The magic behind Mint.com from JD Lasica on Vimeo. The breakout success story in the online personal finance sector during 2009 has been Mint.com. The site allows you to track your spending and saving habits by automatically uploading statements from your banks and credit accounts and generating reports that show where the money is going. […]
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Photos from TechCrunch 50
Couldn’t be at TechCrunch 50, one of the biggest tech conferences of the year, the past two days? Here’s a 70-photo Flickr set to make you feel as if you were there (almost). One of the startups that may not have a great business model but makes a very cool Web 2.0 tool is Duffel […]
Best International Startup at TC50: Trollim
Trollim was chosen by TechCrunch as the Best International Startup at TC50 yesterday — well done! Trollim is a competition platform for programmers unlike any other you’ve encountered before. Trollim assesses the coding level and performance skill set of programmers via one to one or one to many coding “battles” no matter where they are […]
Qype launches In Italy
This past weekend, Qype expanded its European presence and launched its Italian site. For anyone who hasn’t heard of Qype before, the site originally launched in 2005 in Germany. Qype now boasts over 350,000 active users, who have contributed over 1 million local reviews. I previously wrote about Qype when I visited them at Seedcamp.
Cali Lewis on what goes into a successful podcast
Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.tv from JD Lasica on Vimeo. The host of GeekBrief.TV also offers 7 secrets to podcasting success If you travel in technology circles, chances are you’ve heard of Cali Lewis, the extraordinarily gifted, personaable and successful Web show pioneer who hosts and co-produces GeekBrief.TV. She’s about to top 50,000 followers on Twitter […]