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New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age

New startups are targeting the baby-boomers and providing niche social networking sites to cater to their needs. MySpace with wrinkles. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Xsigo launches — joins rush to virtualize the data center

Former Juniper engineers formed Xsigo three years ago with top VC firms investing in it. They offer something similar to VMWare and promise a reduction in costs of data centers through Virtualization. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Hardware  |  

Startup Challenge by Amazon - Win $100,000 for creative use of AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is searching for the next hot start-up that is leveraging AWS to build its infrastructure and business. Do you have a great idea or an existing application that uses services more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Funding  |  

How ArsDigita went from a being buzzing Startup to legal fight between founders and VC's

A very interesting story of a startup which went from being one of the sought after by VC's to going bust and being entangled in legal fights. Their philosphy "we'll attack this problem a few years before more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

New Farecast Service Tells You Whether That Hotel Rate Is Really A Deal - Consumerist

Farecast.com is testing a great new feature that evaluates a hotel's given rate, then tells you how much of a deal it really is when compared to past quotes and fares at similar hotels. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Search  |  

maps.amung.us - Map your site visitors in real-time

With maps.amung.us you get to see exactly where your site visitors are from - live! Our maps update themselves on your site without having to reload the whole page. That's right, ditch your static map more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Gadgets and Tools  |  

Rebtel - Startup providing Cheap international mobile calls

You give Rebtel the phone number of a friend in another country, and they give you a local number for them. Save this number on your mobile phone so you can call your friend whenever you want, for a fraction more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: VoIP  |  

Mobile startups growing: photos, videos, presence detection and storage

An interesting article by Matt Marshall - "If you’re in the mobile industry, and you’re not growing, you have a problem. We’re in the midst of a mobile revolution (all arrows pointing up), and numerous more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mobile 2.0  |  

Vantrix announces $12M in series B funding | Montreal Tech Watch

Vantrix, a Montreal-based startup, enables content providers and mobile operators to deliver TV, video, text and audio to subscribers without requiring the customer to install a specific an application. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mobile 2.0  |  

Startup Watch: Yapta Beating the Airlines at Their Own Game

One of the most frustrating things for any traveler is the seemingly random price swings in airline tickets. The same flight could be $1098 one day and $573 the next, as was the case with a flight to more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Online Apps and Widgets  |