Coolspotters off to a strong start with wiki-like celebrity spotting site
What happens when a celebrity gossip magazine like US Weekly collides with a wiki-like web application? Coolspotters.
A few sites (including Like) already match clothes with celebrities, but Coolspotters is a place for users to see, generate, and connect information about the products, places, people, fashions, and causes tied to the celebs, or “trendsetters.”
To many, including myself, this may not seem like a big deal — particularly because I’m not too interested in famous people and… Continue Reading
Wishpot, a gift registry and shopping service, gets $1M
Based on the same general idea of saving your shopping history and favorite items that Kaboodle, ThisNext and others follow, Wishpot has added a level of purpose to its service by targeting the gift registry market.
Potential uses for Wishpot might include saving items to a wedding or baby shower registry, or for upcoming birthdays. Users, of course, can also save items they’d like to give themselves at some point.
The $1 million funding was reported by… Continue Reading