Claude Penland: Actuary & Partner, Ezra Penland Actuarial Recruitment

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Users have “bags” or lists of items that they use daily—from kitchen utensils to sports equipment to camera gear—and they find others who have similar lists so they can discuss their gear.

A new site called LevelUp believes it has a way for restaurants, nail salons and other local businesses to keep people coming back. To drum up repeat business, the company offers consumers a series of three deals, each better than the one before.

Zillow currently lists over 100 million U.S. homes, including homes for sale, homes for rent and homes not currently on the market.

Likester Looks to Ride its “Popularity Engine” from Reality TV to Political Campaigns—Maybe Even the Next Big Thing in Online Shopping

Backed by the France/Israel based Kima Ventures, InfluAds, a crowd-sourced ad network which doubles-down on ad placement, recently launched.