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EduTecher, Bringing Academics To The Web

Posted April 14, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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

Posted April 11, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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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JobGizmo: Job Search Goes From Chaos To Calm

Posted April 6, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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

Posted April 5, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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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Bodylogs: Database For User Generated Health Information

Posted April 4, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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 »

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Web Application Development Made Easy With Formspider

Posted March 31, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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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Startup: MyLastVid Ensures You Had A Chance To Say Your Last Words

Posted March 28, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

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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Find Fine Food Daily With FoodSherpa– Startup

Posted March 15, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb9 Find Fine Food Daily With FoodSherpa– Startup

Food is an addiction for sure. I might not indulge in eating all the great dishes from different regions of the world but I love knowing about them, how are they prepared, what people have to say about the, etcetera. While that might have been tough a decade back the boom in the Internet space has definitely made all this a lot easier. You have sites or portals helping you with learning the best of different regions, be it their culture, language or even food and experts in different categories are leveraging this to their benefit.

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42Goals Lets You Set Your Daily Goals–Startup

Posted March 7, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb2 42Goals Lets You Set Your Daily Goals–Startup

Ever wanted to start daily exercises but every morning didn’t feel like doing it? Or you made a commitment to reduce smoking but cannot track your progress? No motivation to study 10 new words a day to learn a foreign language?

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Promote And Win Products Using Social Media Auction With LikeBids

Posted February 28, 2011 by Sardar Mohkim Khan

image thumb22 Promote And Win Products Using Social Media Auction With LikeBids

LikeBids is the first social media auction startup that allows users to win the products they love by promoting them to their friends via social media networks. It provides users a unique gaming experience, users get the chance to win prizes & discounts just by telling their friends about them. LikeBids has replaced currency with social media collateral with likes and tweets. For participating auction companies, LikeBids creates the missing bridge between e-commerce and social media marketing: providing a powerful incentive to get social media users actively promoting brands. Read More »

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