Velocitized Archive

Below are five of the newest startups according to Killer Startups for the period ending May 23, 2008. Check out previous Killer Startups posts.

HelpGlobe – Question and Answer 2.0

At first glance, HelpGlobe appears to be a typical question and answer site where people ask questions and other users help them by providing an answer. Dig a bit deeper however, and you will find that HelpGlobe is not your typical Q+A site due to the way that it qualifies and sorts content. The content on HelpGlobe is entirely determined by users but unlike other user generated content sites where the quality of questions and answers can be poor, HelpGlobe only keeps the highest user-rated answers on the site and also allows answers to be continuously improved, just like Wikipedia.

American Winery – Support Your Local Winemaker

AmericanWinery.com has created a marketplace where wine consumers and wine producers come together to share their common passion. Over 1300 wineries across the United States have created profiles for their brands, sharing tasting notes, winery events, images and more. In turn, consumers can rate and review wines, create wine "Wish Lists," gain a wealth of knowledge from AW’s comprehensive Wine Encyclopedia, and purchase wines from the largest selection of American wine available online.

Conversation Exchange – Language Exchange Site

They say the best way to learn a language is by immersing yourself in the culture and thereby forcing yourself to learn as a form of survival. The next best thing to moving to another country to learn a language would be connecting yourself with native speakers from that country and speaking with them in their language. This is where Conversation Exchange steps in, providing you with multiple ways of connecting with native speakers of a variety of languages.

Velocitized.net – Speeding Up Your Life

Wouldn’t it be nice to find all of your favorite web content in one place instead of visiting each individual site? At Velocitized.net you can speed up your web experience by creating your own page with your favorite web content. Setting up your page is free and easy. You control what you want on your site. You build your navigation and you can add as many tabs as you like. You can have a personal or business tab in which you can separate the web content you use for work and play.

SpotCrime – How Safe Is Your Neighborhood?

Are you curious to discover how safe your neighborhood really is? At SpotCrime you can get a visual idea of how many crimes go on in your neighborhood. SpotCrime uses Google map to illustrate where crimes have occurred. Every state is included with all major cities. To begin pick your location, a Google map will appear with icons placed in How Safe Is Your Neighborhood?all of the locations a crime has taken place.