What it does:
connects city strangers with city experts to help everyone discover the best things about their city. On askalo, users ask and answer questions about their city while earning points and awards for their activity.

How it beats the competition:
askalo is unique because it is the first city-focused Q&A website. Specifically, askalo focuses on giving a person, who wants quality information about a city, the ability to ask a local person with inside information for quality answers. For example, if a person wants to know what is the best restaurant in New York, on askalo he or she can ask for suggestions from a local person who has dined in New York before.

Site:
http://www.askalo.com/

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RiotVine is a great location to search for events happening in your city. Currently RiotVine supports Boston, Los Angeles, and New York.

With the ability to search for events based on both date and location we see RiotVine providing a very useful tool to a currently unserved niche.

What it does in their own words:
RiotVine makes it easy to discover cool events around town.

How it beats the competition:
We allow you to share events with your friends in a single click.

Site: http://riotvine.com

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99vine is an intelligent social real estate search engine. It matches consumers with a superior selection of rental and sale properties using a self learning suggestions engine. It connects them with neighbors by leveraging neighborhood conversations on social platforms such as Facebook. 99vine is currently in Beta in New York, with new releases being rolled out every two weeks.

Buying a house or renting an apartment can be a time consuming and frustrating process. Whether it is an investment property, first time home purchase, rental property, short term rental, or long term rental, we at 99vine are committed to making the process of connecting people who are offering and seeking real estate. We work with realtors, realestate brokers, agents, multiple listing (MLS) services, independent landords, renters, and buyers to provide the best possible experience for all involved.

Site: http://www.99vine.com/

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