One of the benefits of running the gagglescape.com site is that we get to hear about some interesting projects well before the rest of the world. Two such projects have just hit our radar screen.

Talkster is a Toronto company that is about to roll-out a new mobile to VoIP service in the Canadian market. What's special about this service? It allows mobile phone users (that's pretty well everyone) to access a very low cost long distance calling service. The service gets even better: Users can use the service without installing software and on almost every cellphone. Talkster also works with Google Talk, Gizmo Project, and MSN.

This is a product that is bound to capture a lot of media attention not to mention the interest of the Bell Mobilities of the world. Talkster is in Alpha testing now.

On a different tack, Chickadvisor.com is a Web 2.0 company aimed at the lucrative market of female online users (one of the founders, Alex Debold, talls me that women make the majority of online purchasing decisions -- who knew). Launched September 2nd., the idea behind this site is to build a social-networking site where young women can share recommendations about their favourite goods and services. I could write more about this site but why not take a moment and look at it yourself.