Konnects Official Launch: Filling the LinkedIn-Facebook Gap (4)
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Konnects is a social network entering the crowded realm of business social networking, seeking out those users that are caught in limbo between the likes of LinkedIn and Facebook. And while this space is getting more crowded by the day, I think Konnects has a good idea of what it’s targeting in terms of its solutions presented on its site, as well as its ongoing plan of action. Having privately tested its network for the ...
Center’d is Yelp with Event-Planning Tools (3)
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Center’d is a new site that combines local search and review features with event and organized event-planning features for an inclusive tool that, in the end, helps you connect with others in the offline world. Whether you’re offering your two cents on your favorite neighborhood bar or seeking out a venue for an upcoming fund raiser, Center’d hopes to be your one-stop shop. You can begin by leaving a review on a specific location or ...
Sosauce Travel Planning Gets Pretty in 3D (3)
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Sosauce, the aesthetically-pleasing network designed for sharing photos and travel adventures, has rolled out two new major updates, both of which revolve around the sharing of media in an enlightening environment. Expanding on its existing travel features, Sosauce’s new Travel Guide works in conjunction with the site’s travel recording tool for improved journey-sharing capabilities. This reflects Sosauce’s desire to become a more comprehensive service for planning trips, recording trips, and seeking advice from others, whether ...
Bebo and Vogue.TV to Air New Fashion-Focused Web Series (2)
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A new series called Model.Live is debuting this week on Bebo (see here). As you may have guessed, the show is about models. Produced by IMG Media and Vogue.TV, this made-for-Web series follows three female models, Austria Alcantara, Cato van Ee and Madeline Kragh along their journeys from their homes to the catwalk. The show will premier on Vogue.TV tonight, and will be redistributed on Bebo, where each model will also have a profile for ...
Garmin GPS Gets Social with Buddy Beacon Integration (11)
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uLocate, the location-based application provider, has teamed up with Garmin to push its Buddy Beacon feature that allows you to find your nearby friends. It works in reverse, too - your friends can find you as well. This was all built on WHERE’s Buddy Beacon network, developed by uLocate, so Garmin’s involvement simply provides another device on which Buddy Beacon can be used. A select few of Garmin’s current and future GPS devices will be ...
Zeer Helps You Build a Better Grocery List (The Startup Review) (5)
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Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series at Mashable - The Startup Review, Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Startup Essentials. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: Zeer 20 word description: Zeer helps people buy better groceries: Get food reviews, build shopping lists, join communities, share advice, and go mobile. CEO’s Pitch: Zeer helps people get answers to their questions ...
Prove You’re a True Fashionista at Sparkle*Shelf (The Startup Review) (2)
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Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series at Mashable - The Startup Review, Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Startup Essentials. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: Sparkle*Shelf 20 word description: Online community focused on beauty and fashion, featuring original editorial content and user generated product reviews, Q&A, photos and more. CEO’s Pitch: I started Sparkle*Shelf in May 2008 to ...
Book Taxis and Shuttles from Your Mobile Phone with RideCharge (Startup Review) (2)
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Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series at Mashable - The Startup Review, Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Startup Essentials. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: RideCharge 20 word description: RideCharge is the easiest way for business travelers to take taxis, sedans and shuttles by booking online or with a Blackberry / Windows Mobile. CEO’s Pitch: Anyone can use ...
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Pop Quiz! ProProfs Revamps Educational Tools (4)
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ProProfs is a service that provides online educational tools, like a Web school and online flash cards. The service has completely revamped its Quiz School with a new user interface and additional features for ease of use. So what makes the new quiz section so easy to use? New Flickr integration for images that can be imported for quizzes, Google Maps integration, and custom color themes. There are also different quiz types available for use, ...
Fire Eagle Now Available to All. How Will Yahoo Take Advantage? (7)
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At Yahoo Brickhouse today, the company released the general availability of Fire Eagle, the location-based platform that enables developers to build applications and integrate its location-based tools into your existing service. That means you can allow your users to insert their own location whenever necessary and Fire Eagle can track it for location-aware services, or you can enable GPS for a more automated process that works with users that have supported devices. Privacy is of ...
Kwiry Shortcuts Lets You Update Netflix and Amazon on the Fly (3)
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If you’re an avid mobile-to-Web application user, you might know how much your life can be simplified by sending an SMS to Twitter, letting it know a new user you’d like to follow, or updating your Remember the Milk to-do list through your mobile phone. Kwiry is a mobile-to-Web service that allows you to text yourself reminders, which are then categorized as bookmarks of sorts, and available for further organization, Web search, and direct purchasing ...
Dell Latitude On Bypasses Full Boot Up. Will This Kill Splashtop? (3)
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So you’ve made a piece of software that has pretty cool functionality and before you know it some big name brand offers the same technology directly to its customers, built into its new product release. It’s a problem faced by many startups. Many entrepreneurs just hope that they get acquired so that the big name company can use the technology and then roll it out to their customers. Things don’t always happen that way, and ...
Six Apart Provides Social Networking Capabilities with Movable Type Pro (2)
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A couple of months ago Six Apart launched a new initiative that provided custom ad options aimed to offer more engaging ways for brands to interact with content producers and consumers, thanks in part to its acquisition of Apperceptive. Things seemed to have worked well for Six Apart as a result, and the next step for the blogging software creator is a new self-service option for site publishers to add social networking capabilities to their ...
MOG Launches Ad Network for Music Websites and Blogs (1)
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Online music network MOG is delving deeper into advertising with a new ad network catering to independent music blogs and music websites. The company, which just received $2.8 million in funding earlier this year from larger music businesses including Sony, is looking to vastly expand its reach and influence within the online music industry with this new ad network. Operating in what appears to be a format similar to ad networks like Glam, MOG will ...
MOG Launches Ad Network for Music Websites and Blogs (2)
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Online music network MOG is delving deeper into advertising with a new ad network catering to independent music blogs and music websites. The company, which just received $2.8 million in funding earlier this year from larger music businesses including Sony, is looking to vastly expand its reach and influence within the online music industry with this new ad network. Operating in what appears to be a format similar to ad networks like Glam, MOG will ...
Pikaba is Classifieds Recommendations for Buyers (The Startup Review) (2)
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Editor’s Note: If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion in “The Startup Review” series, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: Pikaba 20 word description: Pikaba is a social shopping community offering a reverse auction model where merchants bid for your shopping needs. CEO’s 100 word description: Pikaba (founded by Microsoft ex-SQL Marketing Director) is a consumer-oriented social shopping community that harnesses the power of social networking to bring ...
SecondBrain Adds FriendFeed, Facebook Support and More (31)
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SecondBrain, the online content aggregator that launched a few weeks back, has added support for ten more services, including FriendFeed, Facebook, Diigo, Reddit, Mixx, Tumblr, Qik, Goodreads and Behance. While many consider SecondBrain a FriendFeed clone of sorts, there’s more to SecondBrain’s platform than lifestreaming. It takes your aggregated content and places it in an organized, searchable context. As you can see just by looking at the list of newly supported sites, SecondBrain supports a ...
Build Your Own Social Network with SocialGO (11)
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SocialGO is a new Ning competitor that is currently testing in private beta. You begin using SocialGO by creating your own network, which features tabs for events, forums, and media (i.e. photos and videos). There’s also a Magazine tab, which is a different way of saying Blog; it allows group members to write their own blog posts so that any group member can contribute to the network’s public content. This is a good way of ...
Facebook Providing More Detailed Stats for Application Behavior (1)
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Facebook’s new profile design and initiatives for developers promoting their apps within the improved Facebook navigation has led to none other than more tweaks on Facebook’s part. In this never-ending journey of improvement, Facebook is going to offer a new option for developers that displays their application’s metrics. This is being offered in direct response to th developer community, which is seeking better ways to understand their application’s performance. The new section for developers will ...
BeThree Provides Premium Content for the Mind, Body and Soul (The Startup Review) (2)
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Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing series at Mashable - The Startup Review, Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Startup Essentials. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: BeThree 20 word description: BeThree is a highly targeted content platform delivering action-oriented tips on health and wellness via email (and all 2.0 info channels women use like RSS, mobile, etc) to the ...
