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Here is a good web 2.0 business i have been made aware of from an event i attended last week, MFG.com is rapidly becoming the eBay of manufacturing. In the past 12 months, $2 billion worth of gears, molds and machined parts were sourced and traded on the site. To participate, sellers pay an annual [...]
Job hunters perfecting their CV’s for that dream job are being urged to also polish their online profile — and clean it up if need be, with a new breed of companies emerging to help mold Internet images. A study of 1,150 hiring managers by Careerbuilder.com found 26 percent of managers admitted to using search [...]
A good site for inventors, InvenTube.com is a social network for inventors. The idea behind the site was to create an online community for those seeking communicative collaboration with other inventors. The network itself is pretty basic, but has the necessary functions. Browse user profiles and patents, participate in forums, create a poll, write [...]
If you are stuck for a business idea how about creating an online resource for the many ‘How to’ searches that are made each month. In the four weeks to 4th August 2007 there were 33,270 unique search queries containing the words “how to”, and a look at the most popular questions asked paints an [...]
A report from emarketer said the market will triple in size by 2011, reaching $407 billion, compared with $196.9 billion today. The report goes on to say that second-tier markets and a new wave of Eastern European countries will begin to contribute greatly to this figure by embracing e-commerce. The UK, Germany, and France still remain [...]
A search engine for search engines – searchCrystal lets you search and compare multiple engines in one place. It is a search visualization tool that enables you to compare, remix and share results from the best web, image, video, blog, tagging, news engines, Flickr images or RSS feeds. You can embed searchCrystal as a Widget [...]
Does your role involve you going out to various businesses? Then this could be a bolt on business idea for you. Google are trying to get their Google Maps information up to date for local businesses. As a Google Business Referral Representative, you’ll visit local businesses to collect information (such as hours of operation, [...]
Came across this interesting concept today, MyPrivateHire.com lets you hire out your personal items from right handed golf clubs to a Villa in Tuscany. The site doesn’t seem that busy but maybe this is down to lack of press. Just another way to show how we are using the internet to do things differently!
The place to be seen! If you haven’t been along to Second Chance Tuesday then you could be missing some great opportunities. Formed to replace Julie Meyers First Tuesday, Second Chance Tuesday is an event for anyone who believes in the power of the internet to change everything, from the way we communicate to the [...]
Babble Soft created by Aruni Gunasegaram, a mother of two designed a web-based application that helps new parents keep track of feedings, sleep schedules and other newborn activities and milestones that pediatricians often ask moms and dads to track. A mobile version of the application, available for many smartphones, such as the Treo, allows users to [...]
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