Sonar is a free app for your iPhone, iPad and iPod that helps you discover if you have anything in common with anyone else in your current location. Sonar shows you how connected to the people around you are by analyzing your Foursquare, Facebook and Twitter networks.
Lark, a system available for the iPod, iPhone and iPad, is a silent un-alarm clock and sleep sensor to wake you up silently. The product comes with a wristband which will vibrate at the time you set even if your devices’ battery has died.
Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England and hosts the annual Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts from June 22nd – June 26th. New-Startups.com is not usually about sharing the details about music festivals, but what really caught our attention is the fun Glastonbury festival app available for the iPhone, iPad, Android and Nokia.
Within Every Woman is a documentary which tells the untold stories of the former “Comfort Women” – a term used to describe the 200,000 women who were coerced or kidnapped into sexual slavery by the Japanese Military during WWII. The documentary focuses on the aftermath of such atrocities, and the complexities involved in healing from sexual abuse. The grandmothers are strong, resilient, beautiful women. For some, it took over 50 years to come forward and tell their families and loved ones about their past.
Developed by BitConfused, a startup in Oklahoma City that produces web-based solutions to common problems for businesses in a simple and useful way, CAGE is a playground for agencies, design teams and freelancers to present, share and collaborate on their work.
Vancouver based Sleeping Giant Apps is composed of 3-highly-skilled “indie-dev” superstars that make apps that are simple, speedy and stylish. HQ is the first app from this trio – to help you deal with day-to-day tasks in a new, fresh and better way. Available at the iTunes App Store for your iPhone and iPod Touch, HQ is a tool to manage and track the progress of any project (no matter what realm it may be for).
The virtual world is coming to a well known digital app? The beloved Sims is making its way onto Facebook. The Sims Social, via the American gaming company EA, recently announced the launch of their popular Sims game onto Facebook.
Thoughtboxes, launched in Dec. 2010 by Matthew Stenback, is a fun and easy to use web app for you to organize everything you do. Thoughtboxes is the evolution from to-do lists to to-do boxes. The brilliant and aesthetically appealing tool breaks down large tasks into more manageable goals for you to achieve.
1band 1brand is a free, subscription-based platform to introduce independent musicians and bands, emerging artist and fashion labels for their subscribers to “hear, wear and share”. 1band 1brand highlights one up-and-coming band and one fashion label (with deals) each week. Targeted at youthful and influential young adults, while allowing subscribers to view videos of the featured band and learn all about them.
Last Year we shared with you Vacation Relation– a web app for you connect with others travelling in the same vacation location as you. Vacation Relation transforms users virtual conversations – based on shared interests – into real life conversations before their trip. Since then Founder, Peter Sullivan has established a new team and a brand new product – Tripl.com