March 27th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Mobile, Useful
Mobile reminder service kwiry, which I covered here, is running a pretty cool promo right now. If you’re using kwiry, then anytime you send in a kwiry for a specific book, movie, or music (song or album), you’re automatically entered in a contest to win that very item.
The more you send, the more […]
March 19th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Useful, Web Apps, Web/Tech
Brijit is an online community that offers up the world’s best long-form content by boiling it down to 100 word abstracts. You can then peruse the abstracts to determine what you what to read, listen to, or watch. The sources Brijit pulls from can be stories, like magazine articles, but they can also be radio […]
March 12th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Firefox, Twitter, Useful
A service called Awesome Highlighter lets you markup web sites by highlighting text on the pages. You can choose from four different highlighter colors: yellow, blue, green, or red. The highlighted pages can then be saved to your account or shared with friends using a TinyURL-like shortened URL. You can use the service by […]
March 10th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Storage, Useful, Web Apps, tools
When I first heard about this service, I had to wonder if it could even be for real: the new online storage site, ADrive is claiming to offer 50 GB of FREE online storage. When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. According to Web Worker Daily, there is a catch […]
February 25th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Mobile, Productivity, Useful, Web 2.0
For a service that’s primarily used by Crackberry-addicted professionals, it sure did take LinkedIn a long time to launch a mobile version, but one has finally arrived. The multilanguage WAP version of LinkedIn can be found by going to m.linkedin.com on your phone’s mobile browser. This scaled down version offers search, the ability to […]
February 19th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Useful
If you have ever sent someone a link and really needed to know if they ever clicked it, a new service from LinkBlip can help out. To use LinkBlip, you just enter your email address and the URL you want people to click. LinkBlip will create a shortened URL (like TinyURL does) that you […]
February 19th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
IT, Useful, Web/Tech
Worried you have a nasty bug? Not sure if your anti-virus software is up-to-date? (Shame, shame!) A free service from NanoScan will instantly scan your PC for viruses. The service provides an “instant” scanner that searches for viruses, spyware and other threats. It can detect, in less than a minute, a huge number of threats […]
February 18th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Useful, Web Apps
PDF Hammer is a website that lets you edit your PDFs online, for free. You don’t need to download any software - the PDFs are edited right inside the browser after you upload them to the site. Right now, you can re-arrange the pages (reorder them), delete pages, and append one PDF to another. […]
February 14th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Useful
Are you frustrated with navigating multiple websites and managing too many passwords? PageOnce is a new site that wants to make it easier on you to login to your various online accounts. You simply select your personal accounts from the sites you use - social networking, email, travel, entertainment, banking, credit cards and more […]
February 12th, 2008 |
by Sarah Perez |
published in
Useful, Web Apps
ShinyLetter is another way to use the web to send snail mail, which something that I love to do since I never have stamps. With ShinyLetter, you type out your letter online, just like it was an email, then you can send it anywhere in the world for $2.00. Although that’s pricier than a […]