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March 23, 2008 3:14 PM PDT

5 impressive new business Web apps from Under the Radar

by Rafe Needleman

Josh and I spent a day working the Under the Radar conference last week (see all stories). Actually, Josh was working; I was onstage hustling start-ups on and off the stage. We saw about 40 business-related Web 2.0 companies. Most of them were very early-stage, so you might not want to entrust your business to them. But there were several apps that were more developed, and a few that are worth looking at even though they're not.

As I wrote after the Demo conference, I am amazed by what people are doing with Flash and AIR apps. Two apps from Under the Radar, Blist and SlideRocket, are Flash apps. Neither are available to the public just yet, but when they ship be sure to check them out.

There were a lot of good apps at the show, but we selected five that really stood out. Watch the video to learn why, in addition to Blist and SlideRocket, we picked Orgoo, Vello, and Nuconomy as our Best Five apps from Under the Radar.

Rafe Needleman writes about start-ups, new technologies, and Web 2.0 products, as editor of CNET's Webware. E-mail Rafe.
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by etcook March 23, 2008 5:06 PM PDT
The website is myvello.com
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by rafe March 23, 2008 5:11 PM PDT
Fixed! Thanks.
by PortVista-19095313035016904102 March 23, 2008 5:27 PM PDT
Business web apps? Looks like a big joke to me...
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by Josh.Lowensohn March 24, 2008 9:58 AM PDT
Big joke?

We've picked tools that aggregate e-mail and IM from multiple accounts, a service that makes conference calling easier, a Web metrics and attention tracking service, along with a potential PowerPoint-killer and a database tool.

Those are all Web apps for businesses.
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