New York, U.S.A. — Dice Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of specialized career websites for professional communities including technology and engineering, financial services, energy, healthcare, and security clearance, has purchased the assets of FINS.com and entered into an exclusive partnership with Dow Jones & Company to provide and operate the online career centers for WSJ.com and MarketWatch.com in the United States.

“The Wall Street Journal’s prominence in the financial world is unmatched,” said Scot Melland, Chairman, President and CEO of Dice Holdings, Inc. “Our specialized approach to recruiting is a natural fit for the high caliber professionals utilizing the Journal’s online financial properties.”

Professionals utilizing the FINS.com service will be included in the Company’s eFinancialCareers service, including resumes or profiles of approximately 200,000 finance professionals.

“We share the same continuous commitment to financial professionals that The Wall Street Journal has demonstrated for more than a century,” added Constance Melrose, Managing Director, North America, eFinancialCareers.com. “The additional audience for our best in class career opportunities creates even more value for our customers.”

“We are incredibly proud of the organic growth of FINS in just three years and believe the best way to continue success is to work with a leading provider of career services for professional communities,” said Alisa Bowen, head of product for Dow Jones & Company. “Dice has a proven track record, and we look forward to working with them, as we continue to focus on providing our users even more careers and management content.”

The companies have entered into a six-month transition agreement under which Dow Jones will operate FINS.com on behalf of the Company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Postcard on the Run (POTR), a mobile app that allows users to take a photo from their smartphone and send it as a high-quality printed postcard anywhere in the world, announced today that actress and singer Selena Gomez has joined the company as an investor and will play an active role in creative development as it continues to expand.

Additional investors in the company’s Angel round of $750k include Crosscut Ventures, Mike Jones, Kamran Pourzanjani, Yves Sisteron, Aber Whitcomb, Brian Fitzgerald, Ryan Steelberg, Colin Digiaro, Brian Lee,Chris DeWolfe and Jarl Mohn.

“I’ve always loved the old-fashioned touch of sending real postcards, but I never have time anymore with my busy travel schedule. Now it’s easy with Postcard on the Run,” said Gomez. “The one thing that I always have with me is my smartphone. In just seconds, I can send personalized photo postcards to my family and friends right from my phone. It’s a new way to stay in touch the old school way.”

“Selena’s ‘girl-next-door’ sincerity and jet-setting lifestyle sync with the vision of Postcard on the Run. Just like Selena, we deliver heartfelt expression with a new, cutting-edge style,” said Josh Brooks, CEO and founder of POTR. “We are honored to have Selena as part of the Postcard on the Run family. Her entrepreneurial sense and cultural instincts will help take us to the next level.”

Smell Mail

Postcard on the Run today also launched “Smell Mail”, an innovative feature allowing users to add fun “Scratch’n Smell®” scents to their postcards for an additional 50 cents. The aromatic additions will help bring the postcards to life by creating emotional connections to people’s favorite scents which include Baby Powder (perfect for pictures of little ones), Holiday Spice, Pine, Fresh Flowers, Chocolate, Popcorn, Mint, Bubble Gum, Suntan Lotion, Ocean Breeze, and even Teen Spirit.

Smell Mail joins several other proprietary POTR features including:

• Postal Gopher – A patent pending built-in address retrieval service that makes it seamless to get a contact’s mailing address, saving senders the hassle of contacting the recipient or searching for the information.
• Signature – By using a finger as a pen to write or draw a signature or message, every POTR postcard has a personal touch – quite literally!
• GPS stamping –Places a mini GPS-enabled map or point of interest on the back of the card to easily identify the senders’ locale.

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