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This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
Name: PadMapper
Quick Pitch: PadMapper is an apartment rental search engine that combines Google Maps [...]

The practice of sharing documents online via upload and embed is increasingly growing more popular. Case in point, DocStoc, one of the companies competing in this space, has been on tear of late, reporting 40% growth in traffic in the past month with a total of 8 million unique visitors.
To keep the momentum rolling, DocStoc [...]

Wait a minute, this can’t be true. In a StudyBlue survey conducted by SurveyU, students went on the record to say that they are much likelier to spend more than three hours studying online each day than participating in any other online activity, such as using Facebook or other social networking sites.
StudyBlue, an online academic [...]

As much as we’d love to look picture perfect in every photo, most of us, myself included, need a little retouching from time to time. Sure there’s those that just let it all hang out, blemishes and all, but for the rest of us there’s Photoshop or online photo editing tools.
PicTreat, one such brand new [...]

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
Name: Stupeflix
Quick Pitch: Stupeflix is a web service that turns digital content (images, text, [...]

Sometimes the same old email signature day in and day out just won’t cut it. If you’re a Gmail user looking for some ways to mix it up a bit, you’ve come to the right place. Here are five ways to spice up your Gmail signature.
These tips vary from the practical to the creative to [...]

Screenr is a nifty new tool that combines the utility of screencasts with the distribution and community engagement power of Twitter. If you want to create a simple and straightforward video tutorial that’s less than 5 minutes, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better tool.
Screenr comes complete with all the extras that you need, but [...]

Felicia is fading, but Bill is building. Forming early Monday, Hurricane Bill sustained winds of 90 mph which are expected to climb to 110 mph — putting it in the running to become a major hurricane in the next couple of days.
The first official hurricane in the Atlantic this season, Bill is some 1000 miles [...]

The mobile augmented reality space has really been heating up lately (check out our recent feature on the top 6 AR apps). Today one of the front-runners, Austrian software company Mobilizy, launched a new version of their mobile augmented reality browser Wikitude for Google’s Android platform.
For those unfamiliar with the concept, augmented reality refers to [...]