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If you ever saw the film High Fidelity,(starring John Cusack and Jack Black), you might remember this short dialogue:
Barry: I wanna date a musician. Rob Gordon: I wanna live with a musician. She’d write songs at home and ask me what I thought of them, and maybe even include one of our little private jokes in the liner notes.… Read more
The Pocket Hispter iPhone app (available for both iPhone and iPad) evaluates your iTunes playlist, then makes recommendations with the attitude of an artsy, edgy hipster. This startup has been raved for its creative take and high regard for visual aesthetics such as the design of the 4 characters (pictured above) that will interact with you while using the app.… Read more
Back in May 2011, I wrote about the Color iPhone app, described as its developers back then as a service to create new, dynamic social networks for your iPhone or Android wherever you go. What I was not aware back then was who was the man behind this app and why he had the guts to claim that his product… Read more
Launched during Philadelphia’s Startup Weekend back in January 2011, LaunchRock helps you setup a viral launching soon page in minutes. As of November 2011, LaunchRock has already streamlined over 100 startup launches ranging from developers of Flash templates to maker of cloud-based “notepads” such as Fetchnotes. The startup is backed by $800,000 in funding from a very diverse pool of… Read more
Australia is fast becoming one of the hottest spots in the world where entrepreneurs can meet success. Whether it is technology, travel, cuisine or any other industry, there is a huge market in Australia with lots of room for growth. Below are just a very few startups whose owners have taken advantage of the venture capital opportunities, favorable tax policies… Read more
This November 2011, Mark Zuckerberg recently gave a shout-out to Boston entrepreneurs by stating that Silicon Valley it’s not the only place to be and that if he was starting now, he would have just stayed in Boston. So what caused Zuckerberg to make such a statement are a bunch of new startups in Boston such as networking company, Greenhornet… Read more
In a world where “1 in 5 New Relationships Begin on an Online Dating Sites” (according to data from Match.com), it is not a surprise that there are several companies trying to capitalize on this trend. Want to meet Christian singles? Try ChristianMingle.com. Can’t find somebody big enough to handle your love? Try LargeAndLovely.com. Looking for the sugar daddy of… Read more
Founded by Nick Halstead back in 2008 in the U.K., Datasift is (as of the time this article was written) only one of the 2 companies in the world that Twitter has allowed to re-syndicate its content. Nick is well known in social media circles because he founded TweetMeme, a leading platform in providing social news via Twitter available in… Read more
With the popularity of Facebook in the field of Social Media Service, it is an undeniable fact that many startup companies would try to venture and rival the services offered by Facebook. You should have known by now that the search giant itself – Google has established its own social networking site – the Google plus. And here’s something new… Read more
If you are a fan of OpenTable and you have dreamed about bringing the simplicity of its service to other fields, now you will be happy to learn about ZocDoc, a startup that is trying to ease the process of booking doctor appointments on the web.
