AutoMD – A Revolutionary Way to Get Auto Repairs
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Launching in January, AutoMD bills itself as the most complete and unbiased free online automotive repair resource.  It’s goal is to empower car owners with the best and most affordable way to repair vehicles with …

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OpenHallway – Usability Testing With Real Feedback
Wednesday, 3 Mar, 2010 – 5:31 | View Comments
OpenHallway – Usability Testing With Real Feedback

Traditionally, there have been two ways ot conduct usability testing for websites and apps.  The first was to bring in a group of test subjects (a “panel”) and put them in front of the website …

CellarThief – Great Wines, Great Prices, Great Fun
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 8:28 | View Comments
CellarThief – Great Wines, Great Prices, Great Fun

Wines are a kind of art form, both in the making of them and the choosing.  We’ve all seen the abilities of debonair experts like James Bond to peruse a wine list and make the …

Google Goggles – Use Your Phone’s Camera to Search
Monday, 1 Mar, 2010 – 5:44 | View Comments
Google Goggles – Use Your Phone’s Camera to Search

Standing in the street wondering what that monument you’re looking at is?  Or maybe looking at a cookie-cutter Italian restaurant and wondering what the local, unique Italian eatery might be?  Google can answer that.  If …

RepairPal – Get Auto Repair Info and Estimates Online or on Your iPhone
Friday, 26 Feb, 2010 – 5:08 | View Comments
RepairPal – Get Auto Repair Info and Estimates Online or on Your iPhone

For nearly everyone, car repair is one of those things out there in the cloudy land of priviledged information that we aren’t privy to.  Mechanics and repairs are something that require specific knowledge and most …

iStopOver – Rent Space on the Cheap, Anytime, Anywhere
Thursday, 25 Feb, 2010 – 5:07 | View Comments
iStopOver – Rent Space on the Cheap, Anytime, Anywhere

Looking for a rental?  Maybe you’re making the trip to the 2010 World Cup and aren’t interested in those $800/night South African hotels or you’re looking for some cheap, local office space you can rent …

CarsforaGrand – Get Your Next Car on the Cheap
Friday, 19 Feb, 2010 – 5:44 | View Comments
CarsforaGrand – Get Your Next Car on the Cheap

Cash for clunkers? Bah, who needs it when there’s a huge supply of great cars out there for under $1,000?  That’s what CarsforaGrand.com is all about.  Most of us remember our first car as a …

RidePenguin – Share the Ride, Split the Cab, Easy
Thursday, 18 Feb, 2010 – 9:43 | View Comments
RidePenguin – Share the Ride, Split the Cab, Easy

Sharing cab fare is as old as the concept of taxi cabs themselves.  Now, well, there’s an app for that.
RidePenguin.com is a mobile app site that works from any Web-enabled phone or computer.  With it, …

ExpenseBay – Automating Weekly Expense Reports
Thursday, 28 Jan, 2010 – 11:05 | View Comments
ExpenseBay – Automating Weekly Expense Reports

Expense tracking and reporting is a common complaint from those who travel on company business, especially for salesmen and convention presenters.  Several solutions for this exist, of course, but as technology advances, so does the …

ScrumEdge – Online Collaboration Tool for Scrum Management
Monday, 25 Jan, 2010 – 5:24 | View Comments
ScrumEdge – Online Collaboration Tool for Scrum Management

Scrum is the latest and most popular way for most product development teams, whether they be building a car or a software application, to build products collaboratively.  It’s an agile process that allows more open …

ShowMeWhatsWrong – Diagnosis For the Rest of Us
Friday, 22 Jan, 2010 – 5:50 | View Comments
ShowMeWhatsWrong – Diagnosis For the Rest of Us

Even computer “experts” aren’t always as savvy as they’d like to think.  When your computer starts acting funny or when something fails to work or stops working altogether, you might find yourself scratching your head.  …

Curdbee – Easy Invoicing for Small Business
Thursday, 21 Jan, 2010 – 5:48 | View Comments
Curdbee – Easy Invoicing for Small Business

There’s nothing new about online billing and invoicing systems, really, but there are definitely ways that the process can improve.  Most of the new startups in this market are aiming to become as easy to …

7 Great iPhone Apps for Kids
Wednesday, 20 Jan, 2010 – 5:00 | View Comments
7 Great iPhone Apps for Kids

Maybe buying your child their own iPhone isn’t a good idea in your mind, but that doesn’t mean kids can’t enjoy the mobile while you’re driving, riding the train, or otherwise engaged in things kids …