In the News

By Ian Cassel – I was an investor in Quepasa (QPSA) back in 2010 when I was looking for a micro cap way to play the social networking buzz that was starting. At the time Quepasa was the only publicly … Continue reading →

By Anthony Ha – When social networking companies myYearbook and Quepasa merged last year, myYearbook CEO Geoff Cook told employees that his goal was to “build an enduring, global brand for meeting new people.” That’s still the plan, but the … Continue reading →

By Catherine Cook – I met my current boyfriend four years ago in the elevator of our Georgetown dorm.  Our friendship slowly grew until we went on our first date, more than two years after we first met. I like … Continue reading →

Editor’s note: Guest contributor Catherine Cook is the co-founder of MyYearbook, a social network for meeting new people. By Catherine Cook – When John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale reach for the same pair of black gloves in the movie Serendipity, … Continue reading →

By Ryan Kim – In the last day, I’ve gotten two notes from start-ups that began on the web but have seen their businesses transformed by mobile, as users increasingly shift their consumption to mobile apps and browsers. This might … Continue reading →

By Mark Walsh – Extending its push into mobile media, online social networking property myYearbook has introduced an iPad app to capitalize on what it expects will be strong holiday sales of the popular Apple tablet. The step also reflects … Continue reading →

By Chip Brian – (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) — After Quepasa launched a myYearbook application on Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad, Rodman & Renshaw says this development is in line with the firm’s expectation that the company will step up its … Continue reading →

By Catherine Cook – Facebook won the social networking war for connecting with friends and family back in 2008 when it surpassed Myspace for worldwide unique visitors, according to comScore. Google+ didn’t seem to get the memo. On a recent … Continue reading →

By Reshma Kirpalani – In 2005, Catherine Cook came up with a golden idea: digitizing yearbooks. She was 15 years old. New to Montgomery High School in Skillman, N.J., Cook and her then 16-year-old brother, David Cook, were faced with … Continue reading →

The merger announcement between QuePasa and MyYearbook took many by surprise. What do these companies have in common? How is the deal going to affect Que Pasa’s activities in the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets? Well, we listened to … Continue reading →