Need help around the house? Maybe cutting the grass or cleaning up your dorm for a special occasion. How about a handyman to mount a TV or build a fence? No matter the need there’s always people with the skills that can help. Kutoto is a service marketplace that connects people and/or small businesses needing tasks or small jobs done with local providers who can do it for them. At the same time, it provides an easy way of earning extra income to people who have the spare time to pick up these jobs.
If you need to outsource your errands, tasks or chores, the location-based iPhone app connects you with trusted local people (providers). With many sites offering platforms to offer and request services, Kutoto goes a step further with a thorough background check, interviews and trained professionals to ensure you’re meeting and working with someone you can have confidence in. The team told us about their first request posting using the app:
Attempting to recreate the success of Hulu is an auspicious task, but that’s exactly what Detroit-based Glocal is trying to do. However, this startup has a more local focus for news and entertainment; all while providing greater economic impact for publishers. Videos don’t have to be what we find on Facebook and Twitter, while their successes don’t always have to be measured by its viral factor, there’s a place for every type of video, and Glocal hopes to jump on that with a local approach.
For Glocal, trying to be local video to the level of what Hulu is for TV shows is a giant leap that started with a first step by coming out of beta on Wednesday. The platform is hoping it will be adopted by local TV stations, journalists, citizens, newspapers and all other video publishers whom will jump on the Glocal soapbox to shout-via-video in their home towns.
Foodhost brings people in local communities together to meet and eat amazing meals. As an online community platform for people to create and share local dinner parties, Foodhost gives everyone a break from creating their own meals and an opportunity to save money and time all while making new friends.
DealLocator is a location-based group-buy and coupon finding app that aggregates content from the countless deal sites from around the world into the most intuitive user interface we’ve seen. By leveraging existing technologies like Google Maps, and content from international deal sites, Playground-Digital in Toronto has managed to build this robust application for users to navigate the cluttered group-buying space.
DrinkUp in short is all about – Drinking. This social website provides information about all the places that serve alcohol in Austin, Texas. By utilizing four applications: Maps, Places, Events and Activities, DrinkUp is able to give the most avid and ever-so-often drinker an opportunity to learn, find and test out establishments and find their best place for a drink.
