I know some people that pick their Facebook friends from their friends own friends lists ( phew that was a lot of friends.) They do it because they figure that if they are friends of friends they must be pretty cool and have vaguely similar interests to themselves. Friendscanner is a free social chat tool for Facebook that kind of does the same thing. The main difference here though, is that it is based on analysis rather than assumption. It can connect you with people with similar interests to yourself based on Facebook profiles. Friendscanner connects you to like-minded ... Read more
Fancy becoming the editor of a financial news magazine? Well this site might not quite fulfil that ambition but as a member of the Tip’d community you can certainly have a say about what goes on the front page. Read more
There used to be a time when most people got their news from the radio. You must have seen those pictures of mum and dad with their ears cocked to the bulky old bakerlite radio with the kids playing at their feet. These days we get our news from so many different sources. Newspapers, TV and the Internet. The only trouble now is that we don't have as much time as we used to and much of the news that would be of interest to us is lost in the maelstrom. We've turned into a nation of headline readers and ... Read more
If you fancy contributing to the world of financial journalism, but in common with most budding hacks find the "staff job" door firmly closed, fwisp.com could be the place to get heard. If you happen to be a blogger too then exposure to a much wider audience could be just one of the other benefits. Read more
Imagine being able to take a financial adviser around with you all the time, and one that talks in plain English too. RateRush.com is a great one-stop-shop for all of the questions you might have from the best credit card and payday loan deals around to the more worrying subject of serious debt problems. Read more
Wow! When someone said "get a room" I didn't know this is what they meant. IMeet Video Conferencing isn't a dingy room in a backstreet hotel though. It's a penthouse apartment at The Ritz. iMeet is a low bandwidth video conferencing for business which isn't free but is so far ahead of the opposition it's well worth the US$39 for what it serves up. Basically, you get your own meeting room online. Just talk through your computer from anywhere in the world or connect to any phone or mobile device at no extra charge. Invite guests – up to ... Read more
There's a lot of Facebook users who only really log on to play the games and have a chat with their friends. Socialcyte is a gaming social networking and chat tool that goes a bit further than that. Many people who play online games form pretty good relationships with some of their protagonists no matter where they are in the world. Here you can take that to another level by interacting with them while you are beating the socks off them. The website is in it's early days at present but it's aim is to allow users to chat ... Read more
The world is a funny place these days. It's not the easiest thing to meet new people safely. That's why so many people use online meeting sites. So how do you ensure that your personal details remain unknown and be able to chat totally anonymously online, whatever your reason? Connected2.me is a chat tool that enables you to chat with whoever visits your profile in complete anonymity and totally free. Read more
Sometimes you need an instant Internet chat with a friend or a business colleague right there and then. Maybe you need to pass on a code or a bunch of numbers or an address when you are on the phone. It's difficult isn't it? You can't afford to get it wrong. SimpleMeet goes someway to solving those problems in a free and very simple way. There are of course other means of communication available. But - be it telephone, instant messaging or email - not every form of communication is suitable for everything Sure, there's lots of instant messaging sites ... Read more
Everyone loves sites like these. You know how it goes, you search for a video called biggest crocodile ever caught and you'll find it here. Four hours later your mouth will be dry and you'll have watched everything from a story about Fighting Obesity With Marijuana to Pics of Pippa Middleton topless. BuzzFeed is a free and very cool looking tool that features all those weird and wacky videos and crazy stories that have the potential to go viral. Read more