Have you ever tried Google translate? The translations are typically terrible, and often amusing. They can give you a general idea about what someone is trying to say, but if you need a professional translation – say for a bi-lingual marketing newsletter, it simply won’t work. The best option is to hire a professional translator but that can be expensive – and many of us wouldn’t even know where to look. (more…)

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Voicethread is an extremely interesting development in social media. It’s at the stage where it’s a great idea, but it’s only as good as the participants in the site. It has plenty of possibilities, but given that it’s a bit more difficult to understand and use than, say, a blog it may not become an overnight success. (more…)

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There are other timeline apps that seem better suited for promoting a personal project by creating a timeline of all internet activity, including videos, blog entries, and the like. Xtimeline is more of a traditional timeline program and isn’t really breaking any new ground in terms of timeline usability. If Xtimeline had a comparison, it would be to a site like Wikipedia – a place for people to find factual information about a certain topic. ...

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People are consistently looking to the web to find new reading material. In addition to the popularity of eBooks, there are new ways to market and read books both online and using portable electronic devices. People have been wondering when publishing was going to catch up with the music industry in terms of how books are discovered and distributed, and a site like Book Lamp is a major step in that direction. (more…)

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There are a fair number of project management apps available online, but the problem with some of them comes down to value. One of the more popular project management applications is BaseCamp and although it offers a range of monthly plans, the service can be too costly for those on tight budgets. DeskAway, on the other hand, offers free project management for small projects with a limited number of users. (more…)

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On the front page of the Enthusem site is the claim “greeting cards reinvented.” That’s a tall claim, especially with so many e-card sites available on the web. But Enthusem is not a traditional web-based greeting card site, where you send a greeting card to someone’s email address. Instead, Enthusem is a web-based app that sends physical greeting cards to a person’s postal mail address. (more…)

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