Alerts.com helps you manage all that stuff you’re forgetting
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, like you’re struggling to keep track of a million different things, then a new Web site called Alerts.com could help. The site delivers a wide range of notifications and reminders to users in a format of their choosing. The Seattle-based start-up just raised $1.2 million in financing.
Alerts.com is going up against services from big Web players, such as Google Alerts and Yahoo Alerts. But Google and Yahoo, while varied, are focused… 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
HealthCare.com joins the online-healthcare stampede, raises $6.1M
(UPDATED with additional information on the fundraising, venture interest in the online healthcare-info sector, and a note of caution about these new ventures.)
You can’t swing a dead cat among venture businesses these days without hitting a new online site devoted to healthcare information of one sort or another. Over the last few months, we’ve seen a parade of major announcements — many of them big on vision but vague on particulars — from the likes of… Continue Reading