7:31 PM PDT Fri, Aug 12, 2011 
Google Offers beta-launched in Portland on June 1, but have you seen one yet? We dig the site's light-and-airy layout and appreciate the straightforward copy, which gives you the main points up top and details in "the deal" and "the story" sections.
4:56 PM PDT Fri, Aug 12, 2011 
WHAT: Ad network for email newsletters. LaunchBit pairs advertisers with publishers to target specific audiences, mainly tech entrepreneurs and developers right now.
LAUNCHERS: Elizabeth Yin, CEO [ @launchbit, LinkedIn ]. Jennifer Chin, COO.
4:07 PM PDT Fri, Aug 12, 2011 
WHAT: Brides can search for and book wedding venues, photographers and catering services guaranteed to be available on their date and within their budget. Essentially Expedia for weddings.
LAUNCHERS: Jeff Lu, CEO [@jiffylu, LinkedIn ]. Kim Dowd, lead designer [@kimsheblue, LinkedIn ]. Conan Jen, chief engineer. Dana Wu, business development [ LinkedIn ].
2:06 PM PDT Fri, Aug 12, 2011 
The release of Google's "Panda" algorithm update has gone global, affecting all languages except Chinese, Japanese and Korean. It's not immediately clear which non-English content sites will be most affected.
Rolled out in the U.S. in February and expanded to all English-language sites in April, Panda downgraded the page rankings of low quality sites and has forced many content sites to give up on growing to scale in the Google search ecosystem. Companies like Demand Media, which is now firing freelancers, and Mahalo are looking to social networks, YouTube and apps for their traffic growth.
1:03 PM PDT Fri, Aug 12, 2011 
WHAT: High-end photo printing and shipping to friends and family on an as-needed or monthly basis. Cost is based on how many people you send to: $7 per recipient for 15 4x6 photos, or about $0.47 per print. Picplum's target market is parents of young children.
LAUNCHERS: Paul Stamatiou and Akshay Dodeja. Paul previously co-founded two startups, one of which (Notifo) went through Y Combinator's winter '10 class. Akshay founded electronic dance music site Mugasha.