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Wibiya Toolbar Adds Social Features To Your Website

andrewgr — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:49:22 +0000

Website owners already know that their sidebar, the right-side of the screen if you’re looking at it, can easily become a dumping ground for all of the links that don’t fit within the body. The Wibiya toolbar, a solution that adds heavy-weight social media functionality with a snippet of simple embed code, helps you maximize the bottom of your Website pages.
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6 Speech-to-Text Transcription Apps and Services

andrewgr — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:45:53 +0000

For years, voice transcription technology has been available but terrible. Unless you talked like a robot, the typed result looked nothing like what you said. Now there’s a new round of services for those who are better at talking with your mouth rather than your thumbs, and they’ve gotten a lot better. Here are our six faves.

Dragon Dictation (iPhone)

This new transcription app has been slobberingly adored by Mashable, The New York Times, and the rest of the web. It’s free for a limited time only, and does a mighty fine job. Once you’ve spoken, you can save the text in an email, SMS or onto your clipboard. The basic design is very user-friendly, and the price is right.

QuickVoice (iPhone)

This one costs $0.99 and doesn’t let you email your notes out of your iPhone, but it does have a handy “pause” feature that allows you to take a little break without having to start a new file.

MyCaption (Blackberry)

This is a useful app for the Blackberry, but don’t let the $1.99 download price fool you. They have a slate of complicated and expensive plans for emailing the transcriptions out of your device that should make you wary.

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Top 10 Best Games for Google Android

andrewgr — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:31:26 +0000

For those of us living in an Apple-free free world (I’m not embarrassed to admit it!), the advent of the Android operating system is making us feel technologically competitive.

The Android Market has a loooong way to go, but the app offerings are improving every day. As of today, here are my personal game picks for Android devices. Head over to the Android Market on your device to purchase/acquire.

Aevum Obscurum

Risk- like game that takes you back to medieval times to fight over the control of Europa. This turb-by-turn game will be great relaxation for all strategy fans out there.

You get 30-50 empires to choose from and start conquer the whole map. The best think is that you can try this game for free and if you want more action you can purchase it for $ 4.99 USD

Radiant

Radiant fills the void that Space Invaders left behind. It’s a classic old-school gaming experience – Asteroids meets Space Invaders – but features gorgeously bright graphics.

The aliens are coming and you are Max Blaster, last line of defense to save the planet.

Game play is challenging and the storyline is fun. Upgrade weapons and enhance your ship as you defeat bosses at each level.

The game gives the player many control options. Use the touchscreen, trackball or 1 and 0 buttons to move your ship.

A great game to kill some time when you’re waiting in line. The Lite version is free and the paid version will set you back $2.40USD.

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11 Apps & Tools to Help You Lose Weight

andrewgr — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:09:45 +0000

The holidays are right around the corner, and for many of us, that means big meals, lounging with family and putting on a few extra pounds. While it can be hard to say no to another piece of Aunt Millie’s famous pumpkin pie, here’s some cool weight loss monitoring tools that can help you count calories, stick to diets, plan meals and fit into that awesome pair of jeans you’ve had for years… continued…

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12 Free Online Slideshow Creators

andrewgr — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:10:57 +0000

Whether showing off a project or simply sharing pictures from vacation, people across the globe use online slideshow sites to spice up, animate and rock out any set of digital pictures- all for free.

We’ve highlighted the most popular online slideshow creators…

Animoto – One of the most robust, modern options for slideshows is Animoto which allows you to quickly upload your pictures, select music and the algorithm times the movement of your pictures with your selected movement automatically- it’s like MTV crawled into your computer and designed a custom video for you!

Slide - A slideshow creator made especially for sharing on social networks such as Facebook, Bebo and more. Slide has a wide variety of music options and design additions to amp up any slideshow! continued…

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Dollars and Sense: Free Online Financial Trackers

andrewgr — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:00:28 +0000

In a world where pennies are being pinched and distractions abound, it’s always a good idea to closely monitor and manage your finances. Technology advances have been made allowing you to securely manage your finances from anywhere be it the internet or your phone. Let’s check out a few free financial trackers:

1. Mint.com- among the simplest of online financial managers, Mint lets you see snapshots of your financial habits from shopping trends to individual transactions. Mint gives you suggestions of how to save money based on your spending and allows users to easily set up text alerts for going over credit limits or when an account lowers to a specified amount. Mint allows you to get your balance via text message and offers investment management from your 401k to brokerage accounts.

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5 Solid Free Video Editors

andrewgr — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:37:16 +0000

You only have to go a few years back to recall the days of expensive video editing equipment and software. These days, video editing software is readily available for free online, but many options are overly complicated, clunky and poorly designed. But if you are fortunate enough to have a computer with some decent processing power, you have several formidable options.

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8 Free Poll Tools for Your Website

andrewgr — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:36:50 +0000

Opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one! That could help explain why everywhere you turn on the Web, there is a poll awaiting your vote. For a dot com owner, the decision to include a poll is a no-brainer: it adds entertainment value, gives people a voice, keeps visitors on your site longer, and helps you take the pulse of the general public on a variety of issues. Another reason to add polls is that they are so easy to implement.

Here are a few of the better free Web-based poll tools.

BlogPoll – Not the sexiest of all of the solutions, but a hard worker! After inputting your question and answer choices, choose your desired widget width, pick your colors, check a results display format and you’re off and running. SAMPLE continued…

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Rock On! 9 Free Music Websites

andrewgr — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:28:34 +0000

For years I have been a Rhapsody subscriber. The streaming music service is well worth every penny, as I relish the fact that I can play just about any song at any time. But I can understand young music lovers who do not wish to pay to hear the tunes they seek. That’s where these great free services come in.

PANDORA

It’s like they know me! Enter the name of a band, song or genre , and Pandora’s intuitive system will play tunes that have similar musical qualities to your selection.

Registering entitles you to 100 “stations” and the ability to bookmark songs or people. Album art and a blurb about the band accompanies each track.

The recently launched Pandora One offers higher audio quality, a five-hour timeout period (if you don’t interact with Pandora, the system will auto-pause) and no ads for $36 a year. The free version peppers in audio and video ads, and while they definitely interrupt the flow, they are certainly not deal breakers. continued…

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Free Web-Based Widget Tools for Website Owners

andrewgr — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:24:24 +0000

Everyone already knows that when it comes to building a successful blog or Website, content is king. Thanks in part to a growing number of easy-to-install widgets, you can populate your online home with a variety of interesting material that isn’t necessarily created by you. Or better yet, create your own XML feed and present your information in a fresh and exciting way. Here are several free Websites that allow you to create or pull widgets.

Widgetbox

All you need to create a widget is a feed of content. This can be pulled from your blog, YouTube, Flickr, twitter and others.

A Blidget allows you to turn your blog into an instant widget that can be installed by other Website owners. For example, if you have a blog on career advice, you can create a Blidget and hope that other employment-related Websites will display your content.

There are thousands of widgets available for installation. These can be found via search or by Tab.

A Pro account, which costs only a few cents a day, gives the widget creator greater control. You can add logos, incorporate tabs and remove the WidgetBox identifier from the bottom of the widget. continued…

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Free Live Coldplay Album for Download

andrewgr — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:22:26 +0000

Every fan who attends Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” tour is walking away with a free CD. “LeftRightLeftRightLeft” is comprised of nine live tracks and a must-have for fans of Chris Martin and the boys.

But here’s the good news.

In a further sign of the evolving music-sales business model, the band has made the CD available to EVERYONE on their Website. continued…

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Adding Simple Web-Based Photo Effects

andrewgr — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:45:08 +0000

These days kids are bouncing out of public schools with academic Web training. That means many of them know how to create Web pages, produce podcasts and manipulate photos. Many bloggers I have met are proficient on one thing, and that’s writing. They really have no interest in a lot of the other elements that make a blog successful, such as images.

Picreflect is a neat little Website that can add a new dimension to your blog. Actually, a new reflection. If you have 10 seconds and a digital photo, you can add a reflection. All you have to do is indicate the following: continued…

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Netflix Comes Home, Literally

andrewgr — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:51:53 +0000

My relationship with Netflix has blossomed over the years. We started out like most relationships: hot and heavy. Then out of nowhere, Blockbuster Online entered the room, looking hot and smelling nice. So I dumped Netflix…only to crawl back several months later. continued…

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Track Packages Via Twitter

andrewgr — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:26:08 +0000

There’s nothing more exciting than getting a package. I vividly remember being a little kid, perched in the window, hoping that the UPS man was coming to our house.

Even as a grown up, a surprise FedEx at work can be a thrill. There’s just something magical about the unexpected. Heck, even anticipating a package is exciting. Remember the last time you ordered something from Amazon and constantly refreshed the shipping info?

Thankfully, there’s an easier way to track packages – meet @trackthis via Twitter.

All you have to do is send a message to @trackthis with your trackingnumber (and a nickname so you can identify it) and you will get a shipping status update as your carrier posts it. Goodbye F5!

You can set your account up to get updates on the Web, through e-mail, IM or SMS. Currently, FedEx, UPS, USPS and DHL codes can be tracked.

Just make sure you set your account to ‘follow’ @trackthis.

The creator of the service, which is 100% free, is currently accepting donations.

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Free Microsoft Office Alternative Open Office 2.4 Released

andrewgr — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:05:47 +0000

When I built a new Dell PC online a few months ago, I was faced with the challenge most of us face: what could I afford to include and what did I need to sacrifice.

In the end, much to my technically-challenged wife’s chagrin, I opted to pass on Microsoft Office. Heck, why should I pay to type when I can increase memory and go wireless for the same cash? continued…

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