Many social networking sites make it easy to find people who you know from school or work. A few even make it possible to sort users by age or geographic area. Simler, however, is hoping to make its mark in the world of social networking by grouping users together by topic. In essence, Simler’s goal is to make hot topics the central focus, rather than the individual users themselves. (more…)

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Pingdom is an uptime monitoring service that tracks the performance of your websites and alerts you when they’re down. Day and night, Pingdom will act as an internet watchdog by keeping an eye on your websites—both public and password-protected—FTP servers, and email servers, and notifying you via email, SMS, or Twitter when they have stopped working. Not only that, but the service keeps a record of these detected errors for the lifetime of your account, giving ...

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If you’ve ever lost an important email, then you already understand the why having a backup and recovery system in place is so important. Accidentally deleting an important message or attachment can cause you more than just anxiety or heartbreak, it can cost you money, too. Unfortunately, there’s no way to predict when a technology disaster could strike, which is why it is so important to invest in a quality archiving solution before a problem ...

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CurdBee is an online system that aims to take the hassle out of billing and invoicing for small businesses and freelancers. Whether your biggest struggle is keeping track of payments, creating professional-looking invoices, or just staying organized on a day-to-day basis—CurdBee is a system that can help. Because the system was created with small business owners in mind, CurdBee was designed to be as intuitive and streamlined as possible, making it an excellent option for ...

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Promptly responding to customer inquiries, complaints, and service queries is an ongoing issue for businesses of all sizes. Unfortunately, keeping clients satisfied and coming back for more has never been more important than it is right now. Rather than hiring a team of full-time help desk staffers to handle these issues and keep your company on track, why not let Zendesk do the heavy lifting? For a monthly fee, Zendesk will serve as your company’s ...

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Office buildings can be a tricky place. After all, how much do you really know about the guy in the adjacent cubicle or the people who you ride the elevator with each morning? If you’re like most people, the answer is probably not much. STACKD hopes to change that, though, by bringing businesses together and getting office buildings in touch. Rather than trying to track down someone you met in the hallway on Facebook or LinkedIn, STACKD ...

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