New Social Search Engine Lets People Search the Web Together With Friends

Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) July 12, 2011

Zakta launches its latest social application, SearchTeam.com, the world's first real-time collaborative search and curation engine. Aimed at students, educators, researchers, knowledge workers and savvy consumers, SearchTeam brings collaboration and Web searching together into a single research tool to help with information research and knowledge sharing.

Search and Curate the Best Information Together

At SearchTeam.com, searching alone is a thing of the past, and friends' suggestions and "likes" go beyond votes or recommendations. Users create a collaborative SearchSpace on SearchTeam, where they invite others to search together with them -- the first major paradigm shift for search engine interfaces in nearly 20 years. Within a SearchSpace, everyone's shared contributions are part of a real-time search curation process in which users search together, save and edit their results, pick up next time where they left off, and learn from each others' knowledge and expertise. Teammates can:

Search for websites, videos, images, books, articles and more
Find and save valuable search results into folders
"Like" and comment on what others have found on the topic
Chat to coordinate their searches
Share thoughts via posts
Upload and store related files or documents
Add a button to their browser, from which they can automatically add with a simple click - any content of interest from anywhere on the web directly into the SearchSpace.

SearchSpace teammates can easily curate the best content from the web, their collective ideas, as well as their works in the form of documents, all in one organized place.

Save Time and Avoid Repeated Work, Together

?It?s 2011. No one on the Internet should have to repeat searches or encounter irrelevant results,? says Sundar Kadayam, founder and CEO of Zakta, creator of SearchTeam. ?We built SearchTeam.com to help people save time when they search, organize what they find into folders so the information they need will be there when they return to it later, collaborate with trusted people to leverage everyone?s knowledge and work, and avoid repeated searching in the process.?

Uses at School

SearchTeam is perfect for individual research projects and ideal for group projects where students can work together in real time to search, communicate and collaborate.

?The purpose of Search Team is to enable small teams to collaborate on finding the best information on the web. Search Team could be a great tool for students working on collaborative research projects,? said Richard Byrne, a Google Certified Teacher, in his review of SearchTeam on the popular Free Technology for Teachers blog.

Uses at Home

SearchTeam also brings opportunities for friends and family to search together for the best information at home:

Plan the perfect family vacation online using SearchTeam to find and discuss where they should go, where they should stay, what they should see.
Plan reunions, weddings, baby showers online - with friends who know what to buy, where to go, and where the best prices are.
Research the Web collaboratively to find support information, treatment options, care-giving ideas and more for a family member with a chronic disease, unique condition or special need.

Uses at Work

At work, where colleagues usually participate in teams and workgroups, SearchTeam makes it easier for:

Marketers and Product Developers to research the competitive landscape, or do an in-depth look at competitors.
Sales professionals to prepare and maintain an up-to-date dossier on an existing customer or new customer prospect, providing ready access to key knowledge.
HR professionals to use SearchTeam collaboratively to research new candidate, conduct background research, scope out recruiting opportunities, etc.
Regardless of the size of the organization, people in many job functions can use SearchTeam to leverage the knowledge of colleagues, and work together to avoid redundant and wasteful work.

Free and Ad-Free

Introduced in private beta in fall 2010, SearchTeam.com is now free for use. Users can register for a free account, or log in using their Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google, or Yahoo account. SearchTeam.com does not display ads or sponsored results, and provides users with a clutter-free interface to help them find what they want ? fast, and with others they trust.

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About Zakta

Founded in 2007, Zakta powers and develops social applications that leverage the collective intelligence and work of user groups and communities to deliver improved personal productivity and value. SearchTeam.com, Zakta's latest social application, is the world's first real-time collaborative search and curation engine, aimed at students, educators, researchers, knowledge workers and savvy consumers to help with their research and knowledge sharing. Zakta licenses its technology platform to partners, including ISVs and solution providers in various industries.

Zakta and SearchTeam are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Zakta LLC. in the United States. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Denver, CO (PRWEB) April 19, 2011

Une Belle Vie Memorial Urns, LLC, a Denver, Colo. ? based cremation urn company, announced the launch of their new line of fully biodegradable urns in appreciation and celebration of Earth Day.

?As concerns about the environment and over population rise in this country and across the world, people are beginning to look at preserving the earth in every possible aspect of their lifestyle, including death,? said Melody Jamali, president of Une Belle Vie Memorial Urns. ?And, when you look at the financial and environmental cost of traditional burials, having a green funeral option makes good, sound sense.?

Currently, the funeral industry buries 30 million board feet of wood a year, 90,000 tons of steel, 1,636,000 tons of reinforced concrete and more than 800,000 gallons of toxic embalming fluid into the ground (source: Naturalburial.org). With more than 22,500 cemeteries in the U.S, traditional burials also bring up space concerns.

If these biodegradable urns are buried in the ground like a traditional funeral or put in water such as a burial at sea, they can fully dissolve very quickly. Yet, in a normal, temperature-controlled environment such as a house, a biodegradable urn can last for quite some time.

Une Belle Vie?s current collection of biodegradable urns ranges from traditional-shaped cremation urns made of clay, organic proteins and sand, to wooden boxes void of toxic finishes and plastic or metal hinges. Une Belle Vie also has a selection of simple, baked clay vessels. They are available in a variety of sizes, for both humans and pets, and range in price from $ 60-$ 205.

Please view the entire collection of biodegradable urns at: http://decorative-urns.com/types-of-urns/biodegradable-urns.

About Une Belle Vie

Une Belle Vie Memorial Urns is a Denver, Colorado-based company focusing on providing a supportive and informed experience whether families are planning for the future or coping with the passing of a loved one. Their online community and urn store offer artisan-crafted, decorative cremation urns in a variety of materials designed to celebrate life, personality and offer fitting memorials for those we love. Visit their community of caring online via Facebook and their continuously updated library of educational articles at their cremation blog.

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Boxborough, MA (PRWEB) December 21, 2011

?My clients have asked me to do videos like this for years and I decided the time was right to do them now,? said Kouvo. ?People want to exercise from home and while they travel so I?m happy to be able to expand my reach and help people from anywhere in the world to fit fitness into their busy lives.?

Kouvo?s client roster includes people from all over the United States, Canada and Europe. Her specialty is helping those who have between 50 and 100 pounds or more to lose (FFI Success Stories) although her videos are geared toward anyone with the desire to exercise in small increments without going to the gym.

?One of my clients asked me to travel to the Dominican Republic with them so they could continue working out,? said Kouvo. ?While that sounds amazing, I can?t leave my other clients and family so I created the travel routine to make it easy for people to exercise from their hotel room. I don?t accept travel as an excuse for not exercising. There is always a way to fit fitness in.?

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New York, New York (PRWEB) October 18, 2011

Many funeral homes today have their own websites, but most of these seem to have forgotten to include information about the one thing that is on most people?s mind. How much does a funeral cost? There is no other industry that hides their prices in the way the funeral industry does. Research conducted by US Funerals Online revealed that over 80% of funeral home web sites do not disclose actual costs.

Nicholas Ille, owner and founder of US Funerals Online, said, ?Losing a loved one is an extremely emotional experience, and families are then forced to make quick decisions about the funeral arrangements. We have seen a huge shift in the number of visitors to our web site, looking for ways to save money on funeral expenses. Gone are the days when families would just order the services from a funeral home, without even inquiring about the costs. People can be quite shocked when they find out just how much funeral costs do vary between funeral homes. ?

Over 2.5 million Americans die every year (Source: ONS Office of National Statistics), and many families are finding out that dying can be a very costly affair. Baby boomers are becoming increasingly interested in doing things their own way, which can also be driven financially. Why have expensive funerals when the money would be better being left to our children? It is a sad fact of life today, that as Americans age, they seem to be paying out more and more. As people live longer their senior years can now be one expense after the next, care homes, nursing homes and hospices all come at a hefty price, and then comes a final bill that needs to be paid.

Over the past 18 months, US Funerals Online has been working closely with local family-owned and operated funeral homes across the U.S offering a low cost funeral option. ?We believe that every family in America should be able to locate a low cost funeral provider, if that is what they choose? says Nicholas. The US Funerals Online web site lists all funeral homes by city/state and clearly identifies the low cost providers, including their price. By including all funeral homes in our directory, this makes comparing costs between different funeral homes, only a phone call away.

US Funerals Online was formed in 2003 as a consumer guide and directory, to help families faced with the very difficult task of arranging a funeral service for a loved one. There are many decisions that need to be made almost immediately following a death. Is the body to be buried or cremated? Do we need a casket or urn? Where do we send funeral flowers and sympathy flowers to? What about headstones and grave markers? The US Funerals Online web site aims to answer all these questions and also connect people with funeral companies in their own local communities.

To find out more, Visit: us-funerals.com

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