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/
Friday, November 23, 2007
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/
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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/
The Future of Web Apps ----Save 25%
The Future of Web Apps (Miami, Feb 28 - Mar 1 2008), is offering a 25% discount for registering early. The discount will run out when a preset amount tickets have been sold, so don’t delay. This is FOWA’s first time on the East Coast of the United States.
FOWA brings together web visionaries to discuss the technologies, platforms, and business models that will launch the next generation of successful web apps. Already confirmed to speak are Google, Twitter, Plaxo and Ning, with others to be announced soon. The agenda will include the future of web apps beyond the browser, launching a web app in 40 minutes, the problem with social networks, and the future of APIs.
There are also 50 $95 passes being awarded to startups for the conference. You need to be a sole trader or small company, with a URL (proof of your start-up status). Please email Mel Kirk with your credentials to apply for a start-up pass.
More at:http://futureofwebapps.com/
Link--Mashable
FOWA brings together web visionaries to discuss the technologies, platforms, and business models that will launch the next generation of successful web apps. Already confirmed to speak are Google, Twitter, Plaxo and Ning, with others to be announced soon. The agenda will include the future of web apps beyond the browser, launching a web app in 40 minutes, the problem with social networks, and the future of APIs.
There are also 50 $95 passes being awarded to startups for the conference. You need to be a sole trader or small company, with a URL (proof of your start-up status). Please email Mel Kirk with your credentials to apply for a start-up pass.
More at:http://futureofwebapps.com/
Link--Mashable
AfterVote---Search Socially
What Company is offering:
They are applying principle to search results without having to go through all that work of clicking buttons to vote for a site’s “coolness”. Here’s a example. You do a search for “Social Search Engine” and you click the first result. It’s not what you were looking for at all, and is therefore not a useful result for your query. You press the back button and try result #2. Voila! You found exactly what you are looking for. But it’s more than that. Younanimous is analyzing these results and has cast a vote for you, automatically, saying that result #1 wasn’t what you wanted, but #2 was. If you do however find a awesome site, You can manually vote for it as well.
How It Works:
Ever find sites that never have the info you want, but are always at the top of the serps? Yes, we are looking at you Experts-Exchange.com… Well, now you can blacklist pages or entire domains from showing up in your listings, No more crap! And say goodbye to spam. With a “Spam!” Tag, you can help eliminate bogus results from the serps one spam site at a time.
Dont take our word for it, try this. Do a Google, MSN, or Yahoo search for a common spammer term. Viagra would be a good test. Look at how on these engines, spam just takes up all the spots. Now try it on Younanimous. You will be hard pressed to find anything unofficial, and thats why Younanimous works.Another cool thing is that you don’t need a account to enjoy all the awesomeness of Younanimous. It’s all stored in a cookie! Of course, you can create one if you want to, and share your settings at work and gramma’s house, but it’s totally up to you!
How They Decide Ranks:
They take the results from the 3 major search engines, (Google, Yahoo, MSN) Taking into account their current rankings. We then weight them against our own database to see what our users have said about where positions should be, and apply that weight to the results. Sometimes users have their own custom algorithm, and in that case you choose how to rank the results, not us.
More at:http://www.aftervote.com/
They are applying principle to search results without having to go through all that work of clicking buttons to vote for a site’s “coolness”. Here’s a example. You do a search for “Social Search Engine” and you click the first result. It’s not what you were looking for at all, and is therefore not a useful result for your query. You press the back button and try result #2. Voila! You found exactly what you are looking for. But it’s more than that. Younanimous is analyzing these results and has cast a vote for you, automatically, saying that result #1 wasn’t what you wanted, but #2 was. If you do however find a awesome site, You can manually vote for it as well.
How It Works:
Ever find sites that never have the info you want, but are always at the top of the serps? Yes, we are looking at you Experts-Exchange.com… Well, now you can blacklist pages or entire domains from showing up in your listings, No more crap! And say goodbye to spam. With a “Spam!” Tag, you can help eliminate bogus results from the serps one spam site at a time.
Dont take our word for it, try this. Do a Google, MSN, or Yahoo search for a common spammer term. Viagra would be a good test. Look at how on these engines, spam just takes up all the spots. Now try it on Younanimous. You will be hard pressed to find anything unofficial, and thats why Younanimous works.Another cool thing is that you don’t need a account to enjoy all the awesomeness of Younanimous. It’s all stored in a cookie! Of course, you can create one if you want to, and share your settings at work and gramma’s house, but it’s totally up to you!
How They Decide Ranks:
They take the results from the 3 major search engines, (Google, Yahoo, MSN) Taking into account their current rankings. We then weight them against our own database to see what our users have said about where positions should be, and apply that weight to the results. Sometimes users have their own custom algorithm, and in that case you choose how to rank the results, not us.
More at:http://www.aftervote.com/
Dawdle matches buyers and sellers of video games, systems, and accessories
What Company Is Offering:
Dawdle matches buyers and sellers of video games, systems, and accessories. They make it easier to bid for items and list items for sale, automatically matching buyers and sellers, so that buyers get what they want sooner and sellers get paid faster. Their goal is to make it easier and less stressful to do business online, so you can game more.
How It Works:
Dawdle was created by gamers to address gamer-specific needs when buying and selling video games, gaming systems and accessories online. The site provides an easy-to-use and risk-free online platform that dynamically matches buyers' needs to items sellers have available. Dawdle offers users an easier, quicker, and hassle-free alternative to buying and selling new and used interactive entertainment products online. Dawdle is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
More at:http://www.dawdle.com/
Dawdle matches buyers and sellers of video games, systems, and accessories. They make it easier to bid for items and list items for sale, automatically matching buyers and sellers, so that buyers get what they want sooner and sellers get paid faster. Their goal is to make it easier and less stressful to do business online, so you can game more.
How It Works:
Dawdle was created by gamers to address gamer-specific needs when buying and selling video games, gaming systems and accessories online. The site provides an easy-to-use and risk-free online platform that dynamically matches buyers' needs to items sellers have available. Dawdle offers users an easier, quicker, and hassle-free alternative to buying and selling new and used interactive entertainment products online. Dawdle is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
More at:http://www.dawdle.com/
Kiptronic allowing media customers to manage, measure and monetize their video and audio assets
What Company is Offering:
Kiptronic is the leader in downloadable media services. Their Media Services Platform is a workflow and ad serving solution allowing media customers to manage, measure and monetize their video and audio assets.
How It Works:
The Kiptronic Media Services Platform with ExpressMatch technology provides customers with a seamless way to add advertising and management services to new and archived video and audio files at the point-of-download without changing publishing processes.
Key partnerships with rich media content delivery networks enable content publishers to simply turn on our services to manage and measure large ad campaigns.
Kiptronic’s technology can deliver ads across a wide variety of Internet technology mediums, offering a key value-added service to any digital media strategy.
Who Is behind The Site:
The genesis of Kiptronic leads to one individual, Founder and Chief Technology Officer Jonathan Cobb. Since the mid-1990s, Cobb has been interested in creating technologies to power online media.
As General Manager of KWUR 90.3 FM in St. Louis, Cobb developed an early Internet audio streaming system in 1996, helping his college station attract a larger audience and realize the global power and reach of the Web.
Why It Could Work:
The consumer gains control of their media consumption experience and advertisers can extend their brand.
Their technology flexibility has allowed them to develop a unique and powerful set of industry partnerships that provide their customers with the tools they need to make downloadable media a prominent part of their digital strategies.
More at:http://www2.kiptronic.com/
Kiptronic is the leader in downloadable media services. Their Media Services Platform is a workflow and ad serving solution allowing media customers to manage, measure and monetize their video and audio assets.
How It Works:
The Kiptronic Media Services Platform with ExpressMatch technology provides customers with a seamless way to add advertising and management services to new and archived video and audio files at the point-of-download without changing publishing processes.
Key partnerships with rich media content delivery networks enable content publishers to simply turn on our services to manage and measure large ad campaigns.
Kiptronic’s technology can deliver ads across a wide variety of Internet technology mediums, offering a key value-added service to any digital media strategy.
Who Is behind The Site:
The genesis of Kiptronic leads to one individual, Founder and Chief Technology Officer Jonathan Cobb. Since the mid-1990s, Cobb has been interested in creating technologies to power online media.
As General Manager of KWUR 90.3 FM in St. Louis, Cobb developed an early Internet audio streaming system in 1996, helping his college station attract a larger audience and realize the global power and reach of the Web.
Why It Could Work:
The consumer gains control of their media consumption experience and advertisers can extend their brand.
Their technology flexibility has allowed them to develop a unique and powerful set of industry partnerships that provide their customers with the tools they need to make downloadable media a prominent part of their digital strategies.
More at:http://www2.kiptronic.com/
TinselVision For Bollywood movies and soaps for as low as $1.99--Got VCs Funding
What Company is Offering:
Bollywood movies and soaps for as low as $1.99. Subscription packages from $9.99 a month. Now combining the choice of video-on-demand with the power of the web.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have secured terms for an inside, up-round for Series B financing, led by its current largest investor, Innovative Entertainment Limited (IEL). Company sources confirm the amount of the Series B round exceeds the Series A funding level of US$3MM, and establishes the company's pre-launch, post-money valuation at nearly US$20MM.
Why They Are Raising More Fund:
Explaining the reasons for accelerated funding, a spokesman for the company's finance group notes "management has soundly navigated the early capital and content risk phases of the business and, has a growing appetite to extend these early gains." Its finance team sought and readily obtained acceleration capital in advance of previously planned growth capital. The venture will deploy its deep access to liquidity to implement its tested tactics for infrastructure, distribution and services launch.
More at:http://www.tinselcinema.com/
Bollywood movies and soaps for as low as $1.99. Subscription packages from $9.99 a month. Now combining the choice of video-on-demand with the power of the web.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They have secured terms for an inside, up-round for Series B financing, led by its current largest investor, Innovative Entertainment Limited (IEL). Company sources confirm the amount of the Series B round exceeds the Series A funding level of US$3MM, and establishes the company's pre-launch, post-money valuation at nearly US$20MM.
Why They Are Raising More Fund:
Explaining the reasons for accelerated funding, a spokesman for the company's finance group notes "management has soundly navigated the early capital and content risk phases of the business and, has a growing appetite to extend these early gains." Its finance team sought and readily obtained acceleration capital in advance of previously planned growth capital. The venture will deploy its deep access to liquidity to implement its tested tactics for infrastructure, distribution and services launch.
More at:http://www.tinselcinema.com/
DoublePositive -- Sales Leads Generations Solution Got $4 Million in venture funding
What Company Is Offering:
DoublePositive was founded on the belief that the traditional method of buying "leads" as a marketing solution had become costly and inefficient. DoublePositive's LIVE Hot Transfers out-perform other lead generation solutions because every DoublePositive lead passing through a DOUBLEconfirm™ process, which delivers LIVE, interested consumers who have the highest probability of converting into a sale. DoublePositive specializes in LIVE mortgage leads, debt settlement leads, education leads, insurance leads, automotive leads and real estate leads.
How Much They Got From VCs:
DoublePositive Marketing Group, Inc. ,the industry leader in LIVE Hot Transfer Leads for sales organizations, got an additional $4 Million in venture funding. The financing will help fuel DoublePositive's growth by increasing sales and marketing efforts and expand the business into new vertical markets and offerings.Several new investors, as well as all of DoublePositive's previous investors, participated in the round. New institutional investors participating in the round include Hamilton Investment Partners, Southern Capitol Ventures and Slate Venture Group.
Frank Bonsal, co-founder of New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and former General Partner at Alex Brown, and Dave Willey, former Chief Financial Officer of Capital One, also participated in the round as individual investors.
How They Will Use Fund:
This fundraising will help solidify our position as the leading LIVE lead generation company by allowing us to focus on diversification into new markets," said Sean Fenlon, DoublePositive's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. "We're absolutely thrilled about what our new investors will bring to the table with their experience and knowledge in building strong companies with dominant position."
A leader in the live leads space, DoublePositive continues to provide a cost-effective and time-saving marketing solution for companies seeking the highest ROI from their marketing and advertising dollars.
How Is It Different:
Sales professionals are also able to access the original lead data using a standard web browser via our client extranet simultaneous to receiving the live call transfer. Thus, a 100% contact rate is inherent in our program. As a result of our second layer of screening/qualifying beyond a consumer’s initial expression of interest (our DoubleConfirm™ process), sales professionals speak live with consumers who have the highest probability of converting into a sale.
By introducing their innovative new marketing concept, DoublePositive has become the immediate leader in next-generation Online Marketing solutions.
More at:http://www.doublepositive.com/
DoublePositive was founded on the belief that the traditional method of buying "leads" as a marketing solution had become costly and inefficient. DoublePositive's LIVE Hot Transfers out-perform other lead generation solutions because every DoublePositive lead passing through a DOUBLEconfirm™ process, which delivers LIVE, interested consumers who have the highest probability of converting into a sale. DoublePositive specializes in LIVE mortgage leads, debt settlement leads, education leads, insurance leads, automotive leads and real estate leads.
How Much They Got From VCs:
DoublePositive Marketing Group, Inc. ,the industry leader in LIVE Hot Transfer Leads for sales organizations, got an additional $4 Million in venture funding. The financing will help fuel DoublePositive's growth by increasing sales and marketing efforts and expand the business into new vertical markets and offerings.Several new investors, as well as all of DoublePositive's previous investors, participated in the round. New institutional investors participating in the round include Hamilton Investment Partners, Southern Capitol Ventures and Slate Venture Group.
Frank Bonsal, co-founder of New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and former General Partner at Alex Brown, and Dave Willey, former Chief Financial Officer of Capital One, also participated in the round as individual investors.
How They Will Use Fund:
This fundraising will help solidify our position as the leading LIVE lead generation company by allowing us to focus on diversification into new markets," said Sean Fenlon, DoublePositive's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. "We're absolutely thrilled about what our new investors will bring to the table with their experience and knowledge in building strong companies with dominant position."
A leader in the live leads space, DoublePositive continues to provide a cost-effective and time-saving marketing solution for companies seeking the highest ROI from their marketing and advertising dollars.
How Is It Different:
Sales professionals are also able to access the original lead data using a standard web browser via our client extranet simultaneous to receiving the live call transfer. Thus, a 100% contact rate is inherent in our program. As a result of our second layer of screening/qualifying beyond a consumer’s initial expression of interest (our DoubleConfirm™ process), sales professionals speak live with consumers who have the highest probability of converting into a sale.
By introducing their innovative new marketing concept, DoublePositive has become the immediate leader in next-generation Online Marketing solutions.
More at:http://www.doublepositive.com/
Vaestro is audio forum
What Company Is Offering:
Vaestro is audio forum software that you can use on your web site for free. Talk to your friends, host interactive podcasts, or use it like an audio blog. Use it anytime you need to communicate with groups of people small or large. With Vaestro, everyone has a chance to speak and be heard. Our software is built to solve many problems with other methods of communication. In fact, it is built to become a new paradigm in mass media.
How It Works:
Adding Vaestro to your site is easy; simply a matter of cutting and pasting the provided HTML snippets; Vaestro will then appear as a button on your site which links directly to the forum. Once a visitor is in the forum, he or she will be able to have his or her voice heard across an unlimited audience; Vaestro doesn’t cap the number of participants in a forum. If you are the master of a Vaestro forum (called a “channel”, you’ll have access to recordings of old conversation and have the ability to control who talks and for how long; you can change speakers somewhat like you would change channels with a remote. Anyone can create a channel as long as you register.
More at:http://vaestro.com/
Vaestro is audio forum software that you can use on your web site for free. Talk to your friends, host interactive podcasts, or use it like an audio blog. Use it anytime you need to communicate with groups of people small or large. With Vaestro, everyone has a chance to speak and be heard. Our software is built to solve many problems with other methods of communication. In fact, it is built to become a new paradigm in mass media.
How It Works:
Adding Vaestro to your site is easy; simply a matter of cutting and pasting the provided HTML snippets; Vaestro will then appear as a button on your site which links directly to the forum. Once a visitor is in the forum, he or she will be able to have his or her voice heard across an unlimited audience; Vaestro doesn’t cap the number of participants in a forum. If you are the master of a Vaestro forum (called a “channel”, you’ll have access to recordings of old conversation and have the ability to control who talks and for how long; you can change speakers somewhat like you would change channels with a remote. Anyone can create a channel as long as you register.
More at:http://vaestro.com/
OfficeTechDeals---Find Office Helpful Electronics
What Company Is Offering:
OfficeTechDeals will help you quickly and easily find great deals on the Computers, Monitors, Printers, Networking Gear, Software, Scanners, Copiers, Fax Machines, and Cell Phones you need.OfficeTechDeals is a useful search engine for anyone in need of cheap new electronics and/or office supplies. Since it only sponsors searches and doesn’t sell the products themselves, OfficeTechDeals is able to produce a broad range of products and prices from all sorts of different sales sites across the internet.
How It Works:
OfficeTechDeals lets you do exactly that; browse for good deals on office tech products, including laptops, cellular phones, printers, scanners, fax machines, etc. You can search OfficeTechDeal’s database by keyword or category. Also present on this site is an article section, where you can read the latest in tech news. The database of articles is also searchable, though only by keyword. Keep in mind that if you’re looking to buy something, OfficeTechDeals doesn’t sell the items directly; results are pulled from across the internet, including auction sites like eBay.
More at:http://www.officetechdeals.com/
OfficeTechDeals will help you quickly and easily find great deals on the Computers, Monitors, Printers, Networking Gear, Software, Scanners, Copiers, Fax Machines, and Cell Phones you need.OfficeTechDeals is a useful search engine for anyone in need of cheap new electronics and/or office supplies. Since it only sponsors searches and doesn’t sell the products themselves, OfficeTechDeals is able to produce a broad range of products and prices from all sorts of different sales sites across the internet.
How It Works:
OfficeTechDeals lets you do exactly that; browse for good deals on office tech products, including laptops, cellular phones, printers, scanners, fax machines, etc. You can search OfficeTechDeal’s database by keyword or category. Also present on this site is an article section, where you can read the latest in tech news. The database of articles is also searchable, though only by keyword. Keep in mind that if you’re looking to buy something, OfficeTechDeals doesn’t sell the items directly; results are pulled from across the internet, including auction sites like eBay.
More at:http://www.officetechdeals.com/
MediaMax---Free Online Storage
What Company is Offering:
MediaMax, powered by Streamload, gives you a private and secure place to upload, store, access, and share your personal videos, photos, movies, music, and files.
How It Works:
Store files securely on the web. Get 25 GBs of FREE online storage.
Access your files from any web browser.
Share all your files quickly and easily, without file size restrictions.
Host videos, audio, images and more on the web.
Backup your files and data safely and reliably.
More at:http://www.mediamax.com/
MediaMax, powered by Streamload, gives you a private and secure place to upload, store, access, and share your personal videos, photos, movies, music, and files.
How It Works:
Store files securely on the web. Get 25 GBs of FREE online storage.
Access your files from any web browser.
Share all your files quickly and easily, without file size restrictions.
Host videos, audio, images and more on the web.
Backup your files and data safely and reliably.
More at:http://www.mediamax.com/
Flux---Social Distribution Platform for Media Publishers
What Company is Offering:
If your website has fresh content, and if you want to increase important site metrics such as page views, time spent, and repeat visitors, then you should get in Flux. Flux will help you distribute your content across the social web, while leading new users back to your site.
How It Works:
Once users have discovered your site, Flux offers social tools like member profiles, videos, photos, guestbook comments and more, keeping them engaged and improving your site metrics. Flux can also help you increase your CPM’s and attract the best advertisers for your content.Flux offers 3 ways to get started: fShare, Flux Lite, Flux Custom.
Adding the fShare widget code to your site puts an fShare button next to your site’s videos, photos, and blogs. Now your visitors can distribute your content across the social web, while preserving your branding and attribution – increasing traffic and engagement on your site.
More at:http://www.flux.com/
If your website has fresh content, and if you want to increase important site metrics such as page views, time spent, and repeat visitors, then you should get in Flux. Flux will help you distribute your content across the social web, while leading new users back to your site.
How It Works:
Once users have discovered your site, Flux offers social tools like member profiles, videos, photos, guestbook comments and more, keeping them engaged and improving your site metrics. Flux can also help you increase your CPM’s and attract the best advertisers for your content.Flux offers 3 ways to get started: fShare, Flux Lite, Flux Custom.
Adding the fShare widget code to your site puts an fShare button next to your site’s videos, photos, and blogs. Now your visitors can distribute your content across the social web, while preserving your branding and attribution – increasing traffic and engagement on your site.
More at:http://www.flux.com/
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Realius.com----Fantasy Real estate games
What Company is About:
Realius, a San Francisco Bay Area start-up is,the Real Estate Gamester , online real-estate fantasy games.Games driven by real world places, homes and people,
fun, quick and easy, complete with expert advice to perfect your game.
How It Works:
Users can guess the asking prices of homes for sale, then see their accuracy ranking. Major League Investor lets them assemble property portfolios to make imaginary profits. And Fantasy Flip urges housing addicts to upload photos of their own homes and solicit guesses of how much an improvement will increase their value.
With home prices slumping nationally, it seems an odd time to roll out a real-estate game. But Teller has already lined up brokers eager to boost Web traffic and snag clients. "America is obsessed with real estate," he says, pointing to HGTV addicts. If he's right, online goof-offs may soon find a new home.
More at:http://www.realius.com/
Realius, a San Francisco Bay Area start-up is,the Real Estate Gamester , online real-estate fantasy games.Games driven by real world places, homes and people,
fun, quick and easy, complete with expert advice to perfect your game.
How It Works:
Users can guess the asking prices of homes for sale, then see their accuracy ranking. Major League Investor lets them assemble property portfolios to make imaginary profits. And Fantasy Flip urges housing addicts to upload photos of their own homes and solicit guesses of how much an improvement will increase their value.
With home prices slumping nationally, it seems an odd time to roll out a real-estate game. But Teller has already lined up brokers eager to boost Web traffic and snag clients. "America is obsessed with real estate," he says, pointing to HGTV addicts. If he's right, online goof-offs may soon find a new home.
More at:http://www.realius.com/
Programmer Meet Designers
What Company is Offering:
This site is created to unite programmers and designers because rarely is a person good at both programming and designing. PMD helps programmers and designers partner up to make websites and web applications that look and work great.
Now content writers and entrepreneurs can also join up to find people to work with.
How It Works:
If you are a programmer looking for a designer to help you with one job, you would create a listing with the appropriate info. Then, designers would come by your listing and if they are interested, they will make an offer. Basically, an offer is them saying "I'd like to do this job". However, they may also have any questions, such as "Do I have to use Photoshop?" or "Can I get paid a little more?". Check your offers once in a while. If you see an offer that you like (i.e. you look at the designers portfolio and you like it), you click "Accept Offer". Then you may choose to trade emails or IM usernames with your partner or use this site for communication.
Its especially for:
* Programmers/Web Developers.
* Graphic/Interface Designers.
* Content Writers.
* Web Entrepreneurs.
More at:programmermeetdesigner.com/
This site is created to unite programmers and designers because rarely is a person good at both programming and designing. PMD helps programmers and designers partner up to make websites and web applications that look and work great.
Now content writers and entrepreneurs can also join up to find people to work with.
How It Works:
If you are a programmer looking for a designer to help you with one job, you would create a listing with the appropriate info. Then, designers would come by your listing and if they are interested, they will make an offer. Basically, an offer is them saying "I'd like to do this job". However, they may also have any questions, such as "Do I have to use Photoshop?" or "Can I get paid a little more?". Check your offers once in a while. If you see an offer that you like (i.e. you look at the designers portfolio and you like it), you click "Accept Offer". Then you may choose to trade emails or IM usernames with your partner or use this site for communication.
Its especially for:
* Programmers/Web Developers.
* Graphic/Interface Designers.
* Content Writers.
* Web Entrepreneurs.
More at:programmermeetdesigner.com/
Clever Hippo is a search engine for applications and widgets
What Company is Offering:
Clever Hippo is a search engine for applications and widgets. Their mission is to make it easier to find apps and widgets for whatever you're into. With the Clever Hippo application search you can search the thousands of applications that are available for your social network, mobile device, blog, home page, and desktop.
How It Works:
To find the most popular applications on Clever Hippo. Sort your search results by popularity to find the most popular apps.
It's also easy to voice your opinion. Click the Clever link (below the orange rating box) to vote-up your favorite apps.
Click the Add your App or Widget at the top of the page and follow the instructions.
To add your app you will need to provide a URL where our users can find and download your widget or app. That location can be a widget directory, your blog, or your website.
More at:http://www.cleverhippo.org/
Clever Hippo is a search engine for applications and widgets. Their mission is to make it easier to find apps and widgets for whatever you're into. With the Clever Hippo application search you can search the thousands of applications that are available for your social network, mobile device, blog, home page, and desktop.
How It Works:
To find the most popular applications on Clever Hippo. Sort your search results by popularity to find the most popular apps.
It's also easy to voice your opinion. Click the Clever link (below the orange rating box) to vote-up your favorite apps.
Click the Add your App or Widget at the top of the page and follow the instructions.
To add your app you will need to provide a URL where our users can find and download your widget or app. That location can be a widget directory, your blog, or your website.
More at:http://www.cleverhippo.org/
With YouMonitor.Us, everyone monitors each other
What Company is Offering:
With YouMonitor.Us, everyone monitors each other. When your site is down or slow to respond, you'll know about it right away. That's an added security to know that your website is up and running and its business as usual.
The peer to peer website monitoring technology delivers a unique, global insight into how your website is responding to an ever-changing assortment of users in locations all over the world, right now, in real time. You'll know immediately if your site is down, and you'll have tools to fine tune how your site appears to respond to visitors from all over the world. Their basic services are entirely free, and while we will add pay services at the end of our public beta, they will always provide a robust and comprehensive collection of monitoring services free of charge, to anyone with a website.
How It Works:
YouMonitor will monitor it in exchange for participating and using their services. YouMonitor will in turn examine your site from the end user’s view point, report downtimes and speed, and tell you where and when your web alerts occur. All information is reported using easy to read and professional looking charts and graphs. Addititonally, you’ll get instant alerts should your website become unreachable or experience abnormal response times, 24x7 monitoring, and two modes of operation. There’s a free two week trial service. After that you can continue to use YouMonitor’s services by joining the free peer to peer network.
More at:http://youmonitor.us/
With YouMonitor.Us, everyone monitors each other. When your site is down or slow to respond, you'll know about it right away. That's an added security to know that your website is up and running and its business as usual.
The peer to peer website monitoring technology delivers a unique, global insight into how your website is responding to an ever-changing assortment of users in locations all over the world, right now, in real time. You'll know immediately if your site is down, and you'll have tools to fine tune how your site appears to respond to visitors from all over the world. Their basic services are entirely free, and while we will add pay services at the end of our public beta, they will always provide a robust and comprehensive collection of monitoring services free of charge, to anyone with a website.
How It Works:
YouMonitor will monitor it in exchange for participating and using their services. YouMonitor will in turn examine your site from the end user’s view point, report downtimes and speed, and tell you where and when your web alerts occur. All information is reported using easy to read and professional looking charts and graphs. Addititonally, you’ll get instant alerts should your website become unreachable or experience abnormal response times, 24x7 monitoring, and two modes of operation. There’s a free two week trial service. After that you can continue to use YouMonitor’s services by joining the free peer to peer network.
More at:http://youmonitor.us/
USF ,a boutique financial services firm for high-end financial advisors got $9 million in VC funding
What Company Is Offering:
USF ,a boutique financial services firm for high-end financial advisors.It helps financial advisors and financial institutions manage the complex needs of wealthy clients. The company's client base includes high-end financial advisors who seek to move toward more fee-based services and are interested in providing objective and sophisticated investment advice. USF supports a total of 120 financial advisors with an integrated offering of technology, operations, and compliance services with managed account, broker dealer, and alternative investment solutions.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got $9 million in VC funding from firms like Advantage Capital Partners and Inter-Atlantic Group.
About VCs:
1.Advantage Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in promising companies in connection with federal, state and local economic development efforts. With offices in Austin, New Orleans, St. Louis and other cities, Advantage has raised more than $800 million in institutional venture capital since 1992 and invested in companies located in geographic areas underserved by traditional venture capital. For more information: www.advantagecap.com .
More at:http://www.usfiduciary.com/
USF ,a boutique financial services firm for high-end financial advisors.It helps financial advisors and financial institutions manage the complex needs of wealthy clients. The company's client base includes high-end financial advisors who seek to move toward more fee-based services and are interested in providing objective and sophisticated investment advice. USF supports a total of 120 financial advisors with an integrated offering of technology, operations, and compliance services with managed account, broker dealer, and alternative investment solutions.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got $9 million in VC funding from firms like Advantage Capital Partners and Inter-Atlantic Group.
About VCs:
1.Advantage Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in promising companies in connection with federal, state and local economic development efforts. With offices in Austin, New Orleans, St. Louis and other cities, Advantage has raised more than $800 million in institutional venture capital since 1992 and invested in companies located in geographic areas underserved by traditional venture capital. For more information: www.advantagecap.com .
More at:http://www.usfiduciary.com/
MobiMate --a leading provider of travel services for mobile devices gotfinancing led by Motorola Ventures
What Company is Offering:
MobiMate Ltd, a leading provider of travel services for mobile devices.
MobiMate's WorldMate Live is a mobile travel service that supports travelers by providing information and transaction capabilities on their mobile devices and PCs. The service includes a web 2.0 travel planning site and a mobile application to provide real-time, on-the-road travel support. With the ability to import travel booking information from third party travel providers, WorldMate allows for a simplified and seamless travel experience for users on-the-go.
How It Works:
Its best-selling WorldMate service offers an easy-to-use application that automatically delivers valuable content and services to users' cell phones, turning their mobile devices into a personal travel assistant. Removing stress and paperwork from the travel experience while saving time and money, it puts the traveler's itinerary alongside flight status updates, flight schedules, weather, forecasts and currency information in subscribers' hands in real-time
How Much They Got From VCs:
They completed of a round of financing led by Motorola Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT). Motorola, Inc. joins MobiMate's current investor group which includes John Sculley, former CEO of Apple Computer; serial entrepreneur Richard Rosenblatt, investment banker Michael Price of Evercore Partners, Michael Targoff, CEO of Loral Space & Communications and several other prominent industry veterans.
More at:http://www.mobimate.com/
MobiMate Ltd, a leading provider of travel services for mobile devices.
MobiMate's WorldMate Live is a mobile travel service that supports travelers by providing information and transaction capabilities on their mobile devices and PCs. The service includes a web 2.0 travel planning site and a mobile application to provide real-time, on-the-road travel support. With the ability to import travel booking information from third party travel providers, WorldMate allows for a simplified and seamless travel experience for users on-the-go.
How It Works:
Its best-selling WorldMate service offers an easy-to-use application that automatically delivers valuable content and services to users' cell phones, turning their mobile devices into a personal travel assistant. Removing stress and paperwork from the travel experience while saving time and money, it puts the traveler's itinerary alongside flight status updates, flight schedules, weather, forecasts and currency information in subscribers' hands in real-time
How Much They Got From VCs:
They completed of a round of financing led by Motorola Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT). Motorola, Inc. joins MobiMate's current investor group which includes John Sculley, former CEO of Apple Computer; serial entrepreneur Richard Rosenblatt, investment banker Michael Price of Evercore Partners, Michael Targoff, CEO of Loral Space & Communications and several other prominent industry veterans.
More at:http://www.mobimate.com/
Skyscanner--The First Flight Search Engine Got £2.5 million In VCs Funding
What Company is Offering:
Skyscanner, has developed innovative proprietary search engine technology which already allows consumers to obtain instant online comparisons on fares from more than 180 airlines to more than 5,000 destinations.It plans to become the first flight search engine in the world to cover every scheduled flight, including budget and chartered airlines as well as major carriers. The website www.skyscanner.net which is free to use, is already generating profits and attracting around one million price enquiries a day.
How it Works:
Skyscanner operates a flexible easy-to-use system, allowing users to browse fare and flight information without having to specify their date of travel. It does not sell tickets but has direct links with airlines’ websites, removing the need to re-enter data. It offers a Multi-Hop flight search facility and suggestions for short and longer break destinations.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got £2.5 million first round funding package from leading venture capital group Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) to expand its rapidly-growing air travel site into the world’s most comprehensive easy-to-use flight search engine.
What VCs Says:
“Skyscanner has the potential to become a world leader in the travel sector which is one of the web’s hottest consumer transaction areas. The company has a talented management team, underpinned by smart technology and a highly scaleable business model.”
How is It Different:
Skyscanner already has commercial links with the majority of European airlines and is now targeting global coverage. The company is preparing for rapid growth as more routes are added to its database which displays search results in 20 different languages.
More at:http://www.skyscanner.net/
Skyscanner, has developed innovative proprietary search engine technology which already allows consumers to obtain instant online comparisons on fares from more than 180 airlines to more than 5,000 destinations.It plans to become the first flight search engine in the world to cover every scheduled flight, including budget and chartered airlines as well as major carriers. The website www.skyscanner.net which is free to use, is already generating profits and attracting around one million price enquiries a day.
How it Works:
Skyscanner operates a flexible easy-to-use system, allowing users to browse fare and flight information without having to specify their date of travel. It does not sell tickets but has direct links with airlines’ websites, removing the need to re-enter data. It offers a Multi-Hop flight search facility and suggestions for short and longer break destinations.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got £2.5 million first round funding package from leading venture capital group Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) to expand its rapidly-growing air travel site into the world’s most comprehensive easy-to-use flight search engine.
What VCs Says:
“Skyscanner has the potential to become a world leader in the travel sector which is one of the web’s hottest consumer transaction areas. The company has a talented management team, underpinned by smart technology and a highly scaleable business model.”
How is It Different:
Skyscanner already has commercial links with the majority of European airlines and is now targeting global coverage. The company is preparing for rapid growth as more routes are added to its database which displays search results in 20 different languages.
More at:http://www.skyscanner.net/
Fortisphere got $10 million in series A round funding by Fairhaven Capital Partners and Globespan Capital Partners
What Company is Offering:
Fortisphere is a leading provider of virtual machine lifecycle management software that facilitates the rapid expansion of virtual infrastructures through greater visibility, granular control, and best practices.Fortisphere is built on a culture of creativity, technological rigor, and market innovation. Unique among its peers, Fortisphere has created patent-pending solutions that were built expressly to address the operational challenges associated with virtualization.
How It Works:
Fortisphere empowers enterprises to more intelligently grow their virtual machine deployments by providing the visibility, granular control and best practices required to ensure virtualized environments operate efficiently, effectively and securely. By tracking, reporting and managing both online and offline virtual machines, Fortisphere helps accelerate virtualization adoption.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got $10 million in series A round funding. The round was co-led by Fairhaven Capital Partners and Globespan Capital Partners.
How They Will Use Funding:
The company will use the funding to further product development, grow its sales team and increase its market visibility.
IDC predicts that the virtualization market will reach $11.7 billion over the next four years and that by the end of this year, about half of the world's 4.2 million servers will be virtualized," said Paul L. Ciriello, managing partner, Fairhaven Capital Partners. "While this dramatic growth has resulted in cost and operational gains for companies, it has also triggered a need for data center management tools purpose-built for virtualized environments. Fortisphere fills this urgent market need by providing a unique means for organizations to more efficiently manage their virtual machine deployments."
More at:http://www.fortisphere.com/
Fortisphere is a leading provider of virtual machine lifecycle management software that facilitates the rapid expansion of virtual infrastructures through greater visibility, granular control, and best practices.Fortisphere is built on a culture of creativity, technological rigor, and market innovation. Unique among its peers, Fortisphere has created patent-pending solutions that were built expressly to address the operational challenges associated with virtualization.
How It Works:
Fortisphere empowers enterprises to more intelligently grow their virtual machine deployments by providing the visibility, granular control and best practices required to ensure virtualized environments operate efficiently, effectively and securely. By tracking, reporting and managing both online and offline virtual machines, Fortisphere helps accelerate virtualization adoption.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They got $10 million in series A round funding. The round was co-led by Fairhaven Capital Partners and Globespan Capital Partners.
How They Will Use Funding:
The company will use the funding to further product development, grow its sales team and increase its market visibility.
IDC predicts that the virtualization market will reach $11.7 billion over the next four years and that by the end of this year, about half of the world's 4.2 million servers will be virtualized," said Paul L. Ciriello, managing partner, Fairhaven Capital Partners. "While this dramatic growth has resulted in cost and operational gains for companies, it has also triggered a need for data center management tools purpose-built for virtualized environments. Fortisphere fills this urgent market need by providing a unique means for organizations to more efficiently manage their virtual machine deployments."
More at:http://www.fortisphere.com/
SnapYap.com---Instant Video Calling
What Company is Offering:
At SnapYap.com, video conferencing and messaging is accessible to computer users of all levels. All you need is an internet connection and a webcam, and you too can experience the excitement of video communication.
How it Works:
As a SnapYapTM user, you can:
Participate in live video calls in your browser .
Send and receive video messages .
Embed the SnapYapTM application directly into your webpage to record video messages .
Instantly connect with friends and family through video technology .
More at:http://www.snapyap.com/
At SnapYap.com, video conferencing and messaging is accessible to computer users of all levels. All you need is an internet connection and a webcam, and you too can experience the excitement of video communication.
How it Works:
As a SnapYapTM user, you can:
Participate in live video calls in your browser .
Send and receive video messages .
Embed the SnapYapTM application directly into your webpage to record video messages .
Instantly connect with friends and family through video technology .
More at:http://www.snapyap.com/
Online Free DVD Collections
What Company is Offering:
Access Your Entire DVD Collection from anywhere with this completely online and completely Free DVD collection program. There's no software to download, which means no annoying software updates. Their DVD Catalog program is integrated into The Online Movie Forums. Interact with each title in your DVD collection as you edit in Movie Trailers, Clips, DVD Easter Eggs, Ratings, Comments, and more. Browse some of the catalog's features listed below and be sure to check out the New Collections shown on the right.
How it Works:
Join The Online Movie Forums. Become part of one of the largest movie discussion forums online.
Search for and Add DVDs to Your Collection. Login to the forums with your username and password. Use the search box at the top of this page or any collection page to begin. Your collection is created when you add your first DVD.
More at:http://www.chasingthefrog.com/
Access Your Entire DVD Collection from anywhere with this completely online and completely Free DVD collection program. There's no software to download, which means no annoying software updates. Their DVD Catalog program is integrated into The Online Movie Forums. Interact with each title in your DVD collection as you edit in Movie Trailers, Clips, DVD Easter Eggs, Ratings, Comments, and more. Browse some of the catalog's features listed below and be sure to check out the New Collections shown on the right.
How it Works:
Join The Online Movie Forums. Become part of one of the largest movie discussion forums online.
Search for and Add DVDs to Your Collection. Login to the forums with your username and password. Use the search box at the top of this page or any collection page to begin. Your collection is created when you add your first DVD.
More at:http://www.chasingthefrog.com/
Egglad.com is an integrated casual game and shopping site based on the innovative concept of G-commerce
What Company Is Offering:
Egglad.com is an integrated casual game and shopping site based on the innovative concept of G-commerce. This site aims to foster a game fan community where members enjoy our free fun games and meet with new friends, and at the same time play the many games to earn points, called "Eggs" and "Chicks", in our affinity point system, which can be redeemed for a wide variety of products, entered into Daily Lucky Draw, and used to participate in other designated activities.
How It Works:
"Eggs" refer to the game points you earned within the same day. "Eggs" could be used to buy tickets to enter Daily Lucky Draw. At the end of the day the remaining Eggs in your balance will convert to "Chicks", or total accumulated points.
By playing the free Egglad games you can gain game score which will then automatically convert to Eggs. Due to different skill levels and complexities, Egglad.com has developed a conversion system that standardizes exchange of score of different games to Eggs. Alternatively, you will be credited with extra Eggs by referring friends to sign up as new members, achieving high rankings in featured games, or taking part in other designated programs. All unused Eggs will be counted as Chicks on the ensuing day for shopping and posting/accepting challenges.
More at:http://egglad.com/
Egglad.com is an integrated casual game and shopping site based on the innovative concept of G-commerce. This site aims to foster a game fan community where members enjoy our free fun games and meet with new friends, and at the same time play the many games to earn points, called "Eggs" and "Chicks", in our affinity point system, which can be redeemed for a wide variety of products, entered into Daily Lucky Draw, and used to participate in other designated activities.
How It Works:
"Eggs" refer to the game points you earned within the same day. "Eggs" could be used to buy tickets to enter Daily Lucky Draw. At the end of the day the remaining Eggs in your balance will convert to "Chicks", or total accumulated points.
By playing the free Egglad games you can gain game score which will then automatically convert to Eggs. Due to different skill levels and complexities, Egglad.com has developed a conversion system that standardizes exchange of score of different games to Eggs. Alternatively, you will be credited with extra Eggs by referring friends to sign up as new members, achieving high rankings in featured games, or taking part in other designated programs. All unused Eggs will be counted as Chicks on the ensuing day for shopping and posting/accepting challenges.
More at:http://egglad.com/
ZipLocal---Business Search Local
What Company is Offering:
ZipLocal makes it easy to find what you want in the neighbourhood or city you need it… from the most broad to the most specific searches. ZipLocal puts the consumer experience first, from the site design to the relevancy of business search results.
How It Works:
ZipLocal provides relevant search results from over 1.3million businesses with maps and capability for users to review, rate and tag business listings. ZipLocal is focused on creating the most comprehensive and engaging search experience at the neighbourhood and city-wide level.
From small retailer to large national brands, ZipLocal delivers the search results that matter most to the consumer, making businesses more relevant to their lives. Through user-defined search criteria, ZipLocal delivers accurate business listings that convert searching users into paying customers. ZipLocal is the only "made in Canada" local search site to successfully bridge a traditional business directory with the consumer-generated input required to be the next go-to search destination.
ZipLocal is the fresh, new, innovative, friendly, focused and inspiring answer to local search.
How is It different:
Content: Business listing information provided by advertising clients. Content also exists as user-generated provided by ZipPeople or third-party content provided by partners or reviewers.
Local Search: What ZipLocal does better than anyone in Canada. ZipLocal takes traditional search to the hyper-local level by combining Canadian business listings and maps with user input to create the most relevant search experience.
Tag: ZipLocal users are encouraged to provide specific keywords or search terms that are most relevant to a business listing, making it easier for all ZipLocal users to find what they want.
ZipPeople: ZipLocal registered users who review, rate and tag business listings are called ZipPeople. ZipPeople may be featured with a profile on the ZipPeople page or receive ZipPoints as they are relied upon for their opinions about the businesses included in the ZipLocal directory.
More at:http://www.ziplocal.com/
ZipLocal makes it easy to find what you want in the neighbourhood or city you need it… from the most broad to the most specific searches. ZipLocal puts the consumer experience first, from the site design to the relevancy of business search results.
How It Works:
ZipLocal provides relevant search results from over 1.3million businesses with maps and capability for users to review, rate and tag business listings. ZipLocal is focused on creating the most comprehensive and engaging search experience at the neighbourhood and city-wide level.
From small retailer to large national brands, ZipLocal delivers the search results that matter most to the consumer, making businesses more relevant to their lives. Through user-defined search criteria, ZipLocal delivers accurate business listings that convert searching users into paying customers. ZipLocal is the only "made in Canada" local search site to successfully bridge a traditional business directory with the consumer-generated input required to be the next go-to search destination.
ZipLocal is the fresh, new, innovative, friendly, focused and inspiring answer to local search.
How is It different:
Content: Business listing information provided by advertising clients. Content also exists as user-generated provided by ZipPeople or third-party content provided by partners or reviewers.
Local Search: What ZipLocal does better than anyone in Canada. ZipLocal takes traditional search to the hyper-local level by combining Canadian business listings and maps with user input to create the most relevant search experience.
Tag: ZipLocal users are encouraged to provide specific keywords or search terms that are most relevant to a business listing, making it easier for all ZipLocal users to find what they want.
ZipPeople: ZipLocal registered users who review, rate and tag business listings are called ZipPeople. ZipPeople may be featured with a profile on the ZipPeople page or receive ZipPoints as they are relied upon for their opinions about the businesses included in the ZipLocal directory.
More at:http://www.ziplocal.com/
Monday, November 19, 2007
Paglo is the world's first search engine for IT
What company is offering:
Paglo is the world's first search engine for IT. Think Google for IT. Use the open source crawler and discover everything about your computers, network
and users. And then answer virtually any question before you're running around
like your hair's on fire.
How It Works:
Paglo collects data across all IT silos, and indexes it to uncover the relationships between data from different components. Paglo pulls all this data together, and slaps it into shape. A two-pronged shape, to be exact: unstructured and semi-structured. And then hands you a powerful search tool to get what you need out of it.
Because Paglo can treat the information as unstructured, you can use search to find relationships between data from different components. You see, structured information works well when the problems to be solved are known. But as we know, this isn't usually the case when you're troubleshooting. That's why you need to be able to use simple, natural-language searches, just like you do today with your favorite search engine.
After you download it, you set the open source Paglo Crawler to run on your network on any desktop computer or server. It crawls your network and IT assets and gathers information, which it then securely uploads to your private Paglo Search Index in our telco-grade datacenter.
Only you or other individuals that you authorize can then use your Paglo Web account to query your Paglo Search Index, display the results as charts, lists, or tables. And, if it's something you want to check daily, you can save it onto a Dashboard that continuously self-updates as the Crawler uploads fresh data.
More at:http://www.paglo.com/
Paglo is the world's first search engine for IT. Think Google for IT. Use the open source crawler and discover everything about your computers, network
and users. And then answer virtually any question before you're running around
like your hair's on fire.
How It Works:
Paglo collects data across all IT silos, and indexes it to uncover the relationships between data from different components. Paglo pulls all this data together, and slaps it into shape. A two-pronged shape, to be exact: unstructured and semi-structured. And then hands you a powerful search tool to get what you need out of it.
Because Paglo can treat the information as unstructured, you can use search to find relationships between data from different components. You see, structured information works well when the problems to be solved are known. But as we know, this isn't usually the case when you're troubleshooting. That's why you need to be able to use simple, natural-language searches, just like you do today with your favorite search engine.
After you download it, you set the open source Paglo Crawler to run on your network on any desktop computer or server. It crawls your network and IT assets and gathers information, which it then securely uploads to your private Paglo Search Index in our telco-grade datacenter.
Only you or other individuals that you authorize can then use your Paglo Web account to query your Paglo Search Index, display the results as charts, lists, or tables. And, if it's something you want to check daily, you can save it onto a Dashboard that continuously self-updates as the Crawler uploads fresh data.
More at:http://www.paglo.com/
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