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This one goes out to Benzinga's very own Brian Danowski. He loves badges. Those of you who have dreamed of promoting a company with every obscure item available (napkins, counter displays, etc.) may finally realize that dream now that Buzz Badges has launched. This badge-building website lets...

It was bound to happen eventually. Some clever entrepreneur would find a way to combine his creative startup knowhow with America's favorite pastime. The resulting website is one that captures the essence of beer: BrewFridge. Designed as an application for tracking your beer collection, BrewFridge...

“Are you waiting for somebody to give you the green light to get started?” asks Hugh MacLeod, the author of Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity. “Power is never given. Power is taken. When you are ready to take power, you won't need permission from anyone else.” These and other...

Everyone loves Facebook. (Well, maybe not everyone.) And with that love comes the desire to try new things – like producing a fake wall or posting messages anonymously. KillerStartups has an amusing report on The Wall Machine, a site that allows you to generate a fake Facebook wall. “You can make...

Have you ever thought about updating your status on Facebook after you die? Well, wonder no more. IfIDie.net is a new Facebook application that lets you record a message that will only be broadcast after you croak. (Or until hackers get hold of your Facebook page – whichever happens first.) The...

According to KillerStartups, SimplyCast “is a suite of marketing tools that is singled out by its sheer comprehensiveness.” Translation? The site offers e-mail marketing, SMS marketing, survey marketing, auto-responder marketing, and affiliate marketing, among others. Additionally, SimplyCast...

Hungry consumers in DC and Arlington now have a way of tracking gourmet food trucks. ThestrEATS.com (that's “street + eats,” which equals “streats”), a site that bills itself as “DC's #1 food truck tracker and street eats locator,” is now serving users with a handy real-time map that pinpoints...

Nothing sucks more than eating a whole bag of potato chips while watching The Biggest Loser. But hey, it happens! As do love handles (which are anything but lovable), muffin tops (which aren't nearly as tasty as the baked goods that inspired their name), and clogged arteries that will one day ruin...

Some dreams are merely fantasies. Other dreams come true. iSWiFTER could very well be the dream-come-true company, provided that its claim is accurate. The service and accompanying iPad App will reportedly stream Flash-based games right to your favorite Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) device....

With so many websites vying for your social media devotion, it's becoming increasingly difficult to get people to “follow” you on Twitter, “friend” you on Facebook, or simply watch you on YouTube (NASDAQ: GOOG). But if FollowMeSticker.com has anything to say about it, that will soon change. While...

Forget about the mail offerings from Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Now you can have your very own @SmartAss address. SmartAss is a new search engine that, according to KillerStartups, was designed to “provide users with a more engaging and livelier...