Zecco Archive

Below are five of the hottest startups according to Killer Startups for the period ending April 30, 2007. Check out previous Killer Startups posts.

FatSecret.com – The Secret is Out

FatSecret is a weight loss tool that's completely free and with a different layout than other dieting sites. As opposed to sites that are available for people who are trying to either gain, stay the same, or lose weight, this site is only about dieting. It gives you a bunch of information on the various diets out there, what people think about them, how much they've lost recently on those diets, and what their opinions of those diets are. read more » (also check out our Web 2.0 Fat-Off)

Wakoopa.com – Desktop Analytics to Write Home About?

Leave it to the Dutch to come up with an applications tracker called Wakoopa. The basic gist of this project is that you use certain desktop apps all the time and others less so, the point being that Wakoopa will keep track of your usage and preferences. It's also got a Rails powered networking site so that you can share your deets with friends and strangers. read more »

Going.com – This is Where the Party Starts

Where are you going tonight? Bored and wondering what on earth there is to do? Well, you're in luck if you happen to live in New York, Boston, or San Francisco because Going.com is there for all your event/goings on needs. This social networking cum social calendar site is your one stop site for what's happening in your area (at least if you are fortunate enough to live in one of the above locales). read more »

Zecco.com – Your Online Trading and Investment Community

Think of Zecco as your shining beacon for online investment trading. Though, a shining beacon might be a little bit too romantic a setting for an online investor, maybe you can picture it more like a shiny new mold of web brokerage to jumpstart your financial independence. You'll get smart and act smart with Zecco, the free stock and investment trading community. read more »

8hands.com – It's your Social Life

If you can't count all of your social networking sites on your fingers and toes, you're not the only one who needs eight hands. 8Hands understands how much time you love wasting on those Myspaces and Twitters, and has made it even easier to keep in touch with your friends by grouping all of your social networking sites on one page. Now, you won't need 8 hands to count how many hours you spent checking all of your profiles, since all of your sites will be there for you, at a glance, in small floating boxes. read more »