It used to be the case that the poor beleaguered novelist out there had to jump through the odd hoop and find a publisher in order to release their masterwork. Not only would it mean another roadblock on the path to glory but it would also mean a percentage of the takings being sliced off. However, the plethora of 'publish your own book' sites that have cropped up over the last few years has begun to change the way it works. Pandamian is a writing and book tool that acts as your publisher by covering all the techical and background ... Read more
Gets The Party Started With The Music You Create! You know when you go into one of those epic dance parties and your whole body is immediately reconstructed by this fat sample coming from the speakers? There are a few bands around at the moment that are hitting it. Bands like Skrillex and Nero. Advanced IGD Studio is an amazing music app that gives you that fat sample (and much much more) so your iPhone turns into a mini music machine. Read more
WooHoo! What a brilliant concept we have here. Veenue could almost be considered a new art form. This music and video contest app is a platform that let's you create music in collaboration with musicians from the world over. When you have completed your multi instrumental masterpiece you can play them all together to make one piece of multiscreen mayhem. not only do you have an original song but you've also captured a unique film clip to go with it. Read more
Most students seem to meet have a money problem. There's never enough of it. Then there's the money that has to be paid back later. It all adds up. So when it comes to the text books you need to buy for your course it can easily turn into a big problem. You pay a lot of money for them, use them a little bit and then try to sell them back. It would be so much better if you could rent the chapters you want. BookStep is a textbook tool based in the cloud that let's you access the ... Read more
I am always astonished by the talent there is out there just waiting to be 'discovered.' You've just got to watch shows like America's Got Talent and The Voice to get an idea of the talent waiting to explode. So if you are a performer how can you showcase your undoubted talent when you can't manage to get onto one of the big TV shows. URSponsored is a video music contest app that provides you with another chance to showcase your skill, whatever it may be, to a worldwide audience. URSponsored was created with one goal in mind and ... Read more
I love a really useful app that doesn’t need too much driving and so I’m certainly going to be signing up for this free one. If you’re an avid reader of books I strongly suggest you consider doing the same. Read more
There have been plenty of times when I've said to a Twittere friend "Have you read any Jonathan Carroll books?" Of course, they've generally never heard of him so I offer to send them something so they can see if they like his writing. That's where it gets a little tricky. I could just go out and buy a copy of "Sleeping In Flames" and post it off but that takes time. I could use a file sharing site but, let's face it, that's a bit of a hassle. Twtebook is a PDF book share tool for Twitter that let's ... Read more
Great radio stations are few and far between aren't they? Either the music is not quite what you are looking for or there is the incessant jovial chat from the rock jock at the microphone that annoys you. Why can't they just play the music you want to hear? Twist Radio gives you the opportunity to create the radio station that you want, play the music you want and listen to it anywhere there is an Internet connection. Twist Radio is an free iPhone music share tool that lets you create your own radio station and gives you complete ... Read more
As if students don't have a hard enough life anyway there is always the added cost of textbooks and what to do with them when you don't need them anymore. Usually, it's just advertising at your college or university, but you won't get much for them as there are plenty of others selling theirs too. Or you buy and sell them through booksellers leaving you open to bad customer service and hard to read websites. Fairbooks is an education selling tool that buys and sells textbooks at a much better rate than it's competitors. Fairbooks makes textbook buyback work ... Read more
To keep up with the current music scene you really have to know what's going on overseas as much as you do domestically. What's big in the US, UK and on the iTunes music charts is probably going to be the next big thing where you are too. MPlayr is an innovative music streamer that let's you hear exactly what is big in music all around the world. And it's completely free. MPlayr is an internationally available music share streaming tool for popular music charts that you can easily share with your social networking sites. You can listen to ... Read more