Archive for May, 2007
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007The rumors were true, CBS has acquired web stock show Wallstrip for $5 million. I think this is the first acquisition of a web show by a major media company. If not, it’s certainly the largest. It raises an interesting question as well… as “new media” grows at the intersection of tech […]
LessonPortal.com - Fredericksburg, VA
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007LessonPortal.com is exactly what it sounds like, and CEO Chris Hoovler is not afraid to dream big about his site. The stated goal is “more teachers helping more students than any other site in the world.” The site has a blog, and the business model is the every popular “freemium,” but other than […]
Stockalicious - Keep Track of Your Portfolio Performance
Sunday, May 20th, 2007The founders of Stockalicious like to use the analogy that they are to stock investors what web analytics are to webmasters. The goal of the site is to make it easy to monitor your portfolio, and ot see how it stacks up to the portfolios of other users. Stockalicious has a portfolio widget […]
DealMaadi - Shopping Deals For India
Friday, May 18th, 2007Websites that let you shop for deals have been all the rage for several years now. In typical web fashion, what become popular through aggregation is now finding new audiences by niching back out. DealMaddi is a shopping service for India, where users can vote on deals. With no page rank, it […]
Esyshopping – Localized Online Shopping
Thursday, May 17th, 2007Vancouver based Esyshopping is hoping to do for online shopping what Outside.in has done for place blogging. Built on the concept of localized information, the company is developing a technology that aggregates local data from across the web to help people browse, compare, and buy products from retail stores close to them.
While […]
IdeaConnection.com - The Idea Trading Ground
Thursday, May 17th, 2007Have you ever wondered what it would look like when web 2.0 met Idea creation? Seriously. How could that website make money?
Meet IdeaConnection.com. Don’t get me wrong. I love this idea. The basic business model is bringing problems, solutions, inventions, patents, etc together with people that can make them grow. There is an entrepreneur/investor section […]
University of Florida is One of the Best Schools For Tech Spinoffs
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 A football title, a basketball title, and now University of Florida is holding it’s own against MIT and Caltech when it comes to spinning off startups. It’s enough to make you wonder what the hell is in the water in Gainesville.
The rise is the result of a change in strategy, which boils down […]
Trailfire.com - Discover The Web Through The Expertise of Others
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007Seattle based TrailFire is sort of like Squidoo in that it aims to show you the way to the web without using a search engine. Users create “trails” around a topic, which is basically a list of sites that you can navigate to learn more about that topic. People can add to your […]
MasterMoz - Social Networking Meets Web Directory
Monday, May 14th, 2007Mastermoz is a web directory like Yahoo or Dmoz, but with a twist. Mastermoz puts you in control of your own listing, so that it will be more accurate, and keeps track of your social networking information and reputation. The idea is that better accuracy and a good reputation lead to more credibility […]
Ratchet-X: Desktop mashup technology from New York
Saturday, May 12th, 2007Techcrunch covered Ratchet-X, a desktop based XML platform that allows anyone to share data across different desktop applications. It’s similar to Yahoo! Pipes for the web, basically allowing multiple applications to interact and mix up the same data via XML.
Ratchet-X is the first product released by RatchetSoft, a privately held company based out of Manhasset, […]
