I've lost count of the number of concert tickets I've missed out on because I've put the email or newsletter with its details in my "I'll deal with that later." That basically means my 'keep' box in my email or on top of that big pile of papers on my desk. Tentative.ly is a bookmarking email event alert tool that installs a designated bookmarklet (I love that word) and you can start adding events to your list from your favorite sites straight away. The way we go to events has changed dramatically these days. In the past it was ... Read more
Any actors out there? This one's for you I think. WyckWyre is food job search tool that'll put actors into their other vocation in life - restaurant jobs. It's different and much more proactive and specific than most other employment sites, though. WyckWyre gives you the choice of searching their job boards for restaurant positions or, if you register, it will send you details of local restaurant jobs into your email box. Wyckwyre is an intelligent restaurant job search alert tool that serves potential job positions right in to your inbox. The choice is yours whether you search through ... Read more
I don't know about you but I watch a lot of those Food Network and Travel Channel shows on the TV. Have you ever wondered where some of those restaurants and diners that they film in really are? The food looks so good and the places are rich in decor and history. TVFoodMaps is a free food app for Android and iPhone that identifies and keeps track of all the places featured. TVFoodMaps is a very colorful and informative tool that allows you to discover, discuss and identify all the places you see in the Food Network shows like ... Read more
There are a few sites of this type around offering families a platform to keep up to date with who owes who. They follow a similar pattern in that a virtual bank is created, with Mom and Dad providing the funds of course, and virtual transactions are credited and debited to reflect the real cash position. Read more
If you pick up any newspaper these days you will see stories about children being approached online through their social network. There's also the constant threat of cyber bullying on the net. So how can we monitor our children's online activity without appearing to be a Big Brother in their lives? Creep Squash is a Facebook application that emails you a list of friends old and new added you your child's account. There is also a 'red word flag' that warns of questionable conversations in messages and chat. Creep Squash is a free Facebook security alert tool for kids ... Read more
Although claiming to offer a new and better way to lend and borrow, lendfriend.com looks just like the many other friend & family borrowing sites on the web. In fact if anything it lacks the clarity in respect of pricing and what is and isn’t chargeable that usually appears on the front page of other sites. Read more
There’s not a lot any reviewer can say about this app although the label stating “get even” does make it sound rather sinister especially given that the YOM stands for you owe me! Read more
So what do you get for the person who has everything? Well, are you and your partner concerned that you wont get a chance to say goodbye when you depart this mortal coil? Death can come so quickly and unexpectedly and its important to have all bases covered. This is one occasion when you really cant change your mind. DyingMessage is a rather morbid but useful tool that allows you to compose a video or text message that can be passed on to your friends and family when you go. Read more
FollowUp.cc is a really good concept for what is essentially a straightforward reminder service. The beauty of this app is that it effortlessly blends into existing technology that we all know and use day in and day out - the humble email. Therefore it is wonderfully simple to use, even for non-techno minded folk. Basically you copy the FollowUp people into any emails by using their email address and designating a time you want to be reminded about that email - for example 5hrs@followup.cc. Once you've familiarized yourself with the basic concept it's really easy to adopt their system into ... Read more
There's always one flatmate that doesn't pay his share of the bills isn't there? Meanwhile you sit there trying to work out who paid this and who owes that. WhoseBill is a brilliant way of solving and simplifying money management problems as it tracks all your payouts to one place, offsets debts and payments against each other...and then gives you a settle-up figure for everyone. Simple, brilliant and unique.WhoseBill is perfect for sorting out bills in shared houses, group holidays, clubs and teams as well as friend and family expenses. There's no spreadsheets or complicated calculations and definitely no post-it ... Read more