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LeapFish Easily Swims Through Multiple Search Ponds February 04, 2009 
California-based LeapFish launched a new style of search engine last month, offering users a multi-dimensional search aggregator that combines several features to provide more focused results. This one deserves a prominent spot in your browser bookmarks. Similar to the Gogimon Search Channel, which launched last month as well, LeapFish has a look and feel that enhances users' comfort levels with Google, Yahoo and MSN Search.
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Bringing Up Open Source, Part 3: The Mobile Movement January 28, 2009 
Open source is out of the closet and is being accepted as the new kid on the block by mobile device makers. The use of open source products in both enterprise and consumer circles is unprecedented. However, the mobile marketplace, until recently, was more like a wayward stepchild to Windows-based parents.
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Bringing Up Open Source, Part 2: The Consumer Side January 21, 2009 
The expansion of open source into new markets is prompting consumers to notice alternatives to traditional computing habits. Personal computing power now puts so much opportunity into the hands of consumers that previously impossible activities are possible without exposure to proprietary software.
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Bringing Up Open Source, Part 1: Enterprise Edition January 14, 2009 
In this rapidly changing economy, enterprise executives are paying more attention to business processes that cost them less and deliver more results. The well-worn phrase "Getting more bang for less buck" is becoming the operative selling point for open source software products.
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4Sale4Now.com: Watch the Price Drop, Then Pounce December 30, 2008 
For those who like to feel like they've gotten a bargain whenever they make a purchase, 4Sale4Now.com could be a dream come true. The site lets retailers discount their products and services regularly, and it lets buyers to monitor these discounts and buy when they're deep enough to suit their fancy. It's akin to an auction model, but unlike sites like eBay, the prices on 4Sale4Now always go down.
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Mahalo Spices Up Information-Sharing With Cash Incentives December 18, 2008 
A heavily financed Internet startup has launched a new question-and-answer search engine with a twist -- users pay one another to get answers to questions. Santa Monica, Calif.-based Mahalo launched Mahalo Answers earlier this week. The search service is reminiscent of Yahoo Answers and search engines popular in Asia, such as
Naver and Daum, both based in South Korea.
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FreeShipping.org: Painless Deliveries November 18, 2008 
Online shoppers looking to save a few bucks have plenty of options this holiday season. Those looking to save on shipping costs in particular might find themselves at FreeShipping.org, a new Web site that lists free shipping deals for hundreds of retailers. "We noticed how many retailers were offering free shipping, and that shoppers were wanting it," said Luke Knowles, cofounder of the company.
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Voiceprinting: Victrio's Fraud-Fighting Watchdog November 13, 2008 
Credit card fraudsters beware: Victrio might be tracking you. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company recently released a new system aimed at identifying, analyzing and storing the voiceprints of identity thieves. "We're building a nationwide database of bad guys' voiceprints," said Victrio's founder and CEO, Tony Rajakumar.
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PC Fixer Lassos Customers the Old Fashioned Way: Free Services October 22, 2008 
Getting reliable and reasonably priced tech support for an ailing computer is time-consuming and frustrating. PC users at home, school and work face malfunctions caused by human error, software failure and hardware configuration glitches. On top of these problems are the increasing daily threats posed by malware and virus infections. The typical home or office user has no IT support to rescue them.
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Flurry Sees Analytics Opportunity in Blizzard of Mobile Apps October 21, 2008 
As more and more consumers download smartphone applications, it's become increasingly vital for developers, phone makers and wireless carriers to have a deeper understanding of how customers interact with them. That's where a company like Flurry comes in. The San Francisco-based startup has developed software that gives demographic information about mobile application consumers.
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WEbook: Turning Publishing on Its Ear October 09, 2008 
"Claiming itself to be a next-generation publisher, WEbook has successfully roped in venture capitalists to invest in their business," Deepak Thakur, senior research analyst in ICT Practice at Frost & Sullivan told the E-Commerce Times. If the dot-com burst and the more recent Wall Street fiasco have taught us anything, it is that investor confidence is not necessarily a harbinger of success.
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Whooping It Up: Woopra Crashes the Web Analytics Party October 07, 2008 
Woopra, a new Web-tracking and analysis service designed by iFusion Labs, began quietly enough. iFusion Labs CEO John Pozadzides, along with his partners, Elie Khoury and Jad Younan, launched the site at Word Camp, a convention for bloggers, in March 2008, offering memberships to 200 attendees.
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ubExact Gives Search a Little More Personality October 06, 2008 
Google and Yahoo are so well established in my daily Internet search routine that I wasn't expecting to find anything new with a beta engine from a start-up search company. But ubExact had more than one pleasant surprise in how it lets users search. ubExact launched its beta on Sept. 2.
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SoCal Startups Come Out of the Woodwork September 19, 2008 
"Monetize." This dry semantic substitute for figuring out ways to make money stood out as the Word of the Day for the companies displaying their social media Web sites and Software as a Service offerings at the VentureNet 2008 Conference, produced by the Torrance-based Technology Council of Southern California and held Sept. 12 at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.
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BillShrink Boils Down Credit Card Plans for Consumers September 18, 2008 
BillShrink, a Silicon Valley Internet startup, has launched a new free service that helps consumers to make sense of the ever-changing offers, rules and rewards programs in the credit card market. Based on a survey of their credit habits, BillShrink recommends to site visitors the credit cards that will work best for them.
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Cymax Stores: The Little Online Furniture Shop That Could September 17, 2008 
Even as late as 2003 -- years after Amazon.com and other e-tailers started shipping consumer goods all over the world -- Canada was still far behind in its e-commerce evolution. Most Canadians didn't buy their furniture online. That gave Fasihi, a 33-year-old Iranian immigrant, an idea.
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