Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by dhirender
Describing itself as the most revolutionary and most efficient dating service in the world, BuyUCoffee.com is an online dating community where users can actually get paid for going out on dates with other users. I wonder what this implies for the person who gets paid.
The site is for members only with a gold membership making […]
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Posted on March 13th, 2008 by dhirender
Sex and Politics are definitely not strangers, if John F Kennedy and Bill Clinton, etc. are any indication - if anything a sex scandal only serve to boost interest in politics. Combining the two, and hoping that interest in one, would lead to getting information about the other comes SexyPolitics.com
The mission as the About Us […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by dhirender
Taking Digg a step further comes Hubdub, which as the site claims is all about letting a user actively participate in the day’s news, following today’s events, predicting their outcomes and competing with other users to find out who the real news junkies are!
“Hubdub makes a person more of a participant than a consumer. It […]
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Posted on January 13th, 2008 by dhirender
The Twitter phenomenon seems to have no end, with apps continually coming up around it. New on the block, is the Twitter Comic Book which combines the light blogging application with another favorite - Flickr, creating an amusing, comic mashup. Flickr photos are pulled based on the themes of your tweets. What you end up […]
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Posted on January 11th, 2008 by dhirender
Adding fuel to the estimated 97.06 billion porn industry (of which 2.84 billion is estimated to be online), is Big Sister with a fascinating revenue model that merges online and offline. This Prague brothel is providing, what can be considered the last word in graphic reality television - customers at the Prague brother have the […]
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Posted on November 29th, 2007 by dhirender
This has definitely got to be one of the more useful applications of the web - no doubt seconded by thousands of Athenian drivers. Driver Yannis Pitsakis decided to channelise his frustrations in not being able to find a parking spot, and started a website which plays matchmaker with a difference - his Greek website […]
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Posted on September 16th, 2007 by dhirender
Developed by Collin LaHay, a 17 year old high school senior from Minnesota, Word Hugger is a website that allows people and/or companies to invest in words that revolve around their specific hobbies, products, interests, business, or expertise in that field. Each word will get a separate page on WordHugger.com of the form www.WordHugger.com/*your_word*. On […]
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Posted on August 22nd, 2007 by dhirender
In an effort to increase e-book sales and get students to try e-textbooks, CafeScribe is launching “the world’s first smelly e-book” after finding college students like to be able to smell their books.
A survey of 600 college students, the company found that three out of 10 of students associated “mustiness” with the books they most […]
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Posted on August 18th, 2007 by dhirender
Started by Jason Grunstra in 2005, MyFreeImplants aims to be an alternative to traditional cosmetic surgery financing methods. Models participate on the website with the main goal of raising money to fund a breast augmentation procedure through online donations. The idea: Set up a Web site to raise money for women who want breast implants. […]
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