Archive for the ‘Web Connection’ Category

Flock: for people who like to be connected

Monday, June 30th, 2008

I was on a web site the other day when I noticed an advertisement for a new browser called "Flock".  I don't know why I clicked it -- I liked the name, I think -- but, after reading about this new browser developed by the company of the same name, ...

Loopt.Com - Your Social Compass

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

A very accurate tagline "your social compass", unlike many other sites, Loopt.Com actually means it! Loopt offers software that helps you stay in the "loop" with your friends! By naturally, being your compass as to where they are. Although cell companies have proposed this idea in the past, making Loopt ...

SURFsquared.com - Visually share your webpages in live sessions

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Tonight, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Todd Kelly, the CEO of SURFsquared.com.  He told me about his company and I was simply amazed!  The concept is simple, but it's amazing that anyone could have even come up with it.  Basically, as you're on a website you can share ...

JuniorU - The Final Piece to Education and Safe Social Networking

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

JuniorU is probably going to take a lot of the burden off of parents in this age. Adults and teens of all ages understand that the Internet is a vast and brilliant network full of great tools, information, videos, music, and interesting people. However, there are also scams, phishers, perverts, ...

CauseCaller.Com - Get In Touch With Democracy

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

I absolutely love this idea, and the selflessness of which is was brought to life, but we'll get to that later. There have been so many worthwhile causes lately, regarding our Internet rights, but also hundreds of others, for any individual in the US to care about. Often, it seems ...

IntroIn - Get rental referrals

Monday, May 26th, 2008

So when hunting for a place to live, a lot of people ask for information from friends and family.  Some people even ask the people living in the to-be-rental about the living conditions, the area and their general satisfaction.  That's exactly what IntroIn is about.  They allow you to browse ...

uShip.Com - The Online Shipping Marketplace

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

The idea behind uShip is very unique, in and of itself; this is definitely something you don't see every day. Basically, it's a place where shipping service providers bid to ship one's items. Like eBay, customers are encouraged to leave feedback on how well the shipping company that handled their ...

Repliqa.Com - Finds stuff you’ll like

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Repliqa.com certainly does have an interesting concept. Basically, the process is this: you register for free, and take a general personality quiz to figure out what your likes and dislikes might be. Some have said this is a highly intuitive system, while others aren't so sure that's as effective as ...

BuddyFetch.Com - Find new friends on the Internet

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Okay so you have AIM, Yahoo, MySpace, Digg, whatever. But the main flaw in having so many different messengers is trying to find someone with the same interests as you, but in different communities or messengers. No one wants to take the time to search through a hundred different social ...

iRent2u.Com - The Online Rental Marketplace

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

We all know there are several places online where you can buy pretty much anything you can think of; both eBay and Amazon have made their own little niche corners of the internet shopping industry. However, what about people who don't necessarily want to buy anything? Or only need something ...