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Web 2.0 Expo Berlin: Startup Ignite

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Rapid pitches from a variety of start-ups. Equaly rapid notes follow:

Plista


  • Dominik MatykaProposition: there's too much information to handle
  • Provides user personalisation and recommendation engine.
  • Works on news to retail sites.
  • It works cross-domain - content from the long-tail. OpenId to sign in.
  • Plugin - doesn't need publisher co-operation (but they would like it). 
  • Always find your doppelganger - or someone different.
  • Essentially it stalks your web travels, and suggests other places based on similar users.

amazee.com


  • Dania GerhardtSocial network / community tools 
  • Social action projects in first phase
  • Getting idea out (magazine tools)
  • Network (collab tools) 
  • Fundraising opps and voluntary support 
  • Amazee camp (/camp) - join 150 get free pro, online help desk. Not back office person, CEO doing it! Professor Project Pete weekly updates.
  • Bucket - money!
  • Cute vid:

Startup Ignite from Amazee on Vimeo.

txtr

  • txtrAll read more, but most text is digital: E-mail, blogs, files
  • New market for reading devices (eg Kindle)
  • Missing complete solution for combining texts with organistaion and community
  • Keep text in the cloud - upload tool. Keep all documents in sync. 
  • Grab webpages - "solid state del.icio.us"
  • (Grab my content and share without pageviews...hmm)
  • widget for your blog/website.
  • Focus on mobile clients, iPhone first.

aka'aki

  • 2961769055_6dc9f12787_m.jpgUses Bluetooth. No Bluetooth on iPhone. GPS. Using cell positioning, too.
  • Location aware social network, basically?
  • Germany, tomorrow. the world in November.
  • Privacy controls.
  • Desire to discover new people
  • Playful approach to making new friends.
  • Tells you what aka'aki users are near you, what their interests are and probably needs a direct link to divorce lawyers...

iDesktop.tv

  • iDesktop.tvWeb-based iTunes for YouTube videos.
  • Embeddable player
  • Is this just YouTube addon?
  • Works with other video sites, too
  • Allows creation of branded player for aggregated video content.
  • Looks like the channel players you get on a lot of old media sites
  • (Couldn't YT sweep them away in seconds?)

Soundcloud

  • Alexander Ljung of SoundcloudImagine a world without Flickr.... We would not using photos like we do today
  • Doing that for music and audio
  • Embedable web-based audio upload and management.
  • Really missing right now. (He's right)
  • Privacy controls.
  • Dropbox for tracks. Great for music bloggers.
  • Liking this one.

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