Startup Companies Reviews
May 13, 2015
Ship without going to the post office
Shipping no longer require your presence in the post office. With the application Shyp you just take a picture of the item you want to send, pick a courier and on of the Shyp employees will be there to get it in a couple of minutes. The application allows you to compare charges and carriers, so you can get the best shipping price. You can choose... read more »
October 18, 2010
Causes – Spreading Philantropy Online
Founded in May 2007 by Sean Parker and Joe Green, Causes applies viral principles to social causes and altruism. Users are helped to leverage social sites such as Facebook to raise money for charity. Causes primarily existed as a Facebook canvas application; at the moment it is also running off its own... read more »
October 11, 2010
Voxy – Learn a Language from Life
Voxy is a very modern and innovative way to learn languages, easy to use and fitting seamlessly into daily schedules. This language service works best for learners who are already quite fluent in the language, being actually a supplement. What Voxy offers is an integrated platform that works on web and on your... read more »
October 6, 2010
Qwiki Introduces the Groundbreaking Information Experience
Qwiki is a start-up that launched at TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco at the end of September 2010. The company also took the top prize of $50,000 in the Disrupt competition, which included a number of twenty-seven start-ups. Doug Imbruce, Co-founder, provided a strong proof-of-concept demonstration the software on-stage, impressing... read more »
October 4, 2010
Soluto, Anti – Frustration Software for All PC Users
Soluto, an Israeli based startup, also the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt in May 2010, offers people a solution to making their computers run better. The most user-annoying things monitored by this software include printing problems, resource hogs and crashy apps. What is very interesting and useful at the same time is that it also offers unique... read more »
September 29, 2010
Rate Customer Service With Tello. Anywhere, Anytime.
Customer service can often be a nightmare. Although there are so many ways to provide feedback, it sometimes seems to be falling on deaf ears, which can be very frustrating for customers. Tello is a free mobile and web service that provides consumers a way to give businesses quick direct feedback on customer service experience. Users can rate... read more »
July 21, 2010
Compass Labs
Compass Labs - your precision targeting solution Social Media is on the way up, that’s for sure and the advertising potential attracted many investors. One of them is Dilip Venkatachari who founded read more »
July 13, 2010
Speed up web development with Appcelerator
The birth of brilliant modern technology that can handle numerous applications on devices like Iphones, net books or Blackberries has created a sea of endless opportunities. Countless of application can and are being built right now all over the world. This is a long and hefty process and developers need a helping hand. That is where... read more »
September 28, 2009
Adimos Takes the Wiring Out of Your Home Entertainment System
Wireless technology is not new. At the beginning of the 20th Century, wireless technology began with the advent of radio and later television. Furthermore, toward the end of the 20th Century, wireless technology came to the phone industry and by the late 1980s almost everyone already had a cordless phone. Through the 1990s and the beginning... read more »
September 23, 2009
Computers Can Crash, but Nomadesk Can Save the Day
Many of you probably have had a computer that crashed. The likelihood of Windows is phenomenal, but Macs can also crash from time to time. Computer crashes can happen to any computer user, whether a PC or a Mac user. In some cases computers can crash severely and you can loose everything that is on your hard drive. Been there, done that? ... read more »
September 21, 2009
From the Ashes of Failed Business Plans Sprouts the Success that is Cafe Press
Business can be tricky sometimes. Many successful businessmen fail many times over before they become successful. This is especially true with Cafe Press. What is Cafe Press? Cafe Press is a combination of an advertising company and a printing company. Cafe Press prints T-shirts, coffee mugs and other ceramics, stickers and buttons,... read more »
September 21, 2009
BidRodeo, Online Penny Auctions That Offer Five Free Auctions to New Users
About 15 years ago, a new dynamic way of obtaining information was born. First called the information super highway, now more popularly known as the internet, this information super highway has not just become a new means to get information about practically anything, but has become a new marketplace as well. Over the past years, many... read more »
September 16, 2009
Masher Media, High Quality Entertainment Provider with an Emmy Award Winner as its Founder
In the past few years, the internet seems to be replacing all the conventional media of entertainment, such as TV, radio, magazines, and newspapers. More people are turning to the internet for their news, entertainment, shopping, and communication. In this revolution and the constant evolving entertainment industry in the 21st Century, the... read more »
September 16, 2009
Redfin Is a Better Way to Buy or Sell a Home, or Is It?
Founded in 2004, Redfin is a new website that is dedicated to the real estate industry. Redfin advertises that its way is the better way, however, after trying out the website, you will find that some of the features might not work properly. The first thing that you notice with Redfin, is that its search area does not cover wide areas... read more »
September 14, 2009
Zynga Opens the World to Online Games
For the past ten years that the internet is growing with new social networks popping up like mushrooms after a rainstorm, so has the video game industry. The internet has opened a whole new world of interactive video games has been opened. One of the newest websites that has opened is Zynga. Zynga offers video games to some of the major... read more »
September 14, 2009
Dogster Is a New Site for Dog Lovers
In the United States and other parts of the world, the love of animals is abundant. What is especially abundant is the love of dogs and cats and, especially in the United States, people will practically do anything for their dogs. Now what happens when you mix this immense love for man’s best friend with the internet? Well, you get Dogster.... read more »
September 2, 2009
B-Side Offers Websites to Film Festivals Throughout North America
Founded in 2004, B-Side is a unique entertainment technology company that creates websites for over 250 independent film festivals throughout North America. As you first open the B-Side website, you are greeted with a headline that reads “The audience is never wrong.” The way that B-Side works is by connecting with different independent... read more »
September 2, 2009
Music Lives at Amie Street
As the internet keeps being a growing marketplace for just about anything, the music industry has also taken a hold of the abundant market opportunities on the internet. Music, however, has not been a stranger to the internet. Napster was actually the first music file sharing network on the net, but was later forced to shut down because of the... read more »
August 31, 2009
Rock with Cool Slideshows on RockYou.com
Lately the craze of social networks, which has taken off with the bigger social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace, seems to be getting bigger with more different social networks for all kinds of different tastes. Founded in 2006, RockYou is an interesting social network that allows you to create your own slideshows, add glitter... read more »
August 27, 2009
Zoodak, the Online Stock Exchange Game
Zoodak is an interesting company that is still undergoing beta testing. Zoodak educates people about the stock exchange by simulating the stock market and providing players the stock exchange tournament. Zoodak offers two different programs, a free portfolio and a portfolio that costs $20. Signing up for the service that Zoodak provides is... read more »
August 19, 2009
Tired of Complex Time Reporting Systems? TimeXchange Makes Time Reporting Easy
As more people are working from home online, time reporting has been a big concern for both employers and employees to count their time on various projects done online. Often, many employees are at the mercy of either their employers or themselves to manage the time and hourly rates of work done online. In some cases, time management has a lot... read more »
August 19, 2009
Another Website for Twitter Users to Augment Their Twitter Accounts
Over the past two or three years, an amazing phenomenon has overtaken the entire social networking industry. When Twitter launched three years ago, the entire internet has been tweeting from computers, mobile devices, and phones. Tweets have been used to spread information from news to fomenting revolutions throughout the globe. Since then, a... read more »
August 17, 2009
HeyZap Getting Web Surfers Addicted to Video Games as Developers Make Money
If you are a web developer who is designing a website and are having a hard time getting people online to visit your site? Maybe you are a developer of an online entertainment site and are sick of relying on advertising revenues and would like to keep people on your website for hours playing games that they would not be able to get enough of. ... read more »
August 12, 2009
Deepmemo Allows You to Save Text and Share in One Click, but Can You Register Your Account?
Based in San Jose, California, Deepmemo is another invention of Siteheart. Siteheart is an online chat site which attempts to get people to chat online about anything. Siteheart is also based in San Jose, California, and employs over 25 people. Deepmemo, however is not too impressive as a service. The way Deepmemo works is that you can either... read more »
August 12, 2009
Corbis Makes High Quality Photography Available to Media Companies, Photographers, and Advertisers
Corbis is dedicated to bringing high quality art photographs and putting them online. The service is for anyone who has a passion or is in business in photography or whose work has to do with photography. Registration for this service is free, but you can purchase photographs for fee and can sell your photography as well. The signing in... read more »
August 5, 2009
Backing Up Files Made Easy, SugarSync Has the Solution For Reliable Online Backup Files
Yet in the age of computers and the internet, more and more people are searching for solutions to have a reliable backup system that can always provide access to important files when your system crashes. SugarSync is yet another example of innovative technology that is available to store your backup files online and keep them on a safe server... read more »
August 5, 2009
Confidela Launches Watchdox.com, a Way that You Can Send Files to Specific Users
We live in an age where information can be sent from one person to another within seconds. This information technology in our Information Age can be great by providing instant telecommunication and we can share photos or text with friends and relatives who are physically far away. Though this is good, it does come with a few pitfalls as well. ... read more »
August 3, 2009
DevonWay Leading the Way to Work Process Improvement
Throughout this new Information Age, in which we live in today, there are many IT companies offering many different solutions to improve communications from business and work processes to social networking. DevonWay is yet another example of a powerful IT company which has a vision to provide an on-demand solution to aid and improve the work... read more »
August 3, 2009
Silicon and Photovoltaics, 1366 Technologies to Revolutionize Solar Energy
With the growing demand for alternative sources of energy, many companies are looking to solar and wind power for answers. There are many solar companies out there, but 1366 Technologies seems to a unique and innovative way to harness solar energy and aims to make solar energy cost the same as that energy generated by coal. The type of... read more »
July 31, 2009
Will Booking Cheap Flights Get Yapta Off the Ground?
Another example how the online travel industry is growing, despite the current economic downturn, is a company called “Yapta. Yapta offers a website where people can go and compare air fare and get good flights for bargain prices. Any time, when the economy is not doing too well, people will always be looking for a bargain where ever they can... read more »
July 31, 2009
Free TV Has Juiced the Internet with Joost and its Competitors
For the past decade, the internet has become the major source of media for the majority of the population in the United States and Europe, as well as in other parts of the world. Furthermore, since the majority of the American people have had access to the internet in the mid 1990s, the internet has graduated from the slow 56k modem connection to... read more »
July 31, 2009
Visible Measures of all the internet videos out there
We always have everything in motion around us, moving, lively. Technology had long back evolved with capturing these motions and storing them for future viewing. Then came the era of the internet, and it became more than a necessity for the videos to be shared, it was a lifeline. Estimated increase in growth of internet video population has gone... read more »
July 31, 2009
Outspark: a new experience for the online game player
Outspark, an online game company that focuses on the community besides the engaging online multiplayer and Role playing games (RPGs), was founded in January 2007, by Susan Choe and has now over 4.7 million users. Outspark is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a subsidiary office in Seoul, Korea. Enjoying rapid... read more »
July 27, 2009
Yahoo Acquires Xoopit and Email Gets Even Better!
Founded in 2004, Xoopit which has been undergoing beta testing has now been acquired by Yahoo. First before explaining Yahoo’s acquisition of Xoopit, let’s explain what Xoopit exactly is. Xoopit is a website which is the amateur photographer’s digital dream. Founded in 2004, Xoopit allows you to upload your photos from your computer or... read more »
July 27, 2009
Do You Have Trouble Finding Things In Stock at Your Local Stores? Introducing Milo, the Merchandise Search Engine
As we are already more than ten years into the Information Age and the internet, search engines keep coming up like mushrooms after a rain storm. Some are general and others are more specific. Perhaps you need a particular item and you are constantly frustrated because when you need to buy an item it is out of stock at your local big box store. ... read more »
July 24, 2009
The Mobile Shows A New Face
"Honesty is the best policy -- when there is money in it" said Mark Twain. From time immemorial money has always taken the frontlead in people's lives. Right from the days of Barter system to the ancient copper coins to the present day currency..........all of it almost dictates to us how we live our lives. Paper money, Credit Cards, Debit Cards... read more »
July 24, 2009
New Age Search Engine For The New Age Person
Need a product or a service over the internet and it's taking ages to find it… technology presents to you the "SEARCH ENGINES" - a fast and new way of finding what you want when you want it. Among the search engines that are available to the "searching" crowd, sites like Google, AOL pages, Excite are helpful in finding their specific... read more »
July 24, 2009
The Family Tree – Because Family Comes First!!!
Have you ever been in a situation where you meet someone at a party or a family get together and you get a feeling of being in the midst of absolute strangers? People come and give you a beaming smile and just out of sheer courtesy you mingle with them but the only thought in your mind is "who is this person"? If a survey is taken, then I can... read more »
July 22, 2009
Waze Providing the Way to Go
In the 21st century, we live in an age of mobility and technology. Furthermore, the two seem to go increasingly go hand in hand. With a huge range of mobile devices available from cell phones and smart phones to small GPS devices. Cars have GPS built in and some of the higher end phones, such as the iPhone 3G and the Blackberry also have GPS... read more »
July 22, 2009
Open Source Video Provider, Kaltura Teams Up With Wikipedia
As the internet is getting more advanced and able to handle more bandwidth, video is becoming a more frequently used medium on the internet. Until now, however, video on the internet could be a problem, since certain plugins would be needed to view these videos. Because of the near monopoly of Windows, many videos run together with only... read more »
July 21, 2009
Evernote: your very own work station
Wouldn't you like your own personal space where you can not only store your important notes but also have it almost communicate to you? Well maybe in the past this would have seemed like a far fetched idea, but not in today's world. Presenting EVERNOTE... your very own work station where you can take notes, clip WebPages, snap photos using... read more »
July 20, 2009
Control Your Home’s Security System Wirelessly! Ingrid Home Security Revolutionizing the Security Industry
During a time where economic times are difficult and more people are loosing their jobs, needless to say the crime rate is rising and more people are looking for more effective ways to protect their homes and businesses from theft and other crimes. In fact, during such tough economic times, the security industry is doing very well and Ingrid Home... read more »
July 20, 2009
Invite Anyone, Some People, or a Friend. Anyvite, a New Startup that Makes Online Invitations Easy
There has been no technological advancement that is as awesome or versatile as the creation of the internet. What is the most amazing thing about the internet is that it is such a powerful engine for many entrepreneurs and more innovative technologies and services have been spawned by the internet. The latest evolution on the internet is an... read more »
July 15, 2009
Slinkset Can Allow You to Create Your Own News Social Network, or Can It?
As social networks are growing in popularity, there is a constant flow of new social networks out there that provide something for everyone. The newest one of these social networks is Slinkset. Slinkset claims to be a news related social network which allows you to register, if you can get the registration to work, that is. According to... read more »
July 15, 2009
Facebook Tries to Take the Power Away from Power.com
Based in Brazil, Power.com is a unique social network that allows you to sign in and access other social networks, such as Twitter, Linkedin, Orkut, MySpace, Facebook, and Hi5. What makes Power.com different from other social networks, is that you do not need to sign up like you need to do with other social networks. If you are already signed in... read more »
July 13, 2009
Ozmo Devices Links All WiFi Devices to Your WLAN or WPAN With Innovative Technologies
Founded in 2004, Ozmo Devices has been innovating new devices that can use the WiFi connection to link together with your WPAN or WLAN. The company’s technicians are developing a two-part solution which has a driver incorporated in it that coexists with the host platform’s WiFi device, which could be a computer or other device. The other... read more »
July 13, 2009
Need to Find a Place to Rent? RentHop Can Help, or Can It?
RentHop is another new company that offers a service. RentHop’s website is a service that helps people find a place to rent or buy, and also allows landlords list places to rent or sell, bypassing the need to hire a real estate broker, which can be a costly undertaking. The site allows you to sign up or register for free, but the main problem... read more »
July 8, 2009
Zuora Doing the Billing for Subscription Companies, or Does It Work as Advertised?
With the advance of the internet, many magazines or newspapers started going onto the internet, subscriptions have also been done online, however, doing an online subscription is not easy. Zuora is a service that attempts to solve the problems that online subscription companies face. To use Zuora, you must sign up for its service, and it... read more »
July 8, 2009
Modu Makes New Connections – Introducing the World’s Lightest Phone
In recent times, the mobile industry is expanding and there are always new emerging markets for new and more sophisticated mobile devices, from hi-tech phones to small pocket computers that fit into the palm of your hand and, the iPhone, of course. These emerging markets in the mobile industry are always a great breading ground for new startup... read more »
July 6, 2009
Simplifying Email, Protecting from Viruses and Spyware, Astaro Mail Gateway Can Do it All
Astaro is a company founded in 2000 and designs an internet gateway that simplifies your email and protects you from viruses, spyware, phishing, and other pitfalls of the internet. Astaro is a privately owned venture backed company which is based in Wilmington, Massachusetts and employs 170 people. When you look at the Astaro website, you... read more »
July 6, 2009
I/O Gateway Systems Become Easier with Aprius
Founded in June of 2006, Aprius is the newest company that bids to revolutionize I/O gateways and the products that Aprius offers are solutions that virtualize and pool the I/O gateway, high performance and shared storage, cost effective host-to-host communications, and a high availability sparing for PCIe resources. The I/O gateway is a... read more »
July 1, 2009
Need a Professional Online Resume? Try Visual CV, the Virtual Resume Center
The job search has been on the internet for a while, and there are many job searching networks available, but there is one that seems to stand out from them all. Visual CV is the online social network that is designed for those of you who finished your college education and are looking for a good job. Visual CV basically provides you with a free... read more »
July 1, 2009
The Latest in Online Advertising, Pinch Media Allows You to Create Your Own Application
A new form of advertising has appeared on the internet. Introducing Pinch Media, which is an advertising company that offers a free service and even allows you to create your own application. Using this service is very simple and you do not need to be a techie to be able to create an app on Pinch Media. You even have the option to charge for... read more »
June 30, 2009
Have Trouble Organizing Things and Events? Plaxo Can Help You Organize All Your Events and Link to Many of Your Social Network Accounts
A new and unique service has appeared in the internet industry. Plaxo is the latest in internet innovation, claiming to organize your appointments, calendar, and even help you link together all your accounts on the well known social networks, such as Flickr.com, YouTube, Digg, and others. Plaxo also offers downloads for your computer for both... read more »
June 30, 2009
Is Pelago a Match for Loopt?
A year after Loopt was founded, a new company which offers services similar to Loopt’s has come out. Introducing Pelago, a company that advertises to remove all barriers to the access of information. Pelago mainly got its fame from its first product, Whrrl, which is a social network that has mixes in Google maps and blogs to create a unique... read more »
June 30, 2009
SimilarWeb Claims to Provide Easy Access to Related Information On the Web
Based in Israel and founded in 2007, SimilarWeb is a service that allows you to have easy access to related information from the web. This is not like other services, where you have to sign up and have an account with similar web to be able to use its services. SimilarWeb has downloads that you can download onto your computer, however, its... read more »
June 26, 2009
Want to Know Where Your Friends Are? Loopt Can Put You in the Loop. Loopt Advertises to Locate Your Friends Who Are Also Loopt
Loopt is a unique company that can locate your friends from anywhere by the GPS coordinates on their phones. Loopt is supported only by US carriers and the carriers that support Loopt include Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Metro PCS, Nextel, Boost Mobile, and T-Mobile. Furthermore you cannot use Loopt with any phone, you must have a phone that is... read more »
June 26, 2009
Social Network Market Growing Utterli Fast. Utterli Being the Latest Social Network
The online social network is increasingly growing with all kinds of new social networks out there just trying to get you to join them. Most of these social networks are free to join, whereas some others require payment. The social networks can be restricted to a specific topic, such as travel, or they can be open social networks that allow you... read more »
June 24, 2009
Need to Map It? Click2Map Can Map It. Or Can’t it?
Click2Map is the latest in online mapping technology that works together with Google map. The way Click2Map works is that you have to subscribe to one of its services. The first service is a free monthly or yearly subscription and is known as the Click2Map Bronze Plan. The Bronze Plan is also available in an unlimited subscription for $99. The... read more »
June 24, 2009
Need to Pay for a Service? How About Buying Something to Pay for a Service or Item? TrialPay Allows You to Buy One Item While Paying for Another
What is TrialPay? TrialPay is an interesting service that allows consumers to pay for an item by buying another item. This works by TrialPay working together with some of the largest online merchants, such as Skype, FTD, and others. The way TrialPay works is when you pay for something online, TrialPay will put the your brand before millions of... read more »
June 22, 2009
Will Crowdstorm Take the Consumer Internet by Storm?
The growing consumer internet industry always takes unique turns and new companies that offer different consumer services are constantly appearing in this growing market. Introducing Crowdstorm, a website that lets you ask the crowd anything about a consumer product and find it at bargain prices. Crowdstorm is a social network for consumers to... read more »
June 22, 2009
Accera Manages Alzheimer’s Disease With Axona
Since 2001, when Accera was founded, the company has been developing solutions for neurological degenerative disorders, especially Alzheimer’s Disease. After years of research, in March 3, 2009, Accera released its first product to market, Axona. Axona is not another drug, it is a medical dietary supplement for those suffering from mild to... read more »
June 19, 2009
Blinkx: The Latest in Video Search Engines, Blinkx Pico Smallest Search Engine, but Does It Do What It Advertises? You Decide.
Out of the new innovative and amazing technologies that are available on the internet, now with YouTube, Hulu, and Google Video, a new and unique search engine has is solely dedicated to finding videos and TV broadcasts from around the world. The website is absolutely amazing, however, Blinkx also offers a downloadable software package that is... read more »
June 19, 2009
AerovectRx Corporation Takes Aerosol Medicines to Market
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, AerovectRx Corporation is a privately owned corporation that works with aerosol therapeutic treatments for respiratory diseases and disorders, such as asthma, COPD, and IPF. AerovectRx also produces aerosol therapeutic treatments for cancer. The general therapeutic aerosol that AerovectRx produces for cancer is for the... read more »
June 17, 2009
Admob, a Mobile Marketing Service, But Does It Actually Do What It Says?
Admob is a company that allows marketers to market their products on all mobile telephones or other communication devices. It does have a unique service, but it is not the most user friendly service out there. To use Admob, you must first create an account with Admob and registration is free. To create an ad, however, that costs something. ... read more »
June 17, 2009
The Issue Facing College Students Gets Online, Chegg.com — A Place Where College Students Can Rent or Buy the Textbooks They Need for Their Courses
I’m sure that among you are some college students or have children who are college students. Well, Chegg.com is the company for you. Many college students have difficulty finding the textbooks they need for their college classes, or their college bookstore might not have the textbooks required for their courses in on time for the beginning of... read more »
June 17, 2009
Aptera, Making the Car of the Future. Looks Like a Plane, but Will It Fly?
Nowadays, environmentalism, living green, and our carbon footprint seem to be a growing issue in large groups of society worldwide. High fuel prices, the threat of carbon tax, and the green fad is leading to all kinds of new innovations in the automotive industry. One of the greatest innovations is being developed by Aptera. The car being... read more »
June 15, 2009
Have Your Very Own Social Network With Ning, You Enter Data and Ning Gives It Professional Fling
A unique market has appeared in the internet industry. This market is also part of the growing social networking market, but this company actually allows you to create your own social network and even make it either a public or private social network. Introducing Ning, the online social network creator. In order to create an online social... read more »
June 15, 2009
Can KickApps Keep Up With Ning? The Social Network Creator Market Is Becoming Competitive
Though Ning created the market for online social networking, competition did not take long to appear on the horizon. KickApps is an online social network service that also offers its users to create their very own social networks, and strickingly similar to Ning. Registration, however, takes a long time,... read more »
June 12, 2009
Travel Search Engine Market is Growing, SideStep.com is the Latest In Finding Everything from Airfare to Hotels and Car Rentals
The leading pioneer of the travel search engine market, Kayak.com has launched a new separate search engine for the savvy traveler looking for a good price on airfares, hotels, car rentals, and more. Introducing SideStep.com, which is a search engine dedicated to the traveler. SideStep.com is free to use and generates its revenues from... read more »
June 12, 2009
The Travel Social Network is Getting Bigger! Dopplr.com Advertises to be the Travel Social Network for Smart Travelers
Yet another travel social network joins the online social network market, which is becoming a rather competitive market. Dopplr is a traveler social network that is somewhat different from the conventional social networks related to travel, such as Ruba.com and Tripwolf. ... read more »
June 12, 2009
Need a Job? Have Trouble Finding One in Your Area? Try Simply Hired — The Search Engine that Does the Job Hunting for You
The internet is always generating new markets, from internet related products to services. Finding a job can be very difficult for some people, who may not necessarily know how to look for jobs or have had enough of reading the classifieds to find a job. Well, the internet has generated a market for those people too. Not only is this a large... read more »
June 10, 2009
The Social Network Market Ever Expanding, Meet SocialPicks, the Social Network for People in the Financial and Business World
It seems like the social network market never ceases to grow in both the financial value, but the spread of subjects as well. Lately the social network market has been filled with social networks that cover media and pop culture, travel, and now business. SocialPicks is the social network for those people who follow the stock market and other... read more »
June 10, 2009
Privacy You Can Trust, TRUSTe Makes Protecting Your Privacy Its Business
With more people using the internet in this day and age, online privacy can be a very serious issue. Furthermore, within the United States and the rest of the Western world, adults are using the internet more for getting their tidbits of news and current events and their children are using the internet to socialize with their peers, get help with... read more »
June 8, 2009
The Tripwolf is Hungry for Travel, and for Success in the Online Traveler’s Social Networking Market As Well.
Yet another online travel guide club has started to come into the increasingly lucrative and competitive online travel market. There is now a wolf among Ruba.com, Gekko, and Nextstop.com -- the Tripwolf. Tripwolf is a travel club that offers a service similar to Ruba.com but takes it one step further. ... read more »
June 8, 2009
Hydro Kinetic Electric Energy, the Wave of the Future, Hydro Green Energy is Creating a Revolution in Clean Technology
Based in Texas, Hydro Green Energy is a company that develops renewable sources of energy with the use of hydro kinetic energy. This revolutionary source of energy can be a great source of energy from which entire power grids can generate enough electricity to power large areas. What actually is the technology that is being developed at Hydro... read more »
June 5, 2009
Kublax To Manage All Your Accounts, Will Not Allow People To Sign In if They Do Not Have a UK Postal Code
Kublax is a new company that is to manage your accounts, but it is still in beta testing. Furthermore, Kublax is not open to the public worldwide, only to the United Kingdom and if an individual does not have a valid British postal code, it will not allow that individual register on the website. When you come to Kublax’s homepage, you will see... read more »
June 5, 2009
GameGround is Breaking Ground Among the Gaming Social Networks
Based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, and founded in 2007, GameGround is a new gaming social network that is still not open to the public and is currently undergoing private beta testing. The founders of GameGround believe that gaming is not just a mere past time or a fun thing to do, but rather it runs in our blood and that playing games are more than an... read more »
June 4, 2009
Need to Track Something or Anything? Trackle.com Claims to Do Just That
There are many new startup companies who have websites on the internet and all offer different kinds of services for different industries. Believe it or not, there is even a startup that allows you to track anything on the net. Meet Trackle.com, which is currently conducting public beta testing. Based in Sunnyville, California, Trackle.com... read more »
June 4, 2009
Gain Knowledge or Educate Yourself or Your Children in Any Subject Online: Introducing Woflram Alpha, the Educational Search Engine
Do you need to know about something? How about helping your children with their homework? Does your child have problems with his or her math class? Well, there is something for you, or even for anyone who wants to learn about anything on any subject. Try this amazing new educational search engine, WolframAlpha. When you type in the... read more »
June 3, 2009
Nextstop.com, Joining Ruba.com, Gekko, and Other Travel Guide Websites in a Competitive Market. Who Will Emerge As the Leader?
Yet another travel club is out on a rapidly growing market for travel planning websites, providing more competition for the online travel guide clubs, such as pioneers Ruba.com and Gekko. The new kid on the block is Nextstop.com, which is an online travel guide club that allows users to sign in for free and provides services similar to services... read more »
June 3, 2009
Wireless TV Takes Off With Amimon
Amimon is the latest in digital television technology. The company’s product line is WHDI, which is a wireless digital interface that allows digital TV users to view high quality digital images and hear high quality digital audio through a 40 MHz channel in a 5GHz band that is unlicensed for use and falls well into the guidelines of FCC... read more »
June 2, 2009
Find Your Ideal Vacation, Ruba.com Claims It Can Help You Find Your Dream Vacation
What is Ruba.com? Ruba.com is the latest in the online travel information sites which can allow the users to find their dream vacations. Ruba.com was founded in 2008 by an avid traveler and former member of Google’s management tea. The service that Ruba.com offers is the ability of its users to have a virtual guided tour of the area they... read more »
June 2, 2009
Gekko Competes Against Ruba.com, but Who Has the Upper Hand? You Decide.
Although Ruba.com is a more familiar name, as far as travel guide sites go, Gekko can provide stiff competition. Like Ruba.com, Gekko is also in beta testing which the general public can take part in. Basically, how Gekko works is after a user registers with the website, it allows the user to plan his trip in great detail. Gekko requires its... read more »
June 1, 2009
Can Postbox Manage Your Email or Are Other Services, Such As Xobni Stiff Competition?
Based in San Francisco, California, Postbox is a new messaging service that allows users to manage their emails in one application. Postbox has a program that can be downloaded on your computer and with this program, you can manage your emails in one inbox. What makes the Postbox application so unique is its features. The most powerful feature... read more »
June 1, 2009
Aardvark, Another Animal from the Mechanical Zoo
Based in San Francisco, California, Aardvark is a company that in late 2007 founded a unique search engine which allows users to ask a question online and Aardvark then finds people on its network who have an answer to that particular question and the user can get an answer within minutes. One thing, however, one should note is that Aardvark is... read more »
May 28, 2009
Arista Revolutionizing Ethernet Connectivity
Based in Menlo Park, California, Arista is a privately owned company that delivers Cloud Networking systems for big data processing centers and other computing environments. The company manufactures Ethernet switches which can process up to ten gigabytes of data. Furthermore, Arista also operates on the EOS or Extended Operation System, which is... read more »
May 26, 2009
Run Windows on Your Mac: Parallels is Like Having a Computer in Your Computer
Parallels is a unique software company that creates software which allows you to run non Apple operating systems on your Mac computer. Any of the Parallels Desktop programs, the most recent being Desktop 3.0 and 4.0, make running a foreign operating system for a PC on your Mac simultaneously with the Mac OS X system. How does this work? It is... read more »
May 26, 2009
SuperWave Fusion to Revolutionize Nuclear Power
Energetics Technologies is an energy company based in Omer, Israel, which in 2001 began work on a project, known as SuperWave Fusion, which is a system of creating energy based on Dr. Irving Dardik’s theory on super waves - a low energy nuclear reaction. After years of research, Energetics Technologies has worked on this technology and now has... read more »
May 5, 2009
Disqus Brings Discussions Online
Disqus is a privately owned company that provides online discussion forums to its users. The company’s name, disqus is actually pronounced “discuss” and provides a network solely for the purpose of online discussions and comments. What is so unique about Disqus is that its service can be used in almost all the major social networks ...read more »
May 5, 2009
A Revolution In Email Management: Xobni Makes Email Management Easy
Xobni is a growing privately owned company which is based in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2006. The company offers innovative software that allows users to easily manage emails. The uniqueness of the company starts with its name, Xobni is actually inbox spelled ...read more »
April 30, 2009
Drop.io Provides Secure Easy-To-Use Private File Sharing Service
Drop.io is an innovative network that allows users to privately share information and chat with a secured access that is easy to use and can also be accessed on Twitter, Our Blog, and FaceBook. Drop,io is a privately owned company that is based in New York City and is founded in 2007 ...read more »
April 30, 2009
FriendFeed: A Growing Social Media Company that is Outgrowing Twitter
FriendFeed is a privately owned corporation which employs two people and is based in Mountain View, California. The company provides a service that allows users to keep web pages with photos, and music files that the user can share with friends and relatives online ...read more »
April 30, 2009
Social Media Takes Advertising to the Social Networks
Social Media is a privately owned corporation that is one of the first companies to advertise exclusively on social media networks. The company is based in Mill Valley, California and was founded in 2007. Social Media’s goal is to get rid of the conventional social media ...read more »
April 28, 2009
Revolution in Internet Advertising: Glam Media Leads the Way
Since its inception, Glam Media has been revolutionizing the vertical media network with its unique way of how its new media model links advertisers with targeted audiences. Glam operates with the use of several websites, Glam.com, Brash.com, and GlamTV. Just recently, Glam launched its new Tinker.com, which is a micro blogger that can be used to find, follow, ...read more »
April 28, 2009
Planitax Is Turning into a Leading Corporate Tax Software Company
Planitax is a privately owned corporation that is becoming a leading provider of a corporate tax software. The software that Planitax has created is a SaaS or Software as a Service, which allows the tax departments of businesses to manage the data needed for filing the taxes without the cost of hiring auditors and staff to deal with this ...read more »
April 28, 2009
TargetRx Is Breaking the Market for Online Perscriptions
TargetRx was founded in 1999 and is a privately owned corporation that provides pharmaceutical and biotech companies insight into the real drivers of choice of their brands and the adoption of their brands. TargetRx offers a whole variety of solutions that can market these companies’ products until patents of these drugs expire. The approach that TargetRx uses is in ...read more »
April 27, 2009
Wetpaint, An Internet Company Coming Out of an Individual’s Battle With Cancer
Wetpaint is a service which is able to power websites that are aimed for collaborative thinking. The unique thing about Wetpaint is that it allows anyone, especially people who do not have any computer or internet skills, to create websites for those and by those that share a given interest. What is the most interesting thing about Wetpaint is that the ...read more »
April 13, 2009
Even in Private Beta, Company Stores and Shares Files with Ease
On March 11, 2008 Dropbox launched its private beta testing offering an innovative online system that helps users share and store files online. Currently, Dropbox offers web storage space to Omnidrive and Box.net. And, new users can also sign up for a beta test version though Getdropbox.com, Dropbox is compatible for Mac, Windows, Fedora and Ubuntu interfaces ...read more »
April 13, 2009
Sigh of Relief: Pay-for-Click Campaigns are Now Easier to Manage
Commonly referred to as T202, Tracking 202 Inc. is a free Affiliate Marketing Analytics company primarily driven through Pay-Per-Click. Tracking202 allows affiliate marketers to monitor, track and calculate Pay-Per-Click accounts and campaigns easily. Users are able to manage multiple PPC campaigns through real-time tracking with automated trackers, profit calculations and real-time graphing ...read more »
April 10, 2009
Whos your Daddy? Online Genealogy Service Offers DNA Testing
Based in New York City, New York, Familybuilder is an internet software company that helps users locate and build their family trees. According to FamilyBuilder, its feature product, Family Tree, is the only service available that combines a family tree building service across the internet and social ...read more »
April 10, 2009
Zimride Makes it Easier to Have Green Rides
An internet carpool community, Zimride gives users a way to find or make a carpool reduce carbon emissions and save money. By combining social networks and route-matching service, Zimride makes it easy to catch a ride or share a ride with fellow passengers to virtually any ...read more »
April 7, 2009
Oodle Gets New Friends at FaceBook
Oodle, the second largest online classified service with websites in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, reaches over .5 million new users monthly through over 80,000 unique internet sites. With a mission to improve online classified, Oodle offers a free pay-for-performance business plan across the Web. ...read more »
April 6, 2009
Mint.com Sets Speed Record in Meeting 1 Millionth Milestone
Mint.com is a patent-pending technology that identifies and categorizes users purchases whether through bank, credit card brokerage or retirement account. Touted as a free and easy to use online personal finance system, users can create anonymous Mint Accounts to track bank, home loan, credit card and investment accounts. Plus, Mint.com gives users the ability to reduce debt, securely categorize expenses ...read more »
April 3, 2009
Visible Measures Plans for Increased Growth
Visible Measures, Inc. recently announced additional venture capital funding from its latest Series C Round of venture financing. Visible Measures offers a unique internet video tracking system used by internet publishers and advertisers. A third party measurement firm, Visible Measures follows and gathers data on video interactions. When a viewer plays, pauses, repeats ...read more »
April 3, 2009
Consumer Internet Company Attains 1,800% Growth
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Justin.tv is a leading, web-based video site that operates in real-time. With more than 41 million visitors each month and 1 million registered users, Justin.tv allows users to broadcast, interact with and watch live video. With a total of 428,000 channels, users are able to create video connections globally through the web in real time ...read more »
April 2, 2009
Meebo Hits Users With Friendly Advertising
Meebo, a social media company was founded September 2005 to provide communication services via the Web. Originally a website, Meebo is now a sophisticated IM platform. Meebo allows real time social interactions through web partner sites as well as group chat and instant messaging capabilities. Users are able to instantly share content and communicate real-time with their friends ...read more »
March 31, 2009
Global Ad Leader OpenX Launches New Beta Product with Venture Capital Funds
Originally based in London, OpenX is an internet advertising and marketing corporation that provides the advertising community with top-of-the-line ad serving software free of charge. Previously operating under the name Openads, OpenX is a leading global provider of ad services for web publishers. OpenX changed its name in 2008 ...read more »
March 23, 2009
Vimeo Upseats Youtube in Traffic?
As a fast-growing consumer internet company, Vimeo,LLC provides internet services in the photo, video, and music markets. Launched in 2004, Vimeo provides a free internet video hosting platform under its parent company IAC (InterActiveCorporation) ...read more »
March 16, 2009
Ning Get Some Zing
Formerly known as 24 Hour Laundry, Ning was co-founded by entrepreneur Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini in October 2004. Today, Ning offers a social networking platform (Your Own Social Network for Anything) with features that the user can customize independently, allowing both individuals and groups the freedom ...read more »
March 16, 2009
MarketTools, Inc. Launches Advancements in Web Offering
Market research pioneer, MarketTools, Inc. recently announced the re-launch of its fully integrated platform MarketTools.com. Founded in 1997, MarketTools, Inc. is a leader in primary market research offering clients a variety of innovative survey platforms and global test panels that help businesses fully study and target their business efforts ...read more »
March 16, 2009
Agricultural & Construction Equipment Web Auctions Reach Gross Sales of $377 Million
A privately held corporation, IronPlanet specializes in the sale of used agricultural and construction equipment via online auction. Founded in 1999, IronPlanet gives buyers and sellers around the globe the opportunity to purchase used equipment through its website and on-line auctions. From air compressors to welders, buyers can search and preview specific equipment through IronPlanet.com ...read more »
March 16, 2009
Now, Everyone Can Share with ShareThis
With all of the complex on-line communications occurring worldwide, one recent startup company has found a way to simplify. ShareThis, a privately owned, consumer internet company markets a universal sharing platform that makes it easy to access and share all profiles, blogs, friends and contacts throughout the web. According to ShareThis, the ShareThis button has been ...read more »
March 16, 2009
Gamer Market No Longer Illusive
A privately held leader in the business internet industry, Double Fusion provides in-game advertising and marketing solutions globally. Recently, Double Fusion listed double-digit revenue growth at the end of 2008 directly related to the record-breaking sales year of the gaming ...read more »
March 14, 2009
Kayak.com Leading The Travel Search Engine Market
Founded in 2004, Kayak.com is a travel search engine that can search travel information and refer travelers travelers to online travel and booking agencies. Kayak can search more than 140 different sites at the same time. The company’s website provides the user with easy information and allows the user to reserve hotels, book flights and cruises, or ...read more »
March 13, 2009
Dapper Develops Innovative Contextual Ad Technology
Dapper was founded in October of 2006 and is a US based company which develops ad software that generates advertising relevant to a publisher’s website. Dapper ads technology can automatically pull inventory data from advertisers' sites, and incorporate it in publishers' sites ...read more »
March 11, 2009
AdBrite Working To Be The Internet’s Ad Marketplace
AdBrite was founded in 2002 and advertises itself as “the Internet’s Ad Marketplace.” Based in San Francisco the company provides a website to buy and sell advertising online and gives advertisers the opportunity to have more control than on other advertising network. AdBrite’s website provides a whole variety of innovative formats for users to choose from ...read more »
March 10, 2009
The Social Video Market Is Becoming More Competitive For Metacafe
Founded in 2003, Metacafe has become the world’s largest social video network, until Youtube came on the horizon. Youtube soon overshadowed Metacafe’s success. Metacafe mainly specializes in short-form original content from new emerging artists to some of the greatest Hollywood celebrities. Metacafe started the evolution of online video entertainment ...read more »
March 1, 2009
Founded in 2006, Twitter Does Not Stop Growing.
The amazing company Twitter seems like it can do everything. Twitter is announcing its new start-up, Twt.fm. Twt.fm is the latest in streaming technology. In the beginning, it seems like one could tweet almost anything, videos, images and now music. Twt.fm basically allows you to type in an artist, track, and your Twitter user name. That’s all you need to do. It is that simple. ...read more »
February 11, 2009
Tagged.com is a Rapidly Growing Social Network with Great Promise
The teen-youth aimed social network, Tagged.com is rapidly growing as one of the largest teen social networking sites on the internet. The amazing growth of Tagged can be judged by its revenue. In 2006 Tagged received $7 million in venture capital. With a growing tech-savvy teen and youth society, Tagged is growing in the market aimed at the 13-19 year-old market. Why is Tagged growing so rapidly? ...read more »
