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Mint Online Money Manager Launches

Do you know where your money goes? How do you keep track of it? Mint just launched at TechCrunch40 to offer a free personalized online money management application. It is all about helping to save and make you money (and save you time too).

Docstoc Launches Pro Documents Hub

Have you ever needed a particular type of document like a contract of lease but did not know where to start? If so, you might have looked to order templates online or purchase them at an office supply store. Docstoc, a Los Angeles-based startup, might be able to help as it just launched at TechCrunch40 to offer a repository for user contributed documents.

BlueString Media Aggregator Launches

Imagine if you wanted to pull in photos, videos and music from both your desktop and multiple photo services on the Web into one place - with BlueString, now you can. BlueString, a new AOL product, has just launched at TechCrunch40 to offer a rich media aggregator for storing and sharing your memories.

TechCrunch40 Is Here, Follow It Online

TechCrunch40, the 2007 TechCrunch launching pad conference, is upon us and you can keep up with the event just updated its website at techcrunch40.com. The site offers fully-featured hub for TechCrunch40, which starts this morning and continues through Tuesday evening. It will offer details about the 40 presenting companies (as they launch), the 100 demo pit companies and speaker details. The site will upload video clips of each set of presentations. The site also has Flickr photos can view photos of the conference and messages about the event via Twitter.

Viacom Flux, Cheap Facebook App Building, Yahoo Launches Mash, Propeller the New Netscape, Facebooking Your Brand & Blogger Corporate Value

Photo of the Week: This illustration titled cubs by greasy chicken face is my attempt to will my favorite baseball team, the Chicago Cubs, into the playoffs. I know it's not very web/tech related but its the Cubbies, it is mid-September and they are still leading the National League Central pack.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 09.16.2007

Do You Do Good With E-Waste?

With Apple putting out iPods and other products out every quarter it is inevitable that you will want to get rid of some of your old electronic equipment or e-waste. What do you do with your old electronics? Good question right. Well, you can recycle it - what else can you do?

Yapta Tracks Airline Fare Drop Savings

There are number of ways to save money on travel airfares. However, there is one that you may not be aware of.  Basically, airlines have a policy of refunding ticket holders the price of the difference if a fare drops. Yapta which stands for "Your Amazing Personal Travel Assistant," has built its business around this policy as a place to find out if you are due any money back from a fare drop.

3 Minimalist Bookmark Startpages

While there are a number of Web 2.0, Ajax, personalized home page products (myAOL, yourminis, iGoogle, Netvibes, etc)  that leverage syndication for content updates. I recently found three applications that seem to lean towards a more minimalist visual bookmarking startpage approach. In this article, I will take a closer look these products, so as to point out some alternative approaches to the classic personalized startpage.

Ruckus Aims Free Music At College Kids

Ruckus Networks, a Herndon,Virginia-based startup, has been making some noise on college campuses across the US. Ruckus is a college-only multimedia service offering free ad-supported downloads to college students.  After some initial bad reviews, Ruckus seems to be making moves and gaining traction. Ruckus has over 3 million music tracks available and just recently launched a Facebook application, extensive social networking capabilities, and an improved video service just in time for the new school year.

Typepad On The iPhone: Video Demo

Typepad, the popular hosted blog platform by Six Apart, has announced a new iPhone optimized interface. Typepad users can now visit http://i.typepad.com on an iPhone or the new iPod Touch in their Safari Web browser use an optimized version of Typepad. I tested it out with a brief video demo.

Reactee T-Shirts That Text Message

Looking for a reaction from a tee shirt? Reactee offers the ability to create customized tee shirts that might just get the reaction you are looking for via SMS text message. Reactee, a project of TextMarks, allows a user to setup a keyword to text to 41411. By simply sending a specified keyword to 41411 you will receive a response text message created by the tee shirt creator.

Reactee tee shirts designs can include custom slogans, keywords and even images. Creating interactive human billboards, Reactee creators must have a US phone number to create account. Users can update their tee shirts as well as manage the message that a tee shirt sends.

Fafarazzi: Celebrity Fantasy Leagues

Are you a celebrity news junkie? If so, you might want to check out Fafarazzi and put your celebrity tracking habits to use. Fafarazzi, a Massachusetts-based startup created by Eastland Media,  offers place for celebrity news lovers to go head-to-head via celebrity fantasy sports leagues.

Pentagon Hacked, iPhone Announcements, Facebook People Search, 10 Web Trends, Delicious Preview, MyStrands Music Video & Netscape Digg Clone Gone

Photo of the Week: I took this photo of Red Sox on the gates of Fenway Park while visiting Boston this weekend for TECH cocktail Boston.

Somewhat Frank Weekly Tidbits: 09.09.2007

A Video Tribute To Internet People

There have been many people that have become "Internet famous" thanks to the shift to the user contributed content of Web 2.0. Thanks to the animation of Dan Meth, on his ChannelFrederator series The Meth Minute 39, we now can enjoy a tribute to all those viral video stars of the past couple of years.

TECH cocktail Boston Was Wicked

TECH cocktail Boston took place last night in the shadow of Fenway Park and brought the Boston tech scene together. With about 400 people in attendance, TECH cocktail Boston brought together a number of startups, entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts for an evening of food, drinks and passionate conversations. It was pretty wicked!