far and they are only at the beginning of the zoo alphabet (aa)!!!