EMU grads hit it big with Blabberize in Ann Arbor

Thursday, February 19, 2009 | Source: Concentrate

Blabberize.com isn't just blabbing away when it comes to its next-cool-gadget life story.

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The story behind Blabberize is cool enough to warrant making millions of theoretical Internet dollars - all because of a hit YouTube video. See, the website has a video about its serendipitous beginnings, and that's helping it rake in some real cash.

First, know that Blabberize is based on Blabbers, a website widget that allows users to make pictures talk. Mo Kawan came up with the idea while going to Hack Day at Yahoo!'s headquarters in 2006.

"I thought it would be interesting to have a postcard that had a talking picture," Kawan says.

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