New York - Online invitation service Evite, owned by IAC (NSDQ: IACI), is has laid off almost a quarter of its personel, 9 employees out of 38 total, and will reorganize to cope with a slump in advertising, according to Paid Content. IAC Chairman Barry Diller said in the first quarter earnings call that display advertising on Evite, its main source of revenue, has been hurt due to the downturn.

Los Angeles - Social event planning service Evite on Wednesday announced the launch of QuickVite, a cross-platform mobile and Web application that lets users organize events and send invitations to friends via both e-mail and text message. Recipients can then respond via e-mail, text message or at Evite.com. The QuickVite service was developed in collaboration with Air2Web. In September, the company launched a "Send-to-Phone" feature that lets event organizers send event updates and location details to mobile phones.