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We’ve Just Added App Reviews
(and surpassed 3000 apps)

Opinions, recommendations and suggestions. They’re now applicable to any apps listed in the Simple Spark catalog. Pimp your favorites, give them gold stars (just like in grade school) and generally get your talkiness going on any app listing.
3000+ Apps
We would be remiss to not mention that we surpasses 3000 sorted searchable apps this [...]

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2700 Apps and Counting

Caffine is our friend these days, what with all the late nights and missed sleep. Suffice it to say, we’ve been working hard. But clearly, so has everyone else: there are 2700 apps in the catalog now, fully searchable and completely categorized. The amount of web software out there is really impressive, from [...]

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Expanded Design, Easier Browsing

It’s been an exciting week for the Simple Spark team. As you can see, it looks a little bit different around here. Today we have updated the look of our site and we think it is a great improvement.

–We’ve expanded our layout and redesigned the catalog to include a multi-app display. This lets you easily [...]

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Improved Search,
1700 Apps and 8 New Categories

We’re at week three now with more goodness to share.
Improved Search
We’ve made dramatic improvements to the search results here at Simple Spark. You’ll experience results that are both exact and precise, getting you to the app you need as quickly and conveniently as possible.
Over 1700 Apps in 8 New Categories
The Catalog has grown dramatically [...]

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Universal Bookmarking
and New Categories

Two weeks in and we’ve some pretty cool stuff to announce.
Universal Bookmarking
We’ve opened up our bookmarking feature to 39 of the most popular bookmarking services you already use.
Which ones? Here’s the list with a little screenshot.

digg.com, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Squidoo, reddit, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, BlinkList, Newsvine, FURL, Ma.gnolia, coRank, RatePoint, BlogMarks, Scuttle, Fark, Folk’d, Maple, [...]

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Much Thanks All Around for Week 1

It’s officially been one week since we launched and I’m happy to report that we’ve served up thousands of pageviews already. We figured our friends and family would come by, but it’s clear that many more have joined them in checking out our little experiment. To put it simply, thank you for coming [...]

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Introducing Simple Spark

Jon and I have been working for many months and are happy to finally pull the curtain back on our project. Introducing Simple Spark, a great place to find and share a new world of web apps or, more succinctly, Simple Spark is the place to find Cool Stuff for Your Life Online.™
Smart Search [...]

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