samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - May 29 2007 | web apps, startups, mobiles
"The basic idea around GrandCentral is “one phone number for all your phones, for life.” As we change jobs, homes and cell phones, there are a lot of phone numbers to keep track of, and keeping everyone up to date with your most recent phone numbers is a real cost. If you use GrandCentral you can give out a single phone number. What happens when that person calls that number depends on his/her relationship to you, and what you are doing at the time."
This is pretty cool - you can specify what happens when certain groups of people call your special number, e.g. special voicemail message, ignore caller, send to mobile etc. You're completely reliant on GC though, and it's US-only :(
- samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 03 2007 | web apps, startups
"IQzone, Inc. is the future of classified advertising. Snap. Send. Sell. - use your mobile phone to post a classified ad in less than 60 seconds. Simply take a photo or video clip of any product or service, text a description and send to ad@iqzone.com."
This is a pretty cool service, possible disruptive to eBay because it makes it so much easier to post - anyone who has used eBay will attest to how confusing it is sometimes.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 22 2007 | facebook, web 2.0, web apps, startups
"You may have seen the news that Facebook has acquired my fledgling startup, Parakey. The project remains very much alive, and since we will be working to port the concepts and technology to Facebook, it will remain stealthy."
Wow, congrats to Blake but this definitely shows that Facebook has more than the web in its sights. Sounds like a bold plan to leapfrog it's competitors.
- samuel337 | Shared With: Everyone - May 14 2007 | startups, web apps
"There’s a lot of buzz right now about Yak4Ever.com, a new site from Pat Phelan of Roam4Free.ie.
It seems like a nice idea, however I want to warn people that there is quite a major vulnerability with the site that is currently revealing the details of everyone signing up to the service."
Don't know much about the people behind this, but I can see this type of issue being a problem with many startups, especially those launched by those inexperienced with security, or those who rushed through development, launching it as long as it works.
Send Sam a friend request or a personal message instead.