So you’re ready to start a startup, but you only have two minutes to spare? Well you’re in luck, because that’s all it takes at The “Starter Upper”! Since most startups are simple combinations of a couple core attributes (mobile + game mechanics + geo-location = Foursquare), you can create a business plan and even a catchy* name in mere […]

TrendCentral: TheIceBreak aims to enhance users’ love lives by encouraging meaningful communication between partners. To get started, partners privately rate their satisfaction with their significant other in various areas. Based on these answers, the site endorses communication-boosting activities, such as sharing moments from one’s day or answering a series of questions like “What’s your favorite memory of the relationship so […]

MercMob is a hiring platform for social tasks. Sign up for a task, work with others, and get paid if you and your fellow workers make it happen. You can use any and all tools at your disposal: social networks, flash mobs, crowdsourcing, guerilla marketing, whatever it takes.

Sprouter is a direct conduit to the knowledge you need to succeed in your business. Instead of asking contacts in your network for an introduction and hoping your e-mail gets a reply, you can now ask a question in real-time to the entrepreneurs and investors you admire. The expert panel on Sprouter is comprised of handpicked success stories, and their […]

CNet: Google has begun rolling out a new social-networking photo service, dubbed Photovine. Though Google has said little publicly about Photovine, the service appears to be one in which consumers can take snaps from their phones and have them upload in a stream of pictures in the same way that tweets flow into Twitter. Presumably, if you subscribe to someone […]

Iconoculture: Billing itself as a “Pandora for your social life,” online social planning service Weotta gives consumers the ideal activity itinerary at a moment’s notice. Weotta users link their Facebook account to the service and then select a theme and a vibe for their outing. After fine-tuning the tone, users receive a customized possible itinerary featuring links to make restaurant […]

Anyone looking to enhance their social life or to simplify the process of figuring out where to go on a given night can benefit from My Social Text. In short, all someone has to do is text MSTB to 46786 to start receiving free texts with the best happy hours and events in their town. The cooler part is, if […]