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image thumb13 My.Foliotek Online Portfolio Creation Tool, Special Promo Discount For Startup Meme Readers!

There is definitely a need for someone to showcase their work online in a neat portfolio, one that is easy to access and looks professional enough. One can create an online resume or send one out as a hard copy but it isn’t as effective. I mean I can’t describe all my work in a resume and make life hell for the prospective employer to read. And with the modern tools available, it is totally pointless (read stupid) to carry the bulk of your portfolio.

Enter My.Foliotek an electronic portfolio creation tool that allows individuals to showcase themselves in ways a resume cannot.This can help them land that first job, further their professional career or help them get to the next level in the higher education process.  My.Foliotek does this by giving you a central place to store files and the ability to present them in a meaningful way to viewers. It also has built in sharing that allows the user to publish their portfolio via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or a direct URL such as (yourname.foliotek.me). To put it in their own words:

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image thumb25 SaleLocator: What’s On Sale Now In Local Stores?

SaleLocator is a new local shopping search engine and iPhone app that brings local retail sales information to consumers. The startup plans to step in the arena as one of the largest collection of in-store sale information, SaleLocator helps bargain hunters find the best ongoing sales near them by showcasing local brick-and-mortar sales in all US markets, from the smallest towns to the biggest cities.

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image thumb20 Off The Quad Launches Exclusive New Social Experience Powered by TrendsttrToday, Off the Quad (www.offthequad.com), a digital marketing startup for the college demographic based out of Boulder, Colorado, announced the relaunch of Off The Quad Inc., the launch of Trendsttr and a new Facebook-only experience for its community. Now, on top of going to classes, doing homework and all the other “boring” stuff, students have access to the exciting things they simply can’t miss around their college town. Off The Quad helps students discover events, places and products they didn’t know about, giving them an effortless way to see the best-of happenings around them. The new Facebook experience will create a community exclusive to those students with the most social influence on campus. Read More »

image thumb13 EduTecher, Bringing Academics To The Web EduTecher is a free social web resource for teachers and students.  Users are encouraged to explore, share, and contribute links and descriptions of free web tools that will be useful in an academic setting. Guess this isn’t a new bit as everyone is on the lookout for online tools to make life easier.

EduTecher enables teachers to create personal learning networks and connect with other users. Just like any social network it is a way to connect with people and tools that are more academic in nature, allowing members to post their own blog or participate in forums all focused around the successful implementation of educational technology. The idea as I see it, is to get the academics more closely associated to the Internet and Web, from their blog:

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image thumb9 OpenNearMe: Know What Is Open Near You And Avoid The Hassle

I think the worst thing to happen is that you step out of your house to buy something and all you get to see is a huge Closed sign slapped on the door. You always have the phone to call up and check before you leave, but is there any other smarter way? I mean you can’t just call up all super stores one by one and with the Web so evolved, one would rather resort to using the Internet for such needs.

OpenNearMe is a new startup that resolves the same issue. It simply indexes all the markets, stores, eating places, in short everything within its database and lets you know what place near you is open. It saves time, listing only places that are nearby on a neat map so that you are also able to make a better decision on selecting the nearest to your location.

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image thumb5 JobGizmo: Job Search Goes From Chaos To Calm

Keeping an eye on all the jobs you apply for is often a pretty hectic tasks, which I bet many dread. This is much easier if you have a single job to keep an eye on but this might apply to seasoned employees, but with fresh graduates in the race, you are looking at at least two dozen jobs. If you ask me, applying filters, using automated trackers, etc but you seriously don’t want them lost thanks to the countless junk mails and invites you get from numerous social networks, forums, etc. Stop wasting time and get to know this startups, JobGizmo.

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image thumb4 LoveBookOnline: Problem Saying How Much You Adore Your Love? Write A Book!

Most gifts are too impersonal. A small team of developers and artists came up with a gift idea that digs deeper than anything before it and we did it in a fun, simple way. How many times has a loved one asked, "Why do you love me?" I bet many folks out there must have come across this question at least once in their lifetime. And I am sure many would have loved to have this answered by someone else, hence comes LoveBooks a site that allows users to select, edit and create pages of a book that list all the reasons why they love someone. LoveBooks prints the book, binds it as per your need; the hard bound or paperback and it is shipped to you.

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image thumb2 Bodylogs: Database For User Generated Health InformationBodylogs is a health resource aimed at simplifying the research process by providing the user with a consensus about a given topic. It is the go-to resource for health enthusiasts seeking practical information that they can benefit from and incorporate into their lives. Read More »

image thumb18 Web Application Development Made Easy With Formspider

Creating applications or even thinking about writing a code confuses me. Despite all the recent developments that have made coding absolutely easy for anyone, I somehow continue to be phobic to this. I am not sure if any tool would actually help me with this but for those who are trying to learn this Formspider, a new startup might be of great help.

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image thumb17 Startup: MyLastVid Ensures You Had A Chance To Say Your Last WordsMyLastVid is a service that allows people to record and store videos to a secure database. Users can specify a decided time for the video to be released, be it on some special occasion as well as to whom. The startup is ideal for ensuring that your precious words and thoughts are recoded and preserved for the right time and the right occasion. These may include your message of love, a will or just a narration of your most memorable moments.

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