Canadian startup Teamstory has decided to deliver a mobile picture-based community for startups and entrepreneurs. While AngelList and Crunchbase offer the birds eye view of a company, they never dive too deep into who the startup really is. That’s why we were very engaged when YourExtraLife shared their startup with us. They did more then […]
Monetizing your social influence with Shoutly
A Nielsen study on how we are beginning to learn to trust various brands over another shared that 84% of consumers their decisions are based on word of mouth recommendations, for instance who you may follow on Twitter or friends and family over advertising. The impact is so grand that social commerce sales are expected […]
Planning events with friends sucks, but not with Emble
Remember when we shared Huddlers? An app by Toronto entrepreneurs that helped make the process of organizing team events much more simpler, Huddlers aimed to remove the frustrations that come with organizing with friends. From time scheduling, passing communications, and sending invites the app removed the need to use Facebook or emails for organization and […]
A stock images site for smartphone photographers
Unsplash made a mark in the web by sharing high quality photography for all of us to freely use, the problem however is now sites all look similar with the same photography. Utilizing and paying for photography is still a highly profitable businesses because artists want to have their creations be unique and not a […]
What if your Googling also made an impact in the world?
What if Google changed their business model? Let’s imagine if instead of profiting from advertisements and our constant Googling the search engine giant decided it had enough cash flow and was willing to pass all its revenue to betterment of our world by donating to causes you love. That probably goes against every business book […]
Making lighting fun with a cube
New lighting technologies such as Hue have transformed how our environments can interact with all conditions. Like no other time have our abilities to specifically manage the lighting environment in the most acute of manners been opportune. However, what if you wanted to have a little more fun with your lighting without having to deal […]
Vancouver startup Coogobox helps designers bring products to life
Building a toward a growing community of designers and idea makers, Coogobox by founder Ken Chen from Vancouver aims to help product designers bring their concepts in to reality. In concept the idea is simple, users/designers upload their concepts for the community to vote on, successfully polled products are then fine tuned by the Coogobox […]
Sometimes a scribble says more than a word, picture or sound
Eskiis is a new and easy way to create and share visual messages with your friends on social media networks. Eskiis is as straightforward and even more simple as using a real marker pen and a piece of paper. There are Social Media Platforms to share your words, your photos, your voice or sounds, but […]
Temperature control in your building via the crowd
Luckily for us winter is coming to an end, in some parts it’s extend far beyond expectations. During the cold months some embrace under a blanket others crank that heater to cope with Mother Nature’s fury. CrowdComfort is a new tool that helps those in charge of facilities find the perfect temperature setting by tapping […]
It’s like Mint, but for your stuff!
You own a ton of “things”, these “things” are placed everywhere, from your home to storage lockers to under your bed, but what are these “things” worth and what if you needed to apply an action to them? Trov helps you take account of the items in your life as a personal cloud app to […]