Posts by Category: Cool Web Apps & Sites

Cool web services and sites we really like.

Cool Web Apps & Sites September 13, 2011 posted by

MinuteBox lets you sell your time to people seeking advice

Do you have a specialized skill that you think is going untapped? Do you think that people would actually pay for your advice on a specific subject? If so, there actually might be a way for you to earn a bit of extra cash, simply by giving advice to other people. At least that is the idea behind MinuteBox. This interesting site lets you sell your time, or purchase someone else’s. Depending on the role you want to take, you…


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MinuteBox lets you sell your time to people seeking advice
Cool Web Apps & Sites September 5, 2011 posted by

Gooce+ integrates your Facebook and Twitter feeds into Google+

As much as I’d like to believe otherwise, Google+ hasn’t exactly risen up to overthrow Facebook. In fact, so few of my friends have joined and regularly use it that I barely log on anymore. It’s hard to enjoy a social network when you remove the social aspect. Well, if you’re dedicated to Google+, you might find Gooce+ to be of interest. With Gooce+ you can integrate both your Facebook and Twitter feeds into your Google+ feed. No more logging…


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Gooce+ integrates your Facebook and Twitter feeds into Google+
Cool Web Apps & Sites August 22, 2011 posted by

Facbook Chat Bully lets you customize Facebook Chat

One of my favorite ways to communicate with someone that’s not in the same room is via IM. Something about phone conversations has always bothered me, and texting is too much of a hassle. I figure that since I’m generally close to a keyboard anyway, why not just open a chat window? Facebook has unfortunately become the IM client of choice for a number of people, so I find myself using it from time to time. I’m not a fan…


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Facbook Chat Bully lets you customize Facebook Chat
Cool Web Apps & Sites August 10, 2011 posted by

Facebook introduces a standalone Messenger app for your smartphone

For many years I’ve done the majority of my online communication via instant messengers such as Yahoo, AIM, and more recently, Skype. However, it seems that a lot of people are instead opting to use Facebook’s own chat functionality. Personally, I’ve never used a more buggy messenger, but the convenience of having it built into a social network is what appeals to most users. Well, if you want to take your Facebook chat with you no matter where you go,…


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Facebook introduces a standalone Messenger app for your smartphone
Cool Web Apps & Sites June 15, 2011 posted by

WhenToTweet lets you know when your Twitter followers are most active

Despite being the most connected person I know (and spending a majority of my time on the internet) I actually don’t care much for social networking. Twitter is one service that still baffles me to this day. I get that there are some uses for it, but for the average person, I just don’t think that there is much of a point. Needless to day, despite my thoughts on the matter, millions of people use it, and many want to…


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WhenToTweet lets you know when your Twitter followers are most active
Bookmark This! June 7, 2011 posted by

DropTunes – Dropbox + your music = online jukebox

DropTunes is a clever new online app which lets you use Dropbox.com as a music locker to store your tracks. Yes of course you could use Google Docs or Amazon’s new storage area or any of a multitude of online services, but the use of DropBox means you can sync the tracks across computers and even do cool things like play your iTunes library from within Dropbox on any synched computer. Pretty cool stuff. And it’s free.  DropTunes accesses and…


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Cool Web Apps & Sites June 1, 2011 posted by

Android Tablet Digital Mic/Speaker Mouse – the all in one tablet mouse arrives

So it doesn’t look like much, but this is the world’s first Android Tablet Mouse with Speaker and Mic. Designed for doing some serious Internet phone, Skype, VoIP type calling, it sports an impressive 1000dpi accuracy, 2W speaker, a 3.5 mm audio plug, microphone and USB connection. Just plug the various cables into your Android tablet –  the mic isn’t built in to the mouse body unfortunately –  and boom, you’re ready to rock. $9.32/£5.67 and available in lots of different…


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Cool Web Apps & Sites May 30, 2011 posted by

GTrot uses Facebook to help you with your travel plans

Facebook is one of the easiest ways to update your friends about your life, and to see what’s going on in theirs. Of course, if you have a lot of friends, it can still be hard to keep track of where everyone’s been, and what all they’ve done. Thus, if you’re going on a trip and want some advice on hotels, restaurants and other things to do, you might not remember which friends have visited that location. Well now with…


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GTrot uses Facebook to help you with your travel plans
Bookmark This! May 26, 2011 posted by

Google Docs Template Gallery – an awesome treasure trove of online useful…

If you haven’t already discovered the Google Docs Template Gallery, hurry along and take a look now, as it’s really starting to get some legs. There’s a ton of very cool themes and templates for everything from project management and personal finance, to a resume template, calculator layouts and some great calendar themes. There’s even a ‘credit card payoff calculator’ theme. Awesome! What’s extra cool is the fact that you can upload your own template to the gallery, and people…


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Awesome May 18, 2011 posted by

Lost Type Co-Op – pay what you can for gorgeous fonts

The brand new Lost Type Co-Op is a gorgeous font factory which offers professional quality fonts at whatever price you can afford (including $0). It’s a magnificent gamble on behalf of some top class font designers, and deserves our support.  There’s only a small selection of fonts to start with, but they are top class, and with our patronage the list should grow and grow. Ace! [Via]  The Lost Type Co-Op is a Pay-What-You-Want Type foundry, the first of it’s kind….


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Cool Web Apps & Sites May 17, 2011 posted by

Facebook adds a new layer of security to protect your account

I’m ashamed to admit how much time I spend on Facebook. In my defense, I’m not wasting my time playing Farmville or anything silly like that. Most of it is communicating with friends who don’t have the common sense to use a decent instant messenger. Even the most technology-challenged people seem to be on Facebook these days, which makes it a target for scammer and the like. So how do you protect yourself? Well the company has finally added a…


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Facebook adds a new layer of security to protect your account
Cool Web Apps & Sites April 20, 2011 posted by

T-Mobile brings voice chat to Facebook

For those that know me, it’s no surprise that I’m not a fan of Facebook, or most other social media sites. There’s just something about people’s constant need to update the world about every little thing that bothers me. Of course, wall posts are easy enough to hide and ignore. But soon you won’t just be getting text-based messages on your page. No, thanks to T-Mobile, you’ll be getting voice messages and call requests. A new service by the company,…


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T-Mobile brings voice chat to Facebook
Awesome April 11, 2011 posted by

166 Free Flickr Tools

Despite Yahoo!’s lacklustre stewardship, Flickr continues to be the most awesome photography resource known to humankind, with 5 billion (!) images hosted to date. Which makes this ancient, but still incredibly useful, list of 166 Free Flickr Tools, a fabulous bookmark for anyone who’s serious about their photo collection.   Flickr’s App Garden is also an awesome place to go for all sorts of useful knick-knacks (check out the great collection of slideshow tools on there for instance). Oh and here’s…


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Cool Web Apps & Sites March 30, 2011 posted by

Google Talk Guru answers your very basic questions

Google is constantly coming out with new features that help the world find and sort information even better than before. The latest comes in the form of a bot that you can chat with on Google Talk. I suppose �chat� wouldn’t be appropriate, as it simply gives you facts when you ask questions relating to the weather, sports scores and a few other topics. I actually find this feature to be a bit strange. Essentially this bot named Guru is…


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Google Talk Guru answers your very basic questions
Cool Web Apps & Sites March 30, 2011 posted by

Placebook lets you see where your Facebook friends are located

We all love Facebook for its awesome social networking uses. One of our favorite pastimes is letting people know where we are and when we are there. A lot of us have friends all over the world that are a little bit harder to keep track of. Visualizing just how far away or close they are can be a little difficult at times, so thus Placebook was created. The location API that is on social networking sites has been waiting…


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Placebook lets you see where your Facebook friends are located