HP vs. Dell: Bidding War for Storage?
Mon, 30/08/10 – 8:21 | View Comments

There is currently a sort of bidding war taking place as both Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computers fight over storage services company 3PAR.  The war itself is interesting, but the reasons behind it are even more …

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Kabbage – Funding E-Commerce Businesses
Monday, 23 Aug, 2010 – 8:45 | View Comments

Serial entrepreneur Robert Frohwein, who founded MediaWheel and LAVA Group, has started a new online venture called Kabbage. With $2 million in angel money and an upcoming investment round expecting to bring in $5-$10 …

The Creative Pool – A Great Place To Go For Support And Advice
Wednesday, 18 Aug, 2010 – 9:56 | View Comments

Freelancing can be a lonely life if you aren’t careful. It is far too easy for Freelancers to spend most of their time indoors working away and not seeing or speaking to anyone else except …

Wridea – Manage Your Ideas And Brainstorming Sessions Online
Tuesday, 10 Aug, 2010 – 9:49 | View Comments

Every writer will understand the problem of keeping all those precious ideas in one place.  Notebooks might be quick and easy to use but they are also easy to lose.
Wridea aims to solve that problem …

Solo Marketing – Linking You Up With Local Professionals
Tuesday, 10 Aug, 2010 – 9:45 | View Comments
Solo Marketing – Linking You Up With Local Professionals

It is becoming more and more commonplace to outsource certain tasks to other professionals online.  Writers, web designers and editors often freelance in this way, sourcing jobs and working for clients all over the world.
But …

UStart – Creating A Start Page That Fits Your Needs Precisely
Tuesday, 13 Jul, 2010 – 10:37 | View Comments
UStart – Creating A Start Page That Fits Your Needs Precisely

Most computers have a start page it defaults to when you first get online.  But you can change that start page to be anything you want.  This takes just a couple of clicks and pages …

Jotpress – Blogging In A Different Way
Friday, 2 Jul, 2010 – 11:05 | View Comments

Sometimes it seems as if blogging has become a little passé.  But some websites are clearly trying to make it even easier for regular people to share their thoughts and input with other people.
Jotpress certainly …

Bubbl.Us – Creating Mind Maps To Help You Think And Plan
Friday, 2 Jul, 2010 – 10:57 | View Comments

Coming up with unique ideas is an important thing for many business owners.  Freelancers in particular probably do a lot more thinking in this respect if they work in a creative field, such as writing.
But …

Onbile – Make The Most Of Getting A Mobile Website For Free
Monday, 28 Jun, 2010 – 7:17 | View Comments
Onbile – Make The Most Of Getting A Mobile Website For Free

If you run a website you may be aware that it isn’t always easy to view the same site on a mobile phone.  This is where the new facility Onbile steps in – it offers …

Signature Confirm – A New Website Offering Faster Signing Of Contracts
Wednesday, 16 Jun, 2010 – 7:14 | View Comments
Signature Confirm – A New Website Offering Faster Signing Of Contracts

Anyone who works online and has the need to sign a contract (or requires one to be signed by someone else) before work can commence on a particular project, will often find it difficult to …

Dwolla – Send And Receive Money Online More Cheaply
Wednesday, 9 Jun, 2010 – 5:59 | View Comments

Most people know about PayPal, but this can be an expensive way to make payments online and especially to receive money in return.
Dwolla aims to do things differently by charging just one small fee for …

Howl – Get Together All Your Favourite Links Online
Thursday, 3 Jun, 2010 – 10:05 | View Comments

Everyone knows about the power of blogging.  But if you want to do something a bit different to create a social place worth visiting, consider ‘howling’ instead.  Or rather, using a new idea called Howl …

Swipely – The Social Shopping Site
Wednesday, 26 May, 2010 – 10:16 | View Comments

Swipely, which is still in beta stage, is a new social startup that promises to make shopping a more entertaining necessity. As they state on their website, Swipely’s vision is “to reinvent how people shop, …