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Back in 1995, Expedia was a just a small startup that revolutionized the travel industry by becoming the premier website for online booking of travel arrangements. Along the way come other similar websites such as Travelocity, Orbitz and many more. However, other than fancy marketing gimmicks, there has been no real technological advances in the online travel industry. Fortunately, a… Read more
A unique social network, WorkForFavor.com, has been created with an eye towards helping business owners promote their businesses with little or no out of pocket expenses. Imagine promoting your business by having hundreds, or thousands, of people becoming your friends on Facebook, or sending tweets to others about the benefits of your company, or even performing tasks that you would… Read more
Savvy business professionals spend a lot of time building up their LinkedIn profile so that they can use it both as a presentation card and a way for others to find them. However, in a sea of LinkedIn profiles, how do you know who’s the best professional out of the bunch? Based out of Redwood City, CA, Mixtent is a… Read more
Look who’s trying to hang out with the cool Silicon Valley startup kids. AOL has a new Palo Alto, CA workspace (395 Page Mill, Palo Alto, CA 94306 and former headquarters of Agilent Technologies) and hopes that this new space infuses entrepreneurial energy to the company. AOL is hoping to keep on top of the latest developments, so it can… Read more
There are 3 important demographic trends happening in the United States. First, the baby boomer generation is about to retire and exit the workforce, which will increase its available free time for leisure. Second, aging Americans are taking a deep interest in ways to overcome health and mobility barriers that prevent them from socializing with others. Third, aging Americans want… Read more
If you look for a Chinese version of Amazon.com, you will find Taobao.com. If you look for a Chinese version of Facebook, you will find Renren.com. How do you say Twitter in Mandarin? Try Weibo. Launched in August 2009 by Sina Corporation, China’s biggest web portal, has experienced explosive growth that has been fueled by celebrity users, exorbitant market valuations,… Read more
Beluga is part of the fast rising group messaging industry. Beluga was created by 3 Google engineers (Ben Davenport, Lucy Zhang and Jonathan Perlow) who helped developed Gmail and AdSense. If having some Google staff cache wasn’t enough to draw attention to this company, earlier this March 1st, 2011 Beluga was acquired by Facebook. Beluga offers group messaging through its… Read more
If you want to make it big on Twitter, you will find thousands of different pieces of advice to achieve it. One point, which appears particularly often is the power of consistent and sustainable tweeting – no matter what. Given the dynamic and liveliness of Twitter this is not something to be achieved easily. So let me therefore introduce you… Read more
iZoca.com, a technology company focused on efficient scheduling and communication, provides a simple way for groups, organizations and individuals to share information, plan events and monitor activities. This new platform features tools which provide groups the ability to effectively communicate and organize both publicly and privately.
Co-foundedby Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, Instagram is a relatively new photo service that allows iPhone users to post pics online, share them through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and allow people to comment on the pics. The rise to popularity of this iPhone app has been due to its use by celebrities such as Snoop Dogg to… Read more
