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Over the last year we’ve featured some amazing startups in our coveted Startup of the Week feature - from innovative apps to all new social networks - inspirational one and all. Since the new year is almost upon us, we thought then that it’d be quite timely to give another little mention to all those fab startups who received the Startup of the Week accolade this year. So without furth...
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Whilst it’s all well and good having lots of friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter, generally speaking they’re a diverse bunch - often with very different interests and passions to your own. Our latest Startup of the Week however is on a mission to ensure that your online social network contacts are people that do have similar interests to you and who you could connect with in r...
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The rise of social networks has seen us all engaging with people in a whole new way - those people generally being friends, family or even colleagues. Whilst we’re busy doing that though we’re often missing out on engaging with the people right beside us - our neighbours. Not all of us are active in our local communities are we? Well..thanks to our latest Startup of the Week, that cou...
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Whether you’re the competitive sort who always strives to be the best or you simply have a skill, talent or a penchant for something weird and wonderful, we reckon that our latest Startup of the Week will be right up your street.FightMe is a social network with a difference. It is an interactive network and iOS app where you can showcase your talents and creativity and set challenges for oth...
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Have you ever been out-and-about and bumped into somebody you would rather not have? Be it 'one of the exes, a co-worker or that guy that always wants to stop and talk'. Let’s face it, it has happened to all of us. Well that could become a thing of the past thanks to Cloak. We at Startacus are rather intrigued by this notion. There are plenty of location based apps out there, that connect y...
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Remember those carefree days at uni when everything seemed so much simpler? Being away from home for the first time and the freedom that meant and all that subsequently entailed…(*ahem*)Of course if you were at uni before social networks really took off, what you got up to might have become the stuff of legend on campus, but wasn’t something that your nearest and dearest may have...
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If you’re really ‘into’ a hobby, chances are you spend as much time as you can on it, whether that means every evening or whenever you get a few spare minutes during the day. Of course although you may be all consumed by your pastime, your nearest and dearest may not quite ‘get’ it. So when you happen to meet someone who is just as enthusiastic about your hobby and ca...
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Tips for using Pinterest for Business... Firstly, although Startacus signed up to Pinterest some months ago, until this point our usage of this site has been quite minimal. However, having heard about many businesses and people acclaiming its’ value and upon hearing that Carhoots (an online marketplace for cars in the UK) had over 1.9 million followers on their various pinboards, we were in...
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