Even though he broke his foot dancing at his brother’s wedding one recent weekend, life is still good for Bert Jacobs.
Mr. Jacobs is the 42-year-old co-founder of Life is good, a popular apparel brand based in Boston that is on track to break $100 million in sales this year. This is rarefied air for Mr. Jacobs, who a dozen years ago was selling T-shirts out of a battered van on the streets of Boston with his brother John, now 39.
From a single childlike drawing of a character they named Jake and their uplifting three-word slogan, the brothers have developed a fashion brand sold in 4,500 independent retail outlets in the United States and 27 other countries.
Since 1994, they have sold nearly 20 million Life is good T-shirts and now have a product line with more than 900 items, from hats to dog beds, and the company continues to grow 30 to 40 percent annually. There are now 93 independently owned Life is good retail shops selling only their merchandise, and the company plans to have a total of 200 by the end of 2009. With all that, Life is good has just 250 employees.
Life is good, which rations its use of capital letters, offers one more example of a small company creating a big brand. Though most consumers associate great brands with marketing giants like Procter & Gamble, General Motors, Apple and Nike, the ability to build a powerful brand is no longer reserved for the big spenders. Small companies with great ideas and well-planned strategies — Kryptonite bicycle locks, Stonyfield Farm yogurt, Zipcar — have spawned prominent brands.
“A big brand comes from big insights about culture and consumers and what it is that they need,” said Susan Fournier, a brand expert and associate professor of marketing at the School of Management at Boston University. “To me, that has nothing to do with big budgets.”
“Life is good tapped into an emotional ethos that struck a chord with where the culture was at a certain point in time. That is not done by a marketing budget but by their customers who become evangelists and give the brand visibility and credibility.”
Internet start-ups like Google, YouTube, Craigslist and Facebook used the Web to promote themselves and have now grown into giants themselves. Facebook, the popular social networking Web site, for example, was started in a Harvard dormitory room by three undergraduates less than four years ago, and today, with just over 300 employees, has nearly 50 million active users and has been signing up 200,000 new ones a day since January. New brands can be started online with stunning speed and efficiency by small groups of entrepreneurs who understand the impact of the viral environment of the Web.
Creating that ubiquity for a brand in the nondigital world is tougher. Though they had been reasonably content to sell enough of their wares to pay a meager rent and avoid taking real jobs, the Jacobs brothers always believed that they could make a better T-shirt and turn it into a bona fide business.
They posted their own drawings and slogans on the wall of their apartment near Boston and regularly polled friends at their frequent keg parties for feedback about their ideas. “It was truly like a focus group,” Bert Jacobs recalled.
In search of something that would resonate with a broad audience, they created Jake, a crudely drawn stick character not all that far removed from the Smiley Face, and were amazed at how he inspired an intensely positive reaction.
“This guy has life figured out,” wrote one friend next to the drawing.
They later posted a list of 50 slogans they had compiled and got a similar reaction to the unremarkable phrase “life is good.” A girlfriend concluded that the slogan with three simple words “kind of says it all.”
The brothers printed 48 test T-shirts that combined the slogan with the drawing for a street fair in Cambridge, Mass., in 1994, and sold the entire lot in 45 minutes.
That night, the brothers huddled and decided that the gold they had seemingly struck was a result of their message of optimism. “The reason people bought those shirts was because they understood it instantly,” Bert Jacobs said. “It made them smile, and it was tangible. They could reach out and get a little sunshine.”
Doug Gladstone, chief executive of Brand Content, an ad agency in Boston, agreed. “They tapped into something positive yet benign,” he said. “The product makes you feel good but it’s not over the top.”
By the end of 1994, the brothers had sold $82,000 of Life is good shirts through a couple of willing retail outlets. Within four years, they broke the $1 million barrier and believed they had found the small business they had always dreamed of and that they were sitting on an emerging brand.
The outside world did not see it that way. “It was a real uphill battle to get other people to say we had a brand,” Bert Jacobs said. “At $10 million and even $20 million in sales, they were still asking us when we were going to launch something different.”
With no business acumen, the brothers sought out successful retailers and peppered them with questions. Bert Jacobs acknowledged that smarter businessmen could have expanded the company more quickly but that was never the point.
Prof. Fournier said that slow growth is an asset for small companies trying to build brands.
“People with deep pockets put the pedal to the metal and do too much too quickly,” she said. “Big companies try to do everything in the first two years but often fall off the cliff. Small companies have to hold back and build the brand more carefully and diligently. Slow and steady often wins the race.”
The Jacobs brothers considered a consumer advertising campaign several years ago but decided to wait until growth slowed to start it. Growth has never slowed. Instead of advertising, the company spends its money on charitable fund-raising festivals for children’s causes.
“People who are facing adversity embrace our message the most,” Bert Jacobs said.
Skeptics have warned the brothers that their concept has a limited shelf life, and, indeed, they plan to extend the brand to try to keep it vibrant. Next spring, Life is good plans to start several apparel and product lines like Good Karma, Good Kids, Good Dog and Good Vibes that will aim at specific audiences. Good Karma, for example, is an environmentally sustainable clothing line. Good Kids will extend the product line for children.
Bert Jacobs is confident the brand has legs. “So much of fashion and culture is cyclical. It comes and goes,” he said. “When the trend tails off, so does your business. But optimism is not a trend. It’s empowering to celebrate life’s simple pleasures.”
More at:http://www.lifeisgood.com/
Via-NY Times
Monday, November 26, 2007
Convergence Inc. Got $15 million in Series D funding
What Company Is Offering:
SBCs provide a means of interfacing VoIP traffic between service providers (the peering edge) or connecting users to their real-time services (the access edge). SBCs perform a variety of functions that may include NAT traversal, topology hiding, acting as a firewall for SIP traffic, or cooperating with the existing firewall, Denial-of-Service attack prevention, call routing, codec transcoding, protocol interworking, lawful intercept and other critical functions that are necessary to deliver a quality user experience over an IP network.
Covergence is the creator of Eclipse, the industry's first session border controller specifically designed to address the unique requirements of the VoIP access edge. The core of the development and leadership team has spent their careers working in the network equipment industry at companies such as Shiva, Cascade, Aptis, Bay Networks, Nortel, Tiburon Networks and other leading organizations. While this team has had a hand in creating almost every type of network solution imaginable, they are experts in solving high-performance routing and access problems found within the Global 2000 and service providers.
What's Market Of That Kind Of Product:
The first phase of VoIP has been reached as carriers have replaced their traditional TDM transport networks and Class 4 switches with more economical IP transport and softswitches. As a result a large percentage of long distance voice transport now relies on Session Border Controllers (SBCs) to manage peering between service providers. But a peering SBC may not meet the requirements found at the access edge. The access edge SBC has to process registration traffic, manage registration floods, authenticate users, protect the service from intrusions and attacks, encrypt and decrypt signaling and media, enforce user-defined policies, and manage thousands-to-millions of active endpoints - with negligible latency, jitter and loss. This is the reason the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standard defines both an access-edge and peering-edge SBC.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Convergence Inc., a Maynard, Mass.-based provider of IP communications security, has raised $15 million in Series D funding. Backers include Highland Capital Partners, Globespan Capital Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.
More at:http://www.covergence.com/
SBCs provide a means of interfacing VoIP traffic between service providers (the peering edge) or connecting users to their real-time services (the access edge). SBCs perform a variety of functions that may include NAT traversal, topology hiding, acting as a firewall for SIP traffic, or cooperating with the existing firewall, Denial-of-Service attack prevention, call routing, codec transcoding, protocol interworking, lawful intercept and other critical functions that are necessary to deliver a quality user experience over an IP network.
Covergence is the creator of Eclipse, the industry's first session border controller specifically designed to address the unique requirements of the VoIP access edge. The core of the development and leadership team has spent their careers working in the network equipment industry at companies such as Shiva, Cascade, Aptis, Bay Networks, Nortel, Tiburon Networks and other leading organizations. While this team has had a hand in creating almost every type of network solution imaginable, they are experts in solving high-performance routing and access problems found within the Global 2000 and service providers.
What's Market Of That Kind Of Product:
The first phase of VoIP has been reached as carriers have replaced their traditional TDM transport networks and Class 4 switches with more economical IP transport and softswitches. As a result a large percentage of long distance voice transport now relies on Session Border Controllers (SBCs) to manage peering between service providers. But a peering SBC may not meet the requirements found at the access edge. The access edge SBC has to process registration traffic, manage registration floods, authenticate users, protect the service from intrusions and attacks, encrypt and decrypt signaling and media, enforce user-defined policies, and manage thousands-to-millions of active endpoints - with negligible latency, jitter and loss. This is the reason the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standard defines both an access-edge and peering-edge SBC.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Convergence Inc., a Maynard, Mass.-based provider of IP communications security, has raised $15 million in Series D funding. Backers include Highland Capital Partners, Globespan Capital Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.
More at:http://www.covergence.com/
TargetProcess helps software development companies reduce the complexity of software project management and simplifies planning
What Company is Offering:
TargetProcess is agile project management software. Designed with simplicity in mind, TargetProcess helps software development companies reduce the complexity of software project management and simplifies planning, tracking and quality assurance activities.
How It Works:
Improves communication in your project team; allows agile development in distributed teams .
Real-time progress tracking; always know the current project state and next release date.
Full support of iterative development; use it for projects of all sizes.
Variety of productivity tools; execute common tasks faster.
More at:http://www.targetprocess.com/
TargetProcess is agile project management software. Designed with simplicity in mind, TargetProcess helps software development companies reduce the complexity of software project management and simplifies planning, tracking and quality assurance activities.
How It Works:
Improves communication in your project team; allows agile development in distributed teams .
Real-time progress tracking; always know the current project state and next release date.
Full support of iterative development; use it for projects of all sizes.
Variety of productivity tools; execute common tasks faster.
More at:http://www.targetprocess.com/
Muti--- For Those Interested In AFRICA
What Company Is Offering:
Muti is a social bookmarking site inspired by reddit and Digg but dedicated to content of interest to Africans or those interested in Africa.
How it Works:
Registered users submit links to news stories, articles or any item of interest. Other users have the opportunity of voting these submissions up or down. An up vote will increase a submission's score while a down vote will decrease its score.
Voting is achieved simply by clicking on the arrows (,) which appear to the left of the submitted items. Only registered users may vote. Voting also determines the "kudus" of a user. Kudus (a word play on both "Kudos", and also a southern african antelope) are similar to what many other sites refer to as "karma". Kudus are earned (or lost) by other users voting for a submission. Thus if I submit an article and ten people vote it up whilst three vote it down, I will earn seven kudus for that article.
There are a number of different views which show the submitted items in various ways. These are explained below.
hot - This is the default view. It lists submissions in order of a "hotness" or "heat", which is calculated based on the amount of voting within recent time periods. The more up votes an item has received within recent time periods, the higher it will appear on the list. Note that the "score" displayed below each item is NOT the same as the "heat" but is rather a composite score based on voting over all time AND the number of times the item has been viewed or read.
new - This view lists submissions in the reverse order in which they were submitted, in other words the newest submissions will always be at the top of this view.
top - The top view shows the submissions in order of a composite score based on total votes of all time and on number of times the item has been viewed or read.
More at:http://muti.co.za/
Muti is a social bookmarking site inspired by reddit and Digg but dedicated to content of interest to Africans or those interested in Africa.
How it Works:
Registered users submit links to news stories, articles or any item of interest. Other users have the opportunity of voting these submissions up or down. An up vote will increase a submission's score while a down vote will decrease its score.
Voting is achieved simply by clicking on the arrows (,) which appear to the left of the submitted items. Only registered users may vote. Voting also determines the "kudus" of a user. Kudus (a word play on both "Kudos", and also a southern african antelope) are similar to what many other sites refer to as "karma". Kudus are earned (or lost) by other users voting for a submission. Thus if I submit an article and ten people vote it up whilst three vote it down, I will earn seven kudus for that article.
There are a number of different views which show the submitted items in various ways. These are explained below.
hot - This is the default view. It lists submissions in order of a "hotness" or "heat", which is calculated based on the amount of voting within recent time periods. The more up votes an item has received within recent time periods, the higher it will appear on the list. Note that the "score" displayed below each item is NOT the same as the "heat" but is rather a composite score based on voting over all time AND the number of times the item has been viewed or read.
new - This view lists submissions in the reverse order in which they were submitted, in other words the newest submissions will always be at the top of this view.
top - The top view shows the submissions in order of a composite score based on total votes of all time and on number of times the item has been viewed or read.
More at:http://muti.co.za/
Kya Kare .com---Discover And Share Events In India
What Company Is Offering:
Kya Kare in Hindi means “What do I/we do?”. It’s a common question used in India to figure out what to do next. They thought this would be quite an apt name for an events listing site.This is an event listing site for for Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata covering Arts, theatre, plays, music, dance, seminars, workshops, TV, radio, and more.
How It Works:
For any event related information you can surf their data online, it would be quite useful to have a site that lists this information. They’ve kept the site quite simple and utilitarian, without fussing too much on look and graphic elements. The site is a platform for discovering and sharing events. It’s totally free of cost and a not for profit site.
They’ve built this site and has been launched on September 16th 2007.
More at:http://www.kyakare.com/
Kya Kare in Hindi means “What do I/we do?”. It’s a common question used in India to figure out what to do next. They thought this would be quite an apt name for an events listing site.This is an event listing site for for Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata covering Arts, theatre, plays, music, dance, seminars, workshops, TV, radio, and more.
How It Works:
For any event related information you can surf their data online, it would be quite useful to have a site that lists this information. They’ve kept the site quite simple and utilitarian, without fussing too much on look and graphic elements. The site is a platform for discovering and sharing events. It’s totally free of cost and a not for profit site.
They’ve built this site and has been launched on September 16th 2007.
More at:http://www.kyakare.com/
Survelio.com simplifies the online survey process by providing human and business intelligence
What Company Is Offering:
Survelio.com simplifies the online survey process by providing human and business intelligence with a combination of quality, speed, affordability, and service.
Survelio.com is a professional survey service provided by Saisient LLC- provides survey as a service not only to get you the right information related to an individual's work, growth capabilities but also allows you to analyze methods for optimum utilization of your resources/products/needs and many such factors.
Unique Features:
Quality
Attention to detail in every element of Client interaction.
Professional project management and communication.
Accurate and insightful analysis.
Sound processes and extensive research infrastructure.
Custom/Cost Effective.
Fraction of typical cost.
100% customized .
Highly scalable.
Flexible working relationship.
More at:http://www.survelio.com/
Survelio.com simplifies the online survey process by providing human and business intelligence with a combination of quality, speed, affordability, and service.
Survelio.com is a professional survey service provided by Saisient LLC- provides survey as a service not only to get you the right information related to an individual's work, growth capabilities but also allows you to analyze methods for optimum utilization of your resources/products/needs and many such factors.
Unique Features:
Quality
Attention to detail in every element of Client interaction.
Professional project management and communication.
Accurate and insightful analysis.
Sound processes and extensive research infrastructure.
Custom/Cost Effective.
Fraction of typical cost.
100% customized .
Highly scalable.
Flexible working relationship.
More at:http://www.survelio.com/
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Zumobi takes accessing, retrieving, and sharing Web-based content beyond traditional mobile browsers
What Company Is offering:
Zumobi takes accessing, retrieving, and sharing Web-based content beyond traditional mobile browsers. Through an intuitive, lush, high-framerate user interface called Tiles, Zumobi allows people to easily “bounce” in and out of snack-sized bits information they need throughout the day, and the targeted entertainment they enjoy, while offering advertisers a better way to connect with consumers through their mobile phones.
How It Works:
Zumobi’s open platform offers a better mobile experience for business partners and developers. Zumobi delivers a device-neutral platform for building and deploying rich content for mobile phones. We make it simple and profitable to build and deliver mobile applications through a single standard for development and deployment plus an attractive revenue sharing model.
Zumobi tiles are “always on, updating & waiting for you” so there’s no frustrating browser delays as you access the broad range of interactive content and customized experiences from top-tier providers and world-class partners. Plus, Tiles can be easily sent via phone form user to user, so that you can quickly share with your friends on the spot!
A Beta version of the Zumobi SDK will be available to developers simultaneously with the launch of the Beta Program in December. Zumobi Tiles can be easily sent to other Zumobi users, allowing communities of friends to quickly create, embrace, share and use Tiles targeted to their unique interests.
More at:http://www.zumobi.com/
Zumobi takes accessing, retrieving, and sharing Web-based content beyond traditional mobile browsers. Through an intuitive, lush, high-framerate user interface called Tiles, Zumobi allows people to easily “bounce” in and out of snack-sized bits information they need throughout the day, and the targeted entertainment they enjoy, while offering advertisers a better way to connect with consumers through their mobile phones.
How It Works:
Zumobi’s open platform offers a better mobile experience for business partners and developers. Zumobi delivers a device-neutral platform for building and deploying rich content for mobile phones. We make it simple and profitable to build and deliver mobile applications through a single standard for development and deployment plus an attractive revenue sharing model.
Zumobi tiles are “always on, updating & waiting for you” so there’s no frustrating browser delays as you access the broad range of interactive content and customized experiences from top-tier providers and world-class partners. Plus, Tiles can be easily sent via phone form user to user, so that you can quickly share with your friends on the spot!
A Beta version of the Zumobi SDK will be available to developers simultaneously with the launch of the Beta Program in December. Zumobi Tiles can be easily sent to other Zumobi users, allowing communities of friends to quickly create, embrace, share and use Tiles targeted to their unique interests.
More at:http://www.zumobi.com/
CatalystOffice----Your Office Anywhere
What Company Is Offering:
CatalystOffice is the only suite of enterprise-grade communication, document management, and other office productivity applications designed to relieve you of the headaches of other enterprise solutions:
High server costs and administrative demands.
Equipment requirements and space restrictions.
Complicated and expensive licensing.
How It Works:
The software was designed for the needs of small businesses, with multiple users in different locations, and has a lot of “little” features that are missing from Microsoft Outlook and Windows.
There are 4 pricing plans starting at $25 per month – companies can add as many users as they want and the price does not increase, it’s only dependent on how much storage you use for your files (for example you get 10 Gigs of file storage for $25/month)
The setup for the software is easy to setup and despite strong competition from HyperOffice, WebEx's WebOffice, Google, Zimbra and Zoho, the simple Catalyst interfaces should help them gain traction.
You can start using CatalystOffice after your very first login. Their applications are based on familiar functions and standard business applications. CatalystOffice is designed to let you set yourself up to work the way you’re most productive.
Your data is stored in the same data centers as some of the best known Web companies in the world. It’s monitored 24x7. And daily backups ensure your data is protected.
Unique Features:
Unlimited user licenses – add people without added cost.
Flexible pricing – buy only what you need.
Geographic expansion – our system lets you work anywhere, anytime.
Changing user roles and access – easy profile management lets you do it on the fly.
Free upgrades – get the latest features and newest versions for nothing .
more at:http://www.catalystweb.com/
CatalystOffice is the only suite of enterprise-grade communication, document management, and other office productivity applications designed to relieve you of the headaches of other enterprise solutions:
High server costs and administrative demands.
Equipment requirements and space restrictions.
Complicated and expensive licensing.
How It Works:
The software was designed for the needs of small businesses, with multiple users in different locations, and has a lot of “little” features that are missing from Microsoft Outlook and Windows.
There are 4 pricing plans starting at $25 per month – companies can add as many users as they want and the price does not increase, it’s only dependent on how much storage you use for your files (for example you get 10 Gigs of file storage for $25/month)
The setup for the software is easy to setup and despite strong competition from HyperOffice, WebEx's WebOffice, Google, Zimbra and Zoho, the simple Catalyst interfaces should help them gain traction.
You can start using CatalystOffice after your very first login. Their applications are based on familiar functions and standard business applications. CatalystOffice is designed to let you set yourself up to work the way you’re most productive.
Your data is stored in the same data centers as some of the best known Web companies in the world. It’s monitored 24x7. And daily backups ensure your data is protected.
Unique Features:
Unlimited user licenses – add people without added cost.
Flexible pricing – buy only what you need.
Geographic expansion – our system lets you work anywhere, anytime.
Changing user roles and access – easy profile management lets you do it on the fly.
Free upgrades – get the latest features and newest versions for nothing .
more at:http://www.catalystweb.com/
TheAutoLog.com provides a free online system for tracking and recording vehicle maintenance information
What Company is Offering:
TheAutoLog.com provides a free online system for tracking and recording vehicle maintenance information. TheAutoLog allows its members to easily organize repairs and maintenance that have been done to their vehicles. TheAutoLog keeps a shareable, customizable, personalized profile that can display photos, general information and maintenance records of a particular vehicle.
How It Works:
1.You'll need to Log-in. Go to 'Maintenance Records' and select "Upload maintenance record" for the vehicle of your choice. Your invoice must be stored on you computer and be of type .jpg, .gif or .png. Your invoice file can not be larger than 200KB. You can reduce the size of your invoice file by using a program such as MS Paint
2.To make your vehicle profile private (only viewable by you): Log-in and click on: "Customize Profile". Next, choose the desired vehicle and click on "Profile Settings". Simply change "Profile mode: Viewable" to "Profile mode: Private". Press "Save Changes."
3.Your maintenance records are defaulted to 'Private Mode' - only you can view them. If you want others to be able to view your maintenance history (ie. a repair shop), Log-in and go to 'Maintenance Records' and click on "Maintenance Settings". You'll now see an option to make your maintenance records public.
4.You must be logged into TheAutoLog. To vote for a paticular vehicle, simply go to that vehicle's profile and under the main photo click on: 'Vote'.
TheAutoLog.com provides all of it's current features for free.
More at:http://www.theautolog.com/
TheAutoLog.com provides a free online system for tracking and recording vehicle maintenance information. TheAutoLog allows its members to easily organize repairs and maintenance that have been done to their vehicles. TheAutoLog keeps a shareable, customizable, personalized profile that can display photos, general information and maintenance records of a particular vehicle.
How It Works:
1.You'll need to Log-in. Go to 'Maintenance Records' and select "Upload maintenance record" for the vehicle of your choice. Your invoice must be stored on you computer and be of type .jpg, .gif or .png. Your invoice file can not be larger than 200KB. You can reduce the size of your invoice file by using a program such as MS Paint
2.To make your vehicle profile private (only viewable by you): Log-in and click on: "Customize Profile". Next, choose the desired vehicle and click on "Profile Settings". Simply change "Profile mode: Viewable" to "Profile mode: Private". Press "Save Changes."
3.Your maintenance records are defaulted to 'Private Mode' - only you can view them. If you want others to be able to view your maintenance history (ie. a repair shop), Log-in and go to 'Maintenance Records' and click on "Maintenance Settings". You'll now see an option to make your maintenance records public.
4.You must be logged into TheAutoLog. To vote for a paticular vehicle, simply go to that vehicle's profile and under the main photo click on: 'Vote'.
TheAutoLog.com provides all of it's current features for free.
More at:http://www.theautolog.com/
Grocery Guide
What Company is Offering:
Grocery Guide collects the grocery sales from around the country. Those sales are processed to add ratings, recipes, charts, nutritional information, tracking, sale price alerts, coupon notifications, and more.
Simply put... If you buy groceries, they can save you a lot of money. Kiss those long trips up and down the isles goodbye.
How It Works:
Ratings -
Believe it or not, a sale does not mean savings. Either write down the prices for each product for the next 19 years (yep we use that much history), or look at our star ratings next to the sale price. The choice is your's.
Grocery Coupons -
They track all coupons relating to grocery products. Some people use coupons, others don't. Either way, they make it easy for you couponers.
Recipes
So what if Chicken is on sale if you don't know what to do with it. They help by showing you recipes for many of the sale items. It makes meal planning and shopping easy. Find a recipe that you like? Be sure to create a sales alert so we know to notify you when the main ingredients go on sale.
Price Charts -
Price are continually adjusting based on supply and demand. Using their vast archive of sale prices dating back 19 years, they are able show you relevant price points to help you know whether prices might be going up or down.
More at:http://www.groceryguide.com/
Grocery Guide collects the grocery sales from around the country. Those sales are processed to add ratings, recipes, charts, nutritional information, tracking, sale price alerts, coupon notifications, and more.
Simply put... If you buy groceries, they can save you a lot of money. Kiss those long trips up and down the isles goodbye.
How It Works:
Ratings -
Believe it or not, a sale does not mean savings. Either write down the prices for each product for the next 19 years (yep we use that much history), or look at our star ratings next to the sale price. The choice is your's.
Grocery Coupons -
They track all coupons relating to grocery products. Some people use coupons, others don't. Either way, they make it easy for you couponers.
Recipes
So what if Chicken is on sale if you don't know what to do with it. They help by showing you recipes for many of the sale items. It makes meal planning and shopping easy. Find a recipe that you like? Be sure to create a sales alert so we know to notify you when the main ingredients go on sale.
Price Charts -
Price are continually adjusting based on supply and demand. Using their vast archive of sale prices dating back 19 years, they are able show you relevant price points to help you know whether prices might be going up or down.
More at:http://www.groceryguide.com/
nerdynews.com ---Submit Story Or News To Them And Make Money
What Company is Offering:
nerdynews.com is an AdSense API partner, which means that Google has bestowed on us the ability to display ads on our users behalf (with a 50% revenue share). This means that you'll make 50% of the money made off your submissions comment pages, paid to your AdSense account, by Google.
How It Works:
First, you need to create a nerdynews.com account. During this process you will be asked to either create a new Google AdSense account (which we can do behind the scenes for you) or associate with an existing account. Once your account is all set up, you can post stories. If those stories are popular, they will recieve more prominent position on the site (perhaps making it to the homepage). Each story has its own comment page. The ads shown on a stories comment page are split 50/50 with the user who submitted that story. Eventually (depending on how you've set up your Google AdSense account), Google will mail send you the money you've earned.
More at:http://www.nerdynews.com/
nerdynews.com is an AdSense API partner, which means that Google has bestowed on us the ability to display ads on our users behalf (with a 50% revenue share). This means that you'll make 50% of the money made off your submissions comment pages, paid to your AdSense account, by Google.
How It Works:
First, you need to create a nerdynews.com account. During this process you will be asked to either create a new Google AdSense account (which we can do behind the scenes for you) or associate with an existing account. Once your account is all set up, you can post stories. If those stories are popular, they will recieve more prominent position on the site (perhaps making it to the homepage). Each story has its own comment page. The ads shown on a stories comment page are split 50/50 with the user who submitted that story. Eventually (depending on how you've set up your Google AdSense account), Google will mail send you the money you've earned.
More at:http://www.nerdynews.com/
InterviewStudio combines the newest online recruiting tools into one Web portal--Digital Interview
What Company is Offering:
InterviewStudio is the most comprehensive applicant screening tool on the market, offering an exciting new platform for executive hiring. InterviewStudio combines the newest online recruiting tools into one Web portal, including: candidate profiles, video interviews, online resumes, social networking profiles, professional assessment tests, business references, and data about the candidates from internet search engines.
How It Works:
InterviewStudio is a ground breaking new platform that brings speed, efficiency and effectiveness to the hiring manager and job seeker alike.
In the time it takes a Hiring Manager to review a traditional resume, he or she can now, using InterviewStudio, review the candidate's resume, evaluate the results of a nationally recognized assessment test, watch a video taped interview, look for public information on the candidate in Google and identify their social network via LinkedIn, all from the same platform and in a matter a minutes. Based on this broad base of information on the candidate, the hiring manager can quickly determine if the individual may be the right "fit" for their firm and warrant the time and expense of an in person interview.
For job seekers, the InterviewStudio platform offers a candidate the ability to uniquely showcase their complete skills, abilities and talents to a hiring manager and dramatically improve their ability to gain an in person interview.
Who is Behind This Company:
InterviewStudio is created by an award-winning, pioneering thought leader in the recruitment solutions industry, Colleen Aylward. Colleen has spent the last 15 years as President and Founder of Northwest recruiting firm Devon James Associates, Inc. whose clients have included such industry pioneers as Amazon, Visio, Spry/Compuserve, Xylo, Quintessent Communications, Rhapsody Networks, Avenue A, Cranium, Infospace. These startup companies have depended on her strategic thinking about recruiting solutions (such as her "Onsite Recruiting War Room" model of 1992 which has widespread adoption today) in order to grow their companies quickly and cost effectively.
More at:http://www.interviewstudio.com/
InterviewStudio is the most comprehensive applicant screening tool on the market, offering an exciting new platform for executive hiring. InterviewStudio combines the newest online recruiting tools into one Web portal, including: candidate profiles, video interviews, online resumes, social networking profiles, professional assessment tests, business references, and data about the candidates from internet search engines.
How It Works:
InterviewStudio is a ground breaking new platform that brings speed, efficiency and effectiveness to the hiring manager and job seeker alike.
In the time it takes a Hiring Manager to review a traditional resume, he or she can now, using InterviewStudio, review the candidate's resume, evaluate the results of a nationally recognized assessment test, watch a video taped interview, look for public information on the candidate in Google and identify their social network via LinkedIn, all from the same platform and in a matter a minutes. Based on this broad base of information on the candidate, the hiring manager can quickly determine if the individual may be the right "fit" for their firm and warrant the time and expense of an in person interview.
For job seekers, the InterviewStudio platform offers a candidate the ability to uniquely showcase their complete skills, abilities and talents to a hiring manager and dramatically improve their ability to gain an in person interview.
Who is Behind This Company:
InterviewStudio is created by an award-winning, pioneering thought leader in the recruitment solutions industry, Colleen Aylward. Colleen has spent the last 15 years as President and Founder of Northwest recruiting firm Devon James Associates, Inc. whose clients have included such industry pioneers as Amazon, Visio, Spry/Compuserve, Xylo, Quintessent Communications, Rhapsody Networks, Avenue A, Cranium, Infospace. These startup companies have depended on her strategic thinking about recruiting solutions (such as her "Onsite Recruiting War Room" model of 1992 which has widespread adoption today) in order to grow their companies quickly and cost effectively.
More at:http://www.interviewstudio.com/
Pouchons is the first real Hip-Hop social networking website
What Company is Offering:
Pouchons is the first real Hip-Hop social networking website where members stay in touch with their homies, connect with homies, share photos, discover new interests and just hang out.Pouchons.com was founded by Thierry Bellevue and launched in August of 2005 as a french only website. One year and half later, Thierry decided to work on an improved version of the website, bringing Pouchons.com to another level.
In the peak of fall, in November 2007, the old and the new platforms were merged and branded to become the first Hip-Hop social network on the Web.
Pouchons, Inc. is based in Montreal, Canada.
How It works:
Accessing your account with your email (avoiding you to forgot the handle that you just changed).
Many privacy options such as make your profile visible only to your friends.
Blocking access to your profile to an age range users.
Receiving private shout outs only or public only .
See who’s online by age or by gender .
All members are kept in the same zone (country) - United-States, Canada, France
Search on all website (powered by Google) .
Improved profile - you can now change the colors and the fonts of your profile .
Improved friends system - it works now by requests .
Improved ratings system - send rating automatically .
Improved Control Panel.
Chat System.
Uploading up to 20 pictures (Up to unlimited eventually) .
You can write comments on users’ pictures.
And many more…
Pouchons is the first real Hip-Hop social networking website where members stay in touch with their homies, connect with homies, share photos, discover new interests and just hang out.Pouchons.com was founded by Thierry Bellevue and launched in August of 2005 as a french only website. One year and half later, Thierry decided to work on an improved version of the website, bringing Pouchons.com to another level.
In the peak of fall, in November 2007, the old and the new platforms were merged and branded to become the first Hip-Hop social network on the Web.
Pouchons, Inc. is based in Montreal, Canada.
How It works:
Accessing your account with your email (avoiding you to forgot the handle that you just changed).
Many privacy options such as make your profile visible only to your friends.
Blocking access to your profile to an age range users.
Receiving private shout outs only or public only .
See who’s online by age or by gender .
All members are kept in the same zone (country) - United-States, Canada, France
Search on all website (powered by Google) .
Improved profile - you can now change the colors and the fonts of your profile .
Improved friends system - it works now by requests .
Improved ratings system - send rating automatically .
Improved Control Panel.
Chat System.
Uploading up to 20 pictures (Up to unlimited eventually) .
You can write comments on users’ pictures.
And many more…
Exhibit 2.0
What company is Offering:
Create interactive data-rich web pages without ever touching a database or a web server, or doing any programming.
How It works:
Exhibit is a three-tier web application framework written in Javascript, which you can include like you would include Google Maps.
If you just want to show a few hundred records of data on maps, timelines, scatter plots, interactive tables, etc., why bother learning SQL, ASP, PHP, CGI, or whatever when you can just use Exhibit?
To use Exhibit, you write: a simple data file, and an HTML file in which you specify how the data should be shown. Data + Presentation. That's all there is to publishing, as it should be.
Actually, there is nothing to download—you didn't have to download Google Maps, did you?! Exhibit is also a Web API. All you need is reference its Javascript. Nothing to download; nothing to install. Welcome to a new era of software development.
But if you absolutely have to download something just to feel better about it, or if you have extra disk space to waste, sure, here's how to download Exhibit's source code.
More at:http://simile.mit.edu/
Create interactive data-rich web pages without ever touching a database or a web server, or doing any programming.
How It works:
Exhibit is a three-tier web application framework written in Javascript, which you can include like you would include Google Maps.
If you just want to show a few hundred records of data on maps, timelines, scatter plots, interactive tables, etc., why bother learning SQL, ASP, PHP, CGI, or whatever when you can just use Exhibit?
To use Exhibit, you write: a simple data file, and an HTML file in which you specify how the data should be shown. Data + Presentation. That's all there is to publishing, as it should be.
Actually, there is nothing to download—you didn't have to download Google Maps, did you?! Exhibit is also a Web API. All you need is reference its Javascript. Nothing to download; nothing to install. Welcome to a new era of software development.
But if you absolutely have to download something just to feel better about it, or if you have extra disk space to waste, sure, here's how to download Exhibit's source code.
More at:http://simile.mit.edu/
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Christmas Tree Company
What Company Is Offering:
CRE Loaded Standard Version is the perfect application to power your e-Commerce websites. However, if you need features that only a Pro-level application can deliver, please take a look at all the powerful options our Pro Version adds. If you are looking to deploy a powerful Business to Business solution, our Pro B2B has added features to enhance sales and productivity.
How it Works;
Tannenbaum's sells farm fresh wreaths and Christmas trees all across the United States. Order a fresh tree from Tannenbaum's today and enjoy the soft needles and fresh pine scent of a real Christmas tree. The founding of Tannenbaum’s was motivated to promote a convenient and eco-friendly traditional Christmas celebration. Its founders have more than 20 years collective experience in internet retailing, marketing and search engine optimization. By venturing with experienced and well-established tree growers nationwide, Tannenbaum’s is able to offer its customers with a variety of premium, freshly-cut Christmas trees delivered to their front door directly from the growers.
More at:http://www.premiumchristmastree.com/
CRE Loaded Standard Version is the perfect application to power your e-Commerce websites. However, if you need features that only a Pro-level application can deliver, please take a look at all the powerful options our Pro Version adds. If you are looking to deploy a powerful Business to Business solution, our Pro B2B has added features to enhance sales and productivity.
How it Works;
Tannenbaum's sells farm fresh wreaths and Christmas trees all across the United States. Order a fresh tree from Tannenbaum's today and enjoy the soft needles and fresh pine scent of a real Christmas tree. The founding of Tannenbaum’s was motivated to promote a convenient and eco-friendly traditional Christmas celebration. Its founders have more than 20 years collective experience in internet retailing, marketing and search engine optimization. By venturing with experienced and well-established tree growers nationwide, Tannenbaum’s is able to offer its customers with a variety of premium, freshly-cut Christmas trees delivered to their front door directly from the growers.
More at:http://www.premiumchristmastree.com/
HDRJapan---Travel Information For Japan
what Company is Offering:
While specializing in artistic and editorial images, we utilize various media and provide general information about the following: HDR Photography: Okinawa Travel : Okinawa Japan : Japan Pictures : Okinawa Map : Naha Okinawa : Okinawa Weather : Okinawa Travel Agencies : Okinawa Aquarium : Okinawa Pictures : Okinawa Schools : Okinawa News : Flight to Okinawa : Okinawa Hotels : Battle of Okinawa : Okinawa Marine : Blog Hosting : Image Hosting : Picture Hosting, and more.
How It Works:
Members can post blogs, maintain a personal profile, stay connected with friends in Japan, and upload HDR images in the photo gallery. As a community resource HDR Japan features high dynamic range photography of Japan in an attempt to provide a visually stunning travel resource for this region. Unlike other online guides who can't really guide you through Japan, we want to make sure that you get a taste of this beautiful region. HDR Japan provides a comprehensive, integrated and unique infrastructure, for all types of information about HDR Photography in Japan. It’s the first community based website featuring HDR Photography from Japan.
More at:http://www.hdrjapan.com/
While specializing in artistic and editorial images, we utilize various media and provide general information about the following: HDR Photography: Okinawa Travel : Okinawa Japan : Japan Pictures : Okinawa Map : Naha Okinawa : Okinawa Weather : Okinawa Travel Agencies : Okinawa Aquarium : Okinawa Pictures : Okinawa Schools : Okinawa News : Flight to Okinawa : Okinawa Hotels : Battle of Okinawa : Okinawa Marine : Blog Hosting : Image Hosting : Picture Hosting, and more.
How It Works:
Members can post blogs, maintain a personal profile, stay connected with friends in Japan, and upload HDR images in the photo gallery. As a community resource HDR Japan features high dynamic range photography of Japan in an attempt to provide a visually stunning travel resource for this region. Unlike other online guides who can't really guide you through Japan, we want to make sure that you get a taste of this beautiful region. HDR Japan provides a comprehensive, integrated and unique infrastructure, for all types of information about HDR Photography in Japan. It’s the first community based website featuring HDR Photography from Japan.
More at:http://www.hdrjapan.com/
RealPing Is Conversion Tool For E- Marketing
What Company is Offering:
RealPING is a consumer focused communications tool that empowers real-time assistance for your website visitors. When questions arise and prospects are on your site, looking at tours, reading your email, they need help now. Not tomorrow, not by an email, they demand immediacy. VOIP Widget that connects web site caller with button owner. Once bridged the button owner can control the screen of the calling party with their cell phone- this process has a patent on it. Over 17,000 users as of last week- launched for realtors now going into other industries.
How It Works:
realPING service starts with offering an e- button on all your web-pages,tours, listings and in your email signature. When you determine what hours you want to be reachable, your button will display and be clickable. The consumer on your site enters their phone number where they are NOW, their phone will ring NOW and your desired phone number, perhaps your cell phone, will ring NOW. You have just delivered on the promise that the two of you will talk NOW. So far they are WOWed at how instant the service is. But there is more.
It's 8 PM and your realPING button is ON, so it is clickable in your email, on your website, next to your listings and virtual tours. You are not in the office, or maybe in your car. Your cell rings and the caller ID shows "REALPING". You know that there is someone on your site NOW that needs help. You take the call and handle the inquiry.... but imagine being able to control their screen from your phone! NOW, you can push virtual tours, webpages anything that you want them to see all by pushing pre-set buttons on your Cell phone!
More at:http://www.realping.com/
RealPING is a consumer focused communications tool that empowers real-time assistance for your website visitors. When questions arise and prospects are on your site, looking at tours, reading your email, they need help now. Not tomorrow, not by an email, they demand immediacy. VOIP Widget that connects web site caller with button owner. Once bridged the button owner can control the screen of the calling party with their cell phone- this process has a patent on it. Over 17,000 users as of last week- launched for realtors now going into other industries.
How It Works:
realPING service starts with offering an e- button on all your web-pages,tours, listings and in your email signature. When you determine what hours you want to be reachable, your button will display and be clickable. The consumer on your site enters their phone number where they are NOW, their phone will ring NOW and your desired phone number, perhaps your cell phone, will ring NOW. You have just delivered on the promise that the two of you will talk NOW. So far they are WOWed at how instant the service is. But there is more.
It's 8 PM and your realPING button is ON, so it is clickable in your email, on your website, next to your listings and virtual tours. You are not in the office, or maybe in your car. Your cell rings and the caller ID shows "REALPING". You know that there is someone on your site NOW that needs help. You take the call and handle the inquiry.... but imagine being able to control their screen from your phone! NOW, you can push virtual tours, webpages anything that you want them to see all by pushing pre-set buttons on your Cell phone!
More at:http://www.realping.com/
Redbaby Got $25 million in new VC funding
VCS Funding:
Redbaby Information Technology Co. Ltd., an ecommerce company focused on baby products for the China market, reportedly has raised $25 million in new VC funding.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the deal, and was joined by return backers NEA and Northern Light Venture Capital It plans to go public next year on an overseas exchange. www.redbaby.com.cn.
More at:www.redbaby.com.cn
Redbaby Information Technology Co. Ltd., an ecommerce company focused on baby products for the China market, reportedly has raised $25 million in new VC funding.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the deal, and was joined by return backers NEA and Northern Light Venture Capital It plans to go public next year on an overseas exchange. www.redbaby.com.cn.
More at:www.redbaby.com.cn
PMbuzz is built for the nightlife community
What Company is Offering:
PMbuzz is built for the nightlife community. Its where the out late crowd mixes it up with clubs, DJs, promoters and entertainers. Get the word (pictures, music and video) on the street from the people making the scene.
Join your favorite clubs crowd (sort of a friends list for clubs) to get notified of events as theyre listed. Use your calendar to find out which of your friends is planning to be there. Blast a message out to your crew to let them know where to meet and when.
PMbuzz.com is targeted at nightlife enthusiasts, club venues, promoters, and entertainers to interact.
How It Works:
Members of the website can create user profiles, identify "friends", share media, blog, peruse photos from past club events, and discover what's going on in the New York night scene.
Members can see who's going where, who's "spinning" and promoting where, and how to get on the VIP lists to ensure door entrance.
A page on PMbuzz lets you reach out to your patrons and attract new ones. It gives your publicity people a place to connect with patrons one-on-one. Youll be listed in a separate navigation for clubs, meaning youre easier to find and always in good company.
And because PMbuzz is focused exclusively on nightlife, its a great place to advertise events and specials and to showcase your clubs vibe.
Its totally free.
More at:http://www.pmbuzz.com/
PMbuzz is built for the nightlife community. Its where the out late crowd mixes it up with clubs, DJs, promoters and entertainers. Get the word (pictures, music and video) on the street from the people making the scene.
Join your favorite clubs crowd (sort of a friends list for clubs) to get notified of events as theyre listed. Use your calendar to find out which of your friends is planning to be there. Blast a message out to your crew to let them know where to meet and when.
PMbuzz.com is targeted at nightlife enthusiasts, club venues, promoters, and entertainers to interact.
How It Works:
Members of the website can create user profiles, identify "friends", share media, blog, peruse photos from past club events, and discover what's going on in the New York night scene.
Members can see who's going where, who's "spinning" and promoting where, and how to get on the VIP lists to ensure door entrance.
A page on PMbuzz lets you reach out to your patrons and attract new ones. It gives your publicity people a place to connect with patrons one-on-one. Youll be listed in a separate navigation for clubs, meaning youre easier to find and always in good company.
And because PMbuzz is focused exclusively on nightlife, its a great place to advertise events and specials and to showcase your clubs vibe.
Its totally free.
More at:http://www.pmbuzz.com/
Game Hunt---Hunt Down Your Game
What Company Is Offering:
Game-Hunt is the only search engine in the world where you can find games based on what you like best in them. All the criteria is compared to games in the database. The games that match the most criteria are listed. That means if you want a free game, that's all you will see.
How It Works:
Game-Hunt is a user goverened search engine.
Anyone can add games, anyone can modify games, and anyone can report games without having to register.
If you see something that needs to be changed, you have the power to change it. This creates a unique environment that you can only find at Game-Hunt.
More at:http://www.game-hunt.com/
Game-Hunt is the only search engine in the world where you can find games based on what you like best in them. All the criteria is compared to games in the database. The games that match the most criteria are listed. That means if you want a free game, that's all you will see.
How It Works:
Game-Hunt is a user goverened search engine.
Anyone can add games, anyone can modify games, and anyone can report games without having to register.
If you see something that needs to be changed, you have the power to change it. This creates a unique environment that you can only find at Game-Hunt.
More at:http://www.game-hunt.com/
Yamli is the tool that finally allows you to easily access and expand the Arabic Web
What Company Is Offering:
Yamli is the tool that finally allows you to easily access and expand the Arabic Web.
Yamli, in Arabic "يملي", comes from the noun "إملاء" which refers to dictation or transcription of spoken text.
How It Works:
Using Yamli is very easy. Simply spell out each Arabic word the way you would pronounce it, and Yamli will convert it to the corresponding Arabic word using its patent pending technology.
You can also use common shortcut characters. For example "3" for "ع", "2" for "Ø¡", "7" for "Ø", etc ...
You can easily search for Arabic content on the web using our search tool, including web sites, news, images, videos, and blogs, powered by Google.
Yamli Editor allows you to write multiple lines of text in Arabic. You can then copy and paste into the application of your choice.
More at:http://www.yamli.com/
Yamli is the tool that finally allows you to easily access and expand the Arabic Web.
Yamli, in Arabic "يملي", comes from the noun "إملاء" which refers to dictation or transcription of spoken text.
How It Works:
Using Yamli is very easy. Simply spell out each Arabic word the way you would pronounce it, and Yamli will convert it to the corresponding Arabic word using its patent pending technology.
You can also use common shortcut characters. For example "3" for "ع", "2" for "Ø¡", "7" for "Ø", etc ...
You can easily search for Arabic content on the web using our search tool, including web sites, news, images, videos, and blogs, powered by Google.
Yamli Editor allows you to write multiple lines of text in Arabic. You can then copy and paste into the application of your choice.
More at:http://www.yamli.com/
Camerarenter--Rent A Digital Cameras
What Company Is Offering:
Camerarenter's easy-to-use digital photo/video cameras, convenient photo and video sharing, and Custom DVD Movies provide a great opportunity for weddings with smaller budgets and are excellent complements to professional wedding photographers.
How it works:
1.Cameras delivered to your doorstep
Sit back and relax. You have enough to plan and worry about. CameraRenter mails easy-to-use digital photo/video cameras right to you along with return postage.
2. Give cameras to your friends and family
Have fun. Your friends and family have a great time capturing every aspect of your event with high quality digital pictures and videos.
3. Remember and share everything
Treasure your event forever. We create a Custom Event Website with all of your pictures and videos for easy print ordering, viewing, downloading, and sharing.
4.Remember everything with a Custom DVD
CameraRenter also offers Custom DVD Movies containing your favorite pictures and movies from your event. What better way to enjoy all of your cherished moments than sitting down with your friends and family and watching a DVD of them? And what better way to say thank you than with a DVD movie of all of the memories your friends and family helped you make?
More at:http://www.camerarenter.com/
Camerarenter's easy-to-use digital photo/video cameras, convenient photo and video sharing, and Custom DVD Movies provide a great opportunity for weddings with smaller budgets and are excellent complements to professional wedding photographers.
How it works:
1.Cameras delivered to your doorstep
Sit back and relax. You have enough to plan and worry about. CameraRenter mails easy-to-use digital photo/video cameras right to you along with return postage.
2. Give cameras to your friends and family
Have fun. Your friends and family have a great time capturing every aspect of your event with high quality digital pictures and videos.
3. Remember and share everything
Treasure your event forever. We create a Custom Event Website with all of your pictures and videos for easy print ordering, viewing, downloading, and sharing.
4.Remember everything with a Custom DVD
CameraRenter also offers Custom DVD Movies containing your favorite pictures and movies from your event. What better way to enjoy all of your cherished moments than sitting down with your friends and family and watching a DVD of them? And what better way to say thank you than with a DVD movie of all of the memories your friends and family helped you make?
More at:http://www.camerarenter.com/
XAKASHA--Present Your Life And Its Experience
What Company Is Offering:
You can present your life and experiences with xakasha, and link yourself with other people around you. This will comprise a world memory- consisting of individual life paths and events.
How It Works:
Create your personal life path (=akasha) with photos, videos and event descriptions.
Link your akasha with others.
Explore the life paths of other people that you know or don't know (yet).
Find people that you are similar to.
Assign privacy levels to your events.
More at:http://beta.xakasha.com/
You can present your life and experiences with xakasha, and link yourself with other people around you. This will comprise a world memory- consisting of individual life paths and events.
How It Works:
Create your personal life path (=akasha) with photos, videos and event descriptions.
Link your akasha with others.
Explore the life paths of other people that you know or don't know (yet).
Find people that you are similar to.
Assign privacy levels to your events.
More at:http://beta.xakasha.com/
Friday, November 23, 2007
Countrysize--Find out how big a country is by comparing it to somewhere you know well.
What Company is Offering:
Find out how big a country is by comparing it to somewhere you know well.
Countrysize is a personal attempt to make it easier to understand events - natural disasters, wars, politics - which take place on a scale which is hard to understand.
How It Works:
The idea is that you can compare the area of interest to an area you are more familiar with. It can only be a rough approximation of the true scale.
CIA has given most of the data and maps used on this site. The global factbook is a comprehensive resource which I believe they are required to make available to the public because of US laws. I'm sure this obligation doesn't extend to non Americans like me, so I hope they don't mind ;-O
Maps of Scotland, England, and Wales were found on the Wikimedia Commons project.
More at:http://www.countrysize.com/
Find out how big a country is by comparing it to somewhere you know well.
Countrysize is a personal attempt to make it easier to understand events - natural disasters, wars, politics - which take place on a scale which is hard to understand.
How It Works:
The idea is that you can compare the area of interest to an area you are more familiar with. It can only be a rough approximation of the true scale.
CIA has given most of the data and maps used on this site. The global factbook is a comprehensive resource which I believe they are required to make available to the public because of US laws. I'm sure this obligation doesn't extend to non Americans like me, so I hope they don't mind ;-O
Maps of Scotland, England, and Wales were found on the Wikimedia Commons project.
More at:http://www.countrysize.com/
Carbonrally is a web-based activism platform offering individuals and groups a fun, simple and social way to have a measurable impact on climate chang
What Company is Offering:
Carbonrally is a web-based activism platform offering individuals and groups a fun, simple and social way to have a measurable impact on climate change.
How It Works:
They would create a place where many people could discover and commit to small, positive actions over time. People on the site could propose great ideas for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and the community would choose the best ideas to pursue as a team. They’d track the collective impacts, and show the power of many people getting the job done together. Bit by bit, the community would learn the connections between climate and lifestyle, and rack-up literally tons of carbon benefits along the way. The Internet would make the process surprisingly fun and social… they’d celebrate and we’d compete!
They’ll post a Featured Challenge every few weeks on the site, and they’ll notify you by email when thye do. Most challenges are easy, short-term actions, but theye’ll throw in a doozy from time to time to keep it interesting. If the Featured Challenge doesn’t apply to you, or is something you’re already in the habit of doing, then you can look at the Previous Challenges where you might find some other actions that make more sense for you.
You can see how you’re doing by visiting your My Carbon Page. Or, view the Total Impact Map for a real-time snapshot of Rally results in different parts of the country. There are also impact maps associated with each challenge. On any map, you can click on a green bar to learn more about the people and action in a certain city.
more at:http://carbonrally.com/
Carbonrally is a web-based activism platform offering individuals and groups a fun, simple and social way to have a measurable impact on climate change.
How It Works:
They would create a place where many people could discover and commit to small, positive actions over time. People on the site could propose great ideas for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and the community would choose the best ideas to pursue as a team. They’d track the collective impacts, and show the power of many people getting the job done together. Bit by bit, the community would learn the connections between climate and lifestyle, and rack-up literally tons of carbon benefits along the way. The Internet would make the process surprisingly fun and social… they’d celebrate and we’d compete!
They’ll post a Featured Challenge every few weeks on the site, and they’ll notify you by email when thye do. Most challenges are easy, short-term actions, but theye’ll throw in a doozy from time to time to keep it interesting. If the Featured Challenge doesn’t apply to you, or is something you’re already in the habit of doing, then you can look at the Previous Challenges where you might find some other actions that make more sense for you.
You can see how you’re doing by visiting your My Carbon Page. Or, view the Total Impact Map for a real-time snapshot of Rally results in different parts of the country. There are also impact maps associated with each challenge. On any map, you can click on a green bar to learn more about the people and action in a certain city.
more at:http://carbonrally.com/
TopNetPix is the ultimate "Aggrecilitator" on the Internet--Human Powered Search
What Company is Offering:
TopNetPix is the ultimate "Aggrecilitator" on the Internet! They aggregate best-of-breed sites from the entire 'world' in a way which significantly improves your efficiency online for both searches and overall browsing, a significant improvement over the major players. They are part of ETR Group, LLC, which is a Wisconsin company. Our primary office is in Scottsdale, Arizona, although our staff works from different locations throughout the United States.
How it Works:
TopNetPix is the ultimate aggregator of human-powered search, exceptional content and customized personalization tools. Think of a combination of Mahalo, Yahoo, and Netvibes. Their goal is to become everyone's starting home page.
As a business model, the TopNetPix solution is a 'thin application' over the content of hundreds of other providers, aggregating best-of-breed. The application is currently monetized through paid advertising located on the search destination pages.
In Future They Promise To ADD:
To create hyper-narrow verticals for your search experience. But for the time being, we're dedicated to creating a search engine and content page that is far more satisfying than the major players now.
If we haven't convinced you to make us your home starting page, then we have a lot of work ahead of us.
More at:http://www.topnetpix.com/
TopNetPix is the ultimate "Aggrecilitator" on the Internet! They aggregate best-of-breed sites from the entire 'world' in a way which significantly improves your efficiency online for both searches and overall browsing, a significant improvement over the major players. They are part of ETR Group, LLC, which is a Wisconsin company. Our primary office is in Scottsdale, Arizona, although our staff works from different locations throughout the United States.
How it Works:
TopNetPix is the ultimate aggregator of human-powered search, exceptional content and customized personalization tools. Think of a combination of Mahalo, Yahoo, and Netvibes. Their goal is to become everyone's starting home page.
As a business model, the TopNetPix solution is a 'thin application' over the content of hundreds of other providers, aggregating best-of-breed. The application is currently monetized through paid advertising located on the search destination pages.
In Future They Promise To ADD:
To create hyper-narrow verticals for your search experience. But for the time being, we're dedicated to creating a search engine and content page that is far more satisfying than the major players now.
If we haven't convinced you to make us your home starting page, then we have a lot of work ahead of us.
More at:http://www.topnetpix.com/
palabea connects people around the world who share the same interest in learning languages and discovering different cultures
What Company is Offering:
As an international community, palabea connects people around the world who share the same interest in learning languages and discovering different cultures.
How It works:
Just like any other community but it is primarily dedicated to different languages and cultures.
Every language shows us new countries, helps us make new friends and breaks down barriers.
Let's share our languages to create a speaking world.
More at:http://www.palabea.net/
As an international community, palabea connects people around the world who share the same interest in learning languages and discovering different cultures.
How It works:
Just like any other community but it is primarily dedicated to different languages and cultures.
Every language shows us new countries, helps us make new friends and breaks down barriers.
Let's share our languages to create a speaking world.
More at:http://www.palabea.net/
The Web 2.0 Marketplace
The Web 2.0 Marketplace is a place to list Web 2.0 and “New Media” websites for sale, job offers, consulting services, Facebook development services and more.
New Listings
SXP.com Website and Domain for Sale
SXP.com, also SocialXperience.com, is a new take on the web 2.0/Social Networking Blog. We partner …
XWiki is looking for sales partners.
XWiki is pleased to announce that we are opening up a comprehensive partner program to select consul…
Flagxo.com - Travel & Review Site FOR SALE
Flagxo.com. provides user-generated content to the world’s most sophisticated travelers. Uou can r…
Vavaz.com - Custom Bags & Packaging FOR SALE!
Vavaz.com Inc. (Vavaz) is an internet manufacturer of custom packaging. Target Customer is the Smal…
Video Sharing - Film and Entertainment
Liberatedfilms.com is a video sharing site with a film and entertainment focus, although we accept n…
Via-Mashable
New Listings
SXP.com Website and Domain for Sale
SXP.com, also SocialXperience.com, is a new take on the web 2.0/Social Networking Blog. We partner …
XWiki is looking for sales partners.
XWiki is pleased to announce that we are opening up a comprehensive partner program to select consul…
Flagxo.com - Travel & Review Site FOR SALE
Flagxo.com. provides user-generated content to the world’s most sophisticated travelers. Uou can r…
Vavaz.com - Custom Bags & Packaging FOR SALE!
Vavaz.com Inc. (Vavaz) is an internet manufacturer of custom packaging. Target Customer is the Smal…
Video Sharing - Film and Entertainment
Liberatedfilms.com is a video sharing site with a film and entertainment focus, although we accept n…
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Tagiton "6 Degrees of Separation"
What Company is Offering:
Based on the theory of "6 Degrees of Separation" you're now able to reach your 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree of friends.
By building on the successful elements of email and integrating your social circle you'll be able to ask questions, help your friends and communicate online like never before.
Tagiton was developed to provide users with an efficient method of communication with their circle of friends. Through our clean design we have implemented a service that leverages the unique theory of "Six Degrees of Separation". Now by sending and receiving Tags from your 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree, you have access to three layers of your social circle.
How It Works:
Communicating on a Tag allows a user to get trusted advice from friends, ask questions, plan events, stay in touch, share information, find old friends and make new ones without compromising personal privacy. Finally there is an improvement in social communication.
By building on the successful fundamentals of email and integrating a user's social circle. The power is back in the user's hands and the possibilities are endless.
More at:http://www.tagiton.com/
Based on the theory of "6 Degrees of Separation" you're now able to reach your 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree of friends.
By building on the successful elements of email and integrating your social circle you'll be able to ask questions, help your friends and communicate online like never before.
Tagiton was developed to provide users with an efficient method of communication with their circle of friends. Through our clean design we have implemented a service that leverages the unique theory of "Six Degrees of Separation". Now by sending and receiving Tags from your 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree, you have access to three layers of your social circle.
How It Works:
Communicating on a Tag allows a user to get trusted advice from friends, ask questions, plan events, stay in touch, share information, find old friends and make new ones without compromising personal privacy. Finally there is an improvement in social communication.
By building on the successful fundamentals of email and integrating a user's social circle. The power is back in the user's hands and the possibilities are endless.
More at:http://www.tagiton.com/
On Lootist, you can discover the best products
What Company is Offering:
On Lootist, you can discover the best products by hobby or interest
with guidance from real-life specialists.on Lootist, people looking for great products can get recommendations from real-world specialists. This guidance comes in handy when you know who you’re shopping for, but not necessarily what you’re shopping for. For instance, if you’re looking for a gift for a friend who enjoys cooking, wouldn’t it be helpful to get shopping advice from a professional chef?
How It Works:
All the product recommendations on Lootist are submitted by their community, which is made up of real people, like you. They display every specialist’s qualifications, and the endorsements he or she has received from others in the community.
Looting is the act of recommending a product from any site on the Web. All of your recommendations are displayed in your Lootist profile. Lootist provides several ways for you to get the recognition you deserve for your knowledge and helpfulness. When you declare a specialty, you can earn endorsements from other Lootists, get featured on the home page, get badges for your profile, and show up in relevant search results.
As a specialist, you can also showcase your specialty and endorsements on your blog or personal Web site with a Lootist widget.
To declare a specialty, click the "My Specialties" tab at the top of any page. You can declare up to three specialties, and you can declare, edit, or undeclare them at any time.
More at:http://www.lootist.com/
On Lootist, you can discover the best products by hobby or interest
with guidance from real-life specialists.on Lootist, people looking for great products can get recommendations from real-world specialists. This guidance comes in handy when you know who you’re shopping for, but not necessarily what you’re shopping for. For instance, if you’re looking for a gift for a friend who enjoys cooking, wouldn’t it be helpful to get shopping advice from a professional chef?
How It Works:
All the product recommendations on Lootist are submitted by their community, which is made up of real people, like you. They display every specialist’s qualifications, and the endorsements he or she has received from others in the community.
Looting is the act of recommending a product from any site on the Web. All of your recommendations are displayed in your Lootist profile. Lootist provides several ways for you to get the recognition you deserve for your knowledge and helpfulness. When you declare a specialty, you can earn endorsements from other Lootists, get featured on the home page, get badges for your profile, and show up in relevant search results.
As a specialist, you can also showcase your specialty and endorsements on your blog or personal Web site with a Lootist widget.
To declare a specialty, click the "My Specialties" tab at the top of any page. You can declare up to three specialties, and you can declare, edit, or undeclare them at any time.
More at:http://www.lootist.com/
Gas Pumps Meets Google
What Company is Offering:
Gilbarco Veeder-Root's new Applause media system lets consumers display maps, find local listings, and print driving directions and money-saving coupons right at the pump. The technology is an extension of Gilbarco’s SMART Merchandising System for delivering promotions and coupons at the fuel dispenser, and brings the power of Google to gas customers through a live internet connection.Gilbarco Veeder-Root provides fueling and retail management systems for convenience stores, hypermarkets and service stations. Products include dispensers, tank gauges, submersible pumps, POS, back office and service monitoring.
How It Works:
Users can view maps on the pump’s screen, search Google’s local business listings by category (restaurant, hospital, gift shop, etc.), and print easy-to-read driving directions to go right on the pump's receipt printer.
The technology is expected to start appearing in gas stations throughout the U.S. next month, and could result in increased sales for those that use it.
"Getting directions at the pump is safer than using internet-enabled devices from the driver’s seat and far more reliable than just asking a stranger," explains Kirsten Paust, vice president of global retail systems at North Carolina-based Gilbarco Veeder-Root. "We believe consumers will prefer convenience stores that deliver useful information and ultimate convenience. Retailers who use these tools will make themselves more valuable to consumers and gain the competitive edge."
More at:www.gilbarco.com
Gilbarco Veeder-Root's new Applause media system lets consumers display maps, find local listings, and print driving directions and money-saving coupons right at the pump. The technology is an extension of Gilbarco’s SMART Merchandising System for delivering promotions and coupons at the fuel dispenser, and brings the power of Google to gas customers through a live internet connection.Gilbarco Veeder-Root provides fueling and retail management systems for convenience stores, hypermarkets and service stations. Products include dispensers, tank gauges, submersible pumps, POS, back office and service monitoring.
How It Works:
Users can view maps on the pump’s screen, search Google’s local business listings by category (restaurant, hospital, gift shop, etc.), and print easy-to-read driving directions to go right on the pump's receipt printer.
The technology is expected to start appearing in gas stations throughout the U.S. next month, and could result in increased sales for those that use it.
"Getting directions at the pump is safer than using internet-enabled devices from the driver’s seat and far more reliable than just asking a stranger," explains Kirsten Paust, vice president of global retail systems at North Carolina-based Gilbarco Veeder-Root. "We believe consumers will prefer convenience stores that deliver useful information and ultimate convenience. Retailers who use these tools will make themselves more valuable to consumers and gain the competitive edge."
More at:www.gilbarco.com
1000Keyboards
What Company is Offering:
1000Keyboards is a website created for writers to submit, share, critique and communicate in an environment tuned to promote growth and exposure.
How It works:
Simply click the 'sign up for free' link in the main menu.Click the submit story button in personal menu in the sidebar. You must be logged in to submit a story.You do! You retain all the copyright to all stories and comments you submit.
You can format your stories using the default paragraph style.
You can use bold by wrapping text in the or tags.
You can create italicized text by wrapping it in the or tags.
You can create a horizontal rule to break up your paragraphs by adding a double line break etc..
More at:http://1000keyboards.com/
1000Keyboards is a website created for writers to submit, share, critique and communicate in an environment tuned to promote growth and exposure.
How It works:
Simply click the 'sign up for free' link in the main menu.Click the submit story button in personal menu in the sidebar. You must be logged in to submit a story.You do! You retain all the copyright to all stories and comments you submit.
You can format your stories using the default paragraph style.
You can use bold by wrapping text in the
You can create italicized text by wrapping it in the or tags.
You can create a horizontal rule to break up your paragraphs by adding a double line break etc..
More at:http://1000keyboards.com/
CoworkersAds.com is an online classifieds service--only your colleagues can see and respond to your ads
What Company is offering:
CoworkersAds.com is an online classifieds service that allows members to find and sell items exclusively among their co-workers community-all for free! All dealings are within trusted network of people: colleagues working for the same company, people you know and trust in real life.
The emphasis is on establishing trust, security and privacy, which is extremely important when buying or selling items, and nothing can be more reliable than your co-workers community.
Buyers and sellers are able to meet in person and “try before buy”. This breaks down online shopping barriers.
How It works:
With CoWorkersads, only your colleagues can see and respond to your ads. Your work email address domain determines access. Your dealings will only take place within your trusted network of work mates, people you see every day and people you know. Ads are free to post. You can search locally by inputting your company +country where you work, thus you needn’t see ads from colleagues living thousands of miles away. Alternately, search by category. Once you see an item you like, meet up with your fellow worker and test it out before you buy it. CoWorkersAds puts trust and confidence back into the marketplace.
More at:http://www.coworkersads.com/
CoworkersAds.com is an online classifieds service that allows members to find and sell items exclusively among their co-workers community-all for free! All dealings are within trusted network of people: colleagues working for the same company, people you know and trust in real life.
The emphasis is on establishing trust, security and privacy, which is extremely important when buying or selling items, and nothing can be more reliable than your co-workers community.
Buyers and sellers are able to meet in person and “try before buy”. This breaks down online shopping barriers.
How It works:
With CoWorkersads, only your colleagues can see and respond to your ads. Your work email address domain determines access. Your dealings will only take place within your trusted network of work mates, people you see every day and people you know. Ads are free to post. You can search locally by inputting your company +country where you work, thus you needn’t see ads from colleagues living thousands of miles away. Alternately, search by category. Once you see an item you like, meet up with your fellow worker and test it out before you buy it. CoWorkersAds puts trust and confidence back into the marketplace.
More at:http://www.coworkersads.com/
ShopWiki is a shopping search engine designed to help consumers find specific products on the Internet
What Company Is Offering:
ShopWiki is a shopping search engine designed to help consumers find specific products on the Internet with ease. It is the only shopping search engine that combines advanced Web-crawling technology with consumer-written wiki.
How It Works:
ShopWiki actively crawls more than 180,000 online stores to ensure you’ll find the products you want at the best prices.Searches may be refined by price range, brand, sites, and even color. Users can create wikis for any product—whether it be candle making sets or computers; alternatively for a little extra help check out the Wiki buying and Gift guides. Here you’ll get advice as to how much money you should spend, gift alternatives, and where to shop. For the more visually minded, there are video reviews. There’s a wealth of information here. Take advantage of Shopwiki for quick product overviews and price checks.
ShopWiki is also a community of shoppers that care about price, quality and precise information. Our wiki buying and gift guides help users make informed decisions when purchasing products. Users are able to edit, change and add to any wiki guide to ensure other community members are given the most accurate, up-to-date information available.
Why To Use ShopWiki:
ShopWiki is the ultimate shopping search engine, combining powerful Web-crawling technology with wiki buying and gift guides. ShopWiki doesn’t sell any products and doesn’t charge retailers to include their products in your search results. That means you’re getting real, unbiased, comprehensive results every time. Whether you’re just beginning to research a product or you know exactly what you want, ShopWiki should be your first stop when you’re ready to shop.
More at:http://www.shopwiki.com/
ShopWiki is a shopping search engine designed to help consumers find specific products on the Internet with ease. It is the only shopping search engine that combines advanced Web-crawling technology with consumer-written wiki.
How It Works:
ShopWiki actively crawls more than 180,000 online stores to ensure you’ll find the products you want at the best prices.Searches may be refined by price range, brand, sites, and even color. Users can create wikis for any product—whether it be candle making sets or computers; alternatively for a little extra help check out the Wiki buying and Gift guides. Here you’ll get advice as to how much money you should spend, gift alternatives, and where to shop. For the more visually minded, there are video reviews. There’s a wealth of information here. Take advantage of Shopwiki for quick product overviews and price checks.
ShopWiki is also a community of shoppers that care about price, quality and precise information. Our wiki buying and gift guides help users make informed decisions when purchasing products. Users are able to edit, change and add to any wiki guide to ensure other community members are given the most accurate, up-to-date information available.
Why To Use ShopWiki:
ShopWiki is the ultimate shopping search engine, combining powerful Web-crawling technology with wiki buying and gift guides. ShopWiki doesn’t sell any products and doesn’t charge retailers to include their products in your search results. That means you’re getting real, unbiased, comprehensive results every time. Whether you’re just beginning to research a product or you know exactly what you want, ShopWiki should be your first stop when you’re ready to shop.
More at:http://www.shopwiki.com/
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Photo-sharing site Phanfare Got $2.5 million In VCs Funding
What Company Says:
Photo-sharing site is downloadable application offers quick upload options and integrates with its web-based service for syncing and easy online-sharing.
They created Phanfare(Photo-sharing site) because they wanted permanent, polished, ad-free online photo and video albums. And they wanted to reduce the time and effort needed to create and share our albums. But mostly they created Phanfare because they wanted to make photo and video sharing fun again!
How Much They Got From VCs:
Photo-sharing site Phanfare has received $2.5 million in additional funding. In this third round, the funding was led by Azure Capital Partners and other undisclosed investors.
Who is backing The company :
Andrew Erlichson (andrew@phanfare.com), Founder, CEO, member of the Board
Prior to Phanfare, Andrew Erlichson was CEO & co-founder of Flashbase, which was acquired by DoubleClick in 2000. At DoubleClick, he was Vice President of Technology for the Research and Development Group. He has worked at Mips Computer Systems, Silicon Graphics and BlackRock Financial Management. Andrew Erlichson received his AB from Dartmouth College and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Mark Heinrich (mark@phanfare.com), Founder, CTO, member of the Board
Mark Heinrich is an Associate Professor and the Associate Director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and a founder of its Computer Systems Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1998 and was a principal designer of the FLASH multiprocessor under his advisor, John Hennessy. Dr. Heinrich also received his MS from Stanford in 1993, and his BSE in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University in 1991. His research interests include parallel computer architecture, high-throughput computing, scalable cache coherence protocols, and active memory and I/O subsystems. Dr. Heinrich was also the co-founder and Chief Architect of Flashbase, Inc. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, an IBM Faculty Award, and is a member of the ACM and a Senior Member of the IEEE.
More at:http://www.phanfare.com/
Photo-sharing site is downloadable application offers quick upload options and integrates with its web-based service for syncing and easy online-sharing.
They created Phanfare(Photo-sharing site) because they wanted permanent, polished, ad-free online photo and video albums. And they wanted to reduce the time and effort needed to create and share our albums. But mostly they created Phanfare because they wanted to make photo and video sharing fun again!
How Much They Got From VCs:
Photo-sharing site Phanfare has received $2.5 million in additional funding. In this third round, the funding was led by Azure Capital Partners and other undisclosed investors.
Who is backing The company :
Andrew Erlichson (andrew@phanfare.com), Founder, CEO, member of the Board
Prior to Phanfare, Andrew Erlichson was CEO & co-founder of Flashbase, which was acquired by DoubleClick in 2000. At DoubleClick, he was Vice President of Technology for the Research and Development Group. He has worked at Mips Computer Systems, Silicon Graphics and BlackRock Financial Management. Andrew Erlichson received his AB from Dartmouth College and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Mark Heinrich (mark@phanfare.com), Founder, CTO, member of the Board
Mark Heinrich is an Associate Professor and the Associate Director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and a founder of its Computer Systems Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1998 and was a principal designer of the FLASH multiprocessor under his advisor, John Hennessy. Dr. Heinrich also received his MS from Stanford in 1993, and his BSE in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University in 1991. His research interests include parallel computer architecture, high-throughput computing, scalable cache coherence protocols, and active memory and I/O subsystems. Dr. Heinrich was also the co-founder and Chief Architect of Flashbase, Inc. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, an IBM Faculty Award, and is a member of the ACM and a Senior Member of the IEEE.
More at:http://www.phanfare.com/
An Entrepreneur On His Own Beat-- Success Story
Eric Royal Lybeck, a former smoker, once told his friend and 13-year band mate, Henry Rich, 27, that he was going on a smoke break to feed his "oral fixation." Rich thought it was an excellent name for a mint company--and Oral Fixation was born in 2003. While still playing in their band, Rich and Royal, the pair researched mint production and decided to sell high-end mints in fashionable tins to upscale outlets like The Ritz Carlton, W Hotels, specialty food stores and coffeehouses, as well as online at oralfix.com.
Merging their band's touring schedule with their $5 million business's growing needs, Rich and Lybeck, 26, schedule tour dates in the same cities as major trade shows. "We do business in 15 to 20 countries at any given time, so it's really important for me to come and meet with distributors and just communicate the brand message to them," says Rich. Still, it helps to know that when Rich is hobnobbing with distributors overseas, his superb staff of five in Oral Fixation's Hopewell, New Jersey, office is at the helm.
More at:www.OralFix.com
Via-Entrepreneur
Merging their band's touring schedule with their $5 million business's growing needs, Rich and Lybeck, 26, schedule tour dates in the same cities as major trade shows. "We do business in 15 to 20 countries at any given time, so it's really important for me to come and meet with distributors and just communicate the brand message to them," says Rich. Still, it helps to know that when Rich is hobnobbing with distributors overseas, his superb staff of five in Oral Fixation's Hopewell, New Jersey, office is at the helm.
More at:www.OralFix.com
Via-Entrepreneur
Dwarf Entertainment's midgets---Profitable But Unusual Business Idea
What Company is Offering:
Hire Dwarf Entertainment's midgets, dwarfs, little persons, and full sized dancers and strippers to perform their adult entertainment acts at your next special event, whether it is a birthday party, bachelor or bachelorette party or club promotion. Dwarf Entertainment is willing to travel 150 miles by car to entertain your guests. If your event is any further, airplane travel must be arranged. LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS ARE ACCEPTED!
How It Works:
With decades of party palnning and providing midgets, dwarfs and full-size male and female strippers for entertainment, Dwarf Entertainment can provide your special event - whether it be a bachelor or bachelorette party, club opening, birthday party or office gag - a variety of routines, costumes and characters tailored to your specific needs. If you think your event may need that spark to get the party going, then Dwarf Entertainment is your company for BIG entertainment. Our midget and full size dancers and strippers get the party jumping.
More at:http://www.dwarfentertainment.com/
Hire Dwarf Entertainment's midgets, dwarfs, little persons, and full sized dancers and strippers to perform their adult entertainment acts at your next special event, whether it is a birthday party, bachelor or bachelorette party or club promotion. Dwarf Entertainment is willing to travel 150 miles by car to entertain your guests. If your event is any further, airplane travel must be arranged. LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS ARE ACCEPTED!
How It Works:
With decades of party palnning and providing midgets, dwarfs and full-size male and female strippers for entertainment, Dwarf Entertainment can provide your special event - whether it be a bachelor or bachelorette party, club opening, birthday party or office gag - a variety of routines, costumes and characters tailored to your specific needs. If you think your event may need that spark to get the party going, then Dwarf Entertainment is your company for BIG entertainment. Our midget and full size dancers and strippers get the party jumping.
More at:http://www.dwarfentertainment.com/
MINIsite--- Create A Website For Your Company
What Company is Offering;
MINIsite Business is a solution where they have made it as easy as possible for you as a customer. Forget about difficult codes and expensive solutions – concentrate on content and how it is presented.
The most important thing for both the website and your companys internet communication is easy access and that your customer finds the information he or she was looking for.
How it Works:
With the MINIsite Business, you can easily create your own website. Choose between different layouts. The choice of design, pictures, and colours are entirely up to you. MINIsite Business has been designed to allow you to quickly upload any pictures you need to complete the company profile. The pictures can be cropped and optimized online.
The design of a website is your direct contact to you customers and allows you to inform them of your products and you company in the right manner. It is therefore very important to get the right design that supports your product. If you need help, you may contact us for an offer. We have many years of experience with visual identity.
More at;http://business.minisite.net/
MINIsite Business is a solution where they have made it as easy as possible for you as a customer. Forget about difficult codes and expensive solutions – concentrate on content and how it is presented.
The most important thing for both the website and your companys internet communication is easy access and that your customer finds the information he or she was looking for.
How it Works:
With the MINIsite Business, you can easily create your own website. Choose between different layouts. The choice of design, pictures, and colours are entirely up to you. MINIsite Business has been designed to allow you to quickly upload any pictures you need to complete the company profile. The pictures can be cropped and optimized online.
The design of a website is your direct contact to you customers and allows you to inform them of your products and you company in the right manner. It is therefore very important to get the right design that supports your product. If you need help, you may contact us for an offer. We have many years of experience with visual identity.
More at;http://business.minisite.net/
CafeMom is the largest and fastest growing social networking site for moms
What Company is About:
CafeMom is the largest and fastest growing social networking site for moms. With 99 million pageviews and 2.1 million unique visits in October (up from 23 million PV and 750,000 UV at the end of Q1), CafeMom is quickly becoming a leading destination on the web for mothers.
As the world's original social networkers, moms are connecting on shared interests, passions, challenges, and local geography. Moms have created more than 15,000 groups. Popular groups include pregnancy, raising boys, recipe swap, photo moms, and marriage and relationships. CafeMom features include fully customizable profile pages, friends' networks, journaling, and strong privacy / anonymity controls.
How It Works:
CafeMom is focused on creating a great site for moms that is somewhere they can come to get advice, feel supported, or just relax. CafeMom works closely with its advertising partners to help them participate in a way that is relevant to moms. CafeMom partners are leaders across categories and are sponsoring custom widgets, profile pages, custom groups, and word of mouth campaigns.CafeMom (CMI Marketing, Inc.) closed a round of funding for $5MM in August 2007 from existing investors Highland Capital Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. CafeMom is using these funds to accelerate traffic growth and further grow the team.
More at:http://www.cafemom.com/
CafeMom is the largest and fastest growing social networking site for moms. With 99 million pageviews and 2.1 million unique visits in October (up from 23 million PV and 750,000 UV at the end of Q1), CafeMom is quickly becoming a leading destination on the web for mothers.
As the world's original social networkers, moms are connecting on shared interests, passions, challenges, and local geography. Moms have created more than 15,000 groups. Popular groups include pregnancy, raising boys, recipe swap, photo moms, and marriage and relationships. CafeMom features include fully customizable profile pages, friends' networks, journaling, and strong privacy / anonymity controls.
How It Works:
CafeMom is focused on creating a great site for moms that is somewhere they can come to get advice, feel supported, or just relax. CafeMom works closely with its advertising partners to help them participate in a way that is relevant to moms. CafeMom partners are leaders across categories and are sponsoring custom widgets, profile pages, custom groups, and word of mouth campaigns.CafeMom (CMI Marketing, Inc.) closed a round of funding for $5MM in August 2007 from existing investors Highland Capital Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. CafeMom is using these funds to accelerate traffic growth and further grow the team.
More at:http://www.cafemom.com/
TestFreaks---For All Your Product Reviews
What Company Is Offering:
TestFreaks collects all necessary information about your favorite products, such as, expert reviews, user reviews, forum discussions, blog posts and the lowest prices. You can search the information, sort and filter it so it will make things a bit easier. This is a beta version. If you are interested in participating in our private beta starting in the coming months give us your e-mail and you might be one of the fortunate ones.
How It Works:
TestFreaks is about aggregating all information about your favorite products. User reviews, professional reviews, prices, blog posts, forum threads, news, rumors, manufacturers descriptions and specifications, manuals, videos and more. They want you to have the best possible information about the product you are looking for. It should be fun and easy to find the best products for you. TestFreaks isn’t only about finding new products it will also be an owner’s community were you can share your experiences about your products and help others maximize the utility of the products.
More at:http://www.testfreaks.com/
TestFreaks collects all necessary information about your favorite products, such as, expert reviews, user reviews, forum discussions, blog posts and the lowest prices. You can search the information, sort and filter it so it will make things a bit easier. This is a beta version. If you are interested in participating in our private beta starting in the coming months give us your e-mail and you might be one of the fortunate ones.
How It Works:
TestFreaks is about aggregating all information about your favorite products. User reviews, professional reviews, prices, blog posts, forum threads, news, rumors, manufacturers descriptions and specifications, manuals, videos and more. They want you to have the best possible information about the product you are looking for. It should be fun and easy to find the best products for you. TestFreaks isn’t only about finding new products it will also be an owner’s community were you can share your experiences about your products and help others maximize the utility of the products.
More at:http://www.testfreaks.com/
Mzinga--Helps your company use existing communities
What Company is Offering:
Mzinga provides on-demand solutions that leverage the power of workplace and customer communities for growth and innovation.
That’s a lofty statement, isn’t it?
Put quite simply, we believe that companies can use their existing communities of people – their employees, their customers, their partners, and their shareholders – to solve their business needs and provide real value to the business.
How It Works:
They provide fully hosted, Software-as-a-Service solutions that provide you with the following benefits:
Foster informal communication and dialog with your community.
Enable your community members to interact, collaborate, and innovate.
Facilitate knowledge sharing and employee training and development in the form of both formal learning (through our KnowledgePlanet Learning Suite) and social learning (through our Web 2.0 technologies) .
A number of the world’s most successful companies have already recognized the value that Mzinga’s solutions can provide to them – value that comes in the form of improved and accelerated business processes, improved employee performance and productivity, and increased revenues.
More at:http://www.mzinga.com/
Mzinga provides on-demand solutions that leverage the power of workplace and customer communities for growth and innovation.
That’s a lofty statement, isn’t it?
Put quite simply, we believe that companies can use their existing communities of people – their employees, their customers, their partners, and their shareholders – to solve their business needs and provide real value to the business.
How It Works:
They provide fully hosted, Software-as-a-Service solutions that provide you with the following benefits:
Foster informal communication and dialog with your community.
Enable your community members to interact, collaborate, and innovate.
Facilitate knowledge sharing and employee training and development in the form of both formal learning (through our KnowledgePlanet Learning Suite) and social learning (through our Web 2.0 technologies) .
A number of the world’s most successful companies have already recognized the value that Mzinga’s solutions can provide to them – value that comes in the form of improved and accelerated business processes, improved employee performance and productivity, and increased revenues.
More at:http://www.mzinga.com/
Senator On-Line --First Online Political Party
What company is Offering:
Senator On-Line is not aligned to any other political party… it is neither Liberal nor Labor.
Senator On-Line (‘SOL’) is a truly democratic party which will allow everyone on the Australian Electoral roll who has access to the internet to vote on every Bill put to Parliament and have its Senators vote in accordance with a clear majority view.
Senator On-Line promises to let its members vote on every bill that comes before the nation’s parliament. The party’s representative then votes in accordance with the majority. Talk about direct democracy.
How it Works:
Anyone enraged by the power of special interest groups, back-room deal making and partisan bickering will be struck by the compelling alternative Senator On-Line presents. The party has no political agenda or platform, remains independent of lobbying groups and vows to help its members decide how to vote on issues with impartial online information detailing the pros and cons of any particular stance. Some might argue that such an extreme form of direct democracy could easily take on a dark side. What’s to prevent party members from voting against needed taxes, for example? Similarly, could they vote to strip away the rights of minority groups?
An FAQ on the party’s website attempts to answer these questions. To prevent a malevolent majority from taking over the country, Senator On-Line will only field candidates in Australia’s Senate (upper house), whose powers are limited to approving and rejecting bills. Under Australia’s parliamentary system, it’s the lower house, the House of Representatives, that proposes and debates bills.
Why It Could Work:
Senator On-Line and its imitators will likely evolve in unexpected ways. Special interest groups might shift their efforts from lobbying legislators to reaching out directly to grass roots party members, who—for good or ill—may be more susceptible to their message. Candidates and their parties have traditionally provided a check when their rivals make false statements. With a web-based democracy, that role would likely fall more urgently on the press and on watchdog groups.
On the other hand, the gridlock that exists in many of the world’s legislative bodies remains in dire need of new thinking. And as the web continues to grow in importance, political parties are bound to rely on it more and more. No direct business opportunities connected to this concept (for now), but the model should be of interest to anyone tracking the workings of online crowds and communities. And anyone who'd like to start their online party.
More at: www.senatoronline.org.au
Senator On-Line is not aligned to any other political party… it is neither Liberal nor Labor.
Senator On-Line (‘SOL’) is a truly democratic party which will allow everyone on the Australian Electoral roll who has access to the internet to vote on every Bill put to Parliament and have its Senators vote in accordance with a clear majority view.
Senator On-Line promises to let its members vote on every bill that comes before the nation’s parliament. The party’s representative then votes in accordance with the majority. Talk about direct democracy.
How it Works:
Anyone enraged by the power of special interest groups, back-room deal making and partisan bickering will be struck by the compelling alternative Senator On-Line presents. The party has no political agenda or platform, remains independent of lobbying groups and vows to help its members decide how to vote on issues with impartial online information detailing the pros and cons of any particular stance. Some might argue that such an extreme form of direct democracy could easily take on a dark side. What’s to prevent party members from voting against needed taxes, for example? Similarly, could they vote to strip away the rights of minority groups?
An FAQ on the party’s website attempts to answer these questions. To prevent a malevolent majority from taking over the country, Senator On-Line will only field candidates in Australia’s Senate (upper house), whose powers are limited to approving and rejecting bills. Under Australia’s parliamentary system, it’s the lower house, the House of Representatives, that proposes and debates bills.
Why It Could Work:
Senator On-Line and its imitators will likely evolve in unexpected ways. Special interest groups might shift their efforts from lobbying legislators to reaching out directly to grass roots party members, who—for good or ill—may be more susceptible to their message. Candidates and their parties have traditionally provided a check when their rivals make false statements. With a web-based democracy, that role would likely fall more urgently on the press and on watchdog groups.
On the other hand, the gridlock that exists in many of the world’s legislative bodies remains in dire need of new thinking. And as the web continues to grow in importance, political parties are bound to rely on it more and more. No direct business opportunities connected to this concept (for now), but the model should be of interest to anyone tracking the workings of online crowds and communities. And anyone who'd like to start their online party.
More at: www.senatoronline.org.au
BuyMyTronics.com wants to buy your used, new or broken Electronics
What Company Is Offering:
BuyMyTronics.com wants to buy your used, new or broken Electronics today! We offer a fast, simple, and eco-friendly way for you to get money for your iPod, iPhone, Nintendo, Microsoft, Zune, Sony or PSP Game Console. We accept iPod Classic, Touch, Video, Photo, Nano, Mini, 4th to 1st Generation iPods, iPhone, Zune 2 and 1, Wii, DS Lite, Game Cube, Playstation 3, 2 and 1, X-Box, X-Box 360, PSP game consoles. We don't care about the condition of your electronics. They will accept a Bricked iPhone, a Sad Faced Hard Drive iPod, a New PS3, an X-Box with a Disk Read Error or an old Wii. They will pay you top dollar for your unwanted electronic devices – guaranteed! Keep your eWaste out of the landfill and get some quick cash in return.
How It Works:
Click on “Submit Your TRONIC” and tell us about your iPod from the pull-down menus. Once you have entered the necessary information about your TRONIC, you will be given an instant price quote. Click “Accept” to sell us your used, new or broken iPod or iPhone.
Fill in the shipping information sheet with the e-mail address or physical address where you would like your payment sent via Paypal or check. Then ship the TRONIC to us, following the provided Shipping Instructions (they will be emailed to you after you confirm.)
BuyMyTronics pays you for your new, used, or damaged electronics (video game consoles, iPhones, ipods, etc) when you send them in by mail. To receive some cold hard cash for your “tronic”, you’ll need to use the provided pull-down menus to describe the condition of your item. BuyMyTronics will then generate an approximate value of your tronic, much like a Blue Book vehicle price quote. Should you choose to accept their offer, BuyMyTronics will reimburse you via check or PayPal for the amount they quoted you within 24 hours of receiving your item.
More at:http://buymytronics.com/
BuyMyTronics.com wants to buy your used, new or broken Electronics today! We offer a fast, simple, and eco-friendly way for you to get money for your iPod, iPhone, Nintendo, Microsoft, Zune, Sony or PSP Game Console. We accept iPod Classic, Touch, Video, Photo, Nano, Mini, 4th to 1st Generation iPods, iPhone, Zune 2 and 1, Wii, DS Lite, Game Cube, Playstation 3, 2 and 1, X-Box, X-Box 360, PSP game consoles. We don't care about the condition of your electronics. They will accept a Bricked iPhone, a Sad Faced Hard Drive iPod, a New PS3, an X-Box with a Disk Read Error or an old Wii. They will pay you top dollar for your unwanted electronic devices – guaranteed! Keep your eWaste out of the landfill and get some quick cash in return.
How It Works:
Click on “Submit Your TRONIC” and tell us about your iPod from the pull-down menus. Once you have entered the necessary information about your TRONIC, you will be given an instant price quote. Click “Accept” to sell us your used, new or broken iPod or iPhone.
Fill in the shipping information sheet with the e-mail address or physical address where you would like your payment sent via Paypal or check. Then ship the TRONIC to us, following the provided Shipping Instructions (they will be emailed to you after you confirm.)
BuyMyTronics pays you for your new, used, or damaged electronics (video game consoles, iPhones, ipods, etc) when you send them in by mail. To receive some cold hard cash for your “tronic”, you’ll need to use the provided pull-down menus to describe the condition of your item. BuyMyTronics will then generate an approximate value of your tronic, much like a Blue Book vehicle price quote. Should you choose to accept their offer, BuyMyTronics will reimburse you via check or PayPal for the amount they quoted you within 24 hours of receiving your item.
More at:http://buymytronics.com/
TeamPages --The Online Tool Assisting Coaches,Team Managers,And League Administrators To Organize Their Teams And Athletes Got VCs Funding
What Company is Offering:
TeamPages , the online tool assisting coaches, team managers, and league administrators to organize their teams and athletes .
How It Works:
TeamPages is pioneering an online athletic community through solving two major pains common in all amateur team sports: team communication and scheduling. TeamPages provides teams and athletes with a central online location to post and share their athletic information, such as: schedules, announcements, contact information, statistics, and photos. TeamPages saves coaches, parents and players time and headaches when it comes to team management and communication. TeamPages is an online social network for parents, coaches, and athletes of sports teams that helps all participants stay in touch with each other and keep up to date with the team's schedule of games and events. TeamPages provides a central online location for teams and athletes to post and share their athletic information such as schedules, announcements, contact information, scores, and photos.
How Much They Got In VCs Funding:
It has completed its Series A round of financing led by Burda Digital Ventures and several local angel investors.
About VCs:
Burda Digital Ventures is the venture capital arm of Hubert Burda Media, one of Germany's largest media companies. Together with local Internet entrepreneur and investor Boris Wertz, Burda Digital Ventures plans to expand its investment activities in the Pacific North West by focusing on Consumer Internet opportunities. Current investments in this region include among others Victoria's AbeBooks Inc. and Vancouver-based Suite101.com.
More at: www.teampages.com
TeamPages , the online tool assisting coaches, team managers, and league administrators to organize their teams and athletes .
How It Works:
TeamPages is pioneering an online athletic community through solving two major pains common in all amateur team sports: team communication and scheduling. TeamPages provides teams and athletes with a central online location to post and share their athletic information, such as: schedules, announcements, contact information, statistics, and photos. TeamPages saves coaches, parents and players time and headaches when it comes to team management and communication. TeamPages is an online social network for parents, coaches, and athletes of sports teams that helps all participants stay in touch with each other and keep up to date with the team's schedule of games and events. TeamPages provides a central online location for teams and athletes to post and share their athletic information such as schedules, announcements, contact information, scores, and photos.
How Much They Got In VCs Funding:
It has completed its Series A round of financing led by Burda Digital Ventures and several local angel investors.
About VCs:
Burda Digital Ventures is the venture capital arm of Hubert Burda Media, one of Germany's largest media companies. Together with local Internet entrepreneur and investor Boris Wertz, Burda Digital Ventures plans to expand its investment activities in the Pacific North West by focusing on Consumer Internet opportunities. Current investments in this region include among others Victoria's AbeBooks Inc. and Vancouver-based Suite101.com.
More at: www.teampages.com
ADrive---For Free Online Backup Data Storage
What Company is Offering:
ADrive operates using industry-leading enterprise level data storage, networking and server technology to safely store and access your files.
ADrive is extremely fault-tolerant, allowing our users to feel safe when using our services. They know you need your data on demand, so they have designed the most highly available infrastructure to ensure your ADrive experience is simple, secure and enjoyable.
How It Works:
ADrive LLC leads the free online data storage community, offering the largest amount of free storage on the Internet. They provide their users with secure solutions for storing, backing up, and accessing files from virtually anywhere, at any time. ADrive serves as an online, centralized vault for all file types including: music, videos, photos, documents, and more.
At ADrive is to provide their users with more free online storage than any of their competitors. They are committed to delivering highly available and secure file storage solutions to the entire ADrive community.
More at:http://www.adrive.com/
ADrive operates using industry-leading enterprise level data storage, networking and server technology to safely store and access your files.
ADrive is extremely fault-tolerant, allowing our users to feel safe when using our services. They know you need your data on demand, so they have designed the most highly available infrastructure to ensure your ADrive experience is simple, secure and enjoyable.
How It Works:
ADrive LLC leads the free online data storage community, offering the largest amount of free storage on the Internet. They provide their users with secure solutions for storing, backing up, and accessing files from virtually anywhere, at any time. ADrive serves as an online, centralized vault for all file types including: music, videos, photos, documents, and more.
At ADrive is to provide their users with more free online storage than any of their competitors. They are committed to delivering highly available and secure file storage solutions to the entire ADrive community.
More at:http://www.adrive.com/
Find Events And Venues--IPartee
What Company Is Offering:
IPartee is an event management service that improves how people discover and participate around events. It was founded in early 2007 by Christopher Golda and Michael Montano.
The service is built on a social-network designed to help you and your friends plan outings and organize events. IPartee helps you discover events and venues related to your interests and those of your friends.
How It Works:
You don't need an account to start discovering events and venues in your area.
Groups make event discovery easy — people join groups that match their interests, and use them to follow events, venues and polls related to those interests. If you’re managing a group, you can Share Events, which will post the event on the group page as well as invite all the members to attend (if the event is private). This is what it looks like at first glance.
More at:http://www.ipartee.com/
IPartee is an event management service that improves how people discover and participate around events. It was founded in early 2007 by Christopher Golda and Michael Montano.
The service is built on a social-network designed to help you and your friends plan outings and organize events. IPartee helps you discover events and venues related to your interests and those of your friends.
How It Works:
You don't need an account to start discovering events and venues in your area.
Groups make event discovery easy — people join groups that match their interests, and use them to follow events, venues and polls related to those interests. If you’re managing a group, you can Share Events, which will post the event on the group page as well as invite all the members to attend (if the event is private). This is what it looks like at first glance.
More at:http://www.ipartee.com/
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Mixxt.de allows you to make a social network that focuses on your interests
What Company is Offering:
Mixxt helps you create your own social network. Easily create a social network that looks, works, and feels exactly as you want it to. Rapidly connect to colleagues, friends or similar minded people in your network. Instantly start sharing knowledge, media, and interests with the right people.
How It Works:
Mixxt.de allows you to make a social network that focuses on your interests so that you and others can connect and share your interests and ideas. With a social network friendships and connections are established that break the limitation of borders. Mixxt.de mission is to connect cultures and individuals from all over the world by allowing them to create social networks that will interest many different people with different interests and backgrounds. You can search the tag cloud to see what types of social networks have already been created and if any of them interest you go ahead and join them.
More at:http://www.mixxt.de/
Mixxt helps you create your own social network. Easily create a social network that looks, works, and feels exactly as you want it to. Rapidly connect to colleagues, friends or similar minded people in your network. Instantly start sharing knowledge, media, and interests with the right people.
How It Works:
Mixxt.de allows you to make a social network that focuses on your interests so that you and others can connect and share your interests and ideas. With a social network friendships and connections are established that break the limitation of borders. Mixxt.de mission is to connect cultures and individuals from all over the world by allowing them to create social networks that will interest many different people with different interests and backgrounds. You can search the tag cloud to see what types of social networks have already been created and if any of them interest you go ahead and join them.
More at:http://www.mixxt.de/
Swoogle is a search engine for the Semantic Web on Web
What company is offering:
Swoogle is a search engine for the Semantic Web on the Web. Swoogle crawl the World Wide Web for a special class of web documents called Semantic Web documents, which are written in RDF. Currently, it provides the following services to the following services:
• Search Semantic Web ontologies.
• search Semantic Web instance data.
• search Semantic Web terms, i.e., URIs that have been defined as classes and properties.
• provide metadata of Semantic Web documents and support browsing the Semantic Web. (Please refer to Li Ding et. al., Finding and Ranking Knowledge on the Semantic Web, ISWC'04 for details).
• archive different versions of Semantic Web documents.
How It Works:
Anything you want to know about the semantic web, you can search for on Swoogle-- which incidentally, should you be wondering, stands for Semantic Web Ontology, and the rest, well that’s up to you for now. Swoogle makes use of a system of crawlers to root out RDF and Html documents with RDF content concerning all things having to do with this new vogue the semantic web. Swoogle figures out what’s meaningful about these docs and indexes all this data in its database. Furthermore, it extracts relational data between and amongst documents, for easier search and organization. From there, users can find out relevant information.
More at:http://swoogle.umbc.edu/
Swoogle is a search engine for the Semantic Web on the Web. Swoogle crawl the World Wide Web for a special class of web documents called Semantic Web documents, which are written in RDF. Currently, it provides the following services to the following services:
• Search Semantic Web ontologies.
• search Semantic Web instance data.
• search Semantic Web terms, i.e., URIs that have been defined as classes and properties.
• provide metadata of Semantic Web documents and support browsing the Semantic Web. (Please refer to Li Ding et. al., Finding and Ranking Knowledge on the Semantic Web, ISWC'04 for details).
• archive different versions of Semantic Web documents.
How It Works:
Anything you want to know about the semantic web, you can search for on Swoogle-- which incidentally, should you be wondering, stands for Semantic Web Ontology, and the rest, well that’s up to you for now. Swoogle makes use of a system of crawlers to root out RDF and Html documents with RDF content concerning all things having to do with this new vogue the semantic web. Swoogle figures out what’s meaningful about these docs and indexes all this data in its database. Furthermore, it extracts relational data between and amongst documents, for easier search and organization. From there, users can find out relevant information.
More at:http://swoogle.umbc.edu/
WhoIsWrong.com is the first website designed to end any argument once and for all
What Company is Offering:
WhoIsWrong.com is the first website designed to end any argument once and for all.
WhoIsWrong.com is a place where two quarrelling parties can log in, open a case and present their sides of the disagreement. Over the course of a week, anyone on the internet can read the evidence, mull over the dispute and cast their vote. Once time is up for the case, all the votes are tallied, and a winner is decided. It couldn’t be any more straightforward.
How It Works:
WhoisWrong.com is here to stop any argument dead in its tracks and grant one party official ownership of bragging rights forever! So if you’re in a fight with someone and want to figure out who is wrong and who is right, open a case and let millions of strangers decide.
More at:http://whoiswrong.com/
WhoIsWrong.com is the first website designed to end any argument once and for all.
WhoIsWrong.com is a place where two quarrelling parties can log in, open a case and present their sides of the disagreement. Over the course of a week, anyone on the internet can read the evidence, mull over the dispute and cast their vote. Once time is up for the case, all the votes are tallied, and a winner is decided. It couldn’t be any more straightforward.
How It Works:
WhoisWrong.com is here to stop any argument dead in its tracks and grant one party official ownership of bragging rights forever! So if you’re in a fight with someone and want to figure out who is wrong and who is right, open a case and let millions of strangers decide.
More at:http://whoiswrong.com/
Kerika lets you share your ideas, documents and projects with friends and colleagues around the world using Graphical Wikis
What Company is Offering:
Kerika lets you share your ideas, documents and projects with friends and colleagues around the world using Graphical Wikis: a unique approach to team collaboration that makes it easy for everyone to understand what your project is all about.
How It Works:
Kerika is a flexible, affordable and easy way to share your ideas, documents and projects with friends and colleagues around the world, no matter where they are located or what sort of computer they are using.
* Kerika works on Macs, Windows and Linux: Most collaboration tools work only on Windows, which is a real hassle you are trying to pull together a team of designers, software developers and corporate clients.
With Kerika you don't need to get everyone on Windows just to get them all on the same page.
* Kerika connects across organizations: Kerika lets you build a people-to-people network in just seconds that brings together people working from home, offices and coffee shops.
How Much It Cost:
* Kerika is very affordable: After a 30-day free trial you pay a monthly charge that can be as low as $6.95 per month, per user, in order to connect to other users and access other value-added services. (The software itself is free for stand-alone use.)
No up-front costs, no need to upgrade any machines or hire staff, no long-term committments, and no restrictions on how many projects you set up or share.
More at:http://www.kerika.com/
Kerika lets you share your ideas, documents and projects with friends and colleagues around the world using Graphical Wikis: a unique approach to team collaboration that makes it easy for everyone to understand what your project is all about.
How It Works:
Kerika is a flexible, affordable and easy way to share your ideas, documents and projects with friends and colleagues around the world, no matter where they are located or what sort of computer they are using.
* Kerika works on Macs, Windows and Linux: Most collaboration tools work only on Windows, which is a real hassle you are trying to pull together a team of designers, software developers and corporate clients.
With Kerika you don't need to get everyone on Windows just to get them all on the same page.
* Kerika connects across organizations: Kerika lets you build a people-to-people network in just seconds that brings together people working from home, offices and coffee shops.
How Much It Cost:
* Kerika is very affordable: After a 30-day free trial you pay a monthly charge that can be as low as $6.95 per month, per user, in order to connect to other users and access other value-added services. (The software itself is free for stand-alone use.)
No up-front costs, no need to upgrade any machines or hire staff, no long-term committments, and no restrictions on how many projects you set up or share.
More at:http://www.kerika.com/
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