Cazoodle Makes it Easy to Find Stuff on the Web; Unveils Its Shopping Search at DEMOfall 09

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ – Shoppers no longer need to visit so many websites to find the electronics of their dreams. Cazoodle Shopping Search is the first and only organic shopping search service that simultaneously provides comprehensive as well as precise product information. The first launch is for consumer electronic products including laptop and desktop computer, digital camera and camcorder, printer, television, mp3 player, etc. Read more

Y Combinator Funded Start Up From Illinois: Mobile Mix of Yelp, Foursquare, and Digg

Three students from the University of Illinois have launched Y Combinator funded GraffitiGeo, a start up focused on user-generated reviews. The mobile application is like a mash up of review site Yelp, social network Foursquare, and social news site Digg. The Digg-like functionality is easiest to use: like a restaurant? Just vote it up. You can optionally leave comments about your experience, but co-founder Jared Tame says the experience is far simpler than Yelp’s traditional review process where users typically write several paragraphs. Read more