Who says social networking has to be all about trading party pics and spreading juicy gossip? A new web-app called Schoology certainly doesn’t think that way. Although Schoology is based on a platform that resembles a social network, the similarities with Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter really stop there. Billed as a sort of digital classroom for the high-tech age, Schoology offers teachers, administrators, students, and parents a way to create, complete, and turn in all ...

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In this economy, just about everyone could use a little supplementary income. But when it comes to renting out a second home as a way to make a little cash on the side, the headaches associated with becoming a landlord usually outweigh the benefit of bringing in a couple extra dollars each month. That is, until now. RentalBooks is a great new application that makes it easy for just about anyone to manage properties and ...

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As a web designer, you probably spend a lot of time coming up with thoughtful designs for your clients’ new business websites. But if you’re like many professionals still using sloppy presentation tools, there’s a good chance your intricate designs are getting lost behind a clunky façade. To showcase your work in the best possible light, it might be worth trying an application like Recurse. The presentation web-app lets users present their designs in a ...

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Whether you’re looking for the perfect quote to finish off a speech or itching to post a beloved saying often shared by your grandmother, Quotables is a web-app worth trying out. Dubbed as the place where “quotes live online,” Quotables is a social community where individuals can share their favorite sayings and discover new quotations meant to inspire, incite, and elicit great emotion. (more…)

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Pip.io is a social network that acts as a unifier, bringing all of a person’s social networking accounts under one digital roof. Although the application had a very different look when it launched in February of this year, Pip.io has undergone a number of updates and changes since that time that have truly taken it to the next level. More than just a unifier or an information consolidator, Pip.io version 2.0 actually gives users a ...

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Take a minute and scroll through a list of the people you follow on Twitter. Do you really know who all those people are, or why you started following certain accounts to begin with? If you’d gotten organized with Peepnote, then this wouldn’t be a problem. The contact management system for Twitter lets people tag, filter, and add notes or contact details for all the people they follow online. (more…)

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