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Hey guys! I'm starting a weekly email newsletter for startup acquisitions - because who's got time to trawl through news sites to find them all?

I'd love to hear your thoughts as to whether that would be useful to you.

You can sign up with the link in the post.

Thanks for reading!

I like the concept (though I'm not sure what the value is to businesses embedding the widget?).

Is this something you'd consider open sourcing?

I'm glad you posted this here. I saw it on Product Hunt but couldn't comment. I think the whole service, especially the UX, is awesome. I'm just curious if/how you're monetising this!
Looks good. How do you get the photos in the first place? Do you buy them with a reseller's licence?
Thanks for the feedback, Jesse - the demo is just intended to show functionality. In the full version you'll be able to choose stores to follow by country and gender, e.g. men's clothes from the U.S. version of J Crew.
Thanks pradn! I'll definitely have this level of customisation in the finished product.

Show HN: What do you think of Shopaholic (sale items on your new tab page)?

Hey guys,I just launched a demo yesterday for Shopaholic, a project I've been working on recently, and now I'm looking to validate the concept.Check it out here: http://www.getshopaholic.comIt's a Chrome extension that asks you to follow your favourite clothes stores then turns your new tab page into a feed of sale items from those stores. Very simple idea but it's had a warm reception in its...

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