life hacks

12 cool money tricks

We've collected some great 'money hacks,' clever ways to solve everyday problems or make life a little simpler. These tricks can save you anywhere from a few cents to a few hundred dollars....

Event planning site helps friends split the costs

Planning outings with friends is always tricky, what with scheduling challenges and the politics of splitting costs. A new, UK-based site called Wigadoo, however, aims to make the logistical end...

Job site for working parents

A couple of years ago we wrote about Yummy Mummy Careers, a Canadian classified ad site designed for moms seeking jobs.* Inspired by that story, an Australian entrepreneur—Kate Sykes—launched a...

Online baby journal keeps everyone updated

As if new parents don't have enough on their hands, keeping friends and family updated on their little one's weekly developments can feel like a full-time job. Enter Kidmondo, an online baby journal...

Crowdsourced tagging tool makes photos searchable

It's not much good having a vast collection of photos if you can't organize and search through them in an intuitive way, but tagging capabilities have so far proven beyond the scope of most photo...

Social event planning with a side of local search

When we wrote about Marziplanner's wedding planning software a little more than a year ago, we noted the related opportunity to devise an online version with more of a focus on the social side. As if...

Clothing rental for size-changing dieters

For dieters working to lose weight, maintaining a decent wardrobe of clothes that fit can be an ongoing—and expensive—challenge on the way to a target size. With just that situation in mind,...

Transparency tyranny hits the workplace

For those seeking a new job, honest information about salaries and workplaces can be near impossible to find. Taking a "give to get" approach to the problem, Glassdoor is a new site that aims to...

Property tax advocates

Thanks to California's Proposition 8, passed back in 1978, homeowners in the state can get a temporary reduction in their home's assessed value—and, accordingly, their property taxes—when the housing...

Nagging service for dieters

Anyone who's ever tried to lose weight or improve their fitness knows that it can sometimes be tough to get motivated. For those who need a little extra help getting going, a new service called...

Scheduling service for families with kids

There are few things more gratifying to us here at Springwise than seeing an idea we write about get picked up and used to create other new businesses. But that's exactly what has happened to Cozi...