If you ever wanted to test your movie knowledge, head straight to WhatTheMovie.com. It is an innovative and addicting movie quiz site where you guess the movie title by the snapshot, and collect points for the Hall of Fame. The site also provides movie ratings and reviews.

Getting started is easy, the quiz begins as you visit the site and you can also check out featured or newly added movie snapshots. Registering on the site lets you bookmark movies and snapshots on your personal online watchlist.

Additionally, you can contribute to the site by uploading snapshot, writing reviews and rating movies.

Features:

• Guess the movie title by the snapshot.
• Check out recent and featured snapshots.
• Check out movie review and ratings.
• Add movies and snapshots to your favorites/bookmarks/watchlist (registration required).
• Rate movies and write reviews.
• Free and easy to use.

Check out WhatTheMovie @ www.whatthemovie.com

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Quick Image Downloader is an experimental Firefox add-on that lets you quickly save multiple images displayed on any webpage with a single click. All you need to do is to install add-on as usual, and after restarting your browser you will see a green download arrow at the bottom-right corner of your browser. Clicking it will download images on any web page.

Even though the add-on is experimental, it works perfectly and does what it says.

Features:

• Download multiple images on any web page at once.
• Quick, simple and easy to use.
• Firefox only.

Check out Quick Image Downloader @ addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/46864

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The Bible is the most reproduced book in the entire world having been translated into hundreds of languages and published by thousands of book publishers and binders throughout the ages. Now, it’s available on your PC and phone.

iBible is a web app that has the entire bible (both testaments) translated into several languages including French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Polish. It’s very simple to use and it has no requirement to set anything up.

The home screen of iBible is a list of languages which in turn will direct you to a list of chapters and sections which the reader can select to skip to them right away. All the sentences are numbered for quick and easy referencing and all the text is properly typed and laid out – not just bad quality PDF copies which I’ve seen in the past.

Because the majority of the app is text, it’s suitable to be loaded on almost and device with access to the internet such as an iPhone, a PSP or a basic GPRS mobile phone.

Check out iBible @ www.ibible.mobi (by Dean Sherwin)

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Obama-Weather is a new and fun online weather forecast application. When you visit the site it automatically detects your location and gives 5 day weather report with president Obama demonstrating to you what you need to wear. You can also search and get weather forecast for any location world wide. If you do not like Obama character, the site lets you switch it to Angelina Jolie, Dr. Gregory House or Bender Bending Rodríguez.

The weather data (temperature, humidity, strength of wind and some other characteristics) comes from weather.com.

Watch Obama-Weather coverage on CNN:

Features:

• Quick and fan weather forecast tool with Obama the weatherman.
• Switch Obama character to Angelina Jolie, Dr. Gregory House or Bender Bending Rodríguez.
• The weather data comes from weather.com.
• Simple and easy to use.
• Similar tools: Sleeves, GoingToRain and UmbrellaToday.

Check out Obama-Weather @ www.obama-weather.com

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GroupBoard is a website that provides embeddable and multifunctional group-boards which come with online drawing, chatting, messaging tools and games. You can easily integrate these group-boards onto your site or personal webpage and let participants collaboratively interact, chat and play games together.

The app can come in very handy for things like distance tutoring or training, collaboration or interacting with your website visitors.

GroupBoard offers both free and paid accounts. The free account lets you create as many group-boards as you like but limited to 5 users per session. The premium accounts provide more features and include voice conferencing.

Getting started is easy, you don’t even need to register for a free account. Simply enter the name of your group-board, select the tools you want to have (whiteboard, chat, message board and games) and hit “Get my Free Groupboard!” button. Get an embed code for embedding and a direct link for sharing your group-board with others. You can also password protect your group-board.

Feature overview:

• Embeddable group-boards which come with whiteboard, chatting, messaging tools.
• Easily integrate group-boards onto you site or personal webpage.
• Share your group-boards by forwarding a link.
• Your group-board participants can collaboratively draw, upload images, chat, send emails and play games.
• The free account lets you create as many group-boards as you like but limited to 5 users per session, and only 20 images can be stored online.
• Option to password protect your group board.

Check out GroupBoard @ www.groupboard.com (get free Groupboard here).

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Connectify is a desktop tool that turn your pc/laptop into a wireless access point. Working essentially as a front end for Window 7’s “virtual wi-fi” feature, Connectify allows you to share the internet connection of your laptop with other users. It is also handy for keeping all your mobile devices connected from one internet source without having to rely on wireless routers.

Connectify is one of the first tools that uses the power of mesh networking. The idea behind mesh networks is that every pc/laptop can become a wi-fi hotspot, ensuring not only a steady internet connection but also allow integration of different devices without having to set up anything.

Once installed, Connectify sits in your system tray. To start a hotspot, just fill in your preferred Wi-Fi name and your pass phrase, and then click the large button to turn the hotspot on. Other devices will immediately detect your created hotspot and they can join in using the password that you supplied.

You can also use Connectify to start your home network to share files and printers without using a router.

Features:

• Create a wi-fi hotspot from your pc/laptop in an instant
• Created hotspots require WPA passphrases for better security
• Allows you to connect and sync your wi-fi enabled devices without using cords, blue tooth, or wireless router.
• Works with Windows 7 (only).

Check out Connectify @ www.connectify.me

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More and more people are choosing online education to take care of their needs rather than attending a regular college. This is to fit their schedule better or due to financial constraints. GuideToOnlineSchools.com is a web directory that has thousands of reviews and profiles of schools over the world which teach online.

On the homepage they have a search function pictured above where you can find a school that caters to a course you want to do. Here are some of the search results for a Bachelor’s Degee in Business. As you can see, they’re well presented.

Each school has a full profile with photographs and details of the courses available there. There are also user reviews which discuss the tutoring of the students and how the examination and project system works and about the degrees one can achieve.

They also have ‘Online College Ranking’ which shows the top 25 schools by their merit and results achieved there by the online students.

This website is a great resource for those thinking of doing an online course. It helps mak

e a decision which would normally be solved by visiting the actual college.

Features:

• Web directory of online schools and courses
• Lists thousands of online colleges and courses.
• Search and browse by categories.
• Provides reviews and rankings.
• Resources for decision making.

Check out GuideToOnlineSchools @ www.guidetoonlineschools.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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Mockingbird is a new tool which makes creating and sharing website mockups a cakewalk. The service, which is completely web based, could prove to be extremely useful for designers and developers who work with large number of clients from all over the world.

Using its drag and drop interface, you can quickly create website mockup before you actually start designing it. It has all the necessary user interface elements like text boxes, search bars, buttons and much more. Create different mockup pages and link them together. Automatic resizing of text when the boxes are resized. Also preview them and share with clients easily.

Features:

• Online website wire framing and mockup sharing tool.
• Clean interface. Drag and drop elements easily.
• Preview and share the mockups in one click.
• Share mockups with others and get their feedback.
• Create multiple mockups and link them.
• Similar tools: MockFlow and iPlotz.

Check out Mockingbird @ www.gomockingbird.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Restaurants Regions is a recently launched food guide by CHOW, the well known food site by CBS. While there are many food and restaurant guides available on the internet, what makes this guide unique is the ability to filter results by the type of cuisine. And it’s not just about the main cuisines like Italian, American, Mexican etc. It dives deep into the kinds of cuisine and presents you with a huge number of options ranging from Cuban to Mediterranean cuisine, bakery stuff to Chinese food, vegetarian to vegan, Pan-Asian to Japanese and much more.

You can also filter by location, type (like kid-friendly or romantic) and price (from low to high). The guide is currently US only and covers all the major cities.

Features:

• Restaurants guide by Chow, the popular food site.
• Check out restaurants based on the type of cuisine you prefer.
• Covers major US cities.
• Huge range of cuisines to choose from.
• Other search filters like location, type and price also available.

Check out CHOW Restaurants Regions @ www.chow.com/restaurants/regions (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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VeoProject is a new and powerful web tool that lets you setup and manage projects online. Your projects will be hosted online and you can easily collaborate and share them with your team members.

The application has a spreadsheet like interface where projects are organized in rows, with individual project parts and tasks hierarchically listed in between.

This makes managing and editing any part of your project very easy. You can edit project tasks in-line, delete tasks, mark tasks as complete, view task history and copy tasks.

Other general features such as setting milestones, scheduling email reminders, adding comments and linking to web content are present as well.

All files related to your projects are nicely stored in one place for quick access. There is also a “my tasks” section where you can view all your personal tasks across multiple projects, and “dashboard” section that shows project progress and upcoming tasks.

Moreover, VeoProject lets you connect and collaborate on your projects using popular online services like Google Calendar, Twitter, Salesforce.com and Microsoft Outlook.

Feature overview:

• Easily build and manage projects online.
• Collaborate and share projects with others.
• Provides intuitive spreadsheet like interface with tasks hieararchy.
• Supports configurable cross-project reporting.
• Email, Google Calendar, Twitter, Salesforce.com and Microsoft Outlook integration.
• Options to set email notifications and reminders.
• All project related files are nicely stored and organized in one place.
• Ability to Import/Export projects.
• Advanced inline tasks editing.
• Set project milestones and add notes to your tasks.
• Provides a personal task section for each user.
• Free (basic) account allows you to store upto 10 project documents and limited to 20MB of storage space.
• For additional details take a video tour.

Check out VeoProject @ www.veoproject.com

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The big social networks have most of us covered for our main social needs – but many of us have specialized hobbies and interests that are largely marginalized on the big sites because in the broad scheme of things they’re insignificant. These gaps are filled by smaller networks where like-minded people can connect. One such site is iBotanika, a social network for gardeners, plant enthusiasts and botanists in general.

Having signed up, each member is given a ‘Greenhouse’ which is the equivalent of a profile. Here you upload photos (of both yourself and your plants), add your plants and connect with other users. The feature to add your own plants is particularly interesting as it serves multiple purposes. The first and most obvious one is to showcase your hard work to the community and to ignite conversation. However, as you can see from the screenshot below, you can also use it as a catalogue for your plants to record their health, maintenance, environment and location. For those with more than one house or gardening location (such as professional gardeners and landscapers) you can add different locations to a map for all to see such as in the screenshot below.

‘Following’ a plant will give you regular updates if it is edited and it will also put you into contact with other followers who have that plant or are similarly interested in it. Each plant profile has detailed instructions for looking after it as well as other uses such as culinary and medicinal.

Features:

• Social networking for gardeners.
• Serch for information and advice on plants.
• Dedicated community.
• Organize and manage your plants and garden online.
• Similar sites: MyPlantId and GardenPlanner.

Check out iBotanika @ www.ibotanika.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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If you are a bargain hunter but also don’t like to compromise on quality then Cheapism is a website you should bookmark. What it does is simple – it searches for best quality products among the cheapest ones. The site features budget product reviews in various categories like home & garden, kitchen utilities, computers, electronics, sports, travel and many more.

It is full of resources like articles, product descriptions, bargain deals and reviews. It presents you with a lot of content and information on every product or category you decide to look into. You can also go through related news stories and articles in their official blog which provides things like coupon codes, discounts and product purchase advice.

Features:

• Find the best cheap products.
• Comprehensive budget product reviews and purchase guidelines available.
• Wide range of categories to choose from.
• Discount deals from various vendors available.

Check out Cheapism @ www.cheapism.com (via Lifehacker, by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Usability testing is very important for any website in order for it to become successful. If you don’t know what users feel about your site and where they click, there is high probability that you lose visitors and revenue in the long run.

Usabilla offers an easy way to quickly collect visual feedback on a webpage, mockup, sketch or an image. It has a nice interface with clear instructions on how to get the user feedback.

Here’s how it works:

1. The developer creates a test in the tool.
2. He then selects webpages to run the tests on and that will be shown to the users.
3. Then he selects the questions to be asked. He can also create his own questions.
4. Next step is to invite the users to answer the questions and give feedback.
5. Finally, he can go through visual statistics and analyze the results.

A nice thing about this tool is that visitors can give feedback right on the page they are at. They could write notes, mark the things they don’t like etc, right on top of the mockup, image or the webpage. Also, as you can see in the screenshot above, the statistics are presented visually in forms of heatmaps and other such methods. You can also easily export the data in CSV, XML or plain text.

Check out Usabilla @ www.usabilla.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Voicethread is a powerful tool for creating multimedia slideshows and lectures. The application combines different media to create effective teaching materials and projects, stored online and easily shared and commented on by others.

Voicethread works with the idea that each picture is worth a thousand words. User can view slideshows, zoom and pan through images, and leave comments through voice, text, audio file, video, or even via telephone). With Voicethread, viewers are encouraged to actively engage in discussions using these commenting tools. All group discussions (or voicethreads) happen on one simple page.

Voicethreads are more organized than the usual live web conferencing interfaces since each comment are posted one at a time and stored in the thread so that future viewers can see them.

The features are designed to work well for educators in a distance learning environment. Students can create digital stories and reports, and teachers can demonstrate their research or prepare remote lectures.

Voicethread demo video:

Features:

• Start group conversations around images, documents, and videos.
• Embed and share voicethreads from your website.
• Comment in one of five ways: voice, text, audio file, video, or telephone.
• Free for educators.
• Draw doodles on top of images and videos.
• Moderator options for voicethread comments.

Check Out Voicethread @ www.voicethread.com

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The App Garden is a newly created section on Flickr which basically is a repository of Flickr apps. It lists all sorts of handy tools for Flickr i.e. stats counters, download/upload tools, slideshow generators, mobile browsers and so on. You can search for apps, browse by tags, and discover new tools.

Clicking on particular app presents a page where you can read or leave comments about it, see how many people has marked it as favorite, and visit the actual site.

Features:

• Official Flickr apps directory.
• Search by keyword, browse and discover new tools by tags.
• Read and leave comment.

Check out The App Garden @ www.flickr.com/services (via Downloadsquad)

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NewOCR is a web based tool that can recognize text from images or scanned documents and convert into editable text. The application is completely free, and the process of getting text from images is very easy.

To convert, simply upload your image file (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TIFF) which cannot exceed the size of 1MB. Resize and rotate it to achieve the best recognition results, and then click on “Send” button to start the process. Once completed, recognized text will be displayed at the bottom of the same page.

NewOCR supports 29 languages which include Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Features:

• Extract text from scanned documents or images.
• Unlimited uploads, no registration, 100% secure.
• Supported image file formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TIFF (any compression mode).
• Works with image files up to 1 MB in size.
• Multilingual support for 29 languages.
• Optimize image to achieve the best recognition results by resizing and rotation.
• Similar tools: OnlineOCR, FineReaderOnline, Free-ORC and OCRTerminal.

Check out NewOCR @ www.newocr.com

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ForwardOn is a web service that provides an alternative way to share your favorite emails with others. Instead of forwarding them to your friends individually ForwardOn lets you send them to share@forwardon.com and convert email to html entities by publishing it on your personal www.forwardon.com<<username>> page for your friends and family to see.

Your emails will presented on clean format along with attached files, videos, pictures, audio. Using the website is very easy and requires sign up.

You can also browse emails shared by other users, check out most popular shared items, rate them and leave comments.

Moreover, ForwardOn has a reward system where depending on the popularity of your posts you get points which can be redeemed as various prizes or donations to several organizations.

Features:

• Easily share and convert your favorite emails to webpages.
• Receive a link to access your page directly.
• You can edit/delete your emails at any time.
• Browse and check out emails shared by others and your friends.
• Comment, rate and share any posts you find throughout the website.
• Free and easy to sign up.
• Similar site: Moomeo.

Check out ForwardOn @ www.forwardon.com

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GazoPa, a tool by Hitachi, is a unique similar image search tool that gives a variety of options when it comes to finding images based on similarity. You can upload an image, just draw a rough sketch, supply an image URL or conduct a similar image search using keywords. You could filter search results by color, layout, size, shape and on the basis of its age on the web.

And it doesn’t stop at just the images. It also fetches videos related to the image content, similar images from Flickr (there are separate filters based on image licenses for Flickr too) and news stories with images. If you want to find out where exactly the image appeared, you just need to hover your mouse above it and it pops up the information.

Demo video:

Features:

• Search images by similarity.
• Upload images or draw a rough sketch to find similar images.
• Also search similar images by giving an image url or keyword.
• Filter search results by size, color and more.
• Get videos, Flickr images and news results too.
• Similar tools: Pixolu and more in recent MakeUseOf article about alternative image search engines.

Check out GazoPa@ www.gazopa.com (via TechCrunch, by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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CoTweet is a suite of tools within one app which helps small businesses and enterprises to manage their Twitter communication easily and effectively. The main feature is letting various people use the same Twitter account to tweet. Hence corporate Twitter accounts can be managed easily. You could add upto six different Twitter accounts to the tool and invite people to tweet on your (or your company’s) behalf.

There are also options to monitor keywords and trends related to your company, schedule tweets, get notified via email when you receive tweets, assign tweets to employees, archive tweets and do much more. One nice feature is click tracking that integrates nicely with bit.ly. Overall, an excellent tool for businesses for managing their reputation using Twitter.

Features:

• Twitter client for businesses.
• Completely web based and free to use.
• Manage multiple accounts with multiple users.
• See tweets of employees as conversations.
• Schedule and archive tweets.
• Track clicks using bit.ly.
• Post updates to multiple accounts simultaneously.

Check out CoTweet @ www.cotweet.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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CompareMyDocs is a new web application that allows users to compare and merge text documents online. You can upload different versions of the same text document and see what has been changed. It automatically color codes changes it finds between the different revisions of a document and provides user with an easy way to approve, reject, or set aside a change.

When all changes are made, CompareMyDocs provides a download link to a final version of document that incorporates all changes. You can download and save the document back to your computer as a Word document or RichText file. The site is completely free and doesn’t require sign up.

Demo video:

Features:

• Compare, recombine and merge documents online.
• Supported document formats: .doc, .docx and .rtf.
• Compare upto 6 versions of the same document.
• Save finalized version of document as a Word or RichText file.
• Quick, simple to use, free, and no registration.
• Similar tool: CompareMyFiles.

Check out CompareMyDocs @ www.secure2.textflow.com/comparemydocs (via Webware)

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Twitter Lists feature launched only few days ago and we are already seeing interesting applications around it. Yesterday we profiled TwitterLists2RSS – tool that generates an RSS feed for any Twitter list. Today Twitter has released an official Lists Widget that lets anyone to display tweets for any public Twitter list on their blog, social networking profile etc.

The widget can be customized in appearance and easily integrated into any website, blog or personal web page.

To create a widget, simply enter a Twitter username, select the list, customize widget appearance and click on the “Finish & Grab Code” button. The application will then prompt a code that you can use to embed the widget.

Check out the MakeUseOf team widget below:

Features:

• Create an embeddable widget or any public twitter list.
• Customize widget appearance (size, color… etc).
• Embed widgets on your site, blog or personal web page.
• Preview widgets when creating.

Check out Lists Widget @ www.twitter.com/goodies/widget_list

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The internet is home to countless images. Browsing through them and selecting the one that will go up on your desktop’s background is great, but what about creating your own cool artsy wallpapers?

No, it doesn’t require a professional’s know-how. Just log on to X3 Studios’ Website for creating wallpapers.

The website begins with a wonderful little introductory animation which describes the theme of the website. Then you’re presented with the  simple wallpaper browser. The black arrows to the left and right let you move on to the next or previous wallpaper. Currently more than 700 amazing designed wallpapers are up, and you can browse them for as long you want.

The toolbar below offers further functionality. Here’s what you get after you click on the button to the far right, ‘Show’:

You can browse wallpapers through the thumbnails. One way to sort them is to arrange according to date of addition to the website. Users can rate the wallpapers present on the site; you can take advantage of this and have the wallpapers sorted by their rating.

If you want to copy the link to particular wallpapers, the far right button on the lower menu allows you to do so.

And when you finally find a wallpaper worth putting up as your own, click on ‘Download’ to be shown this:

Thus not only do you get a cool artsy wallpaper, but you get it to fit your screen resolution perfectly! (The file format in which the wallpaper is downloaded is JPG.)

Now to the main feature of X3 Studios’ wallpaper creating website: creating your own wallpapers!

Step 1 is to click on the “Create Your Own Wallpaper” tab in the toolbar that is at the bottom of the page. Step 2 is to choose a background to get started with. Then, the website displays a short summary of the tools you’ll need to learn in order to take full advantage of the wallpaper creating platform:

Just click on OK and jump right into the wallpaper creating process! Use the user-friendly panel which, even though is simple to use and learn, offers an array of amazing tools to make your result look like the work of a professional! X3 Studios website is a great way to make wallpapers as well as obtaining new ones.

If you liked this site you may also want check other similar sites profiled earlier: CompositionWithJavaScript, Dekaf, ImageMixer, Viscosity, Mutapic, Bomomo and Wordle.

Check out X3Studios @ http://wallpapers.x3studios.com

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Stereo8 is a free music radio site that streams music like many other radio web services out there. However, there’s one main difference which sets it apart – it’s user driven. Users can login using Facebook, Twitter, Google account or OpenId and vote for upcoming tracks and share songs. It also lets you vote on upcoming songs, just like you vote stories on social sites like Digg.

Listening to stations doesn’t require a login but uploading and voting does. Currently it features 5 stations – Hip Hop/ Rap, Video Games, Pop/Hits, Dance/Electronic and Rock/Alternative. It’s a completely browser based and has a nice and simple interface. A desktop version is coming soon.

Features:

• User driven online music streaming service.
• Sign in using Facebook, Google, Twitter or OpenId credentials.
• Login to upload and vote songs.
• Listen to songs without the need to login.
• Similar tools: TheSixtyOne and many more.

Check out Stereo8@www.stereo8.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Files24 is a fancy online torrent catalog which lists torrents in a visually attractive way. It lists movies, music and game torrents. The cool thing about this service is that it integrates IMDb data to display information like plot summary, cast, IMDb rating, genre and year of release.

You could also do a search for movies by name, actor and more such keywords. You won’t find such features on regular torrent sites. And since movies and music form the majority of torrent downloads, a better interface like this should certainly attract frequent torrent users to this site. Currently, it features over 45,000 quality torrents. It also lists the file size, number of seeds and pear and the torrent download link beside each torrent.

Features

• Online movie, music and game torrent catalog with IMDb integration.
• Get ratings, plot summary and other IMDb information for movies.
• Clean interface. Search for movies and music via various keywords.
• Over 45,000 quality torrents at your disposal.
• Similar sites: Coda.Fm and PWNLast.fm.

Check out Files24 @ www.files24.com (via TorrentFreak, by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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TwitterLists2RSS is an online utility with a simple purpose, it allows you to create RSS feeds for any public Twitter list. This can be very useful for those who use a feed reader like Google Reader to track news and updates. With TwitterLists2RSS you are able to subscribe and track any public Twitter list in your feed reader.

The setup process is very easy, just enter a Twitter list URL into provided field and hit on the “Get an RSS feed” button. Once the feed is generated, go ahead and subscribe to it. Done.

Features:

• Generate RSS feed for any Twitter list.
• Generate as may feeds as you like, no limitations.
• Free and easy to use.

check out TwitterLists2RSS @ http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com

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Having the same username across every website you use makes it easy to remember. Moreover you can be recognized by your username on multiple networks without the need to link your accounts. To check for the use of your personal name or username instantly across multiple social media websites check out KnowEm.

It is a free web service lets you search for the availability of a username across more than 340 popular social networking websites with a click of a button.

To get started all you have to do is enter your desired username in the search box and click “Check it”. KnowEm will then come up with a list of all the social media networks along with the availability of your username. If you wish to sign up simply click on “Available” to jump to the sign up page of any particular website and get registered.

Key Features:

• Search username availability over multiple websites.
• Check if your brand/product is being misrepresented over those websites.
• Registration is optional.
• 340 very popular websites supported.
• Provides paid services to companies wishing to have their profile maintained over multiple networks.
• Similar sites: FriendsCall.me, Namechk, and UserNameCheck.

Check out KnowEm @ www.knowem.com

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kikin is a Firefox add-on (IE capable) that brings results from social media websites right next to regular search results on Google, Bing or Yahoo. It adds a tabbed panel at the top of the search results from where you can quickly check out related results on Twitter, Facebook, Amazon and YouTube.

You can even set it up so that it is linked with your Twitter and Facebook accounts to make the search results even more personalized.

See the demo video:

Features:

• View social media (Twitter, Facebook, Amazon and YouTube) search results next to regular results.
• Works with Google, Bing or Yahoo.
• Play YouTube videos right in the search results page.
• Filter search results from Facebook and Twitter to see results from your News Feed or Tweets from users you follow.
• Easily share any of the results via email, Twitter or Facebook.
• Supports Firefox and Internet Explorer.
• Free and easy to use.

Check out kikin @ www.kikin.com (via go2web20, by Alex Ainsberg)

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GeoDomainMap is a nice geo domain name search tool recently launched by GoDaddy, a leading domain names provider. It lets users conduct a location based search for domain names and then book them if they are available.

Users may search through domains by city, state, zip code or you could just zoom into a specific location of the map.

It lists the available domain names based on the location you’ve selected on the map. It also lists open auctions for domains on sale. It depicts the options to buy or add to wishlist via orange and green balloons on the map respectively. And finally, you can refine your domain search using keyword filters.

Overall, a good service for domain hunters and local businesses.

Features:

• Location based domain name search by GoDaddy.
• Advanced search options with keywords filter.
• Zoom into the specific location on the map and get the corresponding domains.
• Buy domains directly from GoDaddy or add to wishlist.
• Se other cool domain tools in, 6 Domain Generators To Find Killer Domain Name.

Check out GeoDomainMap @ www.geo.godaddy.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Not so long ago we reviewed a shape collage maker tool using which you could create photo collages on your computer. Few days ago the same team that made shape collage launched an online version for the program. Now users can crate shape collages right inside their browser without the need to download or install anything. Unlike the desktop app the online version works only with images hosted online.

The process is fairly easy, just list URLs of input images, select the shape or type in a text and hit “Create” button. Few seconds later you will be redirected to a new page showing your collage. Ready collages can be saved to your computer, embedded online and shared with other by forwarding a link.

Features:

• Create shape and text collages online.
• Create as many collages as you like.
• Works only with web hosted images.
• Save created collages onto your computer.
• Share collages by embedding or forwarding a link.
• Free, no sign up.
• Similar tools: Fotonea, Photovisi and Collagr.

Check out Shape Collage @ www.shapecollage.com/online

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Octopart is an electronic parts search engine that helps engineers and enthusiasts of electronics find the best deals on gadget components. It receives product data feeds from major electronic part retailers (Newark, Avnet, Arrow, Future, and Premier Farnell), organizes it, and presents them on easy to browse interface.

Users can search for products and browse them by categories. The results can be narrowed down by manufacturer, supplier, packaging, mounting type, lead free status… etc. The price comparison by varying quantities, availability and a PDF report on the part specifications are also provided.

Features:

• Easy way to find gadget parts online.
• Product data comes from a number of retailers: Allied Electronics, Digi-Key, Mouser, Newark InOne… etc.
• Search and browse by categories.
• Narrow down results by manufacturer, supplier, packaging, mounting type, lead free status… etc.
• Prices comparison, availability and PDF report are also provided.

Checdk out Octopart @ www.octopart.com

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SimpleDesktops is a recently launched website where you can download and share original and simple desktop wallpapers. All wallpapers are flare, shadow and gradient free, and provide just enough eye candy to not be bored. Great for people who want to spice up their desktops and at the same time stay focused.

The site is new and currently has around 25 wallpapers available, you can browse and download the ones you like with a single click. No email or sign up required.

Features:

• Download simple and original desktop wallpaper.
• All wallpapers are flare, shadow and gradient free.
• Share your own wallpapers by uploading.
• Currently lists around 25 wallpapers.
• Free and no sign up.
• Similar sites: WallpaperStock and SocWall.

Check out SimpleDesktops @ www.simpledesktops.com

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Keeping track of how long you spend doing certain tasks is important for almost everyone. For example, as an online worker I like to track how long I spend on a certain project. Others may like to see how long they spend blogging or the amount of time they spend partaking in a particular task. Whatever you’re timing, you should consider using Yast for the job. It’s a free online time tracking app currently in open Beta.

In its simplest form it works like a stopwatch. You press the ‘Play’ button to start tracking the time and then press ‘Stop’ when you’re finished. However it’s not that basic.

Yast also keeps a log of the time you track, organizing it into the specific days and weeks. There is a timeline spread across the top of the home screen which give a graphical illustration of the recorded time. Furthermore, the actual figures are kept in their specific project folder. When you create a project e.g. ‘Write a Book’ or ‘Work’, you select that project and keep track of the time you spend on it. You can also set the time tracking facilities to begin automatically at a certain time.

You can have as many projects as you like with each one given a different colour coding so you can tell them apart on the graphs.

Yast is a great online tool with an easy sign-up process and no hassle. Anyone who needs an accurate way of keeping track of their hours should use Yast.

Features:

• Online time tracking.
• Multiple Projects.
• View reports and easily share with others.
• Switch view between daily and weekly.
• Easy & quick to use.
• Similar sites: eClocking, TrackMyPeople and MyHours5 Tools to Track How Much Time you Waste while Online.

Check out Yast @ www.yast.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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If you love gadgets, you’d know that buying a gadget isn’t always an easy task. Most of us like to do a bit of research before buying and that’s when the problem begins. With so many options to add to the confusion, Measy could come as a great relief for frequent gadget shoppers.

It helps you customize your gadget search by asking questions about your budget, size, brand and various other questions that are specific to the type of gadget you are buying. Once you are done with questions, it presents you with what it thinks would be the perfect gadget for you. It actually ranks the results in accordance with the points they’ve got. Certainly a nice tool to check out before buying your next gadget.

Features:

• Nice gadget search engine.
• Answer questions according to what you want in your gadget.
• Relevant multiple choice questions.
• Get a list of gadgets with the top ranked one first in the list.
• Buy directly from the site.
• Similar sites: BestInClass, TestFreaks, allCamReviews and Kallow.

Check out Measy @ www.measy.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Here’s a question for all working adults out there: isn’t food expensive? You’d know this especially if you’re a fast food chain frequenter. Even if you cook for yourself most of the time, you know well how expensive groceries can be. What we direly need are food recipes that require widely available inexpensive ingredients. “But I don’t know how to cook,” some of you say. That’s what I said too until I confronted BudgetBytes.

BudgetBytes is a lifesaving blog about inexpensive food recipes. The recipes are simple to make and fast to prepare. People whom cooking scares away need not fear: each recipe provides a concise step-by-step procedure which clarifies and simplifies all things, like so:

As you can see in the first screenshot above, the titles of the recipes are accompanied by the amount you’ll need to spend on making them. That helps you save time by only choosing dishes you can afford to cook.

Moreover when you click on a recipe, it gives you various details for instance, a cost breakdown of each ingredient, the number of people the dish will serve, and the total preparation time.

Cutting down on your food budget while you’re going through a financial crisis should no longer translate into surviving on noodles the entire month. You can use the amazing recipes of Beth M. (the blog’s author) and eat healthy (and tasty) all the while keeping your wallets happy.

Check out BudgetBytes @ www.budgetbytes.blogspot.com (via Lifehacker)

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Google Translate tools offers some cool translation tools for both webmasters and the average internet user who wants to read webpages in different languages. The three tools offered by this service are Google’s website translator, translation bookmarklets and the translation feature in Google toolbar. The website translator lets you translate your site by creating a drop down translation widget. It generates a snippet of code that can be easily added to the site.

The next is translation bookmarklets for a huge number of different languages. Just drag them to your browser toolbar and click when you need to translate a page. And finally, Google toolbar’s translation feature which isn’t new. Overall, some nice tools, especially for those whose first language isn’t English.

Features:

• Translate your website using Google.
• Includes Google’s website translator, translation bookmarklets and the toolbar.
• Add Google translation to your site using the website translator.
• Use bookmarklets and the Google toolbar to quickly translate pages and words.
• Free and simple to use.

Check out Google Translate tools @ translate.google.com/translate_tools (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Map-Of-The-Market is a cool visual stock market map from SmartMoney.com. It allows you to easily watch hundreds of stocks at once. The stocks are nicely organized by industry and you can customize the map by using the control panel on the right side of the map.

The map itself is easy to grasp and visually appealing. The larger the rectangle of the stock, the larger the market cap. If the rectangle is green the stock price is up, if it is red it is down and dark represents neutrality.

If you place your cursor over any rectangle a company name and related information will pop up. The ‘N’ next to a company means that there is recent news. To learn more about a specific company click it’s rectangle and a vertical menu will appear. This menu will lead you to further information about the company including news updates, financial data and historical graphs. The map automatically updates every 15 minutes.

Features:

• Get a visual idea of the stock market status.
• Customize map by a time period and include highlights.
• Latest news, financial data and historical graphs for any company can be also viewed.
• Search for a particular stock.
• Hide the control panel if preferred.
• The map automatically updates every 15 minutes.
• Read detailed instructions here.
• Free, and no sign up.
• Similar tools: WeSeed, SaneBull, CakeFinancial, Stocks.us and also see related article “5 Free Website Stock Tickers for Financial Geeks“.

Check out Map-Of-The-Markett @ www.smartmoney.com/map-of-the-market (by Alex Ainsberg)

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Donating to many different non-profit organizations individually can be a hassle, but Givv provides an innovative way to make it all easier. It allows you to create a list of organizations you want to support and donate to all with one monthly payment, from one place. It doesn’t matter how much you donate, the money will be automatically split between organizations you choose and you can cancel your list at anytime you want.

The process is easy, register on the site first and then create a list of organizations by searching the database. Once the list is ready, set an amount and link Givv to your PayPal account. That’s it!

Demo video:

Features:

• Easily donate to many different non profit organizations.
• Give monthly and in small amounts.
• Your donation is automatically divided between chosen organizations.
• Give to as many organizations as you want.
• Change and cancel your monthly payments at any time.
• Option to give anonymously so you do not get on donor list.
• Payments can only be made through PayPal.
• Easy to use and registration required.
• Similar tools: Givinganon, GoodSearch, ReplyForAll, Kiva and FreeRice.

Check out Givv @ www.givv.org

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Although you can always access USPS’ (United States Postal Service) main website from your mobile phone (if it can connect to the net) and track packages, it is always better if one gets a simpler, trimmed-down version of the site on the small screen of the cellphone. USPS Mobile offers you just that. When you visit it’s mobile version, you’ll see 4 main links – Track & Confirm, Find USPS Locations, Find a ZIP Code and Find Cities in a ZIP Code.

These links help you in tracking packages and finding other USPS related information on your cellphone, all in a simple, neat interface that saves you from the hassle of navigating a site on that small device.

Features:

• USPS mobile tracking.
• A very clean interface which is easy to use.
• Shows 4 main links on the front page.
• Save time while tracking your package on your cellphone.
• Similar tools:  FollowMyStuff, PackageTrackr, TrackMyShipments and other shipping trackers.

Check out USPS Mobile @ m.usps.com (via Lifehacker, by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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DiningIn, which delivers meals to home that are ordered on the web, recently introduced a group food ordering feature. Currently the service is available in 5 major US cities – Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and Denver.

It works like this – you create an event as a host and send invites to guests. There are many customization options available. Choose menus from various restaurants including prominent US chains like The Cheesecake Factory. Also let the guests choose their menu and pay for their food. This works great when there’s an office party where everyone pools in the money. Orders should be placed at least 90 minutes in advance.

Video Demo:

Features:

• Web based food delivery along with a nice group food ordering feature.
• Available in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and Denver (more cities coming soon).
• Choose menus from local and national restaurant chains.
• Let the guests choose their menu.
• Pay yourself or let everyone pay for themselves.
• Set spending limits when everyone is paying for themselves.

Check out DiningIn @ www.diningin.com (via ReadWriteWeb by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Ever wanted to present on Sports Centre? Well ESPN and Skype have teamed up to give one lucky person the opportunity to do just that. They have launched a new program dubbed Star Commentator whereby entrants use Skype’s video recording service embedded on the site (www.starcommentator.com) to submit a small video application; and if they’re good enough they’ll present a sport segment on the Asian edition of the show.

Users must first go to www.starcommentator.com and click ‘Audition’. Then they’ll have to choose one of several sports which include Football, Formula 1, Cricket and Basketball. They then select one of the scripts associated with that sport. For example, one of the scripts concerning Formula 1 talks about Michael Schumacher’s exit from the sport.

All that’s left to do is to make sure you have your lines rehearsed, hair combed, the lighting is just right and your web cam is set up appropriately. Then move on to step four which is the recording screen where you’ll record the video using your webcam. A small dialogue box may pop up which asks your permission to access your web cam. Above the recording screen you’ll see the tele-prompter with your lines scrolling down for you to read.

Features:

• Audition to become ESPN sports presenter.
• Record presentations via Skype.
• Prizes to be won.

Check out StarCommentator @ www.starcommentator.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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