Craigslist addicts like myself will be interested in Craigsphone, the new iPhone app from Next Mobile Web. Craigsphone offers a clean UI; the ability to post, upload and share location while mobile; a saved viewing history, location-based suggestions, and instant-dial numbers. The Next Mobile Web crew is claiming that there is much more to come. "The internet is raw and beautiful because it is Us," they say, "and no site is more Us than craigslist." While the ability to "see stuff, fun and people nearby" is currently limited to San Francisco and Manhattan, Next Mobile Web says they will "take the best local site in the world and make it truly local." It will be interesting to see exactly where they go with that. This app might end up being the greatest thing since sliced bread for those people who constantly scan the Missed Connections hoping to find themselves described.
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Techvibes is pleased to welcome Vancouver, BC based Zapp Worx Design on board as a sponsor.
Zapp Worx is situated in Gastown and pride themselves on being one of Vancouver's longest-standing graphic design firms, offering outstanding service and delivery under the most difficult situations.
Luie Zappacosta created Zapp Worx Design in 1987. Zapp Worx has grown into a full-service design and print firm, with services ranging from brand creation to web design and print design, complete with an in-house digital print facility.
Luie's team of graphic designers have trained in some of the most prominent art schools locally and internationally including Emily Carr School of Design, the University of Macedonia and The Human Academy in Japan.
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Mashable's Jennifer Van Grove wondered aloud today if paid online dating sites are dead? She wonders if the recent launch of DowntoEarth, a completely free dating site with an interesting pedigree.
According to DowntoEarth’s Privacy Policy, this new, free entrant is “part of the IAC/InterActiveCorp family of businesses.” IAC, of course, acquired Match.com in 1999, and is also behind Match.com’s spin-off site Chemistry.com. Despite its success with paid dating, then, IAC is testing the waters with a free model.
Free dating site rival (and Vancouver resident) Markus Frind of Plentyoffish has an answer for Van Grove. YES.
In a post titled It's official - Match.com Abandons Paid Dating, Frind claims that IAC's launch of DowntoEarth is a victory for free dating sites.
It looks like match.com realizes they are losing marketshare fast and paid sites don’t really have a future. 15% of my users in the US pay on other dating sites every month, but they all say if there was another big free site like plentyoffish they wouldn’t pay elsewhere. This has already happened in Canada where plentyoffish is pretty much the only dating site people use, and eHarmony a distant second.
Plentyoffish.com is a 100% FREE online dating site, and is constantly improving based on your feedback. You will notice everything on this online... [more]
| Rank | Company | TTR | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaango |  11,068 |
|
| 2 | Printfection | 22,751 |
|
| 3(3) |  |
Lijit | 30,405 |
| 4 | BiggerPockets | 32,404 |
|
| 5(2) | |
LifePics | 37,043 |
| 6(-3) | |
Intense Debate | 37,422 |
| 7(-2) | |
SurveyGizmo | 42,890 |
| 8 | NewsGator | 44,742 |
|
| 9(1) | |
DigitalGlobe | 78,805 |
| 10(-1) | |
Me.dium | 82,327 |
| 11(1) | |
Brightkite | 89,503 |
| 12(-1) | |
Trackvia | 100,842 |
| 13 | SocialThing | 118,970 |
|
| 14 | Filtrbox | 130,188 |
|
| 15 | HiveLive | 171,153 |
|
| 16(1) | |
UMapper | 181,316 |
| 17(-1) | |
HouseFront | 195,659 |
| 18(3) | |
Kerpoof | 206,183 |
| 19(-1) | |
hubbuzz | 210,349 |
| 20(-1) | |
EventVue | 229,973 |
| 21(9) | |
Yieldex | 259,926 |
| 22 | MosaicGlobe | 261,122 |
|
| 23 | BuyMyTronics | 264,181 |
|
| 24(-4) | |
Foodzie | 306,600 |
| 25(1) | |
Earthscape | 373,598 |
| 26(1) | |
ShipCompliant | 460,917 |
| 27(-2) | |
Blogonize | 488,206 |
| 28(-4) | |
Buybak.com | 529,508 |
| 29(-1) | |
madKast | 632,206 |
| 30(5) | |
Intelepeer | 697,870 |
| 31(3) | |
Medioh! | 817,241 |
| 32 | i-Stats | 853,280 |
|
| 33(-2) | |
Symplified | 900,138 |
| 34(-1) | |
Iggli | 965,553 |
| 35(2) | |
Buzzwire | 1,084,409 |
| 36(-7) | |
Passitto | 1,143,121 |
| 37(1) | |
ViewMyLife | 1,628,630 |
| 38(2) | |
J Squared Media | 1,755,042 |
| 39 | Format Dynamics | 1,949,071 |
|
| 40(1) | |
Jetrecord | 2,018,946 |
| 41(1) | |
SocialEyes | 2,416,267 |
| 42(-6) | |
Plum Amazing | 2,627,466 |
| 43(2) | |
StudyCurve | 3,561,850 |
| 44 | Investor Avenue | 3,580,356 |
|
| 45(1) | |
Search to Phone | 8,179,269 |
| 46(-3) | |
5o9 Inc. | 8,213,762 |
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Just before everyone took off for their annual Christmas break, MakeFive's Eric Karjaluoto had his Elevator Pitch featured on Techcrunch. While I'm sure Karjaluoto had a pretty strong following to his numerous blogs - IdeasOnIdeas.com, EricKarjaluoto.com, & the MakeFive Blog - before that, there's no doubt that kind of exposure is great for your overall readership.
Karjaluoto is a co-founder of a Vancouver-based interactive agency smashLAB and has been dabbling with a couple startups recently. So when he blogged on Friday about Why your web startup will fail, his readers piled on the comments (148 and counting) and they liked what they read.
In honour of Karjaluoto's current startup MakeFive, I've summarized his blog post into The Top Five Reasons your Web Startup Will Fail:
smashLAB is an interactive design firm. We create digital experiences that are meaningful, memorable and easy to manage. Our diverse clients in the... [more]
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