Archive for: August, 2010

Swipe is a web-app devoted to answering the simple question: What did you buy today? Like Twitter, users can type out short updates about themselves that will show up in the feeds of their followers. What makes Swipe different, though, is that these updates are all centered around the topic of purchases—either what you recently bought or what you want to buy today, tomorrow, or at some point in the future. (more…)

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Static 520 is an application that businesses and independent professionals can use to put their best foot forward on Facebook. In three simple steps, the application claims it can help users build a fully functional, multifaceted Facebook fan page that their clients and customers can visit with ease. Rather than messing around with complicated codes and hosting issues, users who chose to go with Static 520 can choose a template and upload as many photos, ...

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Sneffel is a web-application aimed at online educators and the students they teach. By using a virtual drawing pad in the same way as a chalkboard, distance-learning teachers can draw out their ideas and lessons and watch as their students respond in real-time. What makes Sneffel even better than a traditional chalkboard or whiteboard, however, is that these virtual drawing pads can be saved and “replayed” as an animation, giving students as many chances as ...

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Tired of the boring articles put out by most mainstream publications? Why not start your own? Publisha gives its users the tools to do just that. The application helps people publish content onto the iPad, iPhone, Facebook, Twitter, and the web right from their own browser, and makes it easy to create a new iPad or iPod application from scratch. Even better, the digital platforms created with Publisha can be monetized in a snap, so ...

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For businesses looking for a way to promote themselves to journalists and bloggers without hiring a full-time public relations professional, Pressdoc is an application worth checking out. The quick and easy social media release creator allows companies to write press releases that will appear online. More than just a standard written press release, the social media releases created with Pressdoc can include extras like videos, photos, and links to spread the word and share the ...

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For people who love Delicious but think they could never switch to a new social bookmarking app, Pinboard is an application that has the ability to change minds. Billing itself as “social bookmarking for introverts,” Pinboard offers many of the same user-friendly features as other online bookmarking applications. Users can save their favorite URLS, add tags and descriptions, and then access that information from any computer at any time. What makes Pinboard different, however, are all ...

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