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STARTUP DETAILS:

Company Name: CoNotes

20 word description: CoNotes is the place to find startup jobs.

CEO’s Pitch: CoNotes aims to solve two problems:

1) People have a tough time finding cool startups that are hiring

2) Startups have a tough time finding the right people

To solve these two problems, CoNotes centralizes job openings in startups in one location, and at the same time provides startups exposure by distributing those job openings to appropriate partner organizations. Some of CoNotes’ other unique features include a company recommendation engine and integration with users’ LinkedIn networks.

Mashable’s Take: CoNotes is designed as a marketplace of sorts, matching startups with job seekers so each party can find their perfect match. The actual format of CoNotes, however, is much more of a directory of startups, similar to Startup Search but with a larger focus on startups. CoNotes moves beyond Web-based companies and features content on companies that don’t even have current job openings.

For each company that has a profile on the site, there is also a section for comments, questions, and related news. The comments and questions are interactive, meaning users can peruse and contribute towards these sections, while the news section appears to be a mini feed of recent activity relevant to that company’s overall industry. The job search itself, however, is rather basic and doesn’t give in-depth search results or an easy-to-manage process for filtering.

As a registered CoNotes member, you can add descriptive tags to a company profile, add a company to your favorites, and take notes. If you are a job seeker using CoNotes, you can also take advantage of the service’s recommendation engine, which offers three companies you may be interested in, based on your profile information. The more complete your profile information, the more CoNotes has to work with. As the profile data is still limited to things like age, gender, years of work experience and your website, it seems that CoNotes can only do so much towards recommending potentially interesting companies. The service offers only three results at a time with no explanation as to why each company may be of interest to the user, which leaves something to be desired for CoNotes’ recommendation features.

There are other things that CoNotes does well, however, such as linking you and companies’ LinkedIn data to CoNotes’ accounts. If you see a company you’re interested in, you can see how many employees it has with LinkedIn profiles, and subsequently reach out to them or learn more information about the company through LinkedIn’s dedicated professional network. This particular feature offers a familiar course of action for a job seeker and aids CoNotes in its ability to extend resources through its network without having to establish an entirely new set of data or wait for users to populate its site directly.

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Flixwagon has launched an application for streaming live video from iPhone, a product they first demoed last month. At the moment, the application only works on jailbroken original model iPhones (running firmware 1.1.4), but the company says it is currently working on a version for the iPhone 3G.

The app can be installed by navigating to m.flixwagon.com/iphone on your device, or by following the instructions detailed here. Most of Flixwagon’s features are included in the application - you can assign each video stream its own privacy settings, edit the meta data, and set the video resolution. For now, Flixwagon recommends streaming via WiFi. Here’s a brief demo of how the application works:

Flixwagon competitor Qik also demoed their own streaming video application for iPhone last month, but it would appear that Flixwagon has beaten them to the punch in getting theirs out the door. Qik’s product is expected to launch soon.

Adding support for iPhones and their early adopter customer base is obviously hugely important for both Flixwagon and Qik to make their technology accessible to more people. Prior to today’s launch, Flixwagon only offered support for Nokia Series 60 devices. The first company to offer a version for the iPhone 3G could be the real winner though, given the device’s lower cost and access to 3G networks.

Some screenshots of the Flixwagon iPhone app are included after the jump.

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