Analysis Can Web Apps Get Too Drunk on Aggregation? There's a mind-numbing amount of conversations and transactions going on around the internet these days and quality aggregation of content is a very hot trend. When is more too much, though? Are some aggregation services shooting themselves in the foot by sacrificing quality for breadth? Is this madness and does it need to stop? Call it feature… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Product Reviews Crowdsource Your Decisions with SocialThumbs SocialTumbs is a decision making utility that taps the wisdom of the crowd to help people make tough choices. Utilizing the "pro vs. con" approach to decision making, SocialThumbs allows users to look at both sides of a tough decision and call on others to help them muddle through it. Josh Catone View comments
Product Reviews Twistori: A Twitter Zeitgeist Social Experiment Twistori, according to the site, is the "first step in an ongoing social experiment." The brainchild of Amy Hoy and Thomas Fuchs, Twistori pulls tweets from Twitter (via Summize) containing specific keywords: i love, i hate, i think, i believe, i feel, and i wish. In then publishes the tweets it finds anonymously in a non-stop, auto-updating… Social Josh Catone View comments
Product Reviews CallerComplaints: Fighting Telemarketers Through Crowdsourcing Despite the federal legislation of the Do-Not-Call list, many people still receive telemarketer phone calls on a regular basis. Although you can report the violators to various government agencies, few take the time to do so. But now there is a web site that can help: Callercomplaints.com aims to build the largest telemarketer database on the… Sarah Perez View comments
Product Reviews Strands Acquires Expensr, Launches moneyStrands In the first real sign that recommendation engine Strands (formally MyStrands) is branching out from mobile and music, the company has announced the acquisition of Expensr, an online personal finance application. Strands is also launching moneyStrands, a personal money management solution. We've noted before that Strands is a company to watch… Richard MacManus View comments