WEB2 & WEB3

Cool Websites and Tools

2010-01-04T00:42:00.000-08:00

Check out some of the latest WEB2 & WEB3 discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets.

Snippage – is a cross-platform application that lets you create a desktop widget out of any website. This Adobe Air app lets you populate your desktop with parts of various webpages that can be refreshed automatically.

		Giveaway Of The Day – Good software can cost hundreds of dollars. To save money, people usually switch to open source alternatives that serve their purpose but are not as good as the licensed software. GiveAwayOfTheDay solves this problem by letting you download licensed software for free. As the name suggests, a different software is given away each day and can be downloaded for free.

		yUML – is a free UML diagram creator which enables you to create and share simple UML diagrams online. Using it you can draw class, activity and use case diagrams with ease. You can even embed the created UML diagrams in web pages, blogs and elsewhere.

		TweetSwitch – Email, Facebook, Google Wave, instant messaging, Skype, voicemail: our communication lives are rapidly becoming staying on top of the many inboxes that make it up. If fear of adding yet another place to check for messages is what’s keeping you from trying out Twitter, that ubiquitous micro-blogging site, TweetSwitch can help. This service allows you use twitter via IM services you already use regularly.

		What’s In Your Water – is an online database where you view water quality test results for your area. By simply entering your or your water company zip code you can see list of chemicals found in the tap water. Created by the Environmental Working Group, this database is based from 20 million tap water quality tests conducted between 2004 and 2009 in the United States. source: makeuseof.com

3 Great Greasemonkey Scripts To Customize Facebook

2010-01-04T00:22:00.001-08:00

Do you know of some great Greasemonkey scripts to customize Facebook? If you use Firefox regularly, good chances are that you heard about Greasemonkey. With Greasemonkey installed on your Firefox, you can add hundreds of custom scripts to power up your browsing experience. If you are an avid Facebook user, you would be glad to know that a lots of Greasemonkey scripts that enhance your Facebook experience are out there waiting for you to use them. In this post, we will cover three great scripts that let you make Facebook your own:

1. Facebook Colour Changer

Do you ever get bored of the blue color that Facebook loves so much? Now you can change these colors by using the Facebook Colour Changer script. Once you have installed the script from here , you can set the color for any Facebook page. To do this, go to Tools > Greasemonkey > Userscript commands. Select the customize Facebook colors option.

A color selector would then pop-up allowing you to select any color you want for that specific Facebook page.

Clicking on set will change the color of that page.

2. Facebook Fixer

Facebook Fixer is one of the most popular Greasemonkey scripts for revamping your Facebook. It allows you to customize your home page, display larger profile picture and photos, integrate Google calendar and Apple’s iCal, download videos and use keyboard shortcuts for various Facebook tasks.
You can hide unwanted sections from your Facebook home page using this script. You can also translate any text on Facebook with a single key stroke. A very cool feature of Facebook Fixer lets you replace Facebook timestamps. For example, if you updated your status 45 minutes ago, you can change it to “2 minutes ago”.
Facebook Fixer also lets you stretch your Facebook homepage to 100% width for better reading.

3. Two-Column Facebook Layout

This Greasemonkey script lets you move your Filters from left hand side to the right hand side. So instead of a 3-column layout, you will have a 2-column layout with more space for each column. It works in conjunction with the Facebook layout shrinker which can be added to your Firefox just like a Greasemonkey script.

These Greasemonkey scripts allow you to customize your Facebook experience by giving you more control over the look and feel of your Facebook pages. What other scripts do you think should be included in the list?

source: quickonlinetips.com

How to create your own social network Facebook-like with free tools

2010-01-04T00:14:00.000-08:00

Are you looking for free tools to create your own social network Facebook-like? Take a look at this popular free services on-line.

1. Ning
Ning is a popular online platform for users to create their own social websites and social networks quickly and free:

How to Make an iPhone App

2010-01-04T00:07:00.000-08:00

How would you like to offer an iPhone application for your website or blog? Check out AppMakr if you do. It allows you to make an iPhone app for your website or blog without any programming skills in a few minutes. The cost to create an app is as little as a one-time $199 fee.

The process is that you go to AppMakr.com, provide some graphics and RSS feed information, and then the site builds your app and submits it to the iTunes App Store. You can monetize your app with ads and sponsorships or by charging for it via iTunes. This is what you what you need to get started:

RSS or Atom feed. (If you have multiple feeds for your website, you can also add them to your app.)
320 x 480 pixel splash screen
320 x 46 pixel header
512 x 512 pixel icon for itunes

Here are examples of apps built from Alltop topics. All of these are free apps that people can use to stay on top of popular topics.

In other words, I can now offer custom iPhone apps for each of the 800 Alltop topics. How cool is that? And anyone can build a custom iPhone app for their personalized MyAlltop page too. The Atlantic, U. S. Army, PRWed, Inc, and Seth Godin are also using it to provide iPhone apps for their sites.
If you’d like to try the service, go to AppMakr.com and use coupon code “GUYK” to pay $49 instead of $199. This offer expires on January 18, 2010.

How to fix your iTunes library with TuneUp

2010-01-03T23:32:00.000-08:00

I have an iPhone and iPod and naturally I use iTunes to manage my music library through these devices. I am a neat person but for some reason until some week ago a lot of my tracks was mislabeled, without the album cover, hard to find and I didn't have the patience to fix them manually. So I searched for a solutions and I found TuneUp a great application for Mac and Windows that helped me clean and maintain neat my iTunes library searching for missing or inaccurate ID3 tags in my mp3 files. I bought a license some and the result has been really impressive.

TuneUp docks on the side of iTunes to make organizing your music easy. The only thing you have to do is to drag the track you want to fix into the TuneUp sidebar and the application fixes automatically your mislabeled music.

The Cover Art feature automatically searches your entire music collection for music files that are missing album artwork and fixes them. Cover Art lets you review all matches before the album art is saved to the file. Or you can take our first pick and "Save All." Now you can navigate iTunes using Cover Flow the way it was meant to be used.

Here is a screenshot of my iTunes library

TuneUp also enhance your listening experience with the Tuniverse feature that supplies you with the best music content on the web that's directly related to the track you're currently listening to in iTunes.

You can also stay tuned with the latest news of your favorite artists and buy tickets in just one click with the Concert feature.

TuneUp is available in two different options: a lifetime ($29.95) license or yearly license (price $19.95). You can also try a free version that cleans 100 songs and 50 album covers. I suggest you to try it!

source: woork.blogspot.com