Ripple Archive

Below are five of the hottest startups according to Killer Startups for the period ending May 24, 2007. Check out previous Killer Startups posts.

FlyingCart.com – Your Online Store That Promotes Itself

Do you have a product you'd like to expand the exposure of to the online market? Flying Cart gives you the professional online store front you've been looking for. The features you generally find on national brands' websites are available to site members. You can easily display your logo, divide products by department or brand, show featured products, have the typical shopping cart and sale items links, and much more. read more »

TalkPlus.com – Make Cheap International Calls

With TalkPlus you'll be able to talk to your friends and family abroad without busting your pocketbook. It connects your phone number to local numbers in foreign countries, thereby giving you essentially local rates. Accounts are all prepaid and there is a $9 set up fee; subscription costs vary from country to country. read more »

Ripple.org – Saving the World One Click at a Time

Ripple is hoping to help provide a big change for the better of the world through the numbers of internet users and the money to be made from connecting that with advertising. Each time a user clicks on one of their site buttons, one of their sponsored advertisers comes up, donating a few cents per click. They also have a Google search bar, and each time a user searches from it, a few more cents are donated to ripple's various charities. read more »

Mogulus.com – Live Broadcast

Mogulus makes TV broadcasting available to anyone with a camera and a broadband connection. They provide tools to allow you to make your station look professional, such as with tickers, bumpers, logos, and your own personalized channel colors. Mixing various video clips is easy, and you can even have multiple people reporting live at the same time. Video clips can come from your webcam, YouTube, and your own original shots, mixing them together into your own personal TV show. read more »

Verticlans.com – Personalized Craigslist

Craigslist is undoubtedly one of the best inventions on the web. However, there is always an element of anxiety over who is going to respond to your ads or what kind of house you are visiting to pick up that new dresser, since people are…well, weird. Verticlans eliminates that unknown factor by allowing you to post a classified ad to people you know, or at least buy/sell in a more closed universe of neighbors and friends of friends in your town. read more »