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Find Great Coffee Places With Coffeetopia

Coffeetopia is a mobile app for iOS that lets users rate the quality of coffee in cafes and coffee houses, creating a niche social network for coffee lovers and enthusiasts.

Five College Startups That Help Others

Jessica Martinez looks at five companies started by college students with the goal of helping others.

PetziConnect Lets You Interact With Your Dog From Afar

PetziConnect is a webcam-type device that lets you check in on and even interact with your dog at all times.

Vibease Eases Into Crowdfunding Stage

When Singapore-based Vibease first burst into the startup scene, they unsurprisingly met with plenty of incredulity and shock (and quite a bit of mirth).

DailyDutchInnovation.com Showcases Dutch Innovations Throughout History

DailyDutchInnovation.com is a website developed by the Royal Netherlands Embassy wholly dedicated to celebrating Dutch startup and innovation culture.

Can’t Find Your Car? There’s An App For That.

If you find yourself often forgetting where you last parked your car, especially in an area in which you're not too familiar with, the app "Dude, Where's My Car?" is for you.

Boardifi – Getting Onboard With Being Energy Efficient

Boardifi is an upcoming mobile phone app - currently on iOS - that allows you to control your power points throughout your home, office or any other locations so you're able to switch off the points not in use.

FitBark, A Fitness Tracker For Dogs

FitBark is an activity tracking system and mobile app (for iOS and Android) for dogs, similar to fitness trackers for humans.

SpeedSpot Tests Speeds Of WiFi Networks Around You

SpeedSpot is a free mobile app that lets you test the internet speeds - ping, upload, and download - of WiFi networks around you, so you can make an informed decision on which ones to connect to.

Bookmarking Service Clipix Helps You Organize Online Content

Digital content organizer Clipix is a free online bookmarking service that combines the effectiveness of Evernote with the visual appeal of Pinterest.

New Crowdfunding Site CrowdIt To Incorporate Mentoring, Networking

CrowdIt (www.crowdit.com) aims to take a different approach to crowdfunding by also incorporating elements of building an online community, as well as adding peer review and business networking.

Getting Larky With Perks And Discounts

Tech startup Larky (www.larky.com), founded in January last year, aims to make discounts easier to find and redeem with their site and iPhone app by delivering information about various perks and discounts at the right time and at the right place.

CardShark Convert Business Cards Into Contacts Using Life Transcribers

CardShark Business Card Reader by Denver, Colorado-based FullContact uses real-life people to help you transcribe those business cards into full contact information.

ZLango Becomes Lango, Revisualizes Mobile Messaging

Mobile application Lango (www.lango.me) looks to take mobile messaging to the next level by letting users enhance words and phrases with images in both texting and social media updates.

[Singapore] Online Healthcare Community Compare Clinic Launches

Compare Clinic (www.compareclinic.com) is a new Singapore-based online healthcare community that helps users easily find and connect with trusted medical specialists who best fit their healthcare needs, both locally and overseas.

Schoola.com – When Groupbuying Goes To School

Schoola (http://www.schoola.com) is an online fundraising platform that schools can use to create a group-buying experience while partnering with merchants in a local community.

Gifting Goes Mobile With Yiftee

Menlo Park, California-based Yiftee an iPhone application launched in December last year that allows users to buy another person a gift from over two million shops and restaurants throughout the United States.

Lensmob Organizes Group Photos Using Email

Lensmob (https://lensmob.com/) is an online group photo management service that lets group members add and manage photos through email.

Notabli Lets Parents Show Kids Off To Close Friends And Relatives

Notabli (http://notabli.com/) is an online and mobile application that lets parents easily capture, save, and share their kids’ notable moments with those they love

Moxtra Organizes Your Digital Content In One Mobile Binder

Moxtra (www.moxtra.com) Binder is a social collection and collaboration mobile application for iOS devices that allows users to collect, access, and collaborate on any form of digital content in a single platform.

PitchCastr, A Virtual Demo Day Platform

PitchCastr (http://pitchcastr.com/) is a virtual demo day platform to connect entrepreneurs and investors.

[Singapore] Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Deploys Samsung NFC Solution

Samsung is working in partnership with Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to place Samsung TecTiles, essentially postage stamp-sized Near Field Communications (NFC) stickers, at all its outlets in Singapore.

Cloak Protects Your Devices On Public WiFi

Cloak (https://www.getcloak.com/) is a VPN (Virtual Public Network) application for your iPhone, iPad and Mac computers that automatically detects unsafe connections and secures them, ensuring that your online sessions are safe.

CallingCube – A Business Card In A New Dimension

The CallingCube is a business card in the shape of a cube, the brainchild of three friends whose idea was to reinvent the traditional business card.

Documents.Me – Your Important Business Documents On Your Mobile Device

Documents.Me (www.documents.me) is a mobile app that aggregates all those important business documents from private, public and email clouds.

Find Local Service Providers With Aladom.com

Aladom.com is a French website that started by providing a babysitter matchmaking service and later morphed into a site that covered service providers in almost every imaginable category. It also launched in the U.S.

Causora.com Converts Your Skills Into Donations To Causes

Causora.com is a charity-focused online marketplace where people turn their passion and skill into donations for their favorite charity.

StartupVitamins – The Poster Boy In Startup Motivation

StartupVitamins provides a series of motivational posters with quotes from serial entrepreneurs and recognized leaders in technology who went through their own trials and tribulations.

ShopAtPlaces.com – Replacing The Middleman In India’s Retail Scene

Founded by two young intrepid entrepreneurs from India, New Delhi-based ShopAtPlaces aggregates popular regional products all over India that showcase the country's colorful culture and lifestyle.

PostalPix – Photos From Phone To Doorstep

Founded in 2010, Los Angeles, California-based PostalPix allows you to order real photo prints of pictures direct from your smartphone via an app (on both iOS and Android).