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By: Free soda offer crashes Dr Pepper site | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:46:28 +0000

[...] soda, users had to register for a free coupon on the site of Dr Pepper. People love free stuff and it does matter. The offer was for a larger number of people and the time was limited to just one day, this caused [...]

By: Startup Meme » Blog Archive » Microsoft getting desperate, Offers Apple products as a bait to use Live Search

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:25:37 +0000

[...] have ever tried to acquire users by offering something other than their service. I have seen companies offering products to acquire users, but in most cases they are startups whom no one knows about. Never have I come across such a Giant [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:23:11 +0000

Thanks for the great article. Keep up the good work.

By: Startup Meme » Blog Archive » IBM Lotus Symphony – new kid on the block

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:20:52 +0000

[...] Microsoft Office Ribbon but the UI isn’t bad for a free [...]

By: Startup Meme » Blog Archive » Read popular magazines online for free by issuu

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:12:51 +0000

[...] is your thing, you’ll be lost online without issuu. Read some of the most popular magazines for free on [...]

By: Startup Meme » Blog Archive » Youtube’s latest feature – Annotations

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:11:54 +0000

[...] web applications and specially with the hindsight of Google, we get this brilliant new feature for free. More power to the web! [...]

By: Startup Meme » Free music was never so cool before Grooveshark.

Startup Meme » Free music was never so cool before Grooveshark. — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:45:36 +0000

[...] Free music is one of the most attractive phrases on the Internet. Grooveshark not just offers this but it does so in great style. This is one of the coolest Web 2.0 website offering free music I’ve seen to date, and it matches what last.fm has to offer. According to their website: Grooveshark was founded in 2006 by three University of Florida students determined to accomplish what the music industry couldn’t – make purchasing music online easy, enjoyable and worthwhile. [...]

By: Startup Meme » Monitor your traffic in military style - Use Woopra.

Startup Meme » Monitor your traffic in military style - Use Woopra. — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:05:23 +0000

[...] competition, it’s Woopra. Highly recommended! ( And did I mention it’s totally free? [...]

By: Startup Meme » Create fonts easily - Fontstruct

Startup Meme » Create fonts easily - Fontstruct — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:49:47 +0000

[...] Steps in, Fontstruct. This nifty website has all the bells and whistles that anyone and everyone would need to create a unique font. And since it’s a very web 2.0 site, you can share and download fonts created by others. The theme of the site perfectly suits it’s purpose with nice descriptions and screencasts. You can even check out the gallery before signing up to realize the potential of the Fontstruct tool ( which resembles crossword puzzles). Overall a must visit for anyone with an interest in designing and graphics. This website will be of great help. Oh, and did I mention it’s totally free? [...]

By: Startup Meme » Google Analytics Rules

Startup Meme » Google Analytics Rules — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:22:46 +0000

[...] This application was just another statistics package on market until Google bought Urchin (on which this application is based on). Google actually took a commercial service, rebranded it and produced it for free (that is why it is so popular). [...]

By: Startup Meme » Get Seen on Other Sites With MagToo

Startup Meme » Get Seen on Other Sites With MagToo — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:13:18 +0000

[...] The most important thing that can make this application a huge success is that it is free (key to success). [...]

By: Around the web | alexking.org

Around the web | alexking.org — Sun, 06 May 2007 21:57:09 +0000

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By: Chris R.

Chris R. — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:40:24 +0000

Wow!

I had no idea of YouTube’s Ipod promotion. What a promotion!

You also made a very good point. Offering a free service is now pretty much standard. It’s almost expected.