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
Cafesworld is a fledgling travel and social event tool that gives you an idea of the quality of cool cafes in some of the biggest cities in the United Kingdom, Canada, France and even Australia. There are many that actively hunt out the great coffee places in the world and base their holidays around those meccas to caffeine. Cafesworld takes that one step further by encouraging locals and travelers to recommend and share their favorite cafes in their favorite towns and cities around the world. Given that we all travel so much these days it is an added bonus ... Read more
Do you find it hard to keep up with all the books that are released these days? You used to be able to walk into your local bookstore and pick up a 'what's new' pamphlet but the humble and much-loved bookshop is beginning to become a thing of the past. Then there's the online releases too, of course. So where do you find out about all the latest book releases? BookPeeper is a simple book shopping tool that details all the books, whether online or on paper, that are released today. BookPeeper is a simple shopping tool that gives ... Read more
The newest in the LatestWeather apps applies to your fishing needs. If you've seen any of the other Weather apps that this company puts together you'll know how good and reliable they are. So do you really need a weather forecast if you are just going fishing I wonder. Of course you do. Apart from anything else you'll want to know whether you'll need just your swimmers or an anorak. Latest Fishing Weather is a free sport weather tool that uses accurate weather forecast feeds for every fishery with a full overview of the next 14 days weather which is ... Read more
Going to Rock Festivals can be an expensive business these days. Gone are the days when you could just rock up with your sleeping bag and a tent. These days you have to mortgage the house for a three day pass and you have to plan a long time ahead. So what if it's going to rain...or be blisteringly hot? LatestFestivalWeather is a travel event weather tool developed by festival goers who understand what weather information the modern festival-goer needs. It's all about what to wear really, isn't it? That's assuming there isn't a tornado heading for the site, ... Read more
Traveling can be a tricky business especially when you are on your own. It would be nice if you could connect with some trusted and like-minded globe trotters and locals to make your adventures even better though, wouldn't it? Tripl is a social networking travel tool that allows you to interact with cool fellow travelers as well as "must meet" locals. Tripl is part travel guide and half social network. It was formed out of a travel company called Vacation Relation in Sweden. It's main aim in life is to create a more social and global world through the ... Read more
Boating can be a dangerous game. Whether you are out for a days fishing or off on a longer trip to warmer pastures you need all the weather information you can get. Latest Marine Weather is truly just what it says it is. This weather and travel tool offers weather forecasts for the next seven days and is updated every three hours Latest Marine Weather was designed by experienced boating people who know exactly the information the modern boatsman needs in this modern day and age. There is so much information out there for the water traveler that it ... Read more
Launched with the support of a number of celebrity endorsements, including one from Monty Python’s Terry Jones, Unbound is a publishing house that uses crowdfunding to get the books on the shelves that people want to read. Read more
Billed purely as a worldwide cost of living comparison site, numbeo.com clearly has ideas to expand beyond that, more of which will be touched on later. Read more
We've all come back from a holiday and realized that half the clothes we took with us weren't used. With the price of excess luggage on planes these days that can cost you money. If you knew the weather conditions beforehand you could have packed accordingly and saved yourself some money or had more room in your bags for that unique mankini for Uncle Ralph. Latest Holiday Weather is a comprehensive travel weather forecaster tool that will give you an accurate and detailed look at local conditions whether you are traveling in the US or overseas. Read more